Click collage above to view in a larger window.As a Yorkshire Wedding Photographer, I had the highlight of my UK career as a wedding photographer yesterday. Matty Davidson and Amy Lyon 'tied the knot' at St Andrews Church in Kirkella and held their enormous celebration at The Hallmark Hotel on a glorious Bank Holiday.
If you're a celebrity voyeur, you will no doubt have come across Matty - he is one of the UK's most highly decorated hair stylists working with the internationally renowned icon Mark Hill for over 25 years. You may have seen a piece on this wedding on GMTV yesterday morning!
I have had the pleasure of knowing Matty and Mark for about the same period and they have become great friends and total inspirations to me from a creative and commercial aspect. You will never meet 2 more hard working men in your life and their commitment to raising the bar of British hairdressing is widely recognised.
I met Amy about 6 years ago when I returned from my 9 years of 'retirement' whilst living in Canada and when they approached me to cover their special day, I was totally honoured. Matthew has been battling Hodgkins Lymphoma for over 2 years now and he and his wife had been planning to tie the knot in July however due to the rigours of his treatment, the couple pulled out all of the stops to move their wedding to Bank Holiday Monday.
Their wedding day yesterday was nothing short of one of the most moving experiences I have ever witnessed. I normally describe a wedding day in detail when I blog but I think on this occasion, I want the images to speak for themselves, so please click on the collage above and spend some time witnessing for yourself. Just to put Matthew's popularity into perspective, personal messages were read out during the speeches from Fearne Cotton, Ant & Dec, Johnathan Ross, Trever Sorbie and Nicky Clarke - all apologising for not being able to make it due to the 'other' Royal wedding which is apparently happening this coming weekend!
An average wedding will see me coming home with around 1800 images - I came home yesterday with over 2700! I have never been so honoured to call myself a wedding photographer as I did yesterday, a true legend married his bride in a style that only Matty and Amy could pull off under such incredible circumstances.
I am really proud to say it was definitely a defining moment for me and a total privilege to capture the most special of days and I will never, ever forget seeing Matthew's face as Amy walked down the aisle and the beam of light that emanated from this couple all day will never leave me.
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All the best Matty and Amy. Matty you have been an inspiration to me right from Springhead, even then your cheeky smile shone through the same as its shown on your wedding photos. I hope you find the strength and treatment to beat your horrible disease and wish you a long and prosperous marriage x Angie (Taylor)
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