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Small, exclusive and specialist in wedding photography, we are a boutique wedding photography studio based in York. A natural storyteller with images and professional photographer since the early nineties, it is estimated Annemarie King has shot almost 1000 weddings and continues to personally undertake around 40 commisions a year, creating beautiful bespoke wedding albums for her discerning clients. Twice WINNER of Yorkshire Wedding Photographer of the Year awarded by the BIPP (British Institute of Professional Photography) As seen in: You and Your Wedding, Wedding, Yorkshire Brides Magazine, Want to see all our latest work constantly updated? Why not subscribe to york-wedding-photographer.com!
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Its Sunday. Its sunny. I should be sleeping or walking the dogs or eating the poached egg and muffin my husband made for me or something. But I just have to write about yesterday’s wedding! My head is just full of the amazing day. The colour, the setting. How amazing Kate and Steve looked together.
Although it was a March day and it felt like it wanted to rain that drizzly rain that soaks you in a minute - it didnt! We had some light rain but mostly sunshine!! I loved the jewel colours which were a theme of the day – the flowers and the beautiful Coast bridesmaid dresses. The cupcake flower holders and the candles. Kate’s amazing shoes from irregular choice – I want some! Lauren Sally’s make up was perfection!
As Kate’s make up was applied and the morning light hit her face as she shared a joke with her family i thought how incredibly privileged I am to share those special moments before the wedding wiith the bride. to see her transformation on her wedding day . sharing the fun, the nerves, the family connection. to record the details that have meaning for a girl on her wedding day.
The Park Plaza n Leeds has some amazing spots to shoot pictures.It looks out over city square and the rooftops and steeples
March 8, 2010 - 7:59 pmKate Bruce - Oh Annemarie, the photos look beautiful! I can't wait to see some more.
I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU for your care and attention on Saturday. Both Steve and I had such a giggle getting our photos taken with you and we had lots of compliments from our guests about 'our lovely photographer'!
Looking forward to seeing you next week and we have our cameras prepped and ready to take on honeymoon to get snapping for your photo competition.
Kate and Steve x
This slideshow is Sarah and Ally’s engagement session. An engagement session is such a great way for you to get to know your wedding photographer a little better before the day. Also I find it helps my couple make friends with my camera ; )
I chose a place called the iron bridge for this session. Its near to my new studio here in York and I just love the patterns and graffitti on the bridge, the gorgeous stony brown colour of the bridge and the light up there.
The first shot in the show was taken before Sarah and Ally thought I was ready to start shooting and took them by surprise. I love Sarah and Ally together – they are a lot of fun and always laughing and they make me laugh too!. I cant wait for their wedding in July.
If you have booked me for your wedding – why not give me a call and book in for your session. If you are newly engaged, if you are simply a couple in love and you would like me to photograph you – I would love to hear from you. How would you like to look in your pictures? Do you have favourite shoes/ accessories? Do you have a place that is special to both of you? Do you have vw camper that you adore? Do you have pets that you might like including in your pictures?
This week I have had the pleasure of visiting the absolutely stunning bridal shop of Hayley Hoyle - The Harrogate Wedding Lounge . Hayley’s shop is a must for any bride looking for her wedding gown – I love it. Its beautiful – scented candle, chandeliers, lace, ribbons, roses, squishy sofa’s and the most fabulous collection of wedding gowns!
Check out some of the detail shots that I took of the shop:
The Harrogate Wedding Lounge is just outside Harrogate near the golf club. It was great to see you Hayley and I look forward to working together on our model shoots.
February 19, 2010 - 11:39 pmHayley Hoyle - Anne Marie, I just have to say a huge thank you for the stunning images you have taken of the shop, I am over the moon!!
To work with someone with such a true talent is a pleasure and I am so looking forward to working with you on all of our ideas we already have brewing!
Thank you so much
Hayley xx
This is little Loui Jack Watling just 13 days old. Isn’t he adorable? This shoot was for friends and for fun but I just couldn’t resist sharing this with you all : )
Those first newborn pictures of your baby are always so special. I think it is because the time passes so quickly and they grow and change. I feel really honoured to have had the opportunity to capture this time in his life. Thanks Cara xx
Last weekend I had so much fun on a model shoot for Karen Cooke who makes the most stunning gowns. These particular ones were designed as prom dresses but I think they would also look great as bridesmaid dresses. I love how each dress was designed for the style and personality of each girl. Thanks to Clare, Josephine, Ingvild and Gina.
So, if you are a school leaver why not celebrate by booking a model shoot in your prom gown or even in your favourite outfits. So much more than just the quick picture taken on the evening, you can hold a prom party at my studio and experience that model feeling in front of my camera. Update your facebook picture too … free facebook picture with every order. Cards, bookmarks, stickers ipod videos available too…
Everyone who reads this blog knows my passion for PapaKata!!! I just love these beautiful teepee’s from the York company and I am delighted to be associated with them and call them my friends.
PapaKata recently supplied teepee’s for Jamia 09 and pitched the teepee’s in the minster gardens – this is a photographic record of how beautiful they looked pitched at one of the most beautiful places in the city of York – The Minster.
Is it too late to say Happy New Year to everyone? Almost!
Well, i just wanted to wish everyone a very healthy , happy and prosperous new year. To all my clients booked for 2010 weddings – I am looking forward to shooting some special pictures for your very special days and to my 2009 clients – thank you we had some fun didn’t we?!!
We had a lovely christmas at our cottage. I love decorating my home and studio at christmas and with help from my favourite shop in York – Wild Hart, I got some sweet new decorations.
This is my favourite shop in York – it is called Wild Hart. Found in Stonegate, York, close to Mulberry Hall it is full of beautiful, country style things. I have been so inspired watching Jamie and Delia this year and Kirstie Allsopp’s ‘Kirstie’s Homemade Christmas’ and I picked up this sweet home made noel sign (below) for my mantelpiece from a local victorian craft fair.
I am mad about my new reindeers by the artist Joanna Coupland which I bought from Wild Hart with their twisty wire antlers.
What inspires you about each new season? Leave me a comment – I would love to hear!
January 19, 2010 - 8:23 pmLee - SNOW! I love the snow and never seem to get tired of it - so long as it stays white and pristine. Slush I can live without!
February 6, 2010 - 11:47 pmjoanna coupland - I'm mad about the fact that you're mad about my reindeers! Thanks! Joanna Coupland.......joanna_coupland@hotmail.co.uk
Lucy and Jason came to visit at my new studio just before christmas as I am photographing their wedding in September.We had scheduled to shoot engagement pictures but we hadn’t counted on the snowy weather making everything look extra special.
Such a snowy day, the wind swirled the snow around us creating a romantic, snuggly wintery look.
If you have your wedding booked with me for 2010, why not book in for your engagement session? Your pictures can be made into save the date cards, placed on your mini cards advertising your online gallery or a piece of framed art called a signature board that all your guests can sign on your wedding day.
I couldn’t resist grabbing this shot whilst I was out shooting a wedding in York. The pumpkins were outside a gorgeous little fruit and veg store in Fossgate. I love shooting pictures of flowers and anything that is colourful. I always enjoy shooting the detail of a wedding day because I think it shows all the little things that make that couples day unique, the colour and mood of the day and the season. These pumpkins just shout autumn to me. Wonderful!
I really love shooting winter weddings and Amanda and John’s was no exception. They are just so sparkly and gorgeous!! I love the winter sun and the crisp blue skies, I love the fact that they start to have a wonderful special atmosphere as we approach christmas. We got a wonderful day for their wedding at Sandburn Hall, York and shot family pictures with Sandburn Hall as a background with the beautiful silvery moon coming up behind them.
Amanda’s flowers were very pretty and had a wonderful woodland feel about them
Mum Lesley and grandad who gave the bride away sharing a joke
Congratulations John and Amanda. I loved being part of your day. It was very special.
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I am excited to announce the opening of my new boutique wedding photography studio in the village of Bishopthorpe, York. I am hoping to create a comfortable and fun client experience whether it is a first visit for a cappucino and a look through my sample albums, or a glass of champagne to celebrate after your wedding, at your album planning session. Perhaps you got married last year and would like to pop in for a cold bottle of bud and a catch up.
As a boutique studio I will continue to specialise in wedding photography and accept around 35-40 commisions a year. Expanding my business I will be offering engagement picures for all of my couples and also still be delighted to accept invitations to shoot pictures for my wedding couples who have started families.
We have converted an old farm building (once an old cowshed) into a client area and design studio office. Here are a few images which date from the first viewing of the space and then the work as it progressed (not all hard work, the last pic is Andy and Lee having fun with the fluorescent ‘light sabres’ !!!) . I will post some more pics of the finished space soon. If you would like to contact me at the new studio the number to call is 01904 777323.
Congratulations to Gemma and Paul who got married on Saturday. A really fun wedding! I met up with Gemma and the bridesmaids getting ready at The Mount Royal Hotel in York. Some of the guests were also staying there and we all travelled together to the church (St Stephen’s in Acomb) on a 1961 Routemaster red London bus with the original open air steps at the back. We got lots of attention from passers by! If you are interested in having this for your wedding this lovely bus is owned by Yorkshire Belle’s.
Gorgeous autumn colour and one of York’s most beautiful buildings as the reception – Merchant Adventurers Hall. The picture below is Merchant Adventurers just as I was leaving the party – it is Halloween and a full moon and I am standing in the very dark garden of one of Yorks oldest buildings in one of the most haunted cities!! There are people in fancy dress in the street above and something special in the air this evening. I imagine this building has seen many many clear starry skies and full moons and special occasions.
All the pictures are live on my online gallery now.
Beth and Mark had THE MOST BEAUTIFUL wedding on Saturday. St Helen’s Church at Escrick, York and a PapaKata teepee reception at Escrick Park Estate, York.
Escrick Park Estate was the perfect place for the teepee’s. A herd of little black sheep happily grazed all around the teepee’s and kept a watchful eye on everything going on! Mark, Beth and I and their Rolls Royce from Superior Motor Cars took a drive through the estate to shoot some special pictures by the pretty little temple, an old barn and amongst the crops growing nearby. I love the orange leaves scattered all around on the picture above and Beth and Mark having fun.
This is when Beth’s father saw her for the first time on the morning of her wedding
Such an amazing day. If you were a guest at this wedding, all of the images are available to view from this evening at www.annemarieking.co.uk using the password given on the wedding day.
Jessica and Darren got married on Sunday at St Peter’s Church in York. It was a gorgeous city centre wedding with the reception being at St Williams College. We made the most of the city and shot pictures from Bootham Bar – using the walls, the shops and The Minster as backdrops as we walked to the reception.
Jessica’s little brothers were pageboys and they looked so gorgeous in their little suits. Here they are watching the bride arrive.
I love the fountains at Exhibition Square – so romantic
St Williams College as I was leaving and the sun setting.
Congratulations to you Jessica and Darren – I know you are on honeymoon waiting for this post – I hope you are having a wonderful time See you soon!
Hello! I am really enjoying this beautiful autumn weather. The sunshine has been lovely and has made photography such a joy. The sparkly sun, the golden and red leaves and the bracken turning from lush green to rust.
Heather and Nick got married on Saturday, they had a beautiful wedding at All Saints Church at Bolton Percy and held their reception at Hazlewood Castle near York. The bracken and the woodland surrounding the castle was stunning and Ken from Superior Motor Cars was great and we stopped on the drive up and shot some couple pictures.
It has been lovely getting to know Heather and Nick and the Johnston family in the run up to the wedding. Thank you for inviting me to be a part of your very special day. I loved it and as you know – I didnt want to leave!!
Last weekend I had so much fun on a model shoot for Karen Cooke who makes the most stunning gowns. These particular ones were designed as prom dresses but I think they would also look great as bridesmaid dresses. I love how each dress was designed for the style and personality of each girl. Thanks to Clare, Josephine, Ingvild and Gina.
See you soon!
by Annemarie King
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