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Saddleworth Hotel Wedding // Hannah and Tom

Wedding Photography in Saddleworth

Hannah and Tom had their Saddleworth Hotel wedding photography at the end of May. I was delighted to be asked to shoot their wedding at one of the leading venues in the north west. I love wedding photography in Saddleworth, living in the area I know how amazing the scenery is. The area is beautiful and has plenty of great views that make for amazing couple shots!

Morning Preparations

First of all, the morning preparations took place at Hannah’s parent’s house in Ripponden. With plenty of laughter and prosecco during the hair and make up it was a fun start to the day. A highlight was when Hannah’s dad Nigel saw Hannah in her dress for the first time. It was a lovely moment and the smiles continued all the way to the church in Ripponden village. One of my favourite photos of the year was at the top of the aisle when Hannah saw Tom and her smile could not be wider!

Reception at The Saddleworth Hotel

After the wedding service we made the short journey over to Saddleworth for the reception at The Saddleworth Hotel. The Saddleworth Hotel is one of the leading wedding venues in the area because it is simply stunning wedding venue. With modern decor, fantastic food and most of all, cracking staff I can highly recommend you have your wedding at the Saddleworth Hotel.

Awesome Light

Another reason to have have your wedding photography at The Saddleworth Hotel are the beautiful grounds and stunning views. Hannah and Tom made the most of the amazing scenery for their couple photos as we went into the woodland area at the back of the Saddleworth Hotel. With a low sun setting over the Saddleworth hills, Hannah and Tom made the most of the awesome light. It was a brilliant day and I cannot wait to return to The Saddleworth Hotel. I’m also delighted to now be a recommended supplier by the Saddlworth Hotel, so I look forward to many more weddings at an amazing wedding venue.

Here’s Hannah and Tom’s Saddleworth Hotel wedding photography. Music by Christine and The Queens, photos by me…

The Saddleworth Hotel, Huddersfield Road, Oldham OL3 5LX. 01457 871888

Saddleworth Hotel wedding photography by James Tracey © 2016

Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright at All Star Lanes Manchester

MICHELLE KEEGAN AND MARK WRIGHT AT ALL STAR LANES MANCHESTER

“How on earth have you got that job?”

That was the only question I seemed to get asked last week by everyone who found out I was photographing Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright. In fairness, it’s a good question and the answer is I work with Toast PR who look after All Star Lanes in Manchester. They had arranged a launch night for their new bar, The Dime Store, during which Mark Wright of TOWIE fame would be DJ’ing from his iPod.

Now if you have no idea who Michelle Keegan is (and some people don’t), she plays Tina McIntyre in Coronation Street and she has recently been voted the 4th sexiest woman in the world in the annual FHM poll. It’s safe to say a lot of my friends were pretty jealous that I’d got this job. On top of this, she’s just got engaged to ITV’s The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright and they’re now featuring regularly in the celebrity media. They are hot property, so you can see why All Star Lanes asked them to pop down to launch their new bar.

MICHELLE KEEGAN AND MARK WRIGHT AT ALL STAR LANES MANCHESTER

The Dime Store Bar launch was a huge success, packed with people heading down to catch a glimpse of Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan. Also partying at All Star Lanes was Mel Travis who is one of the three single ladies in ITV 2’s reality dating show Girlfriends.

After his DJ set (which, if I’m honest, had some great 80’s funk soul tunes in there) Mark and Michelle went bowling in the exclusive West Wing lane (modeled on the famous bowling Alley underneath the White House) where they then partied the night away! It was here I got my shot of Michelle Keegan and Mark bowling which was for the Manchester Evening News. They ran the story on Monday the 30th September, using my image as the main photograph! You can read the article here!

The Daily Mail also picked up on the story and ran an article online which you can see here!

All in all, a job well done. I got some great shots which will be featuring over on All Star Lanes Facebook page and all being well there will be another celebrity iPod DJ night at All Star Lanes soon.