Nottingham Wedding Photographer

Hi, I’m Dave, a relaxed, documentary wedding photographer based near Castleford, an easy run down the M1 to Nottingham. I photograph weddings across Nottinghamshire, from Swancar Farm at Trowell Moor to Hazel Gap Barn on the Welbeck Estate, with no travel charge.

I’ll capture your day as it really happens, keep the portraits short and give you around 800 edited pictures from a full day, in an online gallery within three weeks.

Getting married in Nottinghamshire? Check if I’m free on your date, or have a look at my packages.

Bride and groom walking hand in hand along a tree-lined path

Nottingham Weddings at a Glance

  • Based: Near Castleford, an easy run down the M1
  • Travel: Free, to Nottingham and everywhere else I cover
  • Venues I know well: Swancar Farm and Hazel Gap Barn
  • Outdoor ceremonies: The Pagoda and Courtyard at Swancar Farm
  • Style: Relaxed and documentary, with very little posing
  • Portraits: About twenty minutes, plus fifteen minutes of twilight with Signature and Complete
  • Your pictures: Around 800 from a full day, within three weeks
  • Packages: From £1,300, or £400 for part of the day
  • Reviews: 73 five-star reviews on Google

Photographing a Wedding in Nottingham

The Nottinghamshire venues I know are both barns in big country estates, with courtyards, woodland and open fields, so portraits never mean going far.

Bride smiling as her make-up artist adds blusher

I’ll be there for the getting ready, then cover the ceremony quietly, whether that’s in a barn or a church.

Bride walking down stone steps through the gardens of a country house
Bride and groom walking back down the church aisle past smiling guests

Afterwards it’s confetti, about twenty minutes of portraits, and then the fun bits. With the Signature or Complete package we’ll also pop out after dark for fifteen minutes of twilight pictures.

Bride and groom kissing in a shower of confetti as guests cheer

Nottingham Venues I Know

These are the Nottinghamshire venues I photograph. Each one has its own page with more about the venue and the real weddings I’ve photographed there.

Swancar Farm

Bride and groom in front of a country house and its gardens

Swancar Farm is at Trowell Moor, near Nottingham and close to the Derbyshire border, a couple of minutes from the M1. You can marry in the Gallery or the Glass Barn, then dine in the Oak Hall, with its arched oak beams, for up to 140. It only hosts one event a day, in 250 acres of countryside. See this Swancar Farm wedding.

Personalised aisle runner at Swancar Farm

Hazel Gap Barn

Amy and Chris by the barn at Hazel Gap

Hazel Gap Barn is at Budby, on the historic Welbeck Estate. Ceremonies are in the Ceremony Hall for up to 150, with up to 250 in the evening, and the courtyard has a fountain, mulberry trees and fire pits after dark. The barn is yours for the day, with a late licence until 1am and bluebell woods on the estate for pictures. Have a look at Amy & Chris’s wedding.

Silhouette of Amy and Chris in an arched window at Hazel Gap Barn
Bride having her make-up done at Hazel Gap Barn

How Much Is a Wedding Photographer in Nottingham?

Bride and groom kissing in a garden

Essential is £1,300 for ten hours. Signature, my most booked package, is £1,800 for the full day and includes an album and a second photographer, and Complete, which adds video, is £2,400. Part-day coverage is £400.

There are discounts for winter weddings (October to March) and midweek weddings (Monday to Thursday), and there’s no travel charge for Nottingham. Everything that’s included is on my prices page.

Nottingham Wedding Questions

Yes, across Nottinghamshire, including Amy & Chris’s at Hazel Gap Barn.

No. I’m based near Castleford, and there’s no travel charge for Nottingham or anywhere else I cover.

Swancar Farm at Trowell Moor and Hazel Gap Barn on the Welbeck Estate. Both have their own pages on my site.

Not on site, but Cuckney House on the estate has 15 bedrooms, sleeping 38, about five minutes away.

Packages start at £1,300, with part-day coverage from £400, and there are discounts for winter and midweek weddings.

Around 800 edited pictures from a full day, in an online gallery within three weeks.

Dogs aren’t allowed inside the venue, but they’re welcome for photographs by prior arrangement.

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More Areas I Cover

I also photograph weddings in Lincoln, Sheffield and Doncaster, and right across Yorkshire. See all the areas I cover.