Dewsbury Wedding Photographer

Hi, I’m Dave, a relaxed, documentary wedding photographer based near Castleford, just along the M62 from Dewsbury. I photograph weddings in Dewsbury, Batley, Mirfield and Birstall, from Bagden Hall to the Woodlands Hotel, and there’s never a travel charge.

I keep things easy-going and natural. I’ll capture what really happens, keep the posed pictures short and give you around 800 edited pictures from a full day, in an online gallery within three weeks.

Planning a Dewsbury wedding? Check my availability for your date, or have a look at my packages.

Hannah and Paul sharing a kiss at the Woodlands Hotel

Dewsbury Weddings at a Glance

  • Based: Near Castleford, a short run along the M62
  • Travel: Free, here and everywhere else I cover
  • Venues close by: Bagden Hall, the Woodlands Hotel and Oakwell Hall
  • Outdoor ceremonies: On the Terrace at Woodlands, and at Bagden Hall from April to October
  • 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 Dewsbury

Dewsbury sits between Leeds, Wakefield and Huddersfield, so there’s a lovely choice of venues close by, from old mill owners’ houses to country hotels with big gardens.

Bridesmaids in satin robes toasting with champagne

Mornings are one of my favourite parts of the day: the dressing gowns, the fizz and the nerves. I’ll fit in around you, so there’s no need to stop what you’re doing for me.

Jade and Brett signing the wedding register, rings and tattoos on show

I’ll cover the ceremony quietly, from the vows to signing the register, then take you away for about twenty minutes of portraits. With the Signature or Complete package we’ll pop back out after dark for fifteen minutes of twilight pictures too.

Jade and Brett at night by the gates of Bagden Hall, West Yorkshire

Wedding Venues Near Dewsbury

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

Woodlands Hotel

Hannah and Paul outside the Woodlands Hotel

The Woodlands Hotel is in Gildersome, on the edge of Leeds: a late 19th-century mansion built for the mill owner George Webster. You can marry in the Garden Room, the Study for smaller weddings, or outside on the Terrace overlooking the gardens, and the glass-fronted Orangery takes up to 250 for a reception. Have a look at Hannah & Paul’s wedding.

Outdoor wedding ceremony at the Woodlands Hotel

Bagden Hall

Summer gardens and the stone hall at Bagden Hall near Huddersfield on the wedding morning

Bagden Hall is at Scissett, between Huddersfield and Wakefield. It was built in the 1860s for the mill owner Charles Norton and sits in 40 acres of gardens with a lake. Outdoor ceremonies run from April to October, and Bagden only ever hosts one wedding a day. See Jade & Brett’s and Tamsin & Alasdair’s weddings.

Tamsin and Alasdair with the bridesmaids at the front entrance of Bagden Hall

Real Weddings at Oakwell Hall

Oakwell Hall is in Birstall, just up the road from Dewsbury, and I’ve photographed weddings there for Abi & Rick and Adelle & Ashley.

How Much Is a Wedding Photographer in Dewsbury?

Purple chairs and a white flower arch set up for an outdoor ceremony on the lawn at Bagden Hall

Essential is £1,300 for ten hours. Signature, which most couples go for, is £1,800 for the full day, 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 I don’t charge travel to Dewsbury. Everything that’s included is on my prices page.

Tamsin and Alasdair at night between the stone gate pillars of Bagden Hall, Yorkshire

Dewsbury Wedding Questions

Yes. I photograph weddings in Dewsbury, Batley, Mirfield and Birstall, and all the venues around them.

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

The Woodlands Hotel in Gildersome and Bagden Hall at Scissett, which both have their own pages on my site, and Oakwell Hall in Birstall.

Yes. The Woodlands Hotel has the Terrace overlooking its gardens, and Bagden Hall holds outdoor ceremonies from April to October.

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.

We carry on. I’ll find the best light indoors or under cover, and some of my favourite pictures have come from rainy days.

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More Areas I Cover

I also photograph weddings in Huddersfield, Wakefield and Leeds, and right across Yorkshire. See all the areas I cover.