wedding portfolio

Photography Ethos

My work reflects my ethos of capturing real moments. I take a documentary approach to capturing your day. I want to be able to freeze all the raw emotions the laughter, the tears, the fun and everything in between.

I strive to give you images that truly reflect you. I honestly believe that stunning couple portraits are produced when you are most at ease. I strive to capture those in-between moments that you share.

My portraits are unique as I always try and add a splash of my own creativity with either composition or lighting. Ultimately I want to produce wall worthy photos that you will feel proud to show off forever.

This portfolio is just a fraction of the beautiful weddings I have captured over the last 9 years. I have been fortunate to have captured over 150 weddings with that number increasing all the time.

I photograph 12 months of the year so I have shot weddings in all types of venues and weather conditions. This is what I love about my job, no two weddings are remotely the same, every wedding is as unique as the couple getting married.

On enquiry I will happily share some full wedding galleries of previous clients so you can really get a feel for my work. I take bookings 1-2 years in advance for popular dates but I will take last minute weddings if I have availability.

  • Bride and groom kiss in the rain
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  • Bride and Groom stood on the steps in front of Old Down wedding venue
  • Couple run through vineyard at Aldwick Estate by Bristol wedding photographer
  • Bride celebrates her marriage by raising her flowers at The Mayoral Room intimate wedding Bristol
  • Bristol wedding photographer Council House College Green 1
  • Bride and groom stood in front of the Clifton Suspension Bridge next to the Avon Gorge Hotel
  • Bride and groom facing each other in Gloucester Cathedral
  • Bride and groom watch a firework display over a lake on their wedding day

Contemporary WITH TIMELESS COLOURS

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  • Couple stood between the columns at Leigh Court Bristol wedding venue
  • Bridesmaids holding hands walking away with their heads turned back towards the camera
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  • Kingsweston House lit up at night with couple in front of it
  • bride and groom cut cake at Hatherley Manor wedding venue
  • natural wedding images of a bride and groom dancing in a walled garden
  • Bride & groom stood in front of the penguins at their Bristol zoo wedding
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  • Emotional bride at Avon Gorge Hotel wedding
  • Bristol wedding videographer
  • Bride with bridesmaids standing in a line looking back at the camera wearing multi coloured bridesmaids dress at Gregnog Hall wedding venue
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  • groom kisses bride on the shoulder in the grounds of Hatherley Manor wedding photographer
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  • Groomsmen jumping with the sea in the background of the garden at Sandy Cove hotel Ilfracombe

fun, relaxed, Natural portraits

  • Bride and groom hold hands walking down the tree lined path of Wick Farm Bath wedding photographer
  • St-Andrews-church-Mells-wedding-photographer -couple sing hymns on wedding day
  • bride holding her bouquet of flowers looking out of the window in the bridal suite at Manor by the lake wedding venue
  • Best man tells his speech in the grand ballroom at Manor by the Lake holiding a microphone infront of candles
  • Bride Groom Priston Mill
  • Bride and groom walk through a sparkler exit tunnel created by their wedding guests at night outside of Kingsweston House Bristol
  • Sandy Cove hotel Ilfacombe 1
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  • Groomsmen pose for a photo outside of the Church of St Margaret in Tintinhull
  • Suzanne Chris wedding 585
  • Rainbow over a bride and groom at the walled garden at Hatherley Manor
  • Bradford on Avon wedding photographer Leigh Court Hotel
  • A couple dance on a path at Aldwick Estate at night backlit with stars
  • Bride being dipped backwards by groom in a field - Mells wedding photographer
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  • Bridal suit Avon Gorge hotel
  • Bride and groom look into each others eyes during their ceremony at Aldwick Estate Bristol
  • Bride and groom night photo at Orchardleigh House wedding venue

Creative story Telling

  • Bride and groom walk hand in hand on their wedding day at Old Down Manor hotel.
  • Bride and groom stand in archway of Coombe lodge at night back lit
  • A couple staring into each others eyes smiling sat on a swing Bristol wedding photographer
  • Bridesmaids stood posing in the grounds of St Michael's church Winterbourne Bristol
  • Couple are backlit by Fireworks at the grounds of Old Down Manor estate on their wedding day
  • Groom sitting on the shoulders of his groomsmen outside the Rummer Hotel Bristol
  • groom picks up his bride at night outside their Rummer hotel wedding Bristol
  • bride and groom holding an umbrella at night in the rain backlit
  • Bride and groom are dancing in the gardens of Coombe lodge at sunset
  • Bride and groom hug as the sun goes down over looking Bath country side
  • confetti shot at Bristol intimate wedding
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  • double exposure silhouette
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  • Couple look out on to the lake near their Nailsea Tithe barn wedding
  • Wooky hole wedding photography 1
  • Bride hugs her groom from behind in front of an old door at Wick Farm wedding venue
  • Somerset wedding photographer Pennard House 1
  • Bride and groom share a moment together in the gardens of their Bristol zoo wedding
  • Bride & Groom portrait Tewkesbury abbey
  • Collage of inside and outside of Nailsea Tithe barn wedding venue
  • Sandy Cover wedding0 Ceremony
  • Bristol wedding photographer Council House College Green
  • Couple dance in the Vineyards at Aldwick Estate for their Wedding video

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  • Bristol wedding photographer & Videographer available throughout the UK and destination weddings.
  • Unique Story telling that embraces you.
  • Bespoke packages to suit individual requirements.
  • Fun, relaxed and creativity guaranteed.
  • Small Deposit to secure your wedding date.
  • Sneak peak shortly after your wedding

Nicola Hesketh
info@imageparadise.com
07708375723
8 Hardenhuish Road, Bristol BS4 3SU.

Photpgraph of Nicola Hesketh - Owner and lead photographer of Image Paradise