Wedding Photography in York | About York Wedding Photographer David Bellis

About me and how I work

I’m a national award winning photographer, qualified member of The Guild of Wedding Photographers and a member of The Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers. I’m based in York, offering  stylish, contemporary wedding photography for Yorkshire and the UK.

As a photographer, I like to work in a documentary style, but will balance this with more formal, posed work as required. Often throughout the day there is a fluid movement between approaches, as I also like to interact with my subjects – I am after all there by invitation and part of your day – while at other times slipping into the background to take a “fly-on-the-wall” approach. I love to photograph people and take great pleasure in capturing genuine, spontaneous moments that portray the essence of a person or event. There’s a song by Mark Germino called “Caught in the act of being ourselves.” That song title kind of sums up how I would like my clients to appraise my images of their day.

My love of photography started back in my teens with an Olympus film SLR. While photography featured somewhat in my years at art school, I am for the most part self taught and the learning curve has continued from the dark room days of my teens through to the demands of our ‘instant’ digital age.

During a wedding I am very much focused on capturing the moment. The image recorded in-camera represents the raw material that is then later taken to another level in post-production. This is a very important part of the image making process that I pay great care and attention to. Every image that makes the “final cut” for inclusion in your online gallery will have been enhanced in this way. From there, the choice of presentation is yours.

I choose to limit the number of weddings I do each year, as I want to give as much focus as possible to my clients and see they get the best possible service.

I hope you enjoy looking round my specialist wedding website. If you like what you see, I’d like to meet you. I know you don’t just want “some pictures”, you want something special – and that’s what I do my very best to deliver.

David Bellis