Every year, around this time, my camera gets a little break from weddings and starts following a different kind of celebration.

Prom season.

Over the years I've photographed proms across North Yorkshire and the North East, and every single one has been different. Different dresses, different suits, different cars and different personalities, but they all have one thing in common.

They're a huge milestone.

For many young people, prom marks the end of years spent at school alongside friends they've grown up with. It's the end of one chapter and the beginning of another, whether that's college, university, apprenticeships or starting work. It's one of those moments that deserves to be remembered properly.

That's why I love photographing proms.

When couples ask me which wedding photography package I'd recommend, my answer is nearly always the same... my Signature Wedding Photography Package.

It's the package that gives me the time to tell the complete story of your wedding day, and after all, that's exactly what I am... a storyteller.

For me, wedding photography has never been about turning up, taking a few nice photographs and heading home. It's about capturing the atmosphere, the personalities and all those little moments that you'll never notice on the day but will mean everything when you look back through your photographs years later.

Every now and again, I'll be editing a wedding or updating my website and find myself disappearing down memory lane.

I'll stumble across an old photograph and instantly remember the moment it was taken.

This image from Graham and Heather's wedding at Rushpool Hall is one of those photographs.

It's funny because, on paper, it's just a groom singing into a microphone during the evening reception. But to me, it's so much more than that.

One of the things I love most about being a wedding photographer is that every wedding has its own story to tell.

Some are huge celebrations with hundreds of guests, while others are smaller, more intimate occasions where it's simply about two people promising to spend the rest of their lives together.

Paul and Paula's wedding at Whitby Registry Office was exactly that.

A relaxed, personal wedding surrounded by the people who mattered most, followed by a wander around one of my favourite places on the Yorkshire coast.

As a Whitby wedding photographer, days like this remind me that you don't need a huge venue or a packed schedule to create beautiful wedding photographs. Sometimes all you need is a couple who are completely comfortable together and a town like Whitby providing the backdrop.

One of the questions I get asked quite regularly is, "How long does it take to edit our wedding photographs?"

The honest answer is... quite a while!

Most couples see me arrive on the wedding day, camera in hand, capturing all the laughter, emotion and moments that make their wedding unique. What many people don't see is what happens after I've packed the cameras away and headed home.

For me, photographing a wedding is only half of the process.

The editing is where the final story really starts to come together.

As a North East wedding photographer, one of the things I love most about my job is that no two weddings are ever the same.

Every couple brings their own personality, their own story and their own atmosphere to the day, and Leanne and Sophie's wedding at Websters Ropery in Sunderland was a perfect example of that.

From the moment I arrived, the day felt relaxed. There was plenty of laughter, plenty of smiles and absolutely no pressure to be anything other than themselves. That's usually when the best wedding photographs happen.

As a documentary wedding photographer, I'm always looking for genuine moments rather than creating them, and throughout the day Leanne and Sophie gave me plenty of those.

Every now and again it's nice to step away from weddings and spend a few hours doing something completely different.

That's exactly what happened recently when I met up with Charlotte Potter and Nurry Lee for a promotional portrait shoot in the beautiful villages of Glaisdale and Lealholm, deep in the heart of the North York Moors.

As a North Yorkshire photographer, I spend most weekends capturing weddings, but opportunities like this remind me why I first picked up a camera all those years ago. There were no timelines to follow, no confetti runs to organise and no speeches to catch. Instead, the afternoon was all about creativity, exploring locations and creating photographs that reflected the personalities of two incredibly talented musicians.