Craig + Andrea

We're husband & wife, North East Wedding Photographers based in Co Durham - Creative, Artistic, Unobtrusive Story Telling Wedding Photography, for Relaxed, Adventurous and Fun-loving couples.

We’re not your average wedding photographers - We're wedding photographers for those couples who want relaxed, easygoing and absolutely faff free photography; for couples who want to spend their wedding day enjoying it with their nearest and dearest, rather spending their day as if it was a photoshoot!! – We love focusing on the people, the personalities and the atmosphere that makes the day so memorable. We want to give you individual works of art, each photograph layered with love, emotion and happiness - a true document of the day as it happens; striving to be different, unique and creative with every photograph we take - no fake smiles, no clichés, Just honest, pure moments that will, for many years to come, still bring a tear of joy to your eye.

VIEW OUR LATEST WEDDINGS PLAY THE AWESOME SLIDESHOW

North East Wedding Photographer

We’re husband & wife / best friends, who also happen to be award-winning photographers; passionate, professional North East wedding photographers with a creative, relaxed & distinctive documentary style and a love for a fun-filled, party wedding!

Based in County Durham, up in the North East of England, photographing weddings across the country including County Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Scotland, Lancashire & Northamptonshire to name a few.

Your personalities, your guests, your party!

We love weddings, and hanging out with you and your guests, and as such, our relaxed wedding photography is driven by you, your personalities, your guests, your party. Not by a series of shot lists created from previous weddings and each and every wedding we document is different, each with their own uniqueness, driven by their own vibe & personality.

We want to document the atmosphere & essence of the day, utilising creative lighting, unorthodox angles, reflections, framing, and bold colours, to create compelling, unique fine-art images that exceed that of more traditional wedding photography.

We're wedding photographers for those couples who want relaxed, easygoing and absolutely faff free photography; for couples who want to spend their wedding day enjoying it with their nearest and dearest, rather spending their day as if it was a photoshoot!!

 

 

 

 

Creative, Artistic, Fun & Relaxed Wedding Photography

We understand that for most people, they hate having their picture taken. We make it as relaxed as possible and much prefer blending in as if we were just another pair of guests, capturing your day as it unfolds, along with the feeling, the fine details, the love, emotion, and the expressions without intruding or unnecessary posing.

We don't spend the day directing, bossing you (or anyone else for the matter) around, or try to instruct you in any way - we document your day as it unfolds, by letting you guys relax, and do your thing with your nearest and dearest!

Have a look at this slideshow and some of our recent work to get an idea of how we work.

We strive to create compelling, emotive, and original ideas that tell the story of your own unique day; when you are who you are, no fake smiles, no clichés, nothing 'cheesy', no 'staged' scenes; Just honest, emotive, real moments in time, captured forever!

As sought-after wedding photographers with such a unique style, we've been lucky enough to document weddings at so many beautiful weddings across the entire UK and many of the most exclusive North East wedding venues! Have a look on our ‘Love Letters’ page for some of the amazing reviews our couples have left for us!

Fun & Down to Earth

We're a fun & down to earth couple and place a great deal of focus on building a rapport with our couples - this really helps us to be able to 'get you' as a couple; combined with our fun & relaxed way of shooting, it really helps not only our couples relax, but their guests too and it shows through in our wedding photography.

We don't care about your sex, colour, religious leanings, or what you do for a living, what is important to us is that you don't take yourselves too seriously, and are able to laugh (the stronger the belly laugh, the better!). What matters to us the most, is providing you with a phenomenal document of your own, unique, amazing day!

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"Thank you both so so so much for the day! You honestly both felt like great friends we had always known. We know we wouldn't have had a better photographer for the day than you guys. We had such a fab day, and it wouldn't have been half the day it was without you guys and we know you have captured every moment."

Storytelling Wedding Photography

We firmly believe that anyone viewing your wedding photographs should be able to feel the atmosphere, the vibe of the day, not just a bunch of photographs randomly taken during the day! We take an artistic approach to story telling, using light, angles, and colour to capture individual moments in time to tell this wonderful story.

We use light & shadows, and our imagination to creatively capture a magical, authentic story of your day as it unfolds; using a blend of contemporary & creative signature imagery to not only capture the beauty of your day, but tell it's story through Candid Moments, Real Emotions & Real Connections - this allows you both to be awesome and truly experience the magic, the emotion and moments that make up your day - not forgetting the little details that you've spent so much time creating that help stitch a wedding together.

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North East Wedding Photography

"There were lots of tears.....how amazing are these! You guys are so clever, can't thank you enough! So pleased you were there on the day to capture all these special moments, love the ones of Joe getting thrown up (twice?! I didn't even know about one of these) and one of the Chris' looking into the failed confetti cannon looking confused haha and all the lovely ones of us that feel very 'us', no cheese or over the top-ness at all!"

North East Wedding Photographers

Interested in us documenting your wedding? Get in Touch, we'd love a chat!

If you're looking for a fun-loving & relaxed North East Wedding Photographer, with a distinctive, faff free unique style of wedding photography, we'd love to chat about the amazing plans you've got for your wedding...

"Well.... there's only one thing to say... f*ing fabulous!! How did you make everything (including us ;) ) look that good??!! Thank you for being the best wedding guests ever!!"

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Fleeting moments of Light

We're big fans of light and shadow, and how it interacts with the day - we love capturing those fleeting moments of light at weddings, those moments that are there for a split second, then gone forever - those moments that you couldn't replicate with all the will in the world; they may only be a tiny fragment of the day, but still, play a part in the story of the day.

To the right, are just 4 tiny moments from one wedding - light on the dress as Beccy gets out of the car, grandma walking through stunning light, light on the veil, just as Beccy caught it blowing in the breeze, and light on Matt's flower as he gently helped Beccy into the car.

 

Wedding Photography Moments

Brinkburn Priory Wedding

Winter Healey Barn Wedding Photography

Donna + Charlie

Donna & Charlie waited a long time to get married at Healey Barn and they absolutely smashed their day!

Eden Grange Wedding Photography

Claire + Barrie

Claire & Barrie had a fabulous Eden Grange Wedding; A Prosecco wall, BBQ for lunch, a quiz and some very co...

Healey Barn Wedding Photography

Jen + Steve

Jen & Steve traveled all the way from Wales for their wedding at Healey Barn. Jen’s day started off in the ...

Runa Farm Wedding Photography

Zoe + Harry

Zoe & Harry started their Runa Farm Wedding with a ceremony at the local church in Durham before moving on ...

We're Loved!

If you're looking for a Fun and Relaxed North East wedding Photographer, please get in touch. We are lucky enough to love our job, but even more so to receive lovely comments from many of our couples about their wedding day.

Jen & Steve - Healey Barn Wedding

You might not know it yet, but if you’re looking for a photographer to capture your event, you’re looking for Richards & Co Photography!! Craig and Andrea captured our wedding day in August in the most magical and unobtrusive way.

As people, these two were widely loved by our entire wedding party, they were approachable, friendly, fun and professional.

Then for the photos, they have completely and utterly blown us away. They captured everything, and I mean everything, things we didn’t even know had happened! Their style is next to none, they captured our day as it happened, no staged photos just pure happiness and love. We can’t thank you both enough!

Steve and Jen

Jen & Steve

Healey Barn Wedding
James + Matt - Northside Farm Wedding Photography

Can't rate Craig and Andrea highly enough. Everything from the initial booking through to the delivery of the final photos has been amazing.

The photos taken were amazing, their style of photography was exactly what we were looking for and allowed us to spend more time with our wedding guests without spending hours off taking staged photos.

They both blend in with guests and manage to capture every moment of the day perfectly. They were also amazing through the pandemic, dealing with postponements professionally and I'm glad we were able to get them for our rebooked day.

Wouldn't have been the same day without these two as our photographers.

James + Matt

Northside Farm Wedding Photography
Mariette & Chris - Bamburgh Castle Wedding

Craig and Andrea were a welcome sight for me on the morning of my wedding- everything goes so quickly so it was a real comfort to have a friendly face there!

From the engagement shoot through to the wedding they made us both feel comfortable and their style of photographs were exactly what we wanted and they were quick to reply to any email queries we had (before and after!).Being able to have a laugh with your photographers and to feel at ease made such a difference to the photos- which are absolutely beautiful.

We cannot recommend them enough!

Mariette & Chris

Bamburgh Castle Wedding
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Pre Wedding Shoot | Engagement Shoot

Pre Wedding Shoot

A Pre-wedding shoot can help with any anxieties you may have when it comes to having your photograph taken, and are also great way of getting used to the camera before your wedding day.

Fine Art Wedding Albums

Fine Art Wedding Albums

Gorgeous story books, hand made in the UK. A perfect memento of your wedding memories and of course, a stunning way to show off your wedding photographs.

Reportage Wedding Photography

Reportage Wedding Photography

Our Wedding photography is documentary style - we believe it should tell the story of the big day and reflect the choices that couples make on the day. Anyone viewing the photos should be able to feel and gain an insight into what it was like to be there - The personalities and the essence of such a special day.

Distinctive works of Art

Distinctive works of Art

We not only capture those unique, special moments that make up your wedding day, we also incorporate creative, dramatic, compelling & ‘distinctive’ works of art that will blow your mind.

Wedding Photographer Testimonials | Wedding Photography Reviews

Testimonials

We are lucky enough to love our job, but even more so to receive lovely reviews from many of our couples about our wedding photography.