Ten Years of Emma + Rich

“Don’t ever change who you are or what you do, thank you for being more than just photographers, thank you for being you.”

– Laura + Andy 2017

Ten Years Ago…

…we somehow stumbled into being wedding photographers. A mixture of luck, necessity, and coincidence found us driving around the country with an increasing collection of cameras as well as a growing feeling that we might actually be able to pull this off as a job. When we first started out we may not have known exactly what we were doing but we did know precisely what we wanted to achieve.

Everyone Deserves Great Wedding Photos…

…is a little motto we’ve had from the start. When we were married, and even when we were starting out in the business, the vast majority of the wedding industry only showcased and catered to a certain demographic. If you weren’t a slender, white, cis-hetero couple with model good looks, it’s as if you didn’t exist. The places that showcased normal people were few and far between. We wanted to change that. We wanted to show everybody looking awesome on their wedding day.

On a Mission.

We put our everything into it. All our savings, all our time, all our energy and focus. Wedding photography became our lives. We found training courses and communities full of like minded people who inspired and educated us. Most importantly, we found ourselves. Freed from the mindset of doing what we thought we should be doing, we were able to see what we could be doing.

Our photography evolved alongside us, becoming filled with the joy and authenticity that couples actually felt during a wedding. We pursued that thread, looking for genuine moments of love and happiness as they sprung up, unscripted, throughout wedding days. Our style became a sort of gonzo fine-art documentary as we made ourselves a part of the wedding day without unduly influencing proceedings. We shot in a documentary style but also paid great attention to composition. Looking for that perfect frame as the chaos unfolded arround us.

It’s Been Fantastic!

It really has. We’ve met so many amazing couples, guests, photographers, and other wedding professionals. So many genuinely lovely people that showed us how we could be better people ourselves. We’ve won all the awards we could ever dream of, been featured in our favourite magazines and blogs, received incredible reviews, and made some great friends. We’ve achieved all we ever wanted to and more than we could have dreamed. Not a bad way to spend a decade.

Here is a tiny selection of some of our favourite photos from the last ten years…

“AHHHH thank you so much!!!

We’ve just had the best time looking through them all and sharing them. You have captured the day magnificently and these photos make us soooo happy!!!

We both loved having you there on the day too. Thank you so much.”

– Gemma + Daniel 2024

Multi international award-winning wedding photographers and husband and wife team, Emma + Rich take photographs with our own creative, fun, and unique way of telling your story. Based in Scarborough near York and Leeds, we travel across the UK with our own style of fun wedding photography.

To view our portfolio visit www.emmaandrich.co.uk and contact us here to check our availability.