The whole day, in the order it happened.
I'm Nell, a wedding and portrait photographer in Newcastle. Eight years on a newspaper picture desk taught me to watch, to wait, and never to ask anyone to do it again.
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Jesmond
16:22
Tynemouth
17:48
Gosforth
22:05
Nobody is asked to do it again.
I photographed my first wedding in 2015, after eight years on a newspaper picture desk, and I still work the same way. I don't stage moments, and the only time I line people up is for the groups you ask for. One wedding a day, about thirty a year, and every picture edited by me.
Groups in twenty minutes
Give me a list of up to ten groups and I'll have them done in twenty minutes, so you can get back to your guests.
Two clear umbrellas
Rain in the North East is a when, not an if, and some of my favourite pictures are wet ones.
Planned around the light
It's dark by four in December, so for a winter wedding we plan your portraits around the daylight.
One whole day, in seven frames.
Rosie and Callum, 20 September 2025, near Hexham: seven of the 640 pictures in their gallery, in the order I took them.
“We hardly noticed Nell all day, and then the gallery showed us everything we'd missed.”
Rosie, Hexham
09:40
No. 12
Hair and make-up at Rosie's mum's house in Gosforth.
11:20
No. 86
Her dad sees the dress.
13:00
No. 141
The ceremony in the barn.
13:38
No. 203
Confetti, and the wind took most of it.
15:15
No. 288
Twenty minutes in the long grass for portraits.
18:05
No. 402
The best man's speech.
20:40
No. 517
The first dance.
Three lengths of day.
Choose how much of the day you want kept. Whichever you choose, every picture is edited by me, and nothing is sent away.
A typical day, drawn to scale
09:00
12:00
15:00
18:00
21:00
The ceremony
Up to three hours
The ceremony, the confetti, your family groups and twenty minutes of portraits. Made for registry office and weekday weddings.
from
£950
The day
Eight hours
From the last of the getting ready to the first dance.
from
£1,850
The whole day
Up to twelve hours
From hair and make-up to the last dance, with Sam Ellery as second photographer and an engagement shoot included.
from
£2,650
Every wedding includes
A sneak peek of 30 pictures within 48 hours. The full gallery within six weeks: usually 500 to 800 pictures for a full day. A private online gallery to download and share, kept for two years. No travel fee within 60 miles of Newcastle.
Extras
An engagement shoot
£250
A second photographer
£400
A linen-bound album
from £550
Thirty spreads, designed by me.
“Our groups were done before the drinks went warm, and the one of my gran dancing is on every wall in the family.”
Amira, Gosforth
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Portraits in a north light.
My studio is a ground-floor room in the Ouseburn with one big north-facing window: the softest, steadiest light there is. Come as you are. Dogs are welcome.
Studio portrait session
£180
An hour in the studio, with 10 edited pictures.
Family session on location
£260
An hour on the beach at Tynemouth or in Jesmond Dene, with 15 edited pictures.
Prints
from £35
Framed from £120.
Book a portrait session
From the first email to the last picture.
The same six steps for every couple. The first one takes a minute.
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Today
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Tell me the date and the venue, and I'll reply within two working days to say whether it's free.
That week
Meet
A video call or a coffee at the studio: forty-five minutes, with no obligation.
When you're ready
Book
A 25% retainer secures your date. The balance is due a month before the wedding.
Six weeks before
Plan
We go through the timeline and your group-photo list together. If I haven't worked at your venue, I go and look at the light.
On the day
The day
I arrive quietly and mostly stay out of the way. Up to ten groups, done in twenty minutes.
48 hours, then six weeks
The pictures
Thirty pictures within 48 hours, then the full gallery within six weeks.
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I take one wedding a day, and about thirty a year. Tell me the date and the venue, and I'll reply within two working days to say whether it's free.
Or talk to me directly
0191 498 0624
WhatsApp 07700 900624
hello@nellthew.co.uk
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