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Kate McCarthy Photography Natural, relaxed fine-art wedding photography based in Manchester & Cheshire

06/02/2025

Spring Minis are LIVE! Please share etc, I can’t wait to hang out with you all!

https://app.studioninja.co/booking//kmpsfamilyminis

29/01/2025

The sun is shining, the edits are complete, the inbox is buzzy. The world can feel overwhelming but today feels like brighter days are coming. Throwing back to Andy & Capricorns mega sun soaked wedding last October!

24/01/2025

It’s Friday! And the inbox is busy, I’m putting the last touches on my final wedding of 2024 and the sun shining (albeit over blustery winds but I’ll take that vitamin D hit). Today I’m throwing back to Alicia & Matt’s unreal wedding day at the beautiful . What a dreamy spot for two dreamy humans. Have a gorgeous weekend!

23/01/2025

Venue Spotlight: King Street Townhouse. Elegant, iconic, intimate. With staff that go above & beyond, views across the city and gorgeous food, I absolutely adore this incredible city centre venue.

20/01/2025

Happy tears only today. Brighter days will come. I have to hold hope in my heart because the world is burning and I need to believe that one day again it will be changed for good for my Tiny Queen. I have to believe that when we hit rock bottom, the only way is up. Today feels uncertain and heavy so I will exercise my enormous privilege and look at pretty pictures of sunny, love-filled days and I’ll hold my daughter tighter than she wants and I’ll make my husband a little uncomfortable when I get a touch too emotional. Because it all has to be okay, right? The light will outshine the dark, right? Right?

19/01/2025

Oh heyyyyy pals. How’s your Sunday Sunday-ing? I just had a peek and noticed that I really do love shooting through windows and mirrors and doorways. There’s something ephemeral and timeless and private about an image taken when you’re so absorbed in the day and each other. The intimacy of it all is breathtaking.

14/01/2025

Sometimes all that’s required is a little nudge - stand over there, look at each other, omg you guys are married! And sometimes I step even further back and let chemistry take hold. Sometimes it’s just framing and location and moment and tradition or lack of tradition. I could never curate this feed in any sort of aesthetic way because every wedding is a flash in time, a unique blend of style and energy and venue and weather and sometimes I just bring my camera to PLAY. I love your love stories so so much.

03/01/2025

OH HEY PALS! It’s been a minute since I properly showed my face here so no better time than the start of a new year. Welcome to all who are new, I’m Kate, a Yank transplant to the UK, nearly 14 years married mum of one and it is indeed my big goofy toothy grin you’ll see peeping out from behind a Nikon on your wedding day. Because, and I cannot shout this loud enough, I LOVE my job so so much and your wedding gives me so much joy.

So in the interest of getting to know each other a little better, here are seven things that make my heart sing, in addition to my job:

1. Watching my nearly 10 year old daughter experience anything new and be dazzled by it - most recently Wicked.
2. Morning solo pastry walks when we travel - I wake up before the family and set off as soon as the sun is mostly up
3. Impromptu dance parties in the kitchen with my sister in law when one of us is cooking for the family
4. Long, lazy baths where you keep topping up with hot water. I’m the queen of the 3 hour bath.
5. Dumplings and noodles, especially from Noodle Alley in Chinatown
6. Decorating for Christmas
7. Spotting the first crocuses of the year and knowing that in just a few weeks everything will be green again.

So that’s me, who are you? And if you’re still on the search for a wedding photographer who will capture your story in a way that feels comfortable and natural and authentic to who you are, slide into my DMs, I’d LOVE to get to know you!

📷 3 years ago and yes I’m super overdue for new headshots. Cass??! (The rest are of my little fam for context)

28/12/2024

It's here, it's ready, my 2024 year in weddings is LIVE on the blog. I love you guys, thank you for making this work so sweet.
https://www.katemccarthyphotography.co.uk/blog/2024-a-year-in-wedding-photography-manchester-wedding-photographer

16/12/2024

Thank you to the wonderful Hilltop Country House for this gorgeous blog! Xx

13/12/2024

ITS FRIDAY, GET WEIRD!

08/12/2024

HANNAH & GARETH // ‘You thrill me
I know you, you, you thrill me
Darling you, you, you, you thrill me
Honest you do

At first I thought it was infatuation
But woo, it’s lasted so long
Now I find myself wanting
To marry you and take you home, whoa-oh’
(Sam Cooke)
Sneak peek link in bio

29/11/2024

It’s the weekend and 2 more October couples have been sent their wedding photos this week including lovely Abbie & Steven! I’ve been on a mega editing roll so all pre-December couples will absolutely receive their wedding photos before Christmas. 2024 has been the most gorgeous year and with just 3 weddings left to shoot, I’m busy preparing my end of year wrap up, running a mega slate of PTA Festive Events, making time for family and pals and I’m loving every single minute. What am I going to do in January??

15/11/2024

Our dear hearts got married so I had to go. https://www.katemccarthyphotography.co.uk/blog/berlin-elopement-berlin-wedding-photography

10/11/2024

Be brave on your wedding day! Go with the flow, treat the day as a ‘yes day’ - even if that means popping into the local pub over the road from the town hall and having a shot like Abbie & Steven!

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It's here, from me to you with SO much love. This is 2023. https://www.katemccarthyphotography.co.uk/blog/2023-in-review-manchester-wedding-photographer

We’re blooming…

The Wedding Alphabet, as seen by your wedding photographer

2021 Year in Review - Manchester Wedding Photography

It's here for you, it's now live on the blog. The end of year everything, what a wild one it's been, just in time for the mid-Christmas malaise... www.katemccarthyphotography.co.uk/blog/2021-manchester-wedding-photographer

Love is the Only Thing I Know, 2020 in Pictures

A year in love stories by a Manchester wedding photographer

2019: A Year in Weddings - Manchester Wedding Photography

My end-of-year reflections are now live on the blog. What a beautiful year it's been, thank you all so much. www.katemccarthyphotography.co.uk/blog/2019/12/31/2019-a-year-in-weddings-manchester-wedding-photography

Amy & Liam's Wedding Trailer

When your friends are just THAT TALENTED and you get to shoot some incredible weddings together, you're literally living the dream! I'm thrilled to share with you all the trailer for Amy & Liam's Worsley Park Marriott Hotel & Country Club wedding day, shot by the AMAZING Amy Louise Bellamy for Kate McCarthy Photography. We had an absolute ball working together on Saturday and I'm so so blown away by what she's captured. Check it out here - I dare you to not cry!

Talia & Elliot's Knowsley Hall Wedding Film - Trailer - Knowsley Hall Wedding Photography

Talia & Elliot's Knowsley Hall wedding video trailer is now LIVE!!! UNREAL work by my girl @Amy Louise Photography & Film, she's truly captured just how beautiful this wedding day was...

2018: A Year in Manchester Wedding Photography

2018 Manchester Wedding Photography Round-Up!