Chris Thornton Photography & Video

Chris was absolutely fantastic right from the day we booked him. Contact was second to none and he was always happy to answer any questions or queries, always accommodating what we wanted. On the day Chris was absolutely fantastic, barely even noticed he was there and he was so lovely throughout the whole day. He was a big hit with all our guests and did excellent at getting our little guests to give him a smile! The photos we have received back are absolutely out of this world, I could not have asked for better photos. We have a wide variety of natural photos of us and all of our guests on the day, and particularly capturing my dad’s ashes throughout the ceremony, which was hugely important to me. I would 100% recommend Chris to anyone wanting a photographer for a wedding or large event, he’ll capture your day better than you could imagine!

Absolutely fantastic, couldn't fault Chris at all. Very punctual and took some amazing footage of our amazing day as well as photos. It was a very smooth process when doing the group photos, and very calm. Picture quality of the fireworks was out of this world. I will always be grateful.

I just wanted to let everyone know how pleased we are with the pictures and the video. They perfectly capture our very magical day. On the day I literally felt like I was in a whirlwind and lots of detail passed me by. The pictures capture all of this so perfectly. I love all of them but do have some which are extra special to me. These moments made me cry when I looked at the pictures. 1st picture of dress, it looks like the flowers on the dress are growing in the garden behind. All the pictures of shoes, rings and necklace especially the reflected ones. Pictures in the room in my dress. The ones where we are holding hands. Our 3rd grandson captured in back of ring exchange pictures. Otis with ring box balanced between knee and chin. My mum and dad. Confetti pictures. The hug with my dearest friend the lady in the huge pink fascination. Our grandchildren and Alex’s son running up the road. Raya, the little girl in amongst all the colourful dresses. Me with my head touching our youngest grandson and of course Vanessa on the tambourine. I love all the pictures especially the garden and tree ones but the ones above had that extra special emotion for me. On the day you were so genuinely polite, calm and lovely and so unobtrusive. Guests were very complimentary about how you worked throughout the day. The pictures are just utterly breathtaking and paint a picture of a room full of love and a perfect day. I knew as soon as we booked the venue that I wanted you to be the photographer and you did what you do best and provided us with memories that will last forever. We have had so many compliments about how well cut the video was and the photos and what they captured. I love that the song lyrics for the first song match the footage. Just amazing. Our USB is also really unique and gorgeous.

A huge thank you to Chris for his amazing work at both our wedding and the party. Chris was always on hand to make sure we were in the right backdrop and had every detail covered. Chris was always on time and was clear with his instructions. We could not have asked for more, would highly recommend him to anyone!

As a photographer myself the choice of photographer for our special day was super important and after checking the work of 15 different photographers we'd pretty much already decided Chris was the one before we even contacted him! We had a very simple wedding, just the two of us, my brother as one witness and Chris kindly agreeing to be the second! So the focus was getting plenty of photos to remember our day by and Chris made this a breeze. We'd chosen to use Kirkstall Abbey as the backdrop for the bulk of our photos and Chris was never short of ideas, creating beautiful scenic images as well as closer, more intimate shots. The whole experience was relaxed and effortless, albeit a tad cold for Mina 😅 Before and after the wedding Chris's communication was friendly and replies always prompt, and we couldn't have been happier with the images when we received them. We're super grateful to Chris for beautifully capturing a very special day.

Absolute perfection from start to finish. We booked Chris in 2021 for our recent wedding in April 2023. He was professional, extremely creative and made us feel comfortable throughout the whole process. We opted for a pre-wedding shoot which was great, not only to feel comfortable with each other in different poses in public places but to get to know Chris more. We were extremely happy with the photos and made us excited for the wedding. Chris was amazing on our wedding day, he captured everything perfectly and you wouldn’t have even known he was there. Loved the use of the drone, back lighting and small pocket recorders to hear sections of our voices back from our ceremony and speeches. We couldn’t have asked for anyone better to capture our special day. We got our preview photos the very next day and we also appreciated the little touches after the wedding like the custom USB memory stick which Chris had engraved with our name and wedding date. We added to our package a wedding photo album, the quality is incredible and the design by Chris was well put together. We also added the wedding highlight video, we could not not recommend this enough. Over all we are over the moon with Chris and the experience we received. The pre wedding shoot, our wedding photos, the wedding album and highlight video are better than we could have ever imaged will find any excuse in the future to use Chris.

We can’t thank Chris enough for capturing our wedding day. We’re so pleased with the photos and videos - we couldn’t have asked for a better photographer. Chris is always there to capture a moment you didn’t know had happened! We can't recommend Chris enough, he is a true professional

Chris made the day easy from start to finish. Nothing was too much and he really took the time to make sure we got the best wedding photos we could have ever hoped for! The use of the drone was an added surprise and it really showed the beauty of the venue. Would highly reccomend Chris to everyone!

Chris photographed our wedding almost 10 years ago and we still take great pleasure in looking back at the work he did on that day, he did an amazing job! He's a great photographer, super professional, with a great sense of humour to put everyone at ease. He got all the classic shots we wanted plus the lovely unexpected fly on the wall moments. I can highly recommend Chris he will go above beyond to capture the best moments to treasure.

Wow we couldn’t have asked for more from Chris. From the day we booked to the day we received our albums he was amazing. Even after getting us in a wet field for photos 😂 they turned out amazing!!