Kelly’s Story

Kelly is a Manchester based wedding photographer that has always had a passion for creativity from a young age. Her creative career began after completing a BA Hons in 3D Design at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2002 where she specialised in furniture design. She then went on to complete a PGCE in Design and Technology which she taught for 12 years at Sale Grammar School.

Still wanting to expand her artistic flair she began to paint bold, colourful abstract canvases and commissions started to come in. After about 3 years of painting she found her old film SLR camera from back in her college days and that’s where her love of photography started. Kellys full time photography started with studio work photographing children and newborns. She soon decided to expand to outdoor location photoshoots and then one day a friend asked if she could photograph her wedding... Kelly was instantly hooked. Capturing real emotions and documenting weddings was where she wanted to focus her creativity.

In 2020, when the Covid19 pandemic started, suddenly overnight all weddings were cancelled. With literally no income for the foreseeable future she decided to set out and challenge herself to use her cameras and creativity on her ‘daily hour of exercise’ and began to capture the quiet cities, towns and villages of Greater Manchester.