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Advice from behind the camera.

Everything here is the same straight-talking advice couples get on our planning calls, written down, free, no email ransom.

A couple embracing during an engagement shoot, with the engagement ring in focusWhat should I do first after getting engaged?The sensible order: budget, guest list, priorities, venue→A relaxed wedding morning with a bride getting readyHow much does a wedding cost in the UK in 2026?The honest average, budget ranges and where the money goes→A couple together during their wedding dayShould I book my wedding photographer and videographer together?One team, two suppliers, bundles and what to check first→A couple together during their wedding dayWhat’s included in a wedding photography and videography package?Coverage, deliverables, extras and the small print to check first→A bride at Newton Hall in golden-hour light after a rainy wedding dayChris & April at Newton Hall: when the rain clearedA real wedding film about flexibility, weather and one very good golden-hour window→A couple at a North East country house wedding venueNorth East wedding venues: an honest guideWhich venue suits which couple, a videographer's view→What a wedding videographer costs in the North EastThe 2026 price ladder, with our own numbers on it→Questions to ask any wedding videographerEight questions, and the answers you want to hear→Ben and Tiffany relaxing together during their Newcastle city-centre weddingPlanning a Newcastle city-centre weddingRegistry timings, quayside portraits, rain plans→A couple during their ceremonyYour wedding day, run like a call sheetA realistic hour-by-hour timeline that actually works→When should a wedding videographer arrive?The most-asked question, answered honestly→Do you feed the wedding videographer?Yes, and why it changes your film→What if it rains on your wedding day?It’s Britain, so here’s the plan→A relaxed wedding morningThe wedding planning guideTimings, the makeup rule, rain plans, calm mornings→

More coming, pricing honestly explained, questions to ask any videographer, and how to plan a city-centre wedding day. Got a question you want answered here? Ask it.