ALl about Andy Gaines a Creative Wedding photographer based in north yorkshire

Hi, I’m Andy!

I guess it should come as no surprise to you that I love photography. (I’ve had the bug since getting my first SLR camera as a teenager). It’s what I do. It’s who I am. But what I love even more is using photography to tell people’s stories…

Which makes me so happy and fortunate to be able to do what I do. I hang out with great couples who are madly-in-love, surrounded by their friends and family and I get to capture it all, tell their stories and make them happy! Since becoming a full time wedding photographer I have shared some amazing experiences with some fantastic people and made some great new friends!

I suppose I have always been creative. After finishing my degree, I spent most of my 20′s as a musician; gigging all over the country and touring Europe as well as playing lots of the major festivals and generally having a lot of fun. I also found time to run an independent record label, a few club nights and do a bit of dj-ing… However I feel rock’n'roll really is a young man’s game (Though it hasn’t bothered The Rolling Stones) and smelly vans full of amplifiers started to lose their appeal…then I shot a wedding for a friend and well, I haven’t looked back…

This year I married my fantastic (and vintage/retro obsessed) wife  -  I learnt more about being a wedding photographer whilst on the other side of the camera than I could have imagined. We had a big old knees up in a field (and got very lucky with the weather!). It was without doubt the joint best day of my life.

Sharing the number one spot is the day a year before, when ( a few weeks earlier than expected!) our baby daughter was born. Today the three of us (well 5 including our two cats) live in the quaint, quirky and amazing ye olde City of York (along with the Vikings and tourists) and I photograph weddings all over the country.

Urm, what else… well, when I find the time; I cook a mean king prawn dopiaza curry, still play a bit of guitar, love the outdoors, climbing rocks and my new fave: clearing up Duplo and other children’s toys. Oh, and I love to travel – so feel free to invite me somewhere amazing!

 

Have a look around my site. I hope you like what you find, and if you do then please get in touch. I’d love to hear from you!