Pixies in the Cellar – Manchester Wedding Photographers Question Corner!

Contact us! Let us know your wedding date, where it is, any other juicy info and we’ll get back to you with our availability and current pricing. If we’re available you can book straight away, arrange a video call or meet us in the flesh and have a chat over a nice cuppa or a glass of your favourite tipple :)

£300, PayPal, cheque, bank transfer or even crinkly notes too! This reserves your date with the balance payable one calendar month before your wedding date (PayPal only for deposit payments, not available for payment of the balance)

Natural documentary style photographic coverage kicks off the day with bridal preparation, capturing a few details, the anticipation and excitement of the big day ahead. We can also cover groom prep if you’d like this. Throughout your day we’ll unobtrusively record your day through great distinctive photography. We’ll slot in a short non-posed portrait session of just the two of you at a natural break in the day, making sure you have plenty of time to enjoy your own party. Our photographic coverage culminates shortly after your first dance, just long enough to capture some atmospheric dancing! We like to capture the essence of you, the sense of occasion and history that is your day with all your friends and family having a great time.

Two wedding photographers are perfect for full coverage, you get more angles and situations captured, not forgetting being in two places at the same time. Sara often also helps with additional lighting in some of our more creative shots. Our wedding photography is natural documentary or reportage style coupled with our fine art style to make your bride & groom time (portrait) session unique. And it’s all great fun too, especially after the odd glass of bubbly (that’s for you not us!)

Your wedding day goes so quickly, everyone will tell you this but it really is true! We’d always recommend an earlier ceremony, more time = more chilled out relaxed wedding day to enjoy. As a general rule a minimum of two hours between the end of your ceremony and sitting down to eat/speeches (whichever is first) is a good length of time (excluding any travel time.) This nicely fits in mingling with your guests, eating canapes, drinking some fizz, group photos and some images of the two of you, in a relaxed non-rushed way. More time is always good, especially if you have extra entertainment or different activities planned.

Another thing to consider is the time of year, late May-early August you have the luxury of lighter nights, whilst mid winter November-February daylight ends in the afternoon, so an early ceremony is essential if you’d like photos in daylight. We’re always happy to help with your planning, we’ve been to a lot of weddings so we do have a fair bit of experience of what works well :)

We’re Manchester wedding photographers, so if we’re not prepared for the rain who will be! Embrace the weather, it’s the UK and you never know what you’re going to get :) We’ll never drag your guests out into the elements but for the two of you it’s worth a little water for some epic images – rain can make for great photo opportunities!

Great :) We’ve never been there!! We love going to different locations, venues, countries even!!! For venues over two hours travel time away, we may need to add on a cost for one/two nights accommodation too – likewise destination weddings would be priced according to location, flights/accommodation etc – Just ask and we can work out the costings :)

Having been in the wedding industry a number of years we’re lucky enough to have a tight knit group of similar photographers, who would be our first port of call in the event of disaster. We then have other emergency cover and back up groups of photographers whom we could call upon. The wedding photography industry is a great place and everyone is willing to help out if disaster strikes. This has only ever happened once though in fifteen years of shooting weddings – so we’d like to think we’re fairly healthy (touch wood) :)

This is a common question as caterers will often ask you if you need any meals for suppliers. We’re really happy and prefer bringing our own food as this means we can grab something at the beginning of your wedding breakfast and then perhaps plan a few shots for the evening. For destination weddings, then if possible a small meal or snack would be appreciated.

Well, us of course! But seriously we really want couples to choose Pixies in the Cellar because they love our images and photographic style. We’d always say to every couple, first and foremost love the images, then get on with your photographer and be happy with the price. So how do you know you’ve ticked all these boxes? Look around the website, look at blogs that are at similar venues to your own and at a similar time of year. Chat with your photographer be it in person, by phone or video call or even through email conversations, this way you can get a good feel for their personality and way they work on the day. Price, everyone has a budget for their day. We think photography is an important part of the wedding day because after the words have been spoken, the cake’s been cut and the disco’s over then you have each other (most importantly!) and the photos as memories of your day. Plan your wedding budget to meet your priorities for the day. Wedding photography pricing does vary but generally you do get what you pay for as with everything else in life. Check our availability and pricing for your wedding day.