Inspiring Manchester engagement photography

Lee and Hay­ley are eclipsed by beau­ti­ful sun­shine in Chris Hanley’s first stun­ning shot

Top of my list of photo shoots to show you in e-shoot week is Lee and Hayley’s Man­ches­ter engage­ment shoot by Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy. Chris takes the con­cept of an e-shoot and runs with it, cre­at­ing images which you’ll trea­sure as much as you do your wed­ding photography.

Lee and Hay­ley chose a mas­ter pho­tog­ra­pher and have an excep­tional engage­ment album to trea­sure — and these are some favourites from the day.

Beau­ti­fully made, lov­ingly created

Con­tem­po­rary engage­ment pho­tog­ra­phy: beau­ti­ful bride-to-be Hayley

Man­ches­ter on a crisp autumn day — e-shoot with old, new and a touch of Narnia

E-shoots by Chris Han­ley: dif­fer­ent, inter­est­ing, timeless.

I love the quirky fun feel­ing of this engage­ment photo

Hay­ley and Lee find a lit­tle ray of sun­shine… yes, even in Manchester

One of my favourites: Hay­ley in the bright sun­light beneath trees

Cre­ative light­ing makes this pic­ture extra spe­cial — love the green of those leaves

For me the romance of this photo is even more strik­ing than the lucky 7 — it’s writ­ten all over Lee’s face and in Hayley’s bliss­ful smile

A con­tem­po­rary image of Lee and Hay­ley in Manchester

Unmis­tak­ably Man­cun­ian — ‘cor­rie’ bricks and Chris Hanley’s sec­ond home the Man­ches­ter Hilton

I love how Chris Hanley’s engage­ment shoots are as thrilling as his wed­dings, using stun­ning loca­tions and imag­i­na­tive tech­niques to cre­ate excit­ing images. But it’s not just about the pho­tographs — as with every great wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher, Chris Hanley’s e-shoots are designed to help you get to know each other and love hav­ing your pho­to­graph taken.

I’m going to be lazy and bor­row a few words from Chris’s pho­tog­ra­phy blog (because I couldn’t pos­si­bly say this any bet­ter than he does): “The impor­tance of our wed­ding clients spend­ing a loved up day with us in Man­ches­ter enables us all to bond as a team. Hear­ing all about their wed­ding day plans helps us to plan the ulti­mate bespoke shoot plan for their wed­ding day.”

Sound good? I agree. Check out Chris Hanley’s web­site for more infor­ma­tion. And if you’re not in the Man­ches­ter area don’t worry: Chris shoots wed­dings through­out the UK so wher­ever you are you can have beau­ti­ful engage­ment pho­tos like Lee and Hayley’s. I can’t wait to see their wed­ding later this year!