I hear a lot about timeless wedding styling – and scrolling through the beautiful photos from Dan and Tori’s wedding, I had a bit of a revelation. It’s not the styling that makes a wedding timeless. It’s not the look, or the colour palette, or the aesthetic. It’s the way it feels.

It’s the joy and life you and your guests bring to the party that makes a wedding timeless.

Laughter doesn’t date. Smiles are always on trend.

That glow you’ll have on your wedding day is what’s universal, and beautiful, and timeless. Even better – when it’s captured beautifully on camera.

Our featured couple Tori & Dan booked North Yorkshire wedding photographer Joss Denham to capture their day, and were thrilled with their choice: “Joss was amazing! He made us feel soo at ease and has really captured the incredible amount of joy there was that day. From the moment we reached out to him, he’s been everything and more than we could have imagined. I can’t thank him enough for everything!”

Wedding venue

Church ceremony at St Marks Church Dunham Massey Reception at Stock Farm Barn, Ashley – Absolutely would recommend

Theme or wedding style?

Nah, just wanted it to be fun and easy going.

We did a lot of the touches ourselves. We didn’t have a colour theme and I loved it that way. It was just authentically us.

What did you wear?

I felt fantastic on our wedding day. Wedding dress shopping had been hard and I just fell in love with this dress and cape the moment I saw it! My second dress was my mums I had altered. It was wonderful to be able to wear it.

Flowers

We did the flowers ourselves and Dan made my bouquet. We used a local lady who grows all her own flowers, so it was whatever was seasonal!

Wedding cake

The cake was from our favourite bakery when we lived in didsbury. Simply 3 tiers and self assembled and decorated.

Catering

The catering was part of the venue. We had an amazing day tasting food earlier in the year. We were always keen for a mezze sharer and its what we loved the most at the tasting. We just wanted lots of it and they didn’t disappoint.

Entertainment

The band we’d seen at a friend’s wedding and had an unbelievable time dancing all night to them. It was made even more special that one of the band members is a friend of ours! They are a great noughties band and highly recommend.

Special touches

We had a few little bits about, so the guest book was a deck of cards for people to sign as we always play cards on holidays. A pick and mix station as I love sweets! The table names were places we’d had great adventures (and near death experiences) but memories to last a life time.

Top tip for a future couple getting married?

Hire Joss as your photographer!

Best wedding planning advice?

Don’t stress the small stuff! Plan the basics, food, drink, music and other than that just have fun!