
Hi, we are Mat + Julia, AKA The Fitzpatricks. Multi-award-winning wedding photographers, we have been loving Cheshire weddings over a decade. Capturing authentic, creative and emotional wedding photos for couples who value real! We approach each wedding with creativity, a sense of humour and, most importantly, the desire to tell your story. If your dream is a Cheshire wedding photography team that can creates authentic and emotional images. A style that is neither pure documentary nor entirely staged, but one that captures the spirit and essence of your day. With the Fitzpatricks experience at some of the best wedding venues in Cheshire, we might just be the Wedding Photographers who you are looking for, and we'd love to hear from you.
AUTHENTIC, CREATIVE & EMOTIONAL
Wedding Photography
- 2009 -
- ESTD -
Cheshire & Beyond

Beautiful reminders of
Places we’ve been
And people we’ve loved
Fitzpatrick Photography came about from the idea of doing something different!
To move away from the traditionally uncomfortable, staged wedding photos we all know so well! Instead, we wanted to create memories, authentic, emotional and genuine mementoes of each day. To Photograph how we knew we would want to be photographed!
As a wedding and engagement photographer, Chester is almost unique in the number of locations & venues available to couples looking to create stunning memories and images.
Our Cheshire Wedding Photography

Get To Know Us
Getting to know you so we can tell YOUR wedding story, be that in Cheshire or elsewhere in the UK, is the most important thing.
We are Mat & Julia The Fitzpatricks, a couple, a family and creative wedding photographers based close to Cheshire. Shooting UK & World wide Fitzpatrick Photography came about from the idea of doing something different! To move away from the traditionally uncomfortable, staged wedding photos we all know so well!
Instead, we wanted to create memories, authentic, emotional and genuine mementoes of each day. To Photograph how we knew we would like to be photographed!

LET OUR EXPERIENCE REMOVE ANY STRESS & FOCUS ON LIVING YOUR WEDDING STORY
With over a decade of wedding photography behind us, we have stacked up plenty of experience. Fortunately, we LOVE weddings!
Whatever you are planning, we would love to chat about your day! So reach out, get in touch, and we would love to find out all the details meaningful to you. What is it about your story that's unique to you and makes you click as a couple? Share your story with us so we can help create and capture your incredible wedding story.
I’d call it natural elegance, With a note of contemporary art.
Luxury Cheshire Wedding Photography
Creative Cheshire Wedding Photography
Most of our couples book because of our unique wedding and engagement photography method. Putting you and your story front and centre in our approach. Over the past decade, Matthew has carved out a name as one of the world's most creative and forward-thinking wedding photographers, something that shines through in his portraits. We strongly emphasise you and your day, incorporating all those special moments that you will want to look back and enjoy. Our approach is perfect for couples who want something different in their wedding portraits. Authentic, creative, emotional wedding photography, but most of all, real!
Fitzpatrick photography, Matthew & Julia are creative Cheshire wedding photographers. As one of the best wedding photography teams in the UK, we are well known across the Cheshire, as well as UK-wide and Internationally.
Too often, couples regret feeling overly posed or awkward, their day photographed not captured, and apprehensive about their wedding photography. So, over a decade ago, we set out to challenge this, to put our couple's experience and the forefront of our wedding photography and what we created was truly magic!
The style of wedding photography we created was authentic and intentional. Neither pure documentary nor entirely staged, and instantly LOVED by our couples.
As experienced and passionate Cheshire wedding photographers, we have enjoyed photographing weddings in some of Cheshire's top wedding venues, including; Abbeywood Estate, The Old Palace, Chester Zoo, Hilton Chester, Mottram Hall & The Chester Grosvenor, to name a few. We focus on creating memories, authentic, emotional and genuine mementoes of each day.

YOUR ULTIMATE WEDDING PLANNING GUIDE
To help with your wedding planning we have put together a comprehensive 32 step guide taking you every step of the way
Our Favourite Wedding Venues In Cheshire
With so many stunning venues to choose from, it can be challenging to know where to start. That is one of the reasons we have created this resource outlining some of our favourite wedding venues in Cheshire.
When Julia and I started planning our wedding in 2014, we were in the same place you are now. Sat reading and researching potential venues before creating a shortlist and booking viewings. In the end, we booked the first venue we visited. Why? Because they instantly made us feel uniquely special and that our day was as important to them as it was to us. Yes, the venue was stunning, but how it made us feel and how the staff looked after us was what made it truly special.
In all honestly, we did try to play it cool, told them we had others to view and we would get back to them. But, unfortunately, we only managed to drive 2 miles before returning and booking the same day.
We did NOT play it cool!!
When putting together this list, it has been this personal experience that we have kept in mind. Each of these wedding venues is either elegant or architecturally striking. In addition, each offers stunning grounds and fantastic locations for photos. Most importantly, however, we believe each has that " X " factor we were looking for and found for our own wedding.
FEATURED CHESHIRE WEDDING VENUES
A selection of my favourite wedding venues in and around Chester
CHESHIRE WEDDING GALLERY
Real Cheshire Weddings, We've photographed over the last few years at a variety of awesome Cheshire Wedding venues.
CHESHIRE WEDDING REVIEWS



LAURIE + DAVID
TALENTED, PROFESSIONAL AND GENUINELY FUN TO BE AROUD!


PIPPA + KARL
OVERWHELMED BY THE QUALITY OF OUR WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHS


SOPHIE+ELLIOT
OVERWHELMED BY HOW BRILLIANT MAT WAS! WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND


KAT + TOM
WOULD HIGHLY
RECOMMEND!!! HAD SUCH AN
AMAZING EXPERIENCE.


ROSE ANN + JACK
MATTHEW WAS A PLEASURE TO HAVE AT OUR WEDDING – BOTH AS A PHOTOGRAPHER AND AS A PERSON!


KAT + TOM
WOULD HIGHLY
RECOMMEND!!! HAD SUCH AN
AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
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