Mike Blackburn Photography

With a background in journalism I still like to tell stories, but with beautiful images instead of words...

The birth of my son thirteen years ago sparked the career switch from newspaper reporter to professional photographer. I was already armed with some decent gear thanks to a passion for landscape photography, but snapping the windswept shores of Blighty soon gave way to taking hundreds of photos of our cute little bundle of joy.

Before I knew it I'd quickly built up a nice little side gig photographing other people's babies, then entire families - and I absolutely loved it!

I now run my own business Mike Blackburn Photography, based in York but working right across the UK, and in the past decade have built an extensive portfolio of diverse but always high quality work.

I'm an extremely versatile photographer and as well as those beautiful wedding days I also regularly shoot conferences and events. Wedding photography and event photography are both similar in their way, where the ability to capture emotions and memorable moments is absolutely essential.

And I still love those happy family shoots from time to time on a sunny summer afternoon or crisp autumnal morning, like the ones that started me off on this journey.

The experience and expertise I developed as a journalist serves me well as a professional photographer, the excellent communication skills, ability to quickly gain the trust and confidence of people, all that stuff... but most importantly I am simply and genuinely interested in people and their story.

The ability to tell a story still runs at the heart of my work - and what greater story is there to tell than of one of the biggest days in your life, your wedding day.

And as they say, a picture truly is worth a thousand words...