I’m beyond passionate

The one thing you should know above all else is that I’m beyond passionate about weddings.

Based in the The Lake District, I’ve gone the extra mile by training and working with some of the most talented wedding photographers throughout the world, and picked up a few awards along the way.

This way, you’ll know that on your wedding day, I’m going to deliver those WOW images that couples just like you absolutely L.O.V.E.

I’ve previously been an educator, including working Internationally where I set up and ran many Outdoor Education programs, which may come in handy for any adventurous couples, as I’m always up for any changes you may have in mind.

So whether that’s capturing your love story besides a mountain lochan on a remote Hebridean Island, or at your “go to place” in The Lakes, let’s connect soon and turn your wedding vision into a reality.

It could even be an Icelandic snow cave in the depths of winter!

Lake District Wedding Photographer, David Rucker

Let’s dive in
should we ?

My photographic journey began, when documenting travel adventures using good old fashioned film.

This taught me to truly understand light as it was an expensive hobby having film developed. This passion continued when taking countless photos of our son and daughter, and eventually friends became impressed with the photos hanging on our walls, photographing lots of toddlers, until a friend said…

“Hey David, you’ve got a camera. Could you…?”

My first wedding was a blur, but most importantly, my friend and I stayed friends!

It turns out they loved the images and so guess I did a pretty good job. Before long people kept asking me to shoot their wedding, then I was offered a job in New Zealand.

I’m a firm believer in living life with no regrets so with two toddlers under the age of 18 months old and no support network, began a new adventure overseas.

As featured in

A selection of places my weddings have been featured

County Wedding Magazines, Lake District Wedding Photographer
Hitched Wedding Awards 2023, Lake District Wedding Photographer
Internation Wedding Awards, 2023 Local Rounds Winner
National Weddings Magazine, Lake District Wedding Photographer
CLW Prestige Awards, 2020 Winner, Lake District Wedding Photography
Your North West Wedding, Lake District Wedding Photographer
LUX Wedding Awards, 2017 Lake District Photographer of the Year
Lake District Wedding Photographer, David Rucker

The world is
your oyster!

After NZ, Qatar then followed, next was Libya and Borneo, and finally Saudi Arabia where in 2016, I had my own mid life crisis, quit teaching and followed my heart.

It sounds clichéd, but I genuinely haven’t looked back since. I’ve been fortunate to photography weddings all over the UK with a few adventurous elopements overseas.

This satisfies my wanderlust for travel, and I also mentor several photographers and run educational workshops.

I’m a
wedding junkie….

and absolutely love the buzz. The adrenaline hits when I turn up to start the day. As the day unravels it becomes an intoxicating, magical dream. But then it has gone forever.

It is then that I hope you’ve invested wisely in your choice of wedding photographer, for I want you to feel that buzz and that intoxication all over again.

Whist I bring lots of experience and knowledge my intention is to distil the essence of your wedding into a unique set of epic images that standout from the crowd.

I hope that you feel just as much as see the images so when you look back in 10 years, you’re transported back in time and immerse yourself once more in your own wedding day, if that makes sense.

My sincere hope is that you fall in love with the images, because that’s why I do what I do.

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