A few things about me that you probably don’t need to know:

• I’m nearly 6ft 5. Despite this, I regularly get told by couples that they barely noticed I was there. I’m choosing to take that as a compliment.

• The beard gets a lot of attention. I regularly get comments about it at weddings, but all credit goes to my barber. I just grow it.

• Music is my life. I went to music school at 16 and I have a degree in music. I play a few instruments, although bass guitar is my main instrument.

• I have a diverse music taste but on a long drive I’ll shuffle my 3000+ liked songs on Spotify and spend the journey skipping songs after the first chorus. My all time favourite bands are Frightened Rabbit and The Twilight Sad (if you like Scottish misery, I recommend them highly).

• I take my coffee seriously but I forget to drink it. I’ll make myself a lovely cup of freshly ground, good quality coffee, sit it beside me, and then let it go cold. Sometimes the comfort of knowing it’s there is plenty.

• I used to be a postman and it’s probably the job I would do if I wasn’t a photographer, I loved it!

• I have a slightly unhealthy appreciation for sarcasm and daft humour. Limmy is my comedy hero. I watch a ridiculous amount of stand up and I can watch the same funny clip on Instagram 30 times and still laugh at it. “Stephen I thought you were deed!” x 1000.

• I’m not really a film guy. I’ve not seen Lord of the Rings (sorry) and there are plenty of other films I apparently should have watched but haven’t.

• My TV taste is all over the place. If I could only watch one show for the rest of my life, it would probably be Black Mirror. Atlanta is one of my all time favourites. I’ve watched Breaking Bad about six times. I love Severance, I Think You Should Leave, Pluribus, Master of None and Better Call Saul also.

• I’ve an impressive Dr. Martens collection and it’s all thanks to Vinted for my addiction.

• I’m a bit all or nothing. I can go a month without setting foot in the gym, then suddenly decide I’m going several times a week. Same with crisps, I’ll not eat any for ages and then I’ll hoover two large sharing bags of Doritos.

• I love a city break rather than a beach/pool holiday. My wife and I love wandering around new cities, finding the best food, discovering good beer and cocktails. We’re generally happiest when we’ve nowhere in particular to be.

• I’m pretty open minded and have a strong sense of justice. I care a lot about people being treated fairly and equally.

• I pride myself on knowing my place. I like to think I’m good at reading a room, knowing when to get involved, when to have the craic, and when to take a step back and let people get on with things.

• I’m not obsessive about much, but my approach to wedding photography is on another level. I’ll take thousands of photos at each wedding, and if someone bursts out laughing, I might take 40 frames of that one moment. Afterwards, I’ll go through every single one to find the exact image that captures it best. I put a ridiculous amount of thought into choosing your final photographs, because I want the images you receive to be the ones that honour those in them.