SUNDERLAND · NEWCASTLE · DURHAM · NORTHUMBERLAND · WORLDWIDE
The North East's Family Wedding Photographers Since 1984
Three generations. Over 4,000 weddings. From intimate registry ceremonies to full-day celebrations and destination weddings abroad — captured beautifully, and made to last.
EVERY LOVE STORY IS DIFFERENT
TWO WAYS TO BE BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURED
Whether you’re planning something small and intimate or a full day to remember, there’s a collection crafted around you.
Intimate & Registry Weddings
On the rise from £795
Small, meaning full and every bit as special. Beautiful Coverage for registry offices and intimate ceremonies – with the same award winning quality and locally made keepsakes to treasure.
Half & Full Day Celebrations
The Full experience
An exclusive, luxury experience from preparations to the first dance – handcrafted albums, fine-art wall pieces, and your day relived on the big screen in our private viewing room.
OUR STORY
A Family Name the North East Has Trusted Since 1984
Photographers come and go. We’ve been on Chester Road for over four decades — and the craft has been handed down, generation to generation.
It began with a camera, a Sunderland studio, and a belief that photographs should last for generations.
Today, David Lawson Photography Studios is run by David and his son Josh — two generations behind the lens, with over 4,000 weddings and 200 awards between them. When you book us, you’re not trusting your day to a stranger. You’re choosing a family who’ve spent a lifetime learning how to tell a wedding story.
And because we’re a real high-street studio, you can meet us in person, plan every detail in our wedding lounge, and relive your images on the big screen in our cinema-style viewing room — something no solo photographer can offer.
WHY COUPLES CHOOSE US
What You Can't Get Anywhere Else
Three Generations
Locally-Made
A Real Studio
Here & Abroad
wedding collections
A Collection for Every Couple
Every collection includes professional editing, a private online gallery, and our personal care from first meeting to final frame. Full-day collections include a free engagement shoot.
Intimate
Registry & Small Ceremonies-
Up To 2 Hours Coverage
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150+ edited digital images
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Priavte online gallery
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High Resolution USB
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Locally made print keepsake
Essentials
Half day · up to 5 hours-
400+ edited digital images
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Priavte online gallery
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High Resolution USB
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HD Movie Slideshow
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Free Engagement Shoot
Signature
Full day · up to 8 hours-
Bridal Prep To First Dance
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600+ edited digital images
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Priavte online gallery
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High Resolution USB
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10x10 Inch Wedding Album
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Free Engagement Shoot
Heirloom
Full day · up to 9 Hours-
Bridal Prep To First Dance
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750+ edited digital images
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Priavte online gallery
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High Resolution USB
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12x12 Inch Wedding Album
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Free Engagement Shoot
A £350 booking fee secures your date · Destination weddings quoted individually · Dates for 2027 filling now
RECENET WEDDINGS
Moments, Beautifully Kept
A glimpse of the days we’ve had the honour to capture.
the experience
From First Hello to Forever
Say Hello
Your Free Shoot
Your Wedding
Say Hello
beyond the wedding
Locally-Made Heirlooms, Not Just Files
As a high-street studio with in-house printing and locally-sourced luxury materials, your photographs become something you can hold, hang and pass down.
Handmade Albums
Hand-designed and locally bound albums.
Wall Art & Frames
Locally framed, fine-art pieces to live on your walls.
Print Boxes & Gifts
Leather bound boxes, prints and keepsakes for the whole family.
⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
“David Lawson Studios captured my parents’ wedding over 30 years ago. Having Josh photograph ours was so special — the photos made me cry, in the best way.”
- Jennifer & Gary
Your Questions, Answered
Intimate & registry coverage starts from £795. Half-day Essentials is £1,495, our most popular full-day Signature is £1,995, and the luxury full-day Heirloom collection is £2,495. Destination weddings are quoted individually.
Yes. We’re based in Sunderland and photograph across the North East and the whole UK, as well as destination weddings abroad — France, Spain, Italy and further afield.
Of course. Call us, book a video call, or visit our Sunderland studio to view albums and wall art and see your options in our cinema-style viewing room — no pressure, no obligation.
We’re a three-generation family studio established in 1984 with 200+ awards, a physical studio and cinema viewing room, and locally-made albums, frames and wall art. You get a team, backup and decades of experience — not a single photographer.
We reply to every enquiry personally — usually within 2 hours during business hours.
Let's Check Your Date Is Free
However you’d like to start — a quick call, a message, a video chat, or a visit to the studio — we’d love to hear about your day.
