South Cumbria duo win Hitched wedding photography award

Darren Hadwen and Costel Amaritei, of Different Angle Photography, are one of the Hitched Wedding Awards 2024 winners in the Wedding Photographers category, making them one of the most recommended professionals by newlyweds on Hitched’s website.

These awards are based on reviews left by married couples in the past year. Different Angle Photography received a total of 27 reviews on their online storefront on Hitched.co.uk and a rating of 5.0 out of 5 determined by the couples who planned their weddings with them.

On winning the award for the second time, Darren, from Stainton with Adgarley, said: “When we won it the first year, it came as a massive surprise.

“To be honest, this year, 2024, we had a little bit of a hint that we might pick it up again. We didn’t know how strict they were with regard to people who won the previous year and whether they could still win again the second year. Obviously, we got established with all those lovely reviews coming in and the portfolio was growing so I had a hint we were in for a good chance to pick it up again.

“Then they announced it at the end of January and

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Some couples miss out on precious wedding photos after photographer goes missing , Latest Singapore News

Civil servant Shi Hui got married on Dec 31, 2022, but 10 months on, she is still waiting to see the photographs of her dream wedding taken by freelance photographer Alvin Yap.

Ms Shi Hui, 30, has all but given up hope of seeing the photos of her big day that she hired Mr Yap to capture on film. She had found Mr Yap through two bridal showcase events under wedding vendor Blissful Brides that took place in 2022.

Her husband paid the full amount of more than $2,000 for a pre-wedding photo shoot and wedding photography on Jan 19, 2023.

Ms Shi Hui, who declined to give her full name, said Mr Yap promised to deliver all the printed and digital photographs about one to two months after the wedding.

On March 14, Mr Yap sent a text message on WhatsApp saying he had suffered a “storage system crash” and that the photos taken at the wedding were affected.

Ms Shi Hui did not hear again from Mr Yap until April 7, when she and her husband got a text message from him saying he managed to do “data recovery” on his storage system.

That was the last they

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