The wedding pictures that will move you to tears

Speaking about his favourite photo of the day, Mike said: 'This moment is just before they arrived together at their ceremony in Marylebone.

'There was a beautiful sense that they were about to achieve something they had struggled to at home, mixed with the emotions of excitement, friendship and love.
'Spending the time getting to know your clients a little better helps anticipate when moments like this might happen, and gaining trust allows you as a photographer to get access to these quiet moments. The day turned into a flamboyant sense of love, laughter and dancing, a magical day.'

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and a group of top wedding photographers have proved just that as they reveal the emotional stories behind the most moving shots of their careers.
The poignant portraits include a gay couple who had travelled all the way to the UK to get hitched before same-sex marriage was legal in the US and a teary bride who walked back down the aisle to say goodbye to her granddad as he was too sick to stay.

The stand out shot of Andy Wardle's career is an emotional frame from the wedding of Wendi and James Pedlow which captured a poignant moment under a rainbow at beside Lake Windermere in the Lake District

'The weather was very stormy all day and then after the ceremony we took a boat ride out on the lake. Wendi and James were stood together and just for a few seconds the weather changed and the most amazing rainbow appeared.
'Wendi's own words were: ''I believe and feel so much that James' mum and dad were there with us in those rainbows. Very emotional''.'