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21/03/2026

What a year 2025 was, being named ‘photographer of the year’ with The Masters of UK wedding photography as well as with This is Reportage & IWPOTY

I’ve always considered ‘the Masters’ as one of the best awards in the UK and it was the first legit award I won in 2017 (as opposed to awards where ‘everyone wins’) and it’s so great that all styles are celebrated rather than some other awards that only champion what’s on trend that year. As my style mostly falls into ‘documentary story telling’ most of my winning images are that, but I love being able to enter some ‘couples portraits’ too as I also love taking those.

After coming 2nd 3 years in a row (something I was also massively proud of) I entered for the first time in a few years in 2025 and managed to get 26 awards throughout the year which secured the top spot amongst stiff competition.

‘IWPOTY’ Photographer of the year 2025
‘This is Reportage’ Photographer of the year 2025
‘This is Reportage’ 4 x storyteller of the year
‘TWIA’ 2024 National Winner
‘Masters of Wedding Photography’ Photographer of the year 2025
‘Fearless’ top 25 worldwide 2020

08/03/2026

Jess & Ed’s wedding at Holmes Mill - it was quite an epic one!
‘IWPOTY’ Photographer of the year 2025
‘This is Reportage’ Photographer of the year 2025
‘This is Reportage’ 4 x storyteller of the year
‘TWIA’ 2024 National Winner
‘Masters of Wedding Photography’ Photographer of the year 2025
‘Fearless’ top 25 worldwide 2020

30/01/2026

I was so unbelievably chuffed and proud to have been awarded photographer of the year 2025 and story teller of the year 2025 with This Is Reportage at the end of last year. It’s an accolade I never thought I’d achieve, however, having come so close a few years running I kept pushing myself in the hope that one day I’d get there!

Of all the awards out there, This Is Reportage means a lot to me, not just because they are the hardest of all to win, but because the core values are that nothing at all can be staged - only real unplanned moments captured at weddings can be entered, and in a world of ai and style over substance - I think this is more important now than ever.

Anyway, I don’t like talking about myself, so I’m going to ‘borrow’ the kind words of Alan Law (founder of TIR)…

…David Scholes has just achieved something truly extraordinary: winning both our This is Reportage Photographer of the Year and our Storyteller of the Year titles for 2025. To take either award is incredibly difficult. To take both in the same year is almost unheard of — a rare combination of vision, timing, consistency and sheer documentary instinct at the very highest level.
With a remarkable 22 Awards – including 13 Story Awards – across the year, David sits deservedly at the top of our just-announced Top 100 Photographers in the World 2025and Top 25 Storytellers lists. It’s hard enough to win one Award; to win twenty-two is a level of sustained, world-class storytelling very few photographers ever reach.
This also marks David’s fourth time being crowned our Storyteller of the Year, a record that speaks for itself. Story Awards are notoriously tough to win: 15–20 images, all from the same wedding, judged as a cohesive narrative. To excel at that format once is an achievement. To dominate it year after year is something else entirely — a testament to David’s ability not only to see moments, but to absorb an entire day and translate its truth into sequence after sequence of meaningful, unposed, human storytelling.

21/01/2026

It was such an honour being one of the judges for photography category again this year. Winning photographer of the year at the National awards in 2024 was one of the highlights of my photography career, and I can’t wait to see who takes the crown at tonight’s awards!

20/12/2025

I was so happy to get a ‘story award’ from and wedding at the amazing in the final round of the year - one of 3 story awards that got me ‘story teller of the year’ for the 4th time and photographer of the year for the first time!!

Samantha and Harry’s wedding was a real highlight for me and I enjoyed photographing it so much that I really wanted to get a story award from it, but this was actually the third time I had entered it. After changing the first image and re arranging a couple of other shots
to make it flow better it finally got the nod!
‘IWPOTY’ Photographer of the year 2025
‘This is Reportage’ Photographer of the year 2025
‘This is Reportage’ 4 x storyteller of the year
‘TWIA’ 2024 National Winner
‘Masters of Wedding Photography’ top 10 4 years running
‘Fearless’ top 25 worldwide 2020

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11/12/2025

Joy! So much absolute joy at the wedding of Amy and James at the always beautiful Every single part of the day was amazing although the room singing the Darkness ‘thing called love’ during the ceremony will stay in my head as an all time highlight!

Great working with my buddy too!
‘IWPOTY’ Photographer of the year 2025
‘This is Reportage’ Photographer of the year 2025
‘This is Reportage’ 4 x storyteller of the year
‘TWIA’ 2024 National Winner
‘Masters of Wedding Photography’ top 10 4 years running
‘Fearless’ top 25 worldwide 2020

03/12/2025

I’m incredibly honoured to share that I’ve been named International Wedding Photographer of the Year with as well as a Category Winner for Single Capture.

Still letting it sink in!

I’m particularly proud that a fleeting ‘ooooh’ captured of a boy seeing a cake at a wedding - a moment that could happen at any and every wedding - could take ‘the cake’ (🫣🫠) against epic portraits of couples taken in some of the most awe inspiring, jaw dropping locations on the planet. Pictures like this are what matter most to me - They are real!

A massive thank you to my couples who trust me with their most important moments, and to the judges —
, , , , , and - the standard of this competition was unreal - with over 2,600 entries from 568 photographers across 61 countries!

You can see all the amazing category winners and read a bit more about my overall winning image in the link;

https://iwpoty.com/2025-winners-gallery/

It’s a privilege to be recognised among such talented photographers from around the world. It means so much to have a community that inspires, supports, and keeps you pushing forward. 🍻🍻🍻

25/11/2025

Thrilled to share that my work has been selected as a finalist in the 2025 international wedding photographer of the year awards (IWPOTY) 3 in the ‘single capture’ category and 1 in the ‘black and white’ category.

The awards celebrates the best in wedding and elopement photography worldwide, with over 2,600 entries from 568 photographers across 61 countries this year! Amazing to see a few friends amongst those finalists too - , .leephotography , , and Katy of the

Huge thanks to the judges and organisers for recognising the craft and passion behind every image.

See the full gallery of finalists here:

iwpoty.com/2025-finalists

11/11/2025

Tom & Ryan… again!

I was lucky enough to win a story award recently from their day - but there were images that I wanted to share that didn’t make the story. So here are a few more.

Some storytelling shots that I wanted in the story but left out for continuity reasons, and a load of pictures of them together (which isn’t allowed in a TIR story!)

As a northerner from a small town I always get excited shooting in London and the light was an extra special treat that day! And it was so great to final capture a wedding at and return to again!

‘This is Reportage’ 3 x storyteller of the year
‘TWIA’ 2024 National Winner
‘Masters of Wedding Photography’ top 10 4 years running
‘Fearless’ top 25 worldwide 2020

30/10/2025

Kate & Gurse!

What an amazing day this was at the always beautiful made even more stunning by Zayna of

Great people, great party, and a stellar team to work with, thanks to Sandra and Jenny for looking after me!

Venue:
Venue stylist:
Flowers:
Hair @ MUA:
‘This is Reportage’ 3 x storyteller of the year
‘TWIA’ 2024 National Winner
‘Masters of Wedding Photography’ top 10 4 years running
‘Fearless’ top 25 worldwide 2020

26/10/2025

Happy anniversary to .charl and

Totally using this as an excuse to re share some pictures from there amazing wedding in Santa Barbara last year. The weather is very very different here right now, but at least there’s still wine!

That also reminds that the blog for this wedding is still ‘nearly finished’ 10 months later… will it be done this week or next year? 🫣
‘This is Reportage’ 3 x storyteller of the year
‘TWIA’ 2024 National Winner
‘Masters of Wedding Photography’ top 10 4 years running
‘Fearless’ top 25 worldwide 2020

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