HBA Photography

  • Relaxed Contemporary Wedding Photography
  • Best Derbyshire Wedding Photographers 2013

Relaxed, Contemporary Photography

Knowing something about your photographer is a must …

After school, Ben headed off to LCM to study music along with his beloved sax. After gaining his degree he toured all over the world taking in some amazing places such as Norway, Japan and Russia. Now photography is his main passion.

Me….well after getting my business degree at Loughborough University, I initially entered into the property industry (I still have a bit of an obsession with houses!). Photography has always been a love of mine, but I never dreamed that I could do it full-time!

After photography and our dog Scampi, our biggest love is food – we love cooking it, eating it, photographing it, eating it, cooking for other people (and eating it) and finding great restaurants…oh, did I mention eating it?! Keep an eye on our blog and Facebook page for our latest culinary finds!

Anyway … myself and Ben were married in 2008 so we know how important a wedding truly is. We understand that while not everyone loves to have their photo taken, they still want beautiful images to share and remember their day. So our aim is to be unobtrusive where ever possible, to be friendly, helpful and provide as much guidance as you need so that we get the photos you’ve always wanted without having to worry about being stood in front of a camera.

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I am definitely the more organised one of the two of us! I do all the filing, make all the arrangements and if you email us it will nearly always be me that replies! I love: Ben, our dog Scampi, food, great restaurants, walking, marmite on toast, reading, my macro lens, bunches of flowers, homemade courgette carbonara, meeting lovely wedding couples.


Ben has a fantastic eye for design and he is incredibly determined. He will spend his days editing photos and planning the next crazy idea and how to make it work! He loves: food, michelin chefs, cake, white chocolate, scuba diving, skiing, music, saxophones, fun people, funky weddings, milky tea, canon cameras, his chickens, cooking, my cooking and, of course…ME!

We hope to speak to you soon.

Hannah and Ben Appleby, Derbyshire Wedding Photographers