Wow! I don’t know how to thank you enough. We can’t stop looking at the photos you have taken from our day. They are spectacular and have perfectly captured the joyful atmosphere and emotions of the day. The natural shots are absolutely stunning and I can’t believe how many you got, they are all so beautiful. It’s so lovely to look back on our day with such fabulous photos and memories. Thank you so much for sharing our day with us, you were so lovely and thoughtful.

My Approach

To keep it really brief, my approach is to simply photograph whatever is going on. I’m always looking for those little moments and will capture them without getting involved or interfering with them. After delivering my first few weddings the feedback from couples was consistently that guests had commented that they’d barely noticed me during the day or had no idea that I had photographed a specific moment. For me that’s a job well done.

Prep

There is so much going on before the wedding, I won’t interfere with your preparations, I won’t tell the hairdresser to move to a different position or ask you to re-stage moments that have already happened. I will just hang out, quietly observe what’s going on and take loads of nice shots of your morning. Simple.

Group Shots

I like to think of my approach to group photos as ‘informal group shots’. I’m not one to spend 5 minutes perfectly aligning 15 people, multiply that by 10-15 group shots and you’d lose an hour+ of your day (not pleasant in winter!) Get them in, keep it casual and loose, fire off a few frames before everyone starts looking bored and then onto the next one. Having somebody with a vague idea of who everyone is (or failing that, just somebody really loud) to help gather people together from the bar/toilet is something I’d highly recommend, as it means I can still shoot the nice in-between moments instead of running around the venue looking for Dave (who has gone to check-in to his hotel room).

Portraits

I really dislike having my photo taken (probably why I’m always behind a camera!) and I know for me personally the moment I’m told to hold an exact pose or do something out of my comfort zone I will freeze and probably look really odd. This was always on my mind when starting out with wedding photography and so my aim has always been to keep portrait sessions as relaxed as possible, I rarely take a couple away from a wedding for more than 15 minutes and all we do is go for a walk, maybe stop in a few nice spots and just hang out for a bit. If you’re super comfortable posing that’s fine too, go for it! I just like to let things flow as naturally as possible and would never put you in a position that you’re uncomfortable with.

Processing

Whilst I process every single image I deliver, I like to keep things as natural as possible. You won’t find me following the latest trends (remember soft focus borders?!) which should mean your images won’t look dated in 5 years time. I deliver a mixture a colour and black and white images depending on which best suits the scene