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Me & My Approach | Wedding Photographer

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How I approach weddings

How I approach a wedding

 

 

Your wedding is unique, it’s personal and there won’t be another time like it again in your life. That’s why I dedicate myself to you, the couple getting married. I limit the amount of weddings I do per year to be able to devote my time to you.

 

We can stay in touch through the whole process as you plan the best day of your lives! That’s why I approach each wedding and each part of your wedding slightly differently. To make sure you get the best and most enjoyable experience from your wedding photographer.

The organising, the crafting and excitement is all what makes the wedding planning so fun! So that’s why I’m there, not just as a photographer but as someone who can help and support you where you may need it to ensure you have the most fun and best celebrations on your wedding day, without the stress!

 

I’ve also written a very helpful and useful guide on what to do now you’re engaged, you should bookmark it as your new go-to.

 

You’ll also have access to WhatsApp me for quick queries, and email at any time with more detail and a promise of swift responses. How it should be.

It’s all about the celebration with your guests on a wedding day… And for me, my approach is to give full focus on documenting your family and guests, their personalities and their embraces with you. No one likes posing, it’s true; But to appease parents it’s nice to capture a few formal group photos on your wedding day without feeling like you’re forcing a smile, a shortlist of around 4-8 is always best. By suggesting limiting group photos to a short time, it means you can get back to the celebrations and champagne and canapés and not feeling like Chandler Bing! Throughout the day I like to capture the rest of your guests in my natural candid and flattering style when everyone is looking their best and in great spirits… Less time posing and certainly more time celebrating!

 

Portraits aren’t about holding each other like soulless mannequins or trying to duplicate an image you’ve seen of another couple situated in another country. It’s about you, your feelings and your emotion on your wedding day as you feel it, with a little guidance where needed. Taking up to 30 minutes maximum, your portraits will be natural, relaxed and an opportunity for you to stroll to a quiet spot where you’ll have full reign to be yourselves and get excited together, it’s about documenting just those moments.

Capturing the evening, is just as important as capturing the preparations. Most will leave after one song following the first dance which is not near enough time to capture your evening guests and relaxed personalities and giving it the space they need to feel free and in tune with the live entertainment! No time limits or clock watching, the dance floor is captured with all the expertise and fun it deserves.

 

I use a technical setup of flattering lighting to be able to photograph the action and emotion on the dance floor and throughout the evening reception, beyond the band’s first set! I’ll confess, the dance floor is brilliant and often I’m able to capture some fantastic moves from those who have been very reserved throughout the day.

Following your wedding, I will review, assess, edit and deliver in hi-resolution your stunning memories for you to relive over a year, 5 years or 15 years! However often you prefer to look over your wedding day again.

 

Your album is your story, the one you re-tell while clasping onto a warm tea. Once you’ve received your gallery, I’ll carefully select your highlight moments to arrange into a fine art linen album, perfectly framing and telling your love story with your vision in mind. There’ll be a chance to input your image preferences and fully approve the album ahead of its hand made design and printing. Ready for you to hold and cherish for good!

Making a personal conscious change for the better!

 

Sustainability has always been important to me. Initially, I never fully understood how to implement it into my business, that’s until I made a conscious effort to find lots of ways of becoming better; Speaking with other sustainable businesses and passionate people has only sparked a bigger interest for me.

 

Being very aware of how small changes can lead to big improvements; Adopting as many values of recycling, reusing items, shopping using local products and food where possible, fix not replace first mentality; Ohh and Vinted is super for pre-loved clothing! But above all, and the one I’m most proud of is that every battery for my photography & lighting equipment that I’ve used this year has been completely charged using only solar power. I will be aiming to go further in 2025 by making our studio office entirely sustainably run by renewable power at our property and making commitments to projects to enhance our planet for the better.

 

I’m always continuing to learn and find better, healthier and efficient ways of doing ‘my bit’, please share ideas with me if you have any and I’d also be happy to share how you could make a positive difference too! 

Please get in touch, I would love to capture the moments at your wedding and begin to document your story. I’d love to hear of  your plans for your wedding including sharing your Pinterest board, let’s see what you’ve pinned!

“It’s about more than just taking photos…”

 

Photography has been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. As a wedding photographer, I love the affection, emotional connection and endless happiness from an image placed in a lasting album to look back on for decades to come. I love the nostalgic feeling of spotting myself in retro outfits as a child in framed prints around family homes and rediscovering moments of our lives we have since forgot. Can’t help but always feel the warmth and joy of these moments.

 

Looking over old photos of family & friends, there’s nothing like it, the happiness, laughter and emotions all documented to stand the test of time. Not realising until it was too late, photography runs through the generations of our family I guess that’s where it all began, receiving my first small camera at a young age, running around the garden snapping away, not much has changed! Documenting people is in my blood.

Living for adventures…

 

The South Wales coast and the old villages of the Cotswolds are my haven. Hiking and weekend strolls around the country, discovering new places is also deeply enjoyable with my family. I confess to drinking far too much tea and I indulge in too many of those chocolate hobnobs while editing, very moreish!! Those tasty Percy Pigs also gets a mention, it’s how my partner and I first met… I’ll have to explain one day! Ha.

 

If I am not photographing a wedding, or spending time with our Little girl and newborn baby, you will most probably find me out cycling and training for more triathlon events; Parkruns are also quite addictive recently but definitely not obsessive with it. Otherwise, I might be enjoying new street food popups; please recommend your favourite.  In my twenties, I use to work in TV & Film; I got to work with several top actors and enjoy incredible experiences including being a regular paramedic on Casualty and in a few big movies –  “There I am!” haha. You can see a few more of my interests and favourite memories just below too.

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Now you’ve got a good idea of who I am and what’s important to me, let’s find a time to get to know you!




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