HOW do YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE?

I think of myself as a storytelling, documentary wedding photographer. This means that as well as capturing the ‘main events’ of your wedding day, I love to keep my eye open for the little stories happening all around you. Aside from perhaps having a 20 minute break to quickly eat a sandwich or something, I am on my feet and moving around for the entire day - always on the lookout for the next interesting image.

In addition to this, I have two cameras on me at all times, with different lenses attached.

can we meet you before the day?

Absolutely! I always love to meet you for a coffee and a chat before the day of the wedding. It’s good for us to get to know each other a little bit, and for me to get a feel for you guys as a couple - your story and how you met, and how you see your wedding going.

WHAT HAPPENS IF IT RAINS?

Of course, everyone dreams of their wedding day being bathed in sunshine. Unfortunately though, this can’t always be the case (especially in the UK!). I’ve photographed weddings in all sorts of weather and it never manages to spoil the day. In fact, a quick rain shower and a few umbrellas can make for some great photographs!

WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT DO YOU USE?

I’ll admit to being a bit of a geek when it comes to camera gear. I have two full frame Nikon DLSR’s (a D850 and a D810) and an assortment of professional grade prime and zoom lenses. As well as these, I have various flashes and plenty of memory cards for all your images.

what happens if your memory card / HARD DRIVE fails?

All the cameras that I use have two memory card slots, so that every time I take a photograph, the image is saved twice. In addition to this, I back up all the photographs to two hard drives and an encrypted cloud storage service as soon as I get home after the wedding. You can never have too many backups, I say!

how long until we see the photos?

For a full wedding, the turn around is typically 4-5 weeks until I am able to deliver all of the photographs and prints to you.

CAN YOU SEND US THE OUTTAKES?

I can shoot upwards of 3,000 images on a full wedding day, but part of my development process is ‘culling’ these images and selecting the best ones to present to you. As such, shots that I don’t select are not sent out as I don’t consider them representative of my work. Don’t worry - I’m careful to take my time looking at every single photograph, deciding which are the keepers and which are not.