How I tell your Wedding Story

My Approach to Relaxed, Unposed Wedding Photography

Candid shot of wedding guests queuing to get street food from green vintage Citroen van at outdoor tipi wedding

You’re get­ting mar­ried — WHOO HOO !!

You want pho­tos to look back at after­wards — Of course you do, that’s have you relive the memories

But you don’t want a wed­ding day that feels like a pho­to­shoot — who would want that?! 

Then let me tell you how I pho­to­graph weddings

“Nick was absolute­ly fan­tas­tic, from start to finish

We had so many com­ments about how nice a guy our pho­tog­ra­ph­er was!

On the day he was in the back­ground — we were com­plete­ly unaware of where he was which was exact­ly what we wanted”

ALICE + DAVID — Lyde Court 

5 Reasons That Couples choose me to photograph their wedding

1. It’s about REAL MOMENTS…

Maybe this could go with­out say­ing, that as a reportage wed­ding pho­tog­ra­ph­er, I don’t stage things. It’s about being in the right place at the right time to doc­u­ment the real stuff, the real memories.

Why try to recre­ate some­thing from some­one else’s wed­ding when there’s so much good stuff going on at yours!!

…and in-between moments

There are the expect­ed parts of a wed­ding day, that you can plan for, things like a Bride see­ing her Dad for the first time on her wed­ding day.

But there’s also those oth­er moments that hap­pen around them, that you watch and wait for, like a friend giv­ing you the biggest squeeze of your life because she’s so hap­py for you.

That’s where expe­ri­ence counts, to notice the things that might go unnoticed.

2. Interaction & Connection…

So much of what I do is about peo­ple, about how they behave and how they inter­act with one another.

This image is of the Bride’s par­ents, just at the start of the wed­ding cer­e­mo­ny. It’s one of her favourite images from the day because if what it cap­tures. That con­nec­tion between them, the pride in see­ing their daugh­ter get married

Davenport House Wedding Photography

…non-awkard, non-posing

 

This pho­to was­n’t posed.

 

The cou­ple were just relaxed, enjoy­ing their day, hav­ing a bit of time to them­selves , liv­ing their best life!

 

It shows the con­nec­tion they have, a reflec­tion of them as a couple.

3. It’s about PERSEPCTIVE…

There’s a very lit­er­al inter­pre­ta­tion of per­spec­tive that I bring to every wedding.

As I pho­tog­ra­ph­er I’m look­ing to see how I can ele­vate the impact of an image by think­ing about where it’s tak­en from. 

Is it from up close, from afar, from down low, or in this case, from above, to give a sense of moment and story.

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…seeing things from a guest’s point of view

I try to be an observ­er at wed­dings, to see things from a Guest’s perspective. 

This image was tak­en at a wed­ding at the Elec­tric Cin­e­ma in Birm­ing­ham where I was able to get behind one of the guests, to be able to show the cer­e­mo­ny through his eyes. 

It con­nects the view­er to the occasion.

4. Details are important…

The donut wall, I could quite eas­i­ly have just tak­en a close up of it as one of the details on this wed­ding. In fact I’m pret­ty sure I did!

But for me, this is a much bet­ter detail shot as it still shows the donut wall, but adds in a sto­ry too. 

The boy try­ing his hard­est to grab one as his Dad (already hold­ing one son) hols him back!!

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Davenport House Wedding Photography

…to record time and place

A Church wed­ding where the Bride & Groom where from farm­ing families.

Parked up out­side the Church was the trac­tor and cart that they were going to use to take them back to their mar­quee on the farm afterwards.

So the pho­to shows this detail of their day and anchors it to a time and a place.

5. It’s about STORY-TELLING…

There’s a very lit­er­al inter­pre­ta­tion of per­spec­tive that I bring to every wedding.

As I pho­tog­ra­ph­er I’m look­ing to see how I can ele­vate the impact of an image by think­ing about where it’s tak­en from. 

Is it from up close, from afar, from down low, or in this case, from above, to give a sense of moment and story.

Cool Wedding Venues in Birmingham

…Your Day, Your Way

I try to be an observ­er at wed­dings, to see things from a Guest’s perspective. 

This image was tak­en at a wed­ding at the Elec­tric Cin­e­ma in Birm­ing­ham where I was able to get behind one of the guests, to be able to show the cer­e­mo­ny through his eyes. 

It con­nects the view­er to the occasion.

How I usually spend my time at a Wedding

  • Group Pho­tos 3% 3%
  • Cou­ples Photos 5% 5%
  • Being a Wed­ding Ninja! 92% 92%
We couldn’t have asked for a bet­ter per­son to cap­ture our day!

We want­ed more of a nat­ur­al cap­ture feel and that’s exact­ly what we got, hard­ly notic­ing how many amaz­ing pic­tures they were cap­tur­ing on the day.

We can’t rec­om­mend Nick enough and want to say a mas­sive thank you for giv­ing us the most per­fect images to our per­fect day.
If you’re look­ing at book­ing Nick, do it!

MEGAN & CALLUM — Park Hall

So, Where To Now?

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PORTFOLIO

You’ve read about my approach to pho­tograph­ing a wed­ding, so why not take a look at some of my work!

Lots of love­ly unposed pho­tographs, cap­tur­ing mem­o­ries, nin­ja style.

 

Award winning wedding photography

PACKAGES

Whether you want cov­er­age from ‘Prep to Par­ty’, ‘Cer­e­mo­ny to Speech­es’ or some­thing else entire­ly I try to cov­er all the bases.

Every wed­ding is dif­fer­ent but you’ll see there are cer­tain essen­tials I bring to each one, like me tak­ing the pho­tos and a ‘No Cheese’ guarantee!!

 

 

Mother of Bride larking about at Lichfield wedding

GET IN TOUCH

If you’re ready to ditch the cliché pho­tos and focus on the real, unscript­ed moments, then I’d love to hear from you.

Tell me about your venue, the vibe you’re going for, and any weird or won­der­ful details you’ve got planned.

Plus the date of the wed­ding so I can check my diary!