Hannah and Mark’s wedding at Wadenhoe. I’m often asked if I go and look around a venue before the wedding to which I always answer that I don’t, as a documentary wedding photographer I don’t need to come and look around before as I photograph what happens on the day rather than a pre planned...
Katherine and Tom’s wedding. Katherine and Tom’s wedding was originally due to take place on the 1st August 2020 but like many weddings for 2020 Covid restrictions caused a postponement to 31st July 2021 which meant I had to wait another entire year to photograph their day. Luckily restrictions had been totally relaxed by July...
Kasia & Arron’s micro wedding in Nottingham Micro weddings have been very popular during the covid restrictions with strict limits on the number of wedding guests. Shortly after weddings were back on in summer 2021 I photographed Kasia and Arron’s micro wedding with just 6 guests in Nottingham. I really enjoy these small intimate weddings...
Myassa and Adam’s wedding at Pennyhill Park. Myassa and Adam had a small intimate wedding at Pennyhill Park in Surrey back in September 2021, they opted for a late afternoon ceremony outside in the beautiful grounds at Pennyhill Park. The weather was a drizzly shortly before the ceremony but dried up just in time....
Claire and Jon’s wedding was at the lovely Bassmead Manor Barns near St. Neots in Cambridgeshire, about a 30 minute drive for me from Higham Ferrers. Bassmead Manor Barn wedding photos As a wedding photographer I often rate venues on how well they look after me, Bassmead Manor Barns scored full points for this with some...
The thing I missed most during the covid wedding restrictions was weddings with a marquee on the lawn at the parents garden. I always find these sort of weddings more relaxed than those at wedding venues were often the venue are running the show. Having a marquee at home frees you from the shackles of...
Ladywood Estate wedding photos. Suzie and Suraj’s wedding was at the very lovely Ladywood Estate in Rutland. I last photographed a wedding here several years ago and it was lovely to see how this venue has developed over that time, much had changed since my last visit including the purpose built Pavilion which can...
Back in the summer I was Jo & Dave’s Peterborough wedding photographer. On these dark winter days the summer seems so long ago so I thought I’d catch up with blogging one of the summer weddings I photographed. Jo and Dave married in July at Elton near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Like many of my weddings I’d been...
Festival style wedding “Hi Simon , we were wondering if you would be interested in photographing our wedding at Hamps Hall, it’s going to have a festival theme with straw bales, fairly lights, fancy dress, camp fires and a rave in the evening”. Well how could I say anything other than yes I’d love to....
Cowley Manor wedding photography Cowley Manor is one of my favourite UK venues, located in beautiful Cotswold countryside and surrounded by 55 acres of parkland. Cowley Manor is a fantastic venue for your wedding. You can chose between a civil ceremony or a ceremony in the church next door to the house. I highly...
I’m often asked what happens if it rains on the wedding day. My answer is you might get wet! I’m never really sure what the expected answer is, maybe that we all go home and rearrange for a sunny day? No matter what the weather I capture a true documentary record of your wedding day,...
It’s always a pleasure to photograph weddings at Rushton hall which is very local to me here in Northamptonshire, so I was delighted when Chris and Dan asked me to photograph their wedding. Coverage started with Chris and Dan getting ready together and continued until the speeches in the evening. Same sex wedding at Rushton...
And when this is all over We’ll knock on our friends’ doors and go to every party And say “I love you” more. And when this is all over Through bad, we will see the good because whenever we are together we’ll appreciate it, as we should. And when this is all over and we...
This page will be regularly updated as the situation changes. last update 24th June 2020. Latest news: wedding ceremonies for up to 30 people are allowed from July. Full details on this link. I know from the emails I’m already receiving that many of my wedding couples are worried about how the Coronavirus will affect...
Tolani & Ebuwa’s amazing Nigerian wedding at Heaton House Farm. My second Nigerian wedding in a year, although by far the biggest wedding I’ve photographed with several hundred guests. Nigerian weddings are always very colourful with guests wearing amazing outfits. The wedding ceremony was at St Paul’s church in Sale, which was completely full. The...
Same sex wedding at The Guildhall – Northampton. Sharon & Eleanor married at the Guildhall in Northampton, a beautiful Victorian Gothic style building which is the town hall. Guests gathered at Yellow Bourbon coffee roasters in Northampton town centre for pre wedding coffee and pastries, the coffee shop was decorated with the rainbow flag which...
A very happy 10th wedding anniversary today (19th June 2019) to Jasmine & Jon, 10 years ago I photographed their wedding at Great Fosters. Jasmine contacted me recently to say the Mirror wanted to use some of her wedding photographs online and in print for an article on their anniversary. Jasmine Harman presents A place...
For me wedding photography is about capturing the entire day and not just the parts that you would traditionally associate as being the wedding. For this reason I usually arrive a couple of hours before the ceremony and don’t leave until well after the dancing has started. I had the great pleasure of photographing a...
The Cambridge Colleges make unique wedding venues, I have photographed several weddings at Jesus College which makes a very photogenic backdrop. I’m a documentary wedding photographer, I capture the real events and emotions from your wedding day creating a unique and personal set of photographs you will treasure. When you look back through your photographs...
Pepper & Martin’s wedding at Wadhurst Castle Pepper and Martin chose beautiful Wadhust Castle for their wedding which was planned from their home in Hong Kong. I arrived at Wadhust in brilliant sunshine which was extremely welcome after so many wet weddings. As a wedding photographer, I have had the privilege of capturing many beautiful...
My style of wedding photography is all about storytelling, I also tend to take photographs that will fit together as part of the story. Sometimes though it is possible to sum up the story in just one image as in the example here. This photograph does not require explanation or a caption as it tells...
The church of our Lady and the English Martyrs (OLEM) wedding, Cambridge. William and Diana had their wedding ceremony in the beautiful Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs in Cambridge city centre on a wet and dark Autumn day. I’d met William and Diana for coffee in Cambridge some six months earlier and had...
Back in October 2017 I was Joanna and Roger’s Northamptonshire wedding photographer for the very last wedding ever in the Great Hall at Rushton Hall. I also photographed one of the very first weddings here several years ago, all future weddings here will be in the brand new purpose built Orangery which looks gorgeous. Rushton...
Joanna didn’t have too far to walk to her ceremony as she got ready in the room directly above at Rushton Hall in Northamptonshire. I like to use architectural elements in my photography and the staircase here lends itself well to this with the spiral shape and surrounding arches. A 24mm wide angle lens allowed me...
Weddings at Springkell. I’ve hardly found the time to blog any weddings this year as I’ve been so busy photographing weddings like this one on the 27th May in Scotland at Springkell and Lockerbie. It was a long drive up the M6 to Springkell for James and Brittany’s wedding, a wedding the following day in Coventry meant...