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IMPORTANT PHOTOGRAPHY THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTONS...
EQUIPMENT
I use a Canon 5D Mark IV as my primary camera, along with backup equipment for complete reliability. The camera features dual card slots, meaning your images are instantly backed up as I shoot, an essential safeguard for weddings and events. I always use brand new SD cards for each wedding and securely store all my images on WD Elements hard drives. In terms of lenses, I typically shoot with 35mm and 85mm, but also use 16mm, 24mm, and 50mm depending on the setting, with the 50mm being a personal favourite for the couple portraits.
HOW MANY IMAGES DO YOU GET?
Short answer: it depends.
Long answer: the more going on, the more you'll get. Big energy, loads of moments, guests up for it = a very full gallery. I'm not here to take 200 photos and call it a day, I'm constantly shooting and capturing everything as it unfolds. On average, a full day lands somewhere between 800-1,000 images (never less than around 600), but I don't stick to a strict number. If it's a great photo, you're getting it.
INSURANCE
I have full public liability and professional indemnity insurance in place. If your venue needs any documentation, which most do, I'll happily provide everything for you during the booking process.
EDITING
I edit as naturally as possible, no heavy filters or anything that's going to date in five years. I use my own preset across all my galleries, so what you see on my website and Instagram is exactly how your photos will look. I do tone down really harsh greens (just a personal thing, I'm not a fan of super bright, neon grass), but overall I keep colours true to the day. Lighting-wise, it really depends on, well, the actual day. The weather, your venue, the season, it all plays a part. Some galleries are bright and airy, some are moodier. That's just real life. If it's a soft, cloudy day, your photos will reflect that. If it's sunshine all day, you'll get those brighter tones. (And because we're in the UK... bring a clear umbrella, even in august. I'm serious). I also like to mix things up a bit, so you'll get a blend of colour and black & white images. If I think a moment works beautifully in both, I'll often include both versions, because sometimes you just need options.
Everything you receive is fully edited, I don't deliver RAW/unedited images. What you're booking is my eye, my style, and my interpretation of the day. That's why it's so important you love a photographer's editing before booking, because this is how you day will be told. No two weddings look the same, and yours won't look like anyone else's (which is exactly the point). I share plenty on Instagram, but I'm always happy to send full galleries, so you can see a real, start-to-finish story of a day. Also, little side note on 'recommended suppliers list' from venues.. a lot (not all) of photographers pay to be on those. So always go with your gut, not just a list. If you ever se me recommended somewhere, it's because I've genuinely been recommended, not paid to be there. Most of my work comes from word of mouth, Instagram, and occasionally my website when the algorithm is behaving.
HOW LONG IS THE IMAGE TURNAROUND?
I've mentioned a few times throughout this website that I do things a little differently, and turnaround times are one of them. Rather than disappearing for 12 weeks and suddenly reappearing with a full gallery, I tend to send photographs over as I edit them. It means you're not left wondering if I've vanished into the sea somewhere, and honestly, I find the whole process feels far more relaxed for everyone involved. I stay in touch throughout, keep you updated on how editing is going, and usually upload images weekly (Fridays, if life with small children allows). You'll often get little messages from me when new photographs have been added too, because apparently I enjoy emotionally re-entering your wedding day alongside you several times over. That being said, turnaround times do vary depending on the season. Peak wedding season is beautifully chaotic, and as much as I'd love to edit at superhuman speed, I am also outnumbered at home by small children. So while I always work as quickly as possible, full wedding galleries can still take a number of weeks to complete properly. Family sessions and pre-wedding shoots are usually much quicker, and I'll always give you honest timeframe when booking depending on how busy things are at the time. Sometimes it's les than a week, and occasionally, if I'm having an usually organised moment, you might even get them back the very same evening. Basically: a November wedding will almost always come back quicker than an August one. I'd rather give honest timelines and keep you updated properly than promise unrealistic turnaround times while quietly panicking behind a laptop.
TYPES OF IMAGES
No two weddings ever feel the same, so I don't approach them like they should be photographed the same either. I'm not here with a rigid checklist ticking off "must-have shots" or trying to recreate something you've seen a thousand times online. I'm there to tell the story of your day as it actually unfolds, the real bits, the emotional bits, the slightly chaotic bits, and the ones you didn't even realise mattered until you're sat at home afterwards wondering how I caught that moment. My work is very documentary-led, which basically means I'm observing, reacting, and quietly collecting everything as it happens (with the occasional polite interruption if I need you to move into better light or stop blinking at the exact wrong time). I love movement in photographs, walking, laughing, hugs mid motion, dresses catching the wind, people talking with their hands, because movement is where real emotion lives. Still images are lovely, but it's the movement between them that makes everything feel alive.
That said, even thought I don't work from a strict checklist, I do want your ideas. I want to know the moments that matter to you, the people you absolutely need photographed, and anything you'd be really disappointed to miss. Think of it less like a shot list and more like a "don't let me forget this" list. Your input is important, this is your day, and I want to make sure I'm paying attention to what actually matters to you, not just what happens to unfold in front of me. Across the day, I'll usually build in a couple of short 10-15 minute couple session rather than one long shoot. That keeps things relaxed and means you're not disappearing for ages while everything else carries on without you. It's more like a little breather together, a wander, a rest, a few quiet moments, then straight back into the chaos of the party. I'm also very flexible with how your day feels photographically. Some couples prefer a completely hands-off documentary approach, others like a bit more gentle direction, especially during key moments or couple portraits, and I'll always adapt to you.
Light plays a huge part in how everything comes together, especially in the UK where the weather likes to keep us guessing. For winter weddings in particular, I'll often suggest an earlier ceremony so we can make the most of natural light throughout the day, and then a slightly later sit- down so we can sneak in a couple portraits at the best possible time without rushing anything. At the heart of it, I want you to actually be in your wedding, not stepping out of it constantly for photos. You've put some much time, energy, and money into planning this day, and my job is to make sure you get to live it properly. I'll take care of the storytelling, you just enjoy the people, the fizz, and the fact that it's finally all happening!
WILL THE PHOTOGRAPHS BE WATER MARKED?
Absolutely not! You've paid good money for these photographs, so the last thing I'm going to do is aggressively slap my name across them like a teenage Facebook album in 2009! Your finally gallery is delivered fully edited, high resolution, and completely watermark-free, as nature intended.
HOW ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHS SUPPLIED?
All galleries are delivered via a private online Pixieset gallery, where you can instantly download in high resolution, save your favourites or the entire gallery and share with family and friends if you wish. It's simple, easy and everything is in one place. I roughly keep them live on the site for 2 months after I've sent the final photographs. For weddings, you'll also receive a USB with your fully gallery. I do this as a second layer of backup, because your images are far too important to rely on just one download link in the cloud behaving itself forever. I also store edited galleries on a hard drive for my own archiving, but I don't keep permanent long-term storage of every wedding indefinitely, mostly because I am one person, not a walking cloud storage service with unlimited emotional resilience. Once your images have been delivered in both formats, it's really important that you download and back them up safely too. Ideally in a least two places (an external hard drive is your best friend here). Future you will not enjoy the stress of trying to track down lost photos because present you trusted "i'll do it later" energy.
Put simply: I've got you covered at delivery, but I can't be your emergency archive five years down the line when a laptop has died, been dropped, or mysteriously stopped turning on after a cup of tea incident. As much as I love your photos, I also like my sanity. My full day extended package includes a small selection of printed images as a gift, because selection of printed images as a gift, because photographs deserve to exist in the real world, not just quietly gathering digital dust. A gentle note on printing, quality really does matter. High street or supermarket printing can be convenient, but it rarely does your images justice, and you've invested in professional photography for a reason.
WHAT USAGE RIGHTS DO WE HAVE?
In very unexciting legal terms: I retain the copyright to my images, which is standard across the photography industry. Once delivered, you're free to print them, share them, spam the family WhatsApp group with them, post them online, frame them in your house, or cry over them dramatically on a random Tuesday evening, whatever feels right. The only real thing I ask is that if your photographs are shared with magazines, blogs, suppliers, venues, newspapers, or businesses, my work is credited with either my website or Instagram handle. Mostly because businesses using photographers work without permission is unfortunately very common, and despite what the internet seems to believe, exposure does not currently pay my electricity bill.
For your own personal social media though? no pressure at all to tag me. Of course I massively appreciate it when people do, but I'm not lurking online waiting to launch myself into your comments section if you don't.
INSPIRATION IMAGES
I get asked quite a lot about Pinterest boards and inspiration photos, and honestly please do send them to me. I love seeing the sort of vibe you're drawn to, especially if we haven't worked together before. It helps me understand what you naturally gravitate towards, whether that's windswept coastal romance, moody flash photography or "running through a field pretending you haven't noticed the camera" energy.
That being said... Pinterest is also a tiny bit of a liar, and I say this as someone who spends far too much time on there myself. I keep showing my partner photos of how I want our allotment to look, but unfortunately my actual gardening skills involve repeatedly failing to keep tomato's alive. So currently the vision and the reality are not fully aligned.
Wedding inspiration photos are very similar. A lot of the images online are heavily styled shoots with model couples, perfect lighting, ideal weather conditions, and several uninterrupted hours dedicated purely to taking photographs. Which is lovely, but your actual wedding day also includes things like timelines, guests, weather, emotions, relatives disappearing during group photos, and occasionally a flower girl refusing to wear shoes. So yes, absolutely send me your Pinterest boards and inspiration images, I genuinely love seeing them, but I'll always be realistic and honesty about what works for your day, your venue, your timelines and you personalities. If you're getting married in the middle of a city and send me endless photographs of couples running through cornfields at sunset, I can't magically grow agriculture around you no matter how committed I am to the vision.
My style is naturally very relaxed and documentary-led, but I also love getting create with couple portraits for people who are into that. Some couples want loads of couple photo, movement, drama, and "slightly cinematic main character energy" with others would genuinely rather spend their day with their guests and keep portraits short and natural, both are completely fine. I always work around the vibe of the couple rather than forcing everyone into the same experience. And honestly, couple portraits nearly always get easier once the nerves settle and you've had a drink of two. Suddenly everyone becomes suspiciously better at "casually walking together". But if you hate PDA, feel awkward in front of the camera, or simply want the day documented exactly as it happened without loads of posed moments, we can absolutely lean fully documentary too. That's the beauty of it, there's isn't one right way to have your wedding photographed.
At the end of the day, I photograph people, emotion, movement, and connection. Weddings just happen to be on big chaotic full day of all those things happening at once, which is probably why I love them so much. And most importantly: this is your wedding day, not a twelve-hour photoshoot. I want you to actually experience it, not spend the entire thing performing for the camera. Although if you do want a proper creative photoshoot experience as well, we can absolutely do that separately too, I've done it a few times before and they're always good fine (and make a very good alternative to a traditional pre wedding shoot).
HOW I WORK?
I've spent years building this business into something that genuinely feels like me, so I'm quite protective over how I work and the experience I give people. That being said, I am completely unapologetically myself. I firmly believe you can be professional without acting like you've got a clipboard permanently attached to your hand. When I photograph weddings and families, I get properly involved. I don't really do the whole "silent photographer stood in the corner staring at people through a long lens" thing. I chat to your guests, laugh with your bridesmaids, make friends with your nan, and will almost definitely end up taking the mick out of my best man at some point during the day. I genuinely feel honoured to be asked to capture your wedding, but to do that properly I need to actually get stuck in and become part of the atmosphere rather than awkwardly orbiting around it. I'll have a drink if offered (although realistically it'll mostly be coffee or a full fat coke because I'm not a huge drinker) and if cake is going spare at the end of the night I'll unfortunately have to make that sacrifice too.
I will absolutely crawl around on floors, climb ladders, stand in bushes, and risk my dignity entirely for a good photo. If there's confetti, bubbles, sparklers, smoke bombs, party poppers, champagne sprays or anything slightly chaotic involved, I'm immediately interested. At this point I've also accidently developed several extra wedding related skills. I've helped people into dresses when nobody understands buttons, fixed veils, rearranged rooms for photos, sorted bouquets, done hair touch-ups and somehow become an unofficial extra bridesmaid/wedding coordinator at a lot of weddings. None of this is me trying to scare you by the way, it's just very hard for me to stand there calmly if something needs doing. More than anything though, I care massively about making sure you actually enjoy your wedding day. You've spent so much time, money and energy planning it, and I don't want you pulled away from it constantly for photos. I want you in it, living it, having the drink, eating the food, hugging your people, crying during speeches and forgetting I'm there half the time. I might not be the right fit for everyone, and honestly that's completely fine. But I'd rather be the photographer chatting to your grandad and fluffing your dress than the mysterious bloke in black silently lurking behind the camera all day.
ON THE DAY
I stay for the amount of time your package includes, which usually means arriving around 2-3 hours before the ceremony and staying until roughly an hour after the first dance, although everything is built around the timings of your actually wedding rather than me aggressively appearing with a stopwatch. Now, weddings do have a habit of running late. Someone can't find buttonholes, the registrar disappears, and uncle vanishes during group photos, suddenly dinner is 40 minutes behind schedule, it happens. And if the day slips a bit, please don't panic, I'm not the kind of photographer who dramatically starts packing cameras away mid-speech while muttering "well technically my time is up". I'm very relaxed about normal wedding chaos and pretty good and quietly keeping things moving without turning into a stressed-out event manager with a laminated schedule.
That being said, it things massively overrun, it can obviously start affecting my journey home and my family like too. As much as I love your wedding, my children will eventually start asking where I've gone and whether I've simply joined another family permanently. My additional hourly rate is listed on the pricing page, just to jeep everything transparent, but honestly, I've never actually had to properly enforce it before. We usually manage to get everything done in a relaxed way without anyone needing to panic, sprint of eat their desert emotionally fast.
PRE COMMUNICATION
If I'm available on your date, the first step is a zoom chat so we can all get to know each other properly, talk through your plans, and make sure we're the right fit. I don't really do in-person meetings anymore, mostly because life is busy, but also because zoom means we can sit there in joggers with a cup of tea and nobody has to pretend otherwise. After our call, I'll hold your date for 14 days while you have a think, compare suppliers if needed, and decide if I'm the one for you. Once you're ready to book, I'll send over your quote, contract, and the invoice online. Once everything is confirmed, you'll receive a welcome email from me with all the next steps, useful info, and details on how to book your pre-wedding shoot if your package includes one (of if you've booked one separately). Throughout the whole process, communication is nice and relaxed. I will create a WhatsApp group for us so its easy to keep in touch, send over ideas, ask questions, and spam me with Pinterest photos because honestly, I love seeing the vision come together.
FOOD AND DRINK
If I'm with you for a full wedding day, I do kindly ask for a meal to be provided. I absolutely don't expect a full wedding breakfast, a supplier meal or option for me to grab something behind the bar/restaurant is fine. If no food is arranged, I may need to leave the venue briefly to get something to eat. I'll always do my best to work around the timings so nothing important is missed, but I just like to be upfront about it beforehand. Throughout the day I very rarely stop properly. I'm constantly moving, shooting, fixing dresses, carrying things, finding good light or generally running around after people. During the quieter moments, I might quickly grab a coffee, a drink, or disappear to the toilet for five minutes, especially on those longer 10-12 hour weddings where caffeine becomes essential.
I tend to eat and drink alongside your guests rather than fully stepping away somewhere private, mainly because It means I can keep an eye on everything that's happening around me. It helps me stay present, multitask, and avoid missing moments while constantly disappearing in and out of the room. While you and your guests are eating though, I will use that time to back up photos, organise my cameras, and start working through the first edits so I can get sneak peeks over to you as quickly as possible after the wedding. If the speeches are happening straight after the meal, I'd really appreciate being fed before they begin. Quite often suppliers are served once everyone else has finished, which can turn into trying to inhale a meal in about 30 seconds before speeches start, and nobody needs that kind of stress.
PAYMENT AND BOOKING FEE
To secure your wedding date, a non-refundable booking fee of £250 is required. In some circumstance, this can be transferred to a new date if needed. Your booking fee covers all the behind the scenes bits that happen long before the wedding day itself. Emails, zoom chats, planning time, consultations, contracts, admin, and generally me being heavily invested in your wedding from the moment you enquire. The remaining balance is due 4 weeks before the wedding day. You're more than welcome to pay in instalments along the way if that works better for you. A lot of couples prefer to spread the cost out rather than think about tit all at once, and I'm always happy to accommodate that where possible.
ACCOMODATION AND TRAVEL
Depending on where your wedding is and where I'm coming from the day before, i may need overnight accommodation to make sure I can get to you in good time (and not turn up running purely on motorway coffee) I'm happy to sort this myself or simply add it onto your final balance, or you're welcome to book it for me if you prefer, whichever is easiest. If I'm working with a second shoot, we'll need two single rooms. It's just comfort thing, we all function better with our own space after a long day, and I'm very much not a "sharing a room" kind of person.
And honestly… if I could get a separate room from my kids and partner sometimes, I absolutely would.
GROUP SHOTS
I'll be honest, group photos aren't anyone's favourite part of the day. They're a bit like organised chaos, slightly herding-cats and usually involve me trying to find Uncle Dave who's wandered off for a pint. That said, they are important. They're images your family will want, so we'll absolutely do them, we just want to keep them efficient so you're not spending half your day lining people up instead of actually enjoying it. I always recommend keeping your group list as tight and intentional as possible. Before adding every cousin you've every met and your mum's friend from Pilates, just have a little think, are you really going to frame this? who is it for? and will you still know everyone in 10 years time?
Each group setup takes a few minutes to organise, and while that doesn't sound like much, it does add up quickly on a wedding day. The more we can streamline it, the more time you get back to the natural, documentary moments that actually tell the story of your day. If big group shots are really important part of your plans, you may want to consider a second shooter or a photographer who thrives on 100-person line-ups and military-level organisation. That's not really my style, I'm more about movement, moments, and keeping things flowing. Before the wedding, I'll send over a checklist for you to complete, including your group shot list and itinerary. This is really important, as it helps me keep everything running smoothly on the day and ensures we don't miss anything key.
FINAL NOTE
If you've got any questions at all, big or small, just send me an email, message me, or pop something over on social media. I'm always happy to chat through things properly, and I'm not shy about giving honest answers either. I think that's much better than vague "it'll all be fine" energy. I'm here to photograph weddings and people who genuinely feel like a good fit for me and my work. Not everyone is going to be, and that's completely okay. This is a really personal experience, you're trusting someone to document one of the biggest days of your life, so feeling comfortable with your photographer really matters. I'd never want to work with someone who doesn't get my style of my slightly sense of humour anyways.. it would be a very long day for everyone involved. I do share a lot of my work (and general chaos) over on Instagram, so if this hasn't already come across, you'll definitely get a better feel for me over there. I like to keep things relaxed, having a laugh with couples, and make this whole experience feel a bit more like spending the day wit someone you actually like having around. Most of my past couples end up becoming friends, which I think says everything I need it to. Life's too short for awkward energy and forced smiles.
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