The work
A gallery is easy to cherry-pick, so here is something harder to fake: a single day in order, from the quiet of the morning to the sparklers. This is what a full gallery feels like, only yours would run to six hundred frames.
Nobody in these photographs was asked to smile.
That is rather the point
Full galleries from three recent weddings, each six hundred frames or more, are sent on request with every enquiry, so you can judge the whole day and not just the highlights.
Behind the frames
Every wedding is different, but a full day usually runs something like this.
Dress on the hanger, cards being opened, the flowers arriving. I photograph the details while everyone is still in dressing gowns and nobody minds the camera yet.
I am in position before you are. During the ceremony I move perhaps three times, quietly, and never stand where the registrar asked me not to.
Your list, gathered fast, done in twenty minutes. Then I disappear into the drinks and photograph people who have forgotten I exist.
The only time all day I will pull you away from your guests, and only if you want it. It is usually the photograph that ends up above the fireplace.
Dancing, speeches that ran late, the sparkler send-off. I leave when it ends, not when a clock says so.
From a groom, unprompted
“I checked the gallery for a photograph of Ada as proof she was actually there. Six hundred frames, and she is not in a single mirror.”
Ross · Married in April
Journal
Written for couples in the middle of planning, mostly answering the questions I get asked twice a week.
Build a small gap into the timings and you get the calmest photographs of the whole day.
Your florist, your stationer and your nan's place settings all get about four minutes of perfect. Here is how I use them.
Rain on your wedding day is genuinely fine, and this gallery is the reason I keep saying so.
The honest answer is about six. How to choose them, who to put in charge of gathering people, and how long they really take.
Nine questions worth asking, including the two about backup cameras and insurance that almost nobody thinks to ask.
No flash until the dancing starts. What changes when it does, and why your first dance photographs look the way they do.
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