Wedding Photography
Services
Weddings + elopements — from the first coffee to the last song. Mostly candid, with a few portraits when the light's good.
Other events — the same documentary approach, for the milestones that aren't weddings.
How I photograph a wedding
The short version: I photograph the whole day, I don't stage it, and nobody spends the drinks reception being marched round the garden.
Most of the day is photographed as it happens. I'll step in when direction helps, especially for portraits, but I'm not there to turn your wedding into a production.
35mm film for the romance, digital for the documentary truth of it all.
Collections
Handmade albums and fine art prints are available too, so the photographs end up somewhere other than a hard drive.
The main collection- — Morning preparations to the peak of the party
- — Digital documentary with curated 35mm film
- — A few Living Frames: short moving clips, not a film
- — Unlimited planning calls and timeline curation
- — Fully edited, high-resolution online gallery
- — Extra hours £235 if your day runs later
For the film purists- — The whole day, entirely on 35mm film
- — Up to 15 rolls, no digital safety net
- — Professional developing and scanning
- — Careful editing
- — A smaller, more curated online gallery
For shorter days- — Registry office ceremonies, drinks receptions, afternoons
- — The same calm, documentary-led approach
- — A little 35mm film as standard
- — Fully edited online gallery
- — Photography only, priced by the hour
Additional Services
The collections cover the wedding day itself. These are the things around it, added when they're useful and left off when they aren't. If you're still working out which collection suits your day, the Lookbook has the full details.
None of this is a fixed menu, either. You might want a second photographer for the morning only, a couple of hours at the rehearsal dinner, or a quiet registry office ceremony before the big day. For anything shorter than a full wedding, there's As Long As You Need, booked simply by the hour. For anything else, ask me. Tell me what the day looks like and I'll tell you honestly what's worth adding and what isn't.
Across Oxford and the Cotswolds, or wherever you'd actually go on a Sunday.
Engagement shoots
A couple of hours together before the wedding, somewhere that means something to you. A walk across Port Meadow, the pub where you had your first date, the end of your own road.
It's useful in a few practical ways. You see how I work, I see how you are together, and you get the slightly awkward first ten minutes of being photographed out of the way months early. Photographed the same way as the wedding: relaxed, mostly unposed, and nobody gets asked to leap. It's included in the Documentary Collection if it's in Oxfordshire or the Cotswolds. Otherwise it's £235 an hour, and most couples go for about two hours. See some recent engagement shoots.
Same honest approach. Two places at once.
Second photographer
Most weddings don't need one. Some really do. You might be getting ready in two different places at once, the guest list might run well into three figures, or the ceremony and reception might be a drive apart. One photographer can only be in one room, and that's when my wife, Sara, comes along. She works the same quiet way I do, so both mornings get covered properly and nobody misses the important bit.
A second photographer is £600 for the day. If you're not sure your wedding needs one, tell me how it's laid out and I'll give you a straight answer. Sometimes that answer is no.
35mm film for the romance, digital for the documentary truth of it all.
Film photography
Film isn't an extra here. It's part of how I photograph every wedding. The Documentary Collection has 35mm woven all the way through the day, for the grain and the colour and the slightly unpredictable warmth that digital doesn't quite do.
If you'd like the whole day on film, that's what The Analogue Wedding is for. It's slower and more deliberate, with fewer frames, and it's for couples who'd rather have a smaller set of photographs that feel like the day than hundreds that merely record it.
How do we book, and what's the deposit?
Send a note through the contact page with your date and venue, and I'll usually get back to you within a day or two. If we're a good fit, I'll send over a straightforward contract — a 25% retainer secures the date when you sign, and the remaining balance is due one month before the wedding.
We are awkward in front of the camera. Is that a problem?
No. Most people are.
In fact, I would be more worried if you told me you were completely natural in front of a camera. That sounds suspicious.
My job is to make the process feel easy, low-pressure and human. I will not ask you to do anything that feels wildly unlike you. The best photographs usually happen once people stop trying to be good at being photographed.
How many photos will we get, and when?
You'll typically receive several hundred fully edited images, delivered within six to eight weeks of the wedding — I'll usually share a handful of favourites sooner, so you're not waiting in silence. I don't hand back thousands of near-identical frames for you to sort through yourselves; every photo you get has been chosen and edited properly.
Do you travel for weddings?
Yes. I'm based in Oxfordshire and shoot across the Cotswolds regularly, but I'm happy to travel further afield — I've covered weddings well beyond both. Get in touch with your venue and date, and we'll work out the travel details together.
Frequently asked questions
How does the day actually work?
I turn up early, stay out of the way, and document things as they happen rather than staging them. That means the ceremony, the getting-ready chaos, the speeches, and all the in-between moments nobody thinks to ask for — plus a short portrait session with the two of you, so you're not missing your own party for it. Most of the day is candid. I'll only step in when a bit of direction genuinely helps.
What happens if it rains?
It usually rains at some point in a British wedding, so honestly, don't lose sleep over the forecast. Wet weather makes for some of the better photographs — umbrellas, reflections, everyone huddled together under a doorway laughing about it. I'll always have a backup spot and a plan for the light, so whatever the sky does, we just adapt and keep going.
Do you direct portraits?
Yes, but not in a stiff, catalogue sort of way.
I will give enough direction so you are not left standing in a field wondering what to do with your hands, which is apparently one of the great human mysteries. But I am not interested in making you perform romance for the camera.
A short walk, good light, a bit of quiet, maybe five minutes away from the noise. That is usually enough.
Oxford, the Cotswolds
And further afield
Send me your date, your venue and a line or two about the day you're planning. I'll reply within a day or two, usually sooner.