Documentary Wedding Photography

A bride and Groom waiting to join their guests at Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire.

Our approach and style

If you want unobtrusive, friendly and natural wedding photography for your wedding day, then a documentary wedding photographer will be ideal for you. Instead of lots of stiff, formal and awkward posed photos, we will give a record of the day. Who was there, what happened, who did what, and so on! We always work together as two photographers at EVERY wedding, and are with you and your guests all the way from getting ready (both of you) through to at least one hour after your first dance.

Bored guests at a wedding at the Perch, Oxford

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Although there is an increasing number of photographers now claiming to be Documentary Wedding Photographers, in our opinion only a few really work this way. Over the last 8 years, and over 300 weddings, we have learnt to anticipate important moments in the day. We mingle amongst your guests, listening to the conversations and being ready for the all important laugh or hug. The mirrorless cameras we now use are ideal for this way of working, being small, very quiet and discreet. Often at our weddings the guests don't even realise there are professional photographers working at the wedding, which makes our day!

On the day, we start with your preparation; both of you. We arrive independently for the ceremony, capturing the formal part of the day from the front and back of the room.

A father of the bride removes the brides veil at Lincoln College Oxford

A bride and groom getting married at Lincoln College Oxford

We NEVER use flash, nor do we move around during the ceremony. That way, we don’t distract your guests, or annoy your vicar or registar. Even this vicar….

A groom signing the wedding registrar in Wantage Church

We both photograph the speeches, looking for reaction from your guests as well as the actual person making the speech.

A father of the bride makes a speech at Blackwell Grange

We stay for your first dance, and for at least an hour after for the partying. (It's our favourite bit of the day....).

We only stop taking photos when you eat. When you get your photos, rather than having lots of stuffy, awkward looking formal photos, you will instead have lasting memories of your day that will make you smile and to cherish for your life ahead together.

Good documentary wedding photography should tell a story. Have a look at the two photos below; the first one is the father of the bride seeing his daugher in her dress, the second is him hugging her. See how they go together?