WEDDINGS.
Glimmers.
Alongside all of your “Wedding” happenings, the ceremony, the dress, the groups, etc. I look out for glimmers, moments and the stories within your day.
I understand every love, every family, every collection of souls who found each other is never the same. So, I never approach a Wedding in the same way as the last, but tailor my manner, approach and attitude to what and who I arrive to on the day.
Most couples feel exactly the same as you, worried about feeling uncomfortable in front of the camera and unsure, not wanting to be the centre of attention. When I shoot a Wedding I not only concentrate on you, but the day as a whole and everyone involved, each person and their sub stories within the day. Their efforts and endeavours in helping you to have the best time. You will see from my photos, no one looks awkward or unsure and no one has been taken away from their guests for hours.
Relaxed, considered and calm, I understand when to let things play out and when to step in to help, making sure your memory of the brief times we broke away for photos is positive and was enjoyable. Your collection of images will be the moments and the people who matter to you, the sparks of joy, with a selection of stylish portraits for you to frame.
Here are a few examples of the glimmers and moments I found in some of my most favourite of days.
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NOSTALGIA
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DERBYSHIRE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY
My vision and understanding of people, places and events is shaped by my lived experience and values. Built by personal struggles, triumphs, fails, connections, adventures, relationships, every art space, film, painting, love, music, book consumed and journey I have taken, shapes my way of seeing. Letting the day move and flow unhurried and untethered to particular ideas or must have images. Relaxed coverage of events, relationships, poignant moments, how the people you love experienced your day. This is the Wedding Photography you commission. Nothing performative, staged or uncomfortable. Rise above the noise, of trends and particular styles. My images evoke connection, nostalgia, realness, they are true and poignant. Each image is part of you, an extension of your reality that will grow in value as time passes.
I work throughout the UK and Europe and am based in the beautiful county of Derbyshire. From the Roman spa town of Buxton and it’s historic crescent, to the dramatic gritstone escarpments that rise above the moorlands of the Peak District National Park to the south low lands rivers of Trent and Derwent. The market towns of Melbourne, Bakewell, and Ashbourne. Country houses of a different kind Calke Abbey, Kedleston, Thornbridge and Haddon Halls. Derbyshire’s rich industrial and culinary heritage, make for some amazingly unique Wedding venues within converted historic buildings, water pumping stations and stately homes. The West Mill, Haarlem Mill are beautiful venues. I particularly love personalised, celebrant led ceremonies held in the Peak District National Park, Weddings at private family homes, countryside cottage garden Weddings, farms and farmer’s Weddings with Tipi, Marquee or Sperry Tents and would love to travel to capture relaxed family Weddings at couples parents homes.
Honing my craft as a photography student in darkrooms developing my own rolls of film and printing by hand using enlargers. studio lighting. I gained experience in both mediums of modern digital photography and analogue film photography, which has been invaluable in understanding light, composition, movement, moments and layout. Giving my work a particular quality. Film has undergone a huge resurgence in recent years particularly within the Wedding industry. Bring back £1 film, throw away cameras and 99p developing at snappy snaps!! Using 35mm at Weddings brings a beautiful nostalgic addition and complements my style of photography which highlights the items, people and moments you will love to look back on as the years pass. If you would like to add film. I bring several cameras on the day including my Grandad’s original Olympus Trip, the first camera I ever used and took everywhere with me as a child. Shooting several rolls across the day to add a beautiful extra dimension to the coverage.