I've had conversations over the years with a great many brides, including my own, and it's interesting how the same thought comes up again and again. Which is that the day goes by so quick, there's so much to think about, so much to worry about, ( despite Mum's best endeavours ) that it's hard to take it in at the time. One minute you're short one buttonhole for the ushers, the next, you're grabbing a toothbrush and haring off to Guadeloupe. Everything in between is merely a blur.

What I try to do with my photographs, therefore, is to record the day in such a way that you can get a real feel of what the day was actually like for everyone who was there. I've always felt that the more traditional style of wedding photography tends to leave out some important elements of the occasion. All the guests, for a start. If they're going to do you the kindness of fishing out their best frocks, the least I can do is to the record the fact for later.

There are two Golden Rules for Wedding photographers: Don't take too long, and don't be a pain in the back-end. The fellow who did my own wedding blew it on both counts, but at least he inadvertantly showed me the way to go. Get the "formal" ones out of the way, then you go off and do your thing, and leave me to record events. The second Golden Rule has a sub-clause that states "the photographer is not part of the floorshow". I don't do stand-up; it's your wedding day and if you're not smiling already, no schtick from me is going to help.

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The latest fashion in wedding photography is the dreaded Digital operator. They offer to take anything up to a thousand shots for you to plough through when you get back from honeymoon, and pick out your favourite ten. What fun. Two points: a thousand shots laid end to end is called a "video". Secondly, anyone who has to take a thousand pictures to record a wedding doesn't know what they're doing. Weddings can be jolly interesting but not a thousand shot's worth of interesting. I'll take about a hundred and fifty, and if it's in focus, it's yours. They're no use to me afterwards, after all.

In short, (good.) I'm at your disposal for the day. I can be at the house beforehand, at the church, outside the church, at the do, at the meal, all through the speeches, the first dance, the last dance, I'll tail you to the airport if you insist. Your wedding, your rules.

If this sounds like what you had in mind, get in touch.