James and Diana

This was a very spontaneous booking; I received a call about a week prior to the wedding asking if I was available to shoot for a couple of hours. Even though it is rare I do get calls to book my services very close to the wedding day, which keeps me on my toes! However, with little time between the initial call and the actual day it usually means that I do not have time to visit the location prior to the day or attend rehearsals etc, which I like to do so that I can see the kind of natural light available and the space I have to shoot in, but it's all good as it hones my technical abilities and I love a challenge!

The ceremony took place at Sutton Registry Office. 

 

Richard and Roisin

Pre-wedding photo shoot.

This was a shoot we did with Richard and Roisin and their cutie-pie son Charlie, about a month before the actual wedding. Pre-wedding shoots are a great way for a couple - who are not normally comfortable having their photograph taken - to get to know me, Darren and the cameras therefore making things easier on the wedding day. It's also a great way to capture couples in their natural environment (I sound like David Attenborough now!), for only £150 we spend a couple of hours shooting away and the clients get a disc of edited, retouched images. I sometimes suggest that if there's one particular image they really like I can arrange to have this printed in a large format with a thick mount, which they can use at the wedding reception where guests can then sign on the day of the wedding, this can be used in lieu of a guest book.

This can then be framed and hung at home making it an original memento of the day.

Timothy the Groom.

A sunny day in London Town and our friend, Tim was getting hitched to the very glamorous and uber trendy Siobhan and I was lucky enough to be asked to photograph him before the ceremony.  Of course this consisted of drinking many pints of beer to calm the nerves! Hmmmmmmm ;o)