As someone who is planning your wedding, I am sure that you have looked at lots of wedding photographer’s websites, including this one. It must be fashionable right now for wedding photographers to describe themselves, just as I do, as reportage/documentary/candid/photojournalist photographers because so many of them do.

However, when I look through their portfolios I find, with a very few exceptions, that a very high proportion of the images that they choose to show have clearly been posed and directed by the photographer.

Have a look at my photographs. I pose or direct nothing. I regard myself as a visual storyteller who documents your day, with your friends and family just being themselves. I actively seek out the quirky, comical even absurd moments that you always get with people just being who they are. If a couple wants it, I will take pictures of small groups and/or the couple. I do this quickly (maximum 20 minutes in total). Even this is done with the minimum of fuss and completely informally. You can then get back to where you want to be: with your friends & family, and I can get back to where I want to be: photographing them laughing & crying!

To my mind, genuine moments are so much more valuable than created ones. Therefore, I don’t make things happen, but simply photograph what does happen. This is genuine documentary photography, and I absolutely love doing it!