Rainy wedding photos for this Nostalgic, Elegant Summer Wedding

Rain on your wedding day: why it doesn’t ruin a thing (promise) Rain on your wedding day sounds like a nightmare… (there’s even a song about it, courtesy of Alanis Morrisette) but it doesn’t have to change the feeling of the day at all. Annabel and James had a mid-July downpour, and their rainy wedding […]

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How to build a wedding playlist your guests actually love I’ve photographed weddings since 2016. I’ve watched a lot of first dances. I’ve seen ceremony music make entire rooms cry, and drinks receptions fall flat because the music was wrong for the moment. Music shapes how your wedding day feels – not just sounds. Get […]

Just married bride raises her hand in celebration as the room applauds, framed by colourful floor aisle meadow flowers and candles

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After nearly a decade of photographing weddings, I’ve had a lot of conversations with couples – before, during and after their wedding day. The same things come up again and again: what they’d do differently, what they wished they’d known, what genuinely didn’t matter as much as they thought it would. Here are 16 of […]

Groomsmen carry tall English-garden floral urns from the church as the bride watches, just after the church ceremony in Shropshire amid guests laughing

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Having photographed hundreds of weddings, I can tell you this: the couples who look the most relaxed aren’t the ones with the “perfect” plan… they’re the ones who aren’t trying to do everything themselves. There are a few tiny jobs that make a massive difference to how smoothly your day runs – and they’re exactly […]

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