After 10 years of photographing weddings, I find it’s the wedding ceremony that always brings a tear to the eye - be it the eye of the groom as he sees his bride for the first time, or the Father, giving his daughter away, or the Mother of the Bride, realising that her little girl is all grown up. It’s a touching part of the day and one I love photographing!

These photos are some of my favourites from various different weddings I’ve photographed. From my experience, key to this part of the day is to ensure one has a quick chat with whoever is conducting the ceremony prior to it commencing. Not only is it nice to introduce yourself, but it’s important to understand what they like in terms of where they like the photographer to stand, at what point photographs are allowed etc.

I’ve photographed some weddings with very traditional vicars who do not allow any photos to be taken of the entire ceremony, and others who prefer the photographer to photograph from the back. Others, (which are my favourites) are very relaxed, and some, on occasion, have even moved out of my way to ensure I have the best position possible!

All photos I take are in colour, any black and white pictures that the couple receive afterwards have been converted during post production. I use my judgement as to which images work better in black and white, and if I can’t decide, couples receive a colour and black and white version!