Couple posing for a portrait in the Exmouth Market on their wedding day. A random stranger is smiling at them after congratulating them. Then they kiss. The bride is wearing the Willow Halfpenny dress. A stranger says hello.

London documentary wedding photographer

Essex Documentary Wedding Photographer: Candid Kiss at Wedding Reception A newly married couple at their wedding reception at Never For Ever restaurant. London wedding. They are holding full champagne flutes.

My documentary-style wedding photography is a perfect match for weddings in London.
Authentic, stylish, and relaxed.
With the emphasis on having a great time with your people, celebrating your wedding day and life together.
I won’t be bossing anyone around, nor trying to make things look neat and tidy for a photo.
The wedding photographs I take are real and full of life. No stress, no clichés, and no directing your day.

Anything can happen in this vibrant, diverse, and inclusive setting. The location is a part of the wedding, it’s a whole living breathing city of a wedding venue.
I immerse myself in the day, the people, and my surroundings. I’ve been a professional documentary wedding photographer for 14 years now, watching out for the perfect moment to photograph is innate and part of who I am, even when I don’t have a camera with me.

I enjoy how friendly complete strangers are to newly married couples. Random passersby going about their day will wave or even go out of their way to offer their best wishes as the wedding party walk along a busy bustling street. It’s a heartwarming side of London life to see.

Then of course we have the party, and I know I am guaranteed fantastic music and a very busy dance floor when I photograph a London wedding.
I am often delighted at some of the musical choices.
I fondly remember one wedding where the DJ played half an hour of just Northern Soul during the reception.

Nick Cave’s Into My Arms I think has to be one of the most romantic songs, absolutely perfect for a wedding… yet so far I’ve only heard it once. When a bride and groom walked down the aisle after their Stoke Newington Town Hall ceremony.
I’m writing this listening to BBC 6 Music on a wet and windy Sunday afternoon, and that song did just come on and remind me. Perfect timing.




Islington Town Hall Wedding: Newly married couple by the windows on the upper landing.

London wedding venues




The Charterhouse

Charterhouse Square, Barbican, London EC1M 6AN

The Charterhouse monastery wedding venue, Clerkenwell. Bride and groom walk through their wedding guests who throw colourful confetti. Bride is wearing lace dress called Tori by Catherine Deane.
Hackney Town Hall in the winter. Snow on the ground.

Hackney Town hall

Mare St, London E8 1EA




Islington Town Hall

Upper St, London N1 2UD

Bride in white walking past the Islington Town Hall on a sunny spring day. Upper St, London N1 2UD
A reportage style portrait of a bride, unposed, at a wedding. She is holding white flowers, wearing a long white dress and is smiling, She is stood outside the Old Marylebone Town Hall after the ceremony. Her husband is in shot, she is surrounded by wedding guests as black cabs turn up.

Old Marylebone Town Hall

97-113 Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5PT

London Documentary Wedding Photography

Bride and groom seated and smiling during their wedding ceremony in the North Atria of Hackney Town Hall, also the venue for Charli XCX's wedding.

something old, something new


The main title font I use is Neue Haas Grotesk, a mid-century classic, the original Helvetica! That’s my “something old.” For body text, I’ve chosen Authentic Sans, a which is very now (the condensed version is used on Charli XCX’s brat album cover). That’s my “something new.” A quiet nod to wedding traditions, woven into the design of my website.

Hackney Town Hall, known for its’ striking art deco design reminded me to get round to mentioning why I made my choices. I get a bit geeky about design, both graphic and architectural, and I love spotting the connections between them. It’s all part of how I think about weddings and how they’re documented.

Humble Grape London Wedding Reception: Smiling woman in dotty tights sits on man's lap. Surrounded by guests, they are watching speeches off camera.
Tattooed woman in a burgundy jumpsuit with arms in the air holding a whiskey glass. Dancing with a man who is spilling his drink while dancing. National Liberal Club wedding reception in the smoking room.
Woman in a satin suit leaning on a bar stool in the Humble Grape near Fleet St. She is smiling at the camera. Documentary London Wedding Photography by Essex photographer.
  • A glamorous woman and a laughing man are sat on a sofa looking at the camera. Candid moments.
  • A reportage style portrait of a bride, unposed, at a wedding. She is holding white flowers, wearing a long white dress and is smiling, She is stood outside the Old Marylebone Town Hall after the ceremony. Her husband is in shot, she is surrounded by wedding guests as black cabs turn up.
  • Young woman sat at a table at Never For Ever in Kentish Town for a wedding.
  • Man in a pink shirt holding a glass of wine and a baby. The baby is breaking the fourth wall and looking at the camera.
  • A wedding breakfast at Petersham Nurseries in Richmond. The table is full of glasses and bottles. A man in a white shirt and dark jacket smiles at the camera. Another man on the right is laughing and out of focus. Candid wedding photography.
  • Wedding guests clapping the speeches at a table.
  • Four people sitting on the padded seats of the Yarmouth Belle at night.
  • Bride wearing a blue dress by Roland Mouret walks along the Richmond River Thames Towpath with her dad. The willow trees hang down.
  • Bride is posing and kissing in road with her husband down St Mary Axe. There is a red bus behind them.
  • In the Peasant pub in Clerkenwell a man djs at some decks at a wedding reception.
  • London wedding photography outside the Union Chapel. A grandmother looks up at the groom, the bride is next to her holding flowers.
  • Guests waiting for pizza in car park at Stoke Newington reservoir wedding reception
  • Flower girl hugging bride at London wedding
  • Black and white candid photograph of a woman dancing at a wedding, she's holding a cigarette.
  • At Old Marylebone Town Hall, newlywed husbands descend the steps holding hands amidst confetti thrown by guests.
  • In the front parlour of the Home House a man puts his arm around a woman and kisses her on the cheek. They just got married. There are wedding guests in the background having drinks.
  • Bride and groom sat on a bench outside 264 St John Street Launderette & Dry Cleaning.
  • A newly married couple kissing while standing in a restaurant. Their wedding guests are sat down at the table. A window behind them. A natural wedding photograph at Never For Ever in London.
  • Chef preparing food at Never For Ever wedding reception.