The Unposed Portrait

Documentary Wedding Photography

Natural unposed portrait of a wedding guests sitting on an outdoor sofa. She's wearing Seven Wonders Kiah Blue Floral Tiered Dress.

An unposed portrait of the bride's parents at Baddow Park House venue near Chelmsford.

Gibsons Val Goldfinch Bright Lights & Big Cities jigsaw on the table. A woman is sat on the floor resting her chin on her hand and looking at the camera.

Unposed portrait of the bride, dressed ready for wedding, sat on the arm of the sofa. Airbnb 36 Friars Stile Rd, Richmond TW10 6NQ

Woman in a navy lace maternity dress, sat with her daughter eating a muffin in a yellow dress, on a bench at Homme House. Japanese cloisonne and imari plates on the wall.

Wedding Photojournalism

Natural relaxed bride and groom portrait at Alpheton Hall Barns Suffolk wedding venue.

the unposed portrait

My approach to wedding photography is documentary—nothing staged, nothing forced. The only time I step in is for a few formal family portraits or some relaxed couple photos if you’d like them. Otherwise, I focus on capturing the day as it unfolds, letting real moments shine.

One of the things I really enjoy is when a fleeting, candid moment comes together so perfectly that it almost looks posed. With the right timing, patience, observation and framing, these natural, unposed portraits never fail to make me smile because they show people just as they are, in the most genuine way.

Documentary wedding photo: Bride with long dark hair and red lipstick, smiling in the doorway of the Queen's Apartment at Gosfield Hall venue, Essex. She wears a Mori Lee lace mermaid wedding dress (style 2713).

Older woman with fair hair in a bob, wearing a green blue and white floral dress. Sat at a table with wedding guests, smiling at the camera. A natural wedding guest portrait.

Black and white documentary photo of toddler at a wedding, string quartet playing behind her on the grass.

A little girl in a yellow dress is sitting on a stool in the bedroom of a wedding venue called Homme House. There are windows and trees in the background.JoJo Maman Bébé Floral Yellow Floral Tulle Party Dress.

An unposed portrait photograph of a man, the father of the groom, sat on a sofa at the wedding venue Homme House. A pizza van can be seen outside the window.

As you can see, many of those portraits arise from my presence being noticed. Something that I come across at many weddings is that the couple tell their guests about my candid style, and then they laugh because they’ve noticed me and then try to ignore me!

If someone looks at me because I am there, this is completely natural and produces some wonderful pictures. For me, documentary style means I just don’t tell you what to do, and if someone happens to pose for the camera then that is what I capture. I have years of photos of people doing a Ben Stiller “blue steel” at me!