A whole day

One day, start to finish.

Not a gallery of favourites. A wedding day in order — because that's how you'll live it, and that's how I photograph it.

95%DocumentaryThe day as it happens. Nobody looking at me.
4%Just the two of youTwo short walks away from everyone. Barely directed.
1%The group shotThe one your family will want. Ten minutes, once.
01

Morning

The quiet, and the chaos

95% documentary

Shoes and rings on the windowsill
Getting ready with the bridesmaids
A mother fastening a dress
Details laid out before the day starts
A quiet moment before leaving
Laughing in the mirror
The last look in the mirror
02

Ceremony

Nerves, then quiet

95% documentary

Guests arriving
Vows under the rafters
Hands during the vows
A face in the congregation
Walking back down the aisle
03

Confetti

Mayhem, briefly

95% documentary

Confetti thrown over the couple
04

The group shot

The one everyone asks for

1% the group shot

The whole family, all at once
Ten minutes, once, and then back to the day
05

Canapes

Warmth, and the odd oddity

95% documentary

Drinks on the lawn
An uncle mid-anecdote
Old friends finding each other
A child under a table
Someone laughing at something off-frame
Hops hanging from the rafters
06

Just you two

Twenty minutes, away from it all

4% just the two of you

The couple alone in a meadow
07

Speeches

The bit that gets everyone

95% documentary

A best man losing his place
The reaction, not the speaker
A table in pieces
A father wiping his eyes
Watching from the top table
08

Evening

Off duty, unwatched

95% documentary

Shoes off by the bar
A quiet cigarette outside
Two people talking in a doorway
The band setting up
09

Last light

The second time we sneak away

4% just the two of you

The couple in the last of the light
10

First dance

And then the floor fills

95% documentary

The first dance
The floor filling up behind them
11

After dark

Flash, sweat, sparklers

95% documentary

Sparklers in the dark
Light trails across the field
The dancefloor at full tilt
Someone on someone's shoulders
The last of the night

That's the shape of a day

Yours will look nothing like it.

Same eleven chapters, entirely different day. That's rather the point.

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