Documentary Wedding Photographer covering Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey and beyond.
Hello. I'm Chris, a thirty-something documentary wedding photographer based near Reading, Berkshire.
My passion is wedding photography. I love capturing the preparations, the anticipation, the sheer emotion of the ceremony, the first kiss, the laughter of the speeches and the beautiful first dance.
I've loved photography since I was a child. Back then I had a Kodak Retinette IB which I still have although it stopped working years ago. I bought my first film SLR back in 2001 and today I use Nikon D700 bodies with Nikkor 24-70/f2.8, 50/f1.4, 85/f1.4 and 70-200/f2.8 professional lenses. I also love travel photography and I've had the privilege to see some amazing parts of the world... Australia, Thailand, India and Africa to name a few.
I'm a movie and music lover, both of which seem to go hand in hand with a nice glass of wine. I love good food, my favourite of which has to be either Thai or Mexican.
Ten things... 1) I love walks in the country. 2) Chocolate is A Good Thing (TM). 3) Music needs to be heard and ideally felt. 4) I'm a little OCD at times. 5) Jack Bauer never goes to the toilet or charges his mobile. 6) David Palmer needs to be president for real. 7) Tom Yam Goong is amazing, if I had to choose only one thing to eat from now on, that would be it. 8) BT, Hybrid, Elbow, Angus and Julia Stone - all music gods. 9) I can't stand middle lane hoggers. 10) Life is short, embrace it, live it, and do things.
I’m really looking forward to documenting Kirsty and Neil’s Oakley Hall wedding in a few weeks time. We met up last weekend for a pre-wedding shoot, cunningly avoiding the downpours with reasonable success. Oakley Hall have the most amazing rape seed fields on their grounds. We made full use of it! Here is a short...
Another beautiful warm spring day…. is just what would have been lovely for Gemma and Peter’s Stoke Place wedding yesterday. I can’t complain though, it didn’t rain a drop all day. Having said that, if it had, I wouldn’t have cared. Stoke Place is pretty amazing inside. I had the pleasure of assisting Rob aka...
So. Rain. Just when we thought summer was on the way, April had other ideas. After a week of near constant downpours, I was convinced that Jessica and Derek’s Hampshire wedding was going to be a complete washout. The morning was but the afternoon was just overcast and we were able to venture outside for...
I met with Sally and James for the first time this weekend for their pre-wedding shoot. We spent an hour in the lovely landscape of Buckinghamshire, where they will be married this summer. It was great to meet you both and I’m really looking forward to your big day!
Yesterday I joined Rob Burress to document the wedding of Katie and Paul at Priston Mill. Global warming is finally with us because yesterday was a day that would make July jealous and it isn’t even April yet! I think we’re in for a fantastic summer this year. It was an eventful journey with the...
After a 12 hour wedding and a 2 hour drive home, you might think that Red Bull is the answer. And it is. But it’s also the problem. I got home at 2.30am. Wide awake and still buzzing from the awesome winter wedding of Theresa and Steve. I backed up my cards. Still awake. I...
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