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 [...]
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!
It’s nearly October and summer has made a welcome return. I met Melissa and Phil at Dinton Pastures near Wokingham. Well, Hurst. We were blessed with warm temperatures and beautiful sunshine this evening. We walked around by the lake basking in the warm glow of the setting sun. Part way through the shoot, a woman [...]
The morning after Jackie and Jonathan’s wedding, I met up with Sangeetha and Ravi for a pre-wedding shoot in Regents Park. Both couples are good friends, in fact they both booked me around the same time! Having rained all day on Saturday, I wasn’t expecting much better for Sunday but as it turned out we [...]
Olga and James are getting married this Saturday at Northcote House in Sunningdale. This evening we had a quick pre-wedding shoot in the grounds on another beautiful summer evening. Olga is full of energy and enthusiasm and couldn’t wait to see the pictures, so here, as promised, is a sneak preview for you… wait no [...]
Delphine and Benjamin are getting married…. tomorrow! This was a last minute pre-wedding shoot but despite that, they were both remarkably chilled. Everything is ready for their London wedding in the morning. We met up near Green Park, wandered over to Liz’s place for tea and took some photos on the way. It was a [...]
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