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.
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 [...]
A local wedding again yesterday; Melissa and Phil were married at All Saints Church in Wokingham and had their reception at Fredrick’s Hotel & Spa in Maidenhead. It was quite a contrast from last weekend’s hot summer weather, much cooler and fresher but still pleasant enough for an outdoor reception. Melissa looked amazing as she [...]
After the epic Claridges wedding on Saturday, the following Sunday I documented the Wasing Park wedding of Cecelia and Jason. I knew this was going to be a fun wedding after spending just a few minutes with Cecelia and Jason when we first met to discuss their day. Cecelia was buzzing with energy and really [...]
October is the new August. It’s official. London. A Claridges wedding in warm 27c temperatures. Blue skies as far as the eye can see. This was going to be pretty epic. I arrived at 12pm to begin documenting Sangeetha’s bridal prep. I think it is fair to say that the Bridal Suite at Claridges is [...]
I was back in London yesterday for my third Lansdowne Club wedding this year. The day started out dry and sunny and promised to be overcast later. The weather gods had other ideas. We were pretty much rained in all afternoon although we did manage to find a break in the showers to step outside [...]
Olga is staggeringly beautiful. She works the camera like no-one else I’ve had the pleasure of photographing. The girl behind the image is equally beautiful too. She is full of enthusiasm for life and even though this was her wedding day, Olga made sure that everyone was taken care of. Smiles, laughter, love. Three words [...]
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