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.
Last weekend, I had the pleasure and indeed honour of second shooting with the legend that is Guy Collier. This is the photographer my wife and I chose to document our wedding day last May. We’ve kept in touch ever since and become good friends. So when he asked me to join him for Alanah...
Just got back from an awesome e-shoot with Sarah and Paul. Later this month they are getting married at the gorgeous Northcote House in Berkshire and this is where we spent the morning. Up until yesterday evening, we weren’t even sure if the shoot was going to be on because of all the rain we’ve...
This weekend was a blur of poker, roulette, pink feathers and dancing. No, not a crazy drunken outing, but I had the honour of photographing Sarah and Mark’s wedding (part 2) at the Ivy Hill Hotel in Margaretting on Saturday. No prep or ceremony shots this time because they got married in Vegas! I arrived...
This weekend I was offered the opportunity to shoot alongside the amazingly talented Rob Burress aka ShootingHip at the beautiful Hampshire wedding of Nicola and Mark. Needless to say I jumped at the chance. We started the day with the bridal party to capture the pre-wedding preparation and excitement. The house overlooked Portsmouth Cathedral, making...
I met up with a group of photographers in Bristol, down by the floating harbour. The event was superbly organised and arranged by the fabulous Rosie Parsons of the Photography Parlour. We spent the day shooting some beautiful models, chatting, exchanging ideas with each other and generally being creative. I met some amazingly talented people....
Just got back from a woodland walk with two lovely families, the Salter and Crome families. I had the pleasure of photographing the Salters last autumn in ‘Woodland Adventure’. The weather was perfect and the bluebells were out in their masses. It was beautiful. The girls and boys all had great fun running around the...
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