Lucy & Peters’ wedding of December 2019 was my last wedding of 2019 held at The Darenth in Shoreham, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK.
This is one of the venues I am recommended at - The Darenth - I love to work here and know it well.
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Lucy & Peter arriving at The Darenth
This wedding feels like a long time ago now due to the lockdown we are currently experiencing.
Strange times!
Lucy’s wedding day started at Tabsfield B&B in Eynsford, Kent, where Lucy, all her bridesmaids and close family were getting ready for her big day. Tabsfield B&B is a great place to start your wedding celebrations. There are lots of rooms with lots of space and beautiful grounds to use and it was close to their Church in Otford and their reception venue - The Darenth.
Below are some of my favourite story telling photographs of them all getting ready.
More candid photographs below from some of my favourite images during the Church service
Documentary, Candid Wedding Photography
All the photographs above were made in a candid, documentary style, telling the story of the wedding day without influencing what they did or when they did it, just watching & anticipating what I thought would happen.
I don’t interfere with how a wedding looks - I try to capture the natural flow and beauty of the day - Nobody likes a bossy photographer!
After the ceremony there is a bit of time for a few group photos of the couples nearest & dearest - which aren’t candid but I do feel they are very important images of people to document during a wedding and should be made in a friendly, happy way to really bring out the personalities of the people in them - some confetti too of course - if allowed - always check with the venue first.
After the vows have been said and the confetti has been left for someone else to clean up we all traveled onto The Darenth for the reception drinks and evening party.
I don’t think the driver liked me or my joke. :)
Before the meal we went outside to shoot some beautiful couple portraits of the Lucy & Peter.
Making candid, documentary photos really makes me happy. But as an experienced portrait photographer I love to make some portraits too - fusing these two styles together in a way that really compliments the candid images. Although these portraits are directed by me I still try to make them as natural as possible and they will blend in perfectly with your wedding album.
Of course there are many couples who do not want to have their portraits made in this way and the whole day can be candid; which for me as an award winning documentary photographer is great too.
To be honest, as long as i’m making portraits I don’t mind if they are candid or directed… I just love photographing weddings and people.
Time for the wedding breakfast and time for me to stop making photos for a while… Well sometimes!
Chef above & waitress below both hard at work during food service
Photographing the speeches can be tricky but enjoyable. You have spent all day with the Best Man and the Father of the Bride and one thing that is always on their mind are their speeches. They can’t think about anything else sometimes which is really interesting and funny to watch.
I get to know a bit more about the couple too with some great stories that are told; positive words of advice, funny stories & some sad ones too.
P - A - R - T - Y…..
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