Candid Wedding Photography

A Happy Wedding Ending

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Delivering Wedding Photographs One Year Later!

It was never my choice and I certainly never would advocate for something like this but I’m afraid we do have some bad apples in the wedding industry.

Luca Giorgio is blown away by the beauty of his wife Sonia walking up the aisle to meet him,

I was hired by NJA Media in 2022 to shoot several weddings and there was always some difficulty in getting payment but I remained professional and kept the work flowing.
I arrived at Hanbury Wedding Barns in Derbyshire for the marriage of Luca and Sonia.
Their wedding was so fantastic and full of entertainment, with plenty of action for me as a photographer. I made some of my best work at this wedding and loved the opportunities.

Luca and Sonia share their first married kiss.

The lady that ran NJA Media was slowly crashing behind the scenes and her business was becoming unable to deliver their services and stopped paying their suppliers, which included myself. I’d done all the work and only been paid a small deposit.
I was contacted by Chris who created their wedding film to ask if I’d managed to get paid, as he had experienced the same situation but Chris did give me the contact details for Sonia.

I wasted no time by texting Sonia to let her know that I was the photographer and I had her photographs safe, so not to worry.

The confetti tunnel

Sonia and Luca were so relieved because Nyala from NJA Media had completely disappeared and wouldn’t even answer the courts following the Giorgio’s case against NJA Media.
In the end Sonia and Luca won their case but Nyala had disappeared and now rests with a CCJ, which is a shame because she had a good opportunity with NJA Media.
However, the case was settled but no financial compensation could arrive for the estranged couple.

Luckily NJA Media had hired a good photographer with a good moral compass! In I fly to the rescue and arranged to give Sonia and Luca their long awaited wedding photographs.

After waiting for a whole year to get their wedding photographs, they finally received them yesterday and I was so happy to be able to give them their sweet memories and now they can live happily ever after.

Documentary Wedding Photography and Film Presentation

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So how do you want to remember your wedding?

This is an age old question I have to ask all of my clients because I’m a very creative soul and can show your wedding to you in so many different ways.

My most popular service is when couples book me for their wedding is to commission me to create a hybrid documentary wedding film, which is designed using a perfect blend of both photography and video.

It’s a bit like having a slideshow that comes to life with video as well.

You know what, I made a showcase hybrid film to show you what it means…

Hybrid documentary wedding film with both photography and video.

I use a variety of effects on the occasional bit of footage as you’ll notice when watching the film. This is always used sparingly and only done for special effects to enhance a particular part of the story. I have a real knack for choosing the right music to lead the films and usually spend pretty much an entire day searching for just music when working on one. I thought it would be worth me adding that in there because my clients only ever really see me at the wedding. Then I settle down in my studio to spend the next week working on your wedding. YES, I spend about a week on each wedding. So maybe you can appreciate why weddings are expensive. I don’t just turn up and then your artwork magically appears! Sometimes I wish it would but if the truth be known, I actually love the entire process and it gives me such a buzz when I see the reaction from my couples.

If you like the look of my hybrid wedding films, then hit this button to go to the main wedding page on my website and fill out a form to get a quote.

Documentary Wedding Photography 2022

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Unique Documentary Wedding Photographer

I started shooting weddings back in 2014, just 2 years after turning professional but when Covid hit us in 2020, I stopped and began making jigsaw puzzles from the landscape around Leicestershire, which served me well for the past few years but now the world is opening back up again, I’ve started shooting weddings again and I’ve already had 5 bookings for this year and shot two of them already!
I have made a short film highlighting some of my favourite photographs from the weddings I’ve done over the years. You’ll see that my style is very different to the standard wedding photographer because I don’t focus on the posed photographs. I find them dull and boring. They only tell you who was stood in a line looking at the camera and there’s no story to it. When I deliver my wedding photographs to my clients, they always love the natural ones and find more joy in looking back at those real moments.

So that’s what I do, I focus on the fun element of your wedding.

Have a look to see what you think of my style….

Click the photograph to play the video with a pop out YouTube video.

Booking me to do the photography for your wedding.

If you’re interested in my documentary wedding photography, you can see more of my work by clicking on this link.

If you’ve seen enough and want to go straight ahead and speak to me, get in touch here.