NATURAL, UNPOSED WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY IN LONDON AND WORLDWIDE
Weddings are full of small, extraordinary moments - the laughter, the stillness, the unguarded joy. I photograph your day with a calm, attentive presence, capturing real emotion with elegant, natural storytelling. Bright, honest and full of life, these are photographs that feel exactly as your day felt.
“I’m the wedding photographer for London loving couples who value authentic, natural photography and don’t like posing. Allowing you to focus on your day.”
“The images are more beautiful (and more real!) than we could have imagined.”
- Nerissa & Ben
About Helen
Over the past twelve years, I’ve photographed weddings across London and beyond for couples who want authentic images without the performance. My style blends quiet documentary observation with refined, elegant storytelling. I work with a calm, organised approach, creating beautiful, natural photographs that honour the relationships, emotion and joy at the heart of every wedding.
London Documentary Wedding Photography
I’m the wedding photographer people come to when they would rather spend their wedding day with their friends and family than spending hours posing for pictures. Couples want the sort of pictures that will evoke love, memories and laughter. Who spend more time thinking about how to put on the greatest party to celebrate their friends and family than finding the exact shade of bridesmaid ribbons. Not that I don’t like attention to detail - I love photographing beautiful flowers and majestic venues - it’s just that I like the people more - and that’s the story I want to tell.
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Getting Married in London
I’m a Londoner, and I’m a wedding photographer so I love nothing more than combining those two passions to shoot and document a special day in my home town. Whether it’s a civil ceremony in a licensed venue/registry office, a traditional church nuptials or a civil partnership for a same sex couple, London is the most open and permissive city in the UK for people in love.
Where to get married in London?
Getting married in London means you have the most incredible range of simple and luxury wedding venues to choose from: from leafy suburban nurseries to urban cool industrial spaces to magical deconsecrated churches to Iconic city skyscrapers to romantic and elegant central London mansions. Or perhaps you dream of walking down the aisle at the jaw dropping Natural History Museum, before entertaining your reception under the whale. Or you may want to mix up traditional, with the oldest church in London, St Barts, before moving onto a contemporary London restaurant such as St Johns. I especially love a good pub wedding- especially one with personal connections - maybe the first place you went on a date? So many pubs are now willing to offer exclusive hire on a Saturday and they make for a relaxed day with local suppliers.
Pre-wedding photography
Some of these venues have spaces where your bridal party can get ready, but getting wed in the city that you live in can open up the option of having your preparation photos at home (alone, or together if you are a more modern couple seeking to abandon a few age old traditions). Or you can treat your bridal party to one of the unique Airbnb’s you can find in town that can cater for a large party and allow for the wedding day to spill over into a whole weekend of celebrations and time with friends and family. Hotels can be great but in London rooms tend to be quite small unless you get a suite so it can make space a little restrictive if you have a number of bridesmaids trying to get ready at the same time as having hair, make-up and documentary photography team in action!
Many couples choose to take their vows in a more intimate commitment a few days before in front of a few close family and friends before walking down the aisle to a grander blessing and party at another venue.
Your celebration, your way
In the past, weddings followed quite a standard format but today’s bridal planning and the available inspiration from wedding blogs and imagery on social media means that you can find ways to personalise every aspect of tying the knot from the vows that you write, to the font type to the style of photography that suits you and you can prioritise the aspects that are most important to you. Want to blow the budget on your dress and photos? Maybe think about eloping! Want to have as many people as you can possibly fit then have more guests arrive for the evening reception - by holding your wedding in London where your friends live it’s much easier to split the day and the invites without offending anyone.
London wedding photography
So why book me for your London wedding photography? My documentary style of taking pictures is relaxed and creative. I won’t ask you to pose awkwardly and I will ensure that the photography fits into your day and not the other way around. I’m local and have a love for London cityscapes. We will have a chance to meet and discuss what you want from your photography.
So I would heartily recommend anyone considering tying the knot in this incredible city of London and if you are then I would love to chat to you about your wedding photography so, please do get in touch!