Cornwall wedding photographer
The whole day, as it happens, and the last of the light.
Documentary photography for Cornish weddings, from the first coffee to the last song. Cornwall keeps its light later than anywhere else in England, and I plan your day around it.
Real Cornish weddings
Two days I’ve photographed here.
Nobody’s watching the clock.
I’m there from the quiet bit in the morning until the dancefloor is properly going, however late your day runs. No overtime, no “coverage ends at 9pm”, and no wondering whether I left before the best bit.
The morning after.
Over a hundred edited photos in your inbox before breakfast, while the day is still fresh. The full gallery, 800 or more, within sixteen weeks.
No posing marathons.
A short family list, three quick portrait sessions where I direct you gently for polished, editorial-feel portraits, and the rest of the day exactly as it happens. Most couples tell me afterwards they forgot I was there.
Drone included
The coast, from above.
Headlands, coves and the coast path look completely different from up there. The drone comes to every wedding and goes up whenever the weather and venue allow, at no extra cost.
We’re both very introverted but he made us laugh and comfortable all day.Maddie K. · Google review
Tides, fog and the last of the light
I plan your day around Cornwall.
The sun sets later here than anywhere else in England: fourteen minutes after London in June, twenty-five in December. I check the tide tables for your date as soon as you book, and if low water and sunset line up I’ll tell you. Grey Cornish mornings very often burn off by four, so I won’t let you move a ceremony indoors over a forecast I don’t believe.
Born in Cornwall. Nearly a thousand weddings since 2009.
Where I work
All of Cornwall, both coasts.
Bude · Padstow · St Ives · Penzance · Falmouth · Truro · St Austell · Fowey · Looe · the Rame Peninsula. Travel is included.
Don’t know if I know your venue? If I haven’t photographed there, I walk it beforehand at the time your ceremony falls, and I speak to the coordinator first.
He was so professional and most importantly present but discreet.Hayley P. · Google review
Sunset timesA Cornwall wedding photographer’s guide to the light, month by month
These are the sunset times I work to, taken for mid-Cornwall in the middle of each month. Wherever you are in the county they’ll be within a few minutes. The portrait slot is when I’ll borrow you for golden hour.
| Month | Sunset | Portrait slot | vs London |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.45pm | 4.15pm | +24 min |
| February | 5.35pm | 5.05pm | +22 min |
| March | 6.25pm | 5.55pm | +20 min |
| April | 8.15pm | 7.45pm | +18 min |
| May | 9.00pm | 8.30pm | +15 min |
| June | 9.30pm | 9.00pm | +14 min |
| July | 9.25pm | 8.55pm | +15 min |
| August | 8.40pm | 8.10pm | +17 min |
| September | 7.35pm | 7.05pm | +19 min |
| October | 6.30pm | 6.00pm | +21 min |
| November | 4.35pm | 4.05pm | +24 min |
| December | 4.15pm | 3.45pm | +25 min |
Cornwall wedding questions
Do you cover all of Cornwall?
Bude to Penzance and across to the Rame Peninsula. Travel is included.
Can you plan around the tide?
I check the tide tables for your date as soon as you book and build the beach portraits around them.
How much is it?
A second photographer is £400 if you want one. Albums from £500.
We hate having our photo taken.
Three short portrait sessions, mostly walking and talking. The rest of the day I’m somewhere behind you.
Ready when you are
Tell me your date and venue.
One price, everything in it. I reply myself, usually the same day.
Matt