Kent wedding photographer · a county I know well
I keep ending up in Kent. Wedding after wedding, and it still surprises me.
Nine acres of gardens and a lake outside Maidstone, a venue near Canterbury with fairground lettering in the grounds, and a castle barn on the marshes. No two of them alike.
The approach
Documentary wedding photography in Kent. Nothing staged.
I photograph the day as it actually happens, quietly, from close enough to hear the joke and far enough not to be in it. No group-photo marathon and nothing staged: a short family list, a few relaxed portraits with gentle direction, and the rest exactly as it happens.
What the county gives you
Three at one venue, and it still looks different every time.
Three of these were at The Orangery in Maidstone — nine acres, a lake, a thatched Lapa in the trees and three separate ceremony settings, which is why every wedding there has produced a completely different set of photographs. Others have been at Preston Court near Canterbury, which is unlike anywhere else in the country. One was at a castle barn out on the marshes.
That spread is the reason Kent is worth knowing properly rather than turning up to. Where I know a venue I can tell you what the light does at your ceremony time; where I do not, I walk it beforehand and speak to the coordinator well before the morning of.
I photograph the whole day, from the quiet bit in the morning to the dancefloor. Nobody is counting hours, because I do not sell them.
I stay nearby the night before, so I am on site early and rested. The drive is never on your invoice.
Over a hundred edited images in your inbox the day after. The full gallery, 800 or more, within sixteen weeks.
The sun sets around 9.15pm in late June, 7.15pm in mid-September and 3.50pm in December.
Preston Court, The Orangery in Maidstone, Elmley Nature Reserve and The Wilderness.
Silent shutter, backup cameras on me all day, and a drone where the venue allows it. The full list of what is included.
Where I work
Downs, marshes and the coast.
Maidstone · Canterbury · Rochester · Tunbridge Wells · Ashford · Faversham · Whitstable · Sevenoaks · Tenterden · Cranbrook
And over the borders into Sussex, Surrey and south London, which are all the same day out.
Real weddings in Kent
Six full galleries from my work as a Kent wedding photographer, shot as each day happened. No posing, no staging, no repeating things for the camera.
The investment
Everything in, for any Kent wedding: unlimited hours, 800+ edited images, 100+ previews the next morning, drone where permitted and travel included. A second photographer is £400 if you want one; albums from £500. The full breakdown.