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Braxted Park Wedding Photographer

A Georgian house in five hundred acres of Essex parkland, with a lake, a walled garden and more ground than any one wedding can use.

Braxted Park wedding photography
109Weddings here
RecommendedSupplier
800+Finished images
£2,500All in, no packages

What a Braxted Park wedding photographer is working with

Braxted is the venue I have photographed more than almost any other, and the reason is simple: there is more of it than you can use in a day. Parkland, a lake, a walled garden, brick gatehouses and an avenue — and all of it within a few minutes’ walk.

That matters because it means your photographs at six in the evening look nothing like the ones at two in the afternoon, without anyone getting in a car.

More than a hundred weddings here and I still find somewhere I have not photographed before.

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The park, looking away from the house. Most couples never see this bit until the evening.

The walk, and the twenty minutes worth protecting

The best frames here are almost never near the house. Ten minutes towards the lake late in the day is worth more than an hour on the lawn, and it costs your guests almost nothing.

I am a recommended supplier here, so I know how long that walk actually takes and can build it into your timings before the day rather than during it.

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The gatehouse. Brick, ivy, and no arranging required.

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Against the wall, late on.

How I work a day here

Nothing is posed. I photograph the day as it happens and stay out of the way while I do it, which after more than a hundred weddings on this site is not difficult.

Silent shutter all day and no flash until the dancefloor.

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Nobody was asked to do that.

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Once the floor fills, I stop directing anything at all.

A Braxted Park wedding photographer’s timeline, hour by hour

Timings move with your ceremony time, but this is the shape of most of the weddings I photograph here. Nothing in it is a rule.

10:00
I arriveBoth sides getting ready, wherever that is. Three hours before a one o’clock ceremony, and never in a rush.
13:00
CeremonyI work the sides and the back, quietly, on silent shutter. No flash, no interruptions.
13:30
ConfettiTwo lines, not a ring. It takes eight seconds and it is worth setting up properly.
13:45
Portraits, slot oneFifteen minutes, no shot list. Then you are back with your guests.
14:30
Drinks and groupsWhatever family groups you actually want, done in one go and not dragged out.
16:00
Wedding breakfastRoom shot before anyone is in it, then the details that matter and the faces during them.
17:30
SpeechesFrom the side, close, with a long lens. The reactions are usually the photographs.
19:30
Golden hourTen more minutes outside when the light drops. The best frames of the day are often here.
20:15
Cake and first danceThen the floor fills and I stop directing anything at all.
22:00
I leaveOnce the dancefloor is properly going. I do not sell hours, so nobody is counting them.
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What a £2,500 Braxted Park wedding photographer covers

One price, the same for every couple, written out in full so there are no surprises.

Unlimited hoursUsually about 10am to 10pm. I do not sell hours and I do not count them.
Included
800+ finished imagesEvery one edited by me, full resolution, no watermarks, printing rights included.
Included
100+ previews the next dayIn your inbox before breakfast. Yours to post immediately.
Included
Drone, where permittedAerials at no extra charge when the venue and the rules allow it.
Included
TravelNo mileage charge, and no overnight fee if I stay locally the night before.
Included
Second photographerWorth it above roughly 200 guests, or if you are getting ready far apart.
£400
Fine art albumHand-made, designed by me, yours to approve before printing.
From £500
Braxted Park, all in
£2,500

The full breakdown is here.

Straight answers

How many weddings have you photographed at Braxted Park?

Nine that are published. Three of them are at the bottom of this page and the rest are on the blog.

Are you a recommended supplier?

Yes. The team know me, which takes a set of small decisions off your plate on the day.

When should we do our couple photographs?

Two short slots, and the second one heading away from the house. That is where the best frames are.

You are based in Cornwall — is Essex a problem?

No. I worked this county for fifteen years. Travel is included and there is no mileage charge.

Real weddings at Braxted Park

9 full galleries from my work as a Braxted Park wedding photographer, shot as each day happened. Three show here, and they change every time you load the page.

The venue, and booking a Braxted Park wedding photographer

Braxted Park sits between Witham and Colchester, straightforward from the A12 and far enough into its own land to feel private.

I photograph one wedding a day and never book two. If your date is free, £500 holds it and the balance is due thirty days before.

Tell me your date

One price, everything in it, and a whole day photographed without anyone being asked to pose.