I GET IT NOW

I’ve always loved photographing weddings, but getting married myself changed the way I look at them completely. When Emma and I got married, I finally got to experience what it feels like from the other side of the camera, and the biggest thing I realised was just how ridiculously fast the day goes.

You spend months planning everything. You think about the timeline, the venue, the little details, who’s standing where, what everyone’s wearing and about a thousand other things. Then suddenly the day is here, it’s all happening at once, and before you know it you’re halfway through the reception wondering where the hell the time went.

What stuck with me afterwards wasn’t whether everything looked perfect or whether every part of the day went exactly to plan. It was the feeling of it. Seeing Emma. Having our family there. The nerves beforehand. The laughs. The hugs. The little looks across the room. The moments you barely notice while they’re happening, but somehow mean everything when you look back at them.

That experience changed the way I photograph weddings. I understand now how important it is to actually be present at your own wedding. You shouldn’t spend half the day being dragged away from everyone for photos, and you definitely shouldn’t feel like you’re performing for the camera every five minutes. I’ll give you direction when you need it, help keep things moving and make sure you look great, but then I want you to get back to actually enjoying the day you spent all that time planning.

Most of the best photos happen when you’re not thinking about the camera anyway. They happen when your mum is trying not to cry, when your mates are carrying on, when someone absolutely loses it during a speech, when the kids are doing something they probably shouldn’t be doing, or when you finally get thirty seconds alone together before heading back into the party.

That’s the stuff I’m looking for.

I’m Dan. Husband to Emma, dad, photographer and professional third wheel. I love weddings that feel real. A little messy, a little emotional, sometimes completely chaotic, but completely yours. I’m not interested in turning your wedding into some perfectly polished version of what a wedding is supposed to look like.

I want your photos to feel like your day.

Before my own wedding, I knew wedding photos were important. Now I understand them differently. Once the day is over, the flowers disappear, the cake gets eaten, the suits go back in the cupboard and life goes back to normal. But the photos are the thing that can take you straight back there.

That’s what I want to give you.

Not just photos that look good.

Photos that make you remember exactly what it felt like.