Darren Lehane

Natural Moments. Genuine Emotions. Your Unique Wedding Story As It Really Is.

Hi, I’m Darren and I’m an award-winning UK wedding photojournalist who will shoot your wedding day in a natural, relaxed and low-key way. Focusing on the authentic moments, genuine emotions and real stories as they actually happen. It’s very much a storytelling approach to your unique and special day.

Which means you can simply get on with celebrating your day as you should, with your friends and family whilst I unobtrusively capture the wedding photos for you to enjoy and cherish in the years and decades ahead.

A young wedding guest with a toy duck, during a Highdown Vineyard wedding in Sussex.

Wedding guests on a boat on the Thames in London

A bride looks surprised during a wedding at the Bear Hotel in Cowbridge, Wales

Wedding guests play fighting at a wedding in Tampere in Finland

Wedding guest during the evening wedding reception at Ashby Manor House in Warwickshire

The groom shows he's nerves during a wedding at Tullylagan House in Ireland

A guest delivers a speech, during a wedding at Cecil Sharp House in London

Lipstick on a cigarette, at a wedding at Marylebone Town Hall in London.

THe father of the bride adjusts the bride's dress, outside Islington Town Hall in London

Arranging some flowers at a wedding at Grittleton House in Wiltshire

Mother of the bride holds some flowers at a wedding at Worcester College in Oxford

Joyful Moments, Unforgettable Memories & a Few Fun Portraits Too.

I’ll document the unbridled joy and the pure emotion of your special day from morning preparations through to the evening dancefloor shenanigans. All the excitement, the nerves & tense anticipation. The smiles, laughter, and fits of giggles. Moments that are funny, amusing and hilarious.

And I’m not forgetting the tears and the tantrums. Or the drunken twerking and ties around heads. This is what makes your wedding day story so unique to you. Plus I understand you’ll want some portraits and more formal shots too – so we’ll get these done quickly so everyone can then just get on with enjoying your day!

Some Kind Words

The grooms kiss during a same sex wedding in the Pump House Gallery in Battersea Park, London.

Arad & Brian – Pump House Gallery Wedding, Battersea, London.

“Darren has a rare ability to capture not just special moments and the underlying stories that see into ones’ soul, that rare emotional reaction and convey it as is. We couldn’t have chosen better. He was so much fun to work with, from the moment we got in touch with him over an email – personable, friendly and down to earth. The wedding pictures are not only beautiful, reliving those rare and special times, but a work of art. They should be displayed in an exhibition. A true artist.“

Read more reviews on my Kind Words page.

Documentary Wedding Photographer Covering Bristol, Somerset and Beyond

I am now based in North Somerset but have been shooting weddings across the whole of the UK and destination weddings beyond since 2012. During that time I’ve won a number of awards for my work with the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) and the Artistic Guild of the WPJA (AGWPJA).

So no matter where you are getting married, if you like my natural storytelling approach to photographing weddings, then definitely get in touch. You can contact me by leaving a message on my Contact Page, emailing dazhootsweddings@gmail.com or calling/texting/WhatsApping me on +44 (0)7920 422144.