Wedding guest with funny sign, at the Barns at Hunsbury Hill, Northampton

Documenting the real story of your wedding day.

It’s how weddings really are

  • Bride and her father dancing during the wedding reception at Highdown Vineyard, West Sussex.
  • Wedding party at Cecil Sharp House in London
  • Cleaner preparing for the wedding day, at Tullylagan House near Cookstown in Ireland.
  • Guests posing during a wedding at Ashby Manor House in Warwickshire.
  • The wedding party pass a factory in Tampere, Finland.
  • Happy wedding guests cuddling at The Bear Hotel in Cowbridge, Wales.
  • Wedding guests during a wedding in Worthing, West Sussex
  • Male guests celebrating during a wedding in Putney, London
  • The groom during an Indian Sikh wedding in Croydon, London
  • The bride during a wedding at Highdown Vineyard in West Sussex.
  • The bride and groom cut the wedding cake at Wicksteed Park in Kettering, Northants
  • Guest with sandwiches after the wedding ceremony at Pagham Church in Sussex.
  • Same sex wedding at the Pump House in Battersea Park, London.
  • Bridal preparations n Dorset, UK.
  • Bride and groom dancing during the wedding reception at Wandsworth Town Hall in London.
  • Guest hugs the bride during a wedding in Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire.
  • Guests during a wedding at Gatton Hall in Surrey
  • A waitress during a home wedding in New Malden, Surrey
  • The bride and guests after a wedding in Abington, Northampton.
  • Wedding guests at Waltham Abbey in Essex
  • Bridal preparations in Hunsbury, Northampton

The unbridled joy and the pure emotion. The excitement, the growing nerves & tense anticipation. From chaos and mayhem comes order and tradition. There’s smiles, laughter, and fits of giggles. They’re funny, amusing and hilarious. Not forgetting the tears and the tantrums. The drunken twerking and ties around heads. I keep your wedding photography real so it’s completely unique to you and your day.

Unposed, unscripted, unforgettable

Father of the Groom has a snooze during the evening wedding reception at Grendon Lakes in Northamptonshire

I’m an award-winning street photographer who just happens to shoot award-winning wedding photography too. I tend to see weddings a little bit differently. I’m drawn to the reality of your day. Not some unrelated or irrelevant fantasy of how wedding photography is meant to be. No posing, no staging and definitely no cliches.

I photograph things as they really happen. I document real stories not direct fairy tales. 100% relaxed, stress-free and authentic. So you can simply get on enjoying your day with your friends and family.

Bridal preparations in Ashford, Surrey.
A young wedding guest during the speeches at Dodmoor House in Northamptonshire
A bridesmaid reaches for a bottle on the floor, during a wedding reception at the Holy Ghost in Luton, Bedfordshire
Bride glares at her brother snatching a canapé at a wedding at Rowton Castle in Shropshire.
Bridal preparations at Ashridge House in Hertfordshire.
A corkscrew during bridal preparations in Kent
The bride and groom singing during a wedding at the Hyatt Regency London The Churchill Hotel

Award-winning UK wedding photographer

Hi, I’m Darren and I’ve been photographing weddings as they really are, across the U.K. and beyond, since 2012. During that time I’ve won a number of awards with the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) and the Artistic Guild of the WPJA. Find out more about me on my About Page.

If you’d like to chat with me about your wedding or to check my availability then you can use my simple contact form. Alternatively, you can call/text/WhatsApp me on +447920422144.