The title says is all really. Being someone who doesn’t really like having my photo taken, I’ve always approached my documentary wedding photography with the same opinion, which really boils down to that actually not many people do (apart from you super models who are reading this!). So I approach a wedding and the way that I photograph a couple with that thought very much in the forefront of my mind.

I always put aside about 30 minutes on a couple’s wedding day to take them aside for some shots of them both together. This a nice calm interlude to the day away from the guests, and simply taking a short stroll around the grounds can result in some lovely pictures. No daft posing or hours spent setting up lights or getting the bride and groom to hold each other awkwardly, this isn’t a photo shoot its their wedding day with a great big party to get stuck into! Taking a couple away from that for an excessive amount of time would be a crime, and quite honestly shooting as a Kent documentary wedding photographer great simple, clean pictures of the bride and groom on their own needn’t be a complicated process (and never is!).