A bride twirling in her dress, movement and light

Wedding photography

Quiet, warm, unposed

Photographs of the day as it actually happened, for couples who would rather be in it than directing it.

A couple caught mid-conversation, both laughing

In safe hands

You do not have to be good at this

Almost nobody is comfortable being photographed, and nobody needs to be. Here is what that means in practice.

  • You will get a plan for the day, written with your planner or with me, so nobody is guessing about timings.
  • Group photographs are a short list agreed beforehand, done quickly, and then finished.
  • The couple portraits take twenty minutes and mostly involve walking and talking.

Galleries

We had said we did not want a photographer following us around. Then we did not notice her all day, and got back four hundred pictures of our own wedding.

Priya & Tom · Suffolk, June

Behind the lens

I am Elena

Twelve years and something over two hundred weddings. I started out photographing kitchens for restaurants, which taught me to work quickly in a room full of people who have a job to do.

I live with my husband and a badly behaved lurcher, and I will happily drive four hours for a wedding in a field.

Elena, the photographer, smiling lightly

How the day goes

Three parts, and none of them are stressful

Morning

I arrive while everyone is still getting ready. Dresses, letters, your mother doing your hair badly on purpose. Nothing is set up.

The ceremony

Quiet lenses, no flash, and I stay out of the aisle. What I am watching is not you — it is the front row watching you.

Afterwards

Twenty minutes of portraits somewhere with good light, then back to your own party. I stay through the first dances.

Investment

Full-day coverage from 2,400

Every collection includes the full edited gallery, print rights, and an online gallery your family can download from. Nothing is charged by the hour.

We do not remember days, we remember moments

From the journal

The photographer working at a wedding

Come and have a coffee first

No obligation and no slideshow. Half an hour, in person or on a call, to work out whether I am the right person for your day.

Now booking

Tell me about your day

Where you are getting married, roughly when, and what you want to remember. I reply to every enquiry within two working days.