Love on the Thames.
There are weddings you photograph. And then there are weddings you feel.
Em and Will's day in Twickenham was the second kind.
A Venue With Soul
Orleans House Gallery is one of those hidden gems that makes you feel like you could be in Oxford rather than London. Set back from the Thames, with grounds that feel like a Royal park, it's beautiful without being showy. Which, as it turned out, suited this couple perfectly.
Em arrived not in a dress, but in a tailored waistcoat and trouser suit. Sharp yet relaxed, completely herself. I remember thinking: YES. this is defo a bit of me.. There's something incredibly powerful about a person who knows precisely who they are on the most photographed day of their life.
Tinnies on the Lawn
After the ceremony, guests poured outside into the London sunshine. One of the groomsmen came and handed around cans of G&T and that was the moment the day found its rhythm.
No stiff receiving lines. No formal introductions. Just best friends and family, laughing and toasting two people they genuinely love. Em's grandad, the guest of honour, sat at the centre of it all.
I captured it all and those are the images I know Em and Will will still be looking at in thirty years.
The Walk
Then came the moment that made this wedding truly theirs.
Instead of cars or carriages, Em and Will walked to their reception. Through Twickenham along the Thames, with their entire wedding party and every single guest, taking over the pavements.
The pub-goers along the route had no idea it was coming. But one by one, they looked up, realised what was happening, and started to cheer.
it was so fun to capture real, spontaneous, unscripted joy from complete strangers — and the look on Em and Will's faces as they heard it. That's not something you can plan. That's just life being wonderful when you're brave enough to do things your own way.
Twickenham Rowing Club
The reception at the rowing club was warm and unhurried. No big bridal parties, just the people who matter most, gathered in one room.
Will was a DJ. So nobody was surprised when the music hit differently.
The first dance was Kylie Minogue — Love at First Sight — and from that moment, the dance floor belonged to everyone. There were no slow, swaying couples trying to look graceful. There was just pure, unapologetic fun from the moment the music started to the moment it stopped.
Exactly as they'd planned it.
Why I Love This Work
I've been photographing weddings for over 10 years. I stepped away from doing it completely full time, so I had time to raise my children — three of them, all small, all wonderful — and now I'm back, and wanting to get back behind my camera for the 30 weddings a year I used to shoot prior to having my babies.
Days like Em and Will's remind me exactly why.
This job isn't about equipment or editing. It's about noticing. The grandad reading his note of the bride in private. The stranger cheering from a pub doorway. The look between two people who can't quite believe this is their actual life.
I notice those things. I always have and it’s why I love my job.
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