Documentary Wedding Photography In kensington at the Roof Gardens

An infectiously positive, charming and sweet couple.

It was so nice documenting Cengiz and Julia's classy and elegant little London wedding at Kensington Roof Gardens last month alongside one of my long term students, Ian.

I'm incredibly pleased with the documentary wedding photography produced during this relatively small and intimate day. It feels real, authentic and honest. The day was great fun and yet it was particularly emotional and delicate. The light was exceptional throughout the building too, there are just so many windows that the threatening weather really had no impact on the day whatsoever - the ceremony had beautiful flat light to photograph in whilst the bar during the later part of the evening provided plenty of opportunities for exceptionally intimate, low light reportage photography.

Kensington Roof Gardens makes for a truly memorable venue for any wedding - boutique interior and tropical gardens overlooking Kensington High Street, complete with bathing Flamingos. It's certainly a favourite London wedding venue.

As with all London registrars, photography was allowed throughout the ceremony, a far cry from our experience last weekend where the vicar allowed no wedding photography at all. It's such a shame as the ceremony is a significant part of any wedding day. Please be sure to make your wishes to have discreet coverage of your ceremony clear to your registrar or vicar in the early stages of planning your wedding.

Below are just a few of my very favourites from this fun little day.

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Documentary Wedding Photography at Nonsuch Mansion | Jamal and Jacqueline

There were some fantastic characters for me to document during Jamal and Jacqueline's elegant wedding at Nonsuch Mansion in Surrey, the whole day had a fun and intimate atmosphere which allowed me to work in quite close.

The resulting images provide a very personal and genuine insight into the day, nothing more and nothing less, just a very authentic and honest set of wedding pictures, which is what I aim to achieve at every wedding I document.

Nonsuch Mansion has some great rooms with the well thought out decor in addition to brilliant available light via the large windows, so even whilst it was raining outside, and it rained a lot, I was still able to continue producing significant images inside during the drinks reception.

I have so many favourites from this wedding in Surrey, here are just a few of them.

Asian Wedding Photography at Hampton Court Palace | Mo and Shabana

I got to know Shabana and Mo during their pre wedding shoot on the river path running alongside Hampton Court Palace. We produced some of the nicest pre wedding photographs of the year so far and chatted about the fast approaching London wedding.

We were fortunate enough to have a guided tour around the various rooms, corridors, stairwells and gardens by Laura - the incredibly organised organiser! Laura made sure the wedding day ran incredibly smoothly and I can't thank her enough for the help and guidance in amongst the organised chaos that comes so naturally with an Asian wedding. Fun but hectic!

When the day arrived the weather was touch and go but fortunately we had a spell of great light for our walk around the palace. The wedding ceremony ran perfectly and the afternoon and evening reception had more of a drinks party atmosphere - with Shabana giving a heartfelt speech to Mo and the guests, in addition to some close friends travelling from Australia to give an inspired Salsa dance performance.

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The whole day had a great vibe, not least because Mo and Shabana are such calm, amicable people.

I was accompanied by one of my long term students during this Hampton Court Palace wedding and here are just a few of my very favourites from this fantastic wedding in London.

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