The bride holds the groom’s arm as they stand in tall golden grass at sunsetThe couple kiss on a hillside with the sun flaring behind them, in black and whiteThe groom leads the bride, holding her bouquet, through a wildflower meadow in evening sunTwo brides kiss in a wooden rowing boat on a pond, a bouquet resting on the bowThe groom in a kilt and the bride embrace beside a lake at sunset, in black and whiteThe groom and the bride, in a long red dress, stand on garden steps above a hillside townThe groom carries a toddler along a shingle beach while the bride walks beside him, laughingThe couple kiss on a grassy slope at sunset, the bride in a lace dress and long veilThe couple stand together on dark coastal rocks under a clear evening skyThe bride and groom laugh face to face beside a vintage railway carriage on a station platformThe couple kiss in a sunlit cobbled street lined with brick terraced housesThe groom, in a cream hat and waistcoat, kisses the bride’s forehead among woodland ferns

Photography that makes your heart explode.

I’m Rachel Manns, a wedding photographer in St Leonards

I’ve been shooting weddings since 2010, and my work has taken me all over the world. St Leonards has been home since 2015, and I love that most of my weddings are now right on my doorstep: Hastings, East Sussex, Kent and a little way beyond.

Wedding moments

A bride in her robe laughs as she puts on a large drop earring, in black and white.Getting readyThe couple laugh under string lights as confetti falls, in black and white.Ceremony
The couple hug in long grass, one in a rainbow headdress, one in a patterned shirt.The two of youA bride walks away towards a barn, her dress swinging, the sun flaring.Golden hour
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Featured local weddings

The couple raising their arms on the balcony between white columns
The Crown House, St LeonardsGrade II* listed, where the future Queen Victoria spent a winter
The couple kissing against a weathered wooden post on the beach
HastingsTown Hall, the Beacon, the seafront, Oscar’s
The bride raising her bouquet as they walk back towards Limekiln
Limekiln, CrowboroughBuilt for weddings, down to where the dress hooks are
The couple standing between the rails in front of a steam engine
The Bluebell Railway, SussexMarried in the waiting room, reception on the train
The couple walking hand in hand past the bell tents, in black and white
Spirit Lake, tipi weddingA walk by the lake, past the bell tents

Eleven hours, on a Friday or Saturday

Long enough to start with everyone still in their dressing gowns and finish well after the first dance. I’d love to tell the story of your whole day.

Two hours, midweek

Around Hastings, St Leonards, Bexhill, Battle and Rye. For more intimate days. Close family and friends. A lovely ceremony and some of the celebrations afterwards.

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Photograph by Eva Slusarek.

Rachel is such a brilliant photographer, able to capture very precious moments time after time.

Andy, wedding photographer and client
About Rachel

Whatever the wedding, whoever you are;
I’d love to tell your story!

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