FAQs
The money
How much do you charge?
A whole day is from £2,500: eleven hours, on a Friday or Saturday. Weddings in 2028 are from £3,000.
A short one, midweek, is from £500: two hours, Monday to Thursday, in and 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.
Why eleven hours?
Eleven is the sweet spot: long enough to start with everyone still in their dressing gowns and finish well after the first dance.
It also means I’m still there when it gets properly dark, which is often when the best photograph of the night happens.
Can we have longer coverage or a second photographer?
Further afield, longer coverage, a second photographer: just ask.
Where and the day
Where are you based?
I live in St Leonards-on-Sea and photograph weddings across Hastings, St Leonards, Bexhill, Battle, Rye and the rest of East Sussex, with Kent and a little way beyond too. Local is my favourite: I know where the light falls and what the tide’s doing.
Will you travel?
Yes! Tipi and marquee weddings are a real favourite of mine, so I’m always happy to go a bit further for one. Ant and Kat were married near Dorking and I’d go again tomorrow. If you’re further afield, just ask.
What are you like on the day?
I’m very chilled out about letting the day flow around me. I’ll walk around all day, noticing things as they happen, from the quiet conversations between relatives to the big obvious moments everyone’s already looking at.
The only time I offer any instruction is during portraits of you two, or the bigger group shots, and even then I try to make everyone feel as relaxed as possible.
Can you help us plan timings?
Yes. By the coast, the two things worth checking are what time the sun sets on your date and what the tide’s doing that evening. It’s worth looking at before you finalise timings, and I’ll always be happy to help.
Afterwards
When will we see our photographs?
You’ll have a sneak peek within 48 hours, and your full gallery within 10 weeks (up to 12 in the busy summer months). Every photo is individually edited, so it’s worth the wait, I promise.
Do we get colour or black and white?
You get all of them twice: one gallery in colour, one in black and white.
How do we get our photographs?
In a private online gallery, hosted by Pixieset, so you can share them with everyone who was there and order prints and books. The gallery stays up for six months, and you’ll also get a bespoke USB in sustainable packaging: a proper backup, and something lovely to keep.
Booking
How do we book?
Tell me when you’re getting married and where, and I’ll come back to you within a couple of days. If you’d like to go ahead, we’ll have a chat (ideally over a coffee or a glass of wine!), then I’ll send you a contract for us both to sign. A 25% booking fee secures your date, and the balance is due two weeks before your wedding. Then you can stop worrying about the photos and leave them to me.