Why Wedding Photography?

“to capture those moments for my clients, so that they can keep them forever, is truly a remarkable thing.

I fell into a career nursing as I’d always been labelled ‘kind and caring’ and I didn’t really know what else to do. 

During my nursing career I was drawn to end of life care. It gave me the opportunity to witness the tenderness of relationships between people who love one another. Until you’ve seen it, you can’t imagine the love between two people who know their time together is limited to weeks or days. The constant reminder that life was short was good for me. I will always be grateful for those experiences and always keep in my mind that life is fragile.

In 2015, after being ill for more than half my life, my Mum suddenly died. We were very close, and her death tore my world apart. My sister recently said to me “I think it’s mum’s legacy that we have both learnt so much from her life and in our grief for her”. Mum’s death gave me the courage to pursue a career doing something I loved, to pursue real happiness in all aspects of my life.

When I decided to leave nursing, wedding photography just made sense. I loved the moments of real, honest, love I witnessed between patients and their families. Weddings have these moments in abundance. To record them, to capture those moments for my clients, so that they can keep them forever, is truly a remarkable thing.

I’ve lost count of the number of times clients have contacted me since their wedding to tell me their loved one has since died, and that the photographs I captured now have a whole new meaning.

That is my motivation. That is my why.

That’s why I turn up to every wedding willing to work my socks off for my clients, and why I’m so incredibly passionate about what I do.

“We laughed, we cried, we were amazed at all the things we’d missed on the day. It was remarkable”

My Life Now 

I live in an old house in the Herefordshire countryside with my gorgeous husband, Tom, my wonderful daughter Wren (age 3) and our hilarious cocker spaniel, Ted.

I am no longer a registered nurse and work on my business around our busy family life. Tom also runs his own business, so we don’t sit down very often! Our garden is half an acre and we spend our free time growing veggies, walking Ted and spending as much time as we can with the ones we love most.

We love to travel, and having a daughter hasn’t stopped us! We spent two months touring around NZ in a van last year. It was fabulous. We love good food, good music and good people. My idea of a great night would be dancing around a bonfire with our friends in the garden, listening to some good music and eating something delicious.