Local Leicestershire Wedding Photographer
Keep it local Leicester wedding photography. I prefer to keep to a Leicestershire weddings core area with hops into adjoining counties for Nottinghamshire weddings, Lincolnshire weddings, Northamptonshire weddings, Warwickshire weddings and Derbyshire weddings.
When looking for a wedding photographer its always best to start with your local photographers and if you can not find what you need then start to look further a field as there are wedding photographers that will travel anywhere in the uk for a wedding.

I am able to keep my local Leicester wedding photography prices low as you are not paying any extra for my travel. Photographers who say they do not charge extra for travel may of already loaded their prices to cover travelling. Another extra cost is advertising in wedding directories. Typically it will cost extra per region that a photographer wants to appear in. I only advertise in a Leicestershire wedding area which keeps my costs low which I can then pass on to you.
Leicester Wedding Venue Experience
I get to visit each wedding venue many times through the year and so over the years concentrating on Leicester wedding photography I have photographed weddings at most of the Leicestershire wedding venues in all kinds of weather and at all times of the year and at different times of day. So when it comes to your own wedding I already know the best places for the photos at that time of year without the need to spend time discovering them on the day.
Here are two wedding photos from the same position at Brownsover Hall weddings. One in the Summer and one in Winter.


Having been the photographer before at a wedding venues means that no time is wasted or photo opportunities missed. This local venue knowledge also means I don’t need a second shooter helping me. This then allows me to also keep a low profile and small footprint on your wedding day.
A good experienced wedding photographer should be able to arrive at any venue and achieve great results without the need to of been the wedding photographer there before but not everyone that photographs weddings are experienced enough to be able to do this.

Local Leicester Knowledge
Here is a wedding photo from a wedding in Bosworth at St. Peters Church with a reception at The Tithe Barn. The church in the background is St. Peters. Because I know the area I also know that this photo is available to me so with the help of my local short cut knowledge I was able to get in position ready for the couples white Jaguar wedding car driving up the path to the wedding reception with their Church in the background.

Other benefits of staying local to Leicestershire are that the local registrars for the Leicestershire wedding venues know me and trust that I will not become a distraction during the ceremony. I’ve even photographed the wedding of two of the Leicestershire registrars.

For your Church wedding some of the local Leicestershire priests and vicars also know me too. Most run numerous Churches so I do get to meet them quite often in the different Leicestershire villages. Here is The Rev’d David at St Michael and All Angels Church at Brooksby Hall. Click here for a full gallery of my weddings at Brooksby Church.

The staff at the Leicester wedding venues also know me so when I need access to parts of the venue that I will need keys for later they are happy to give me the keys before I need them. This saves me time rather than trying to find staff when I need the key which helps me to photograph a wedding quickly without the need for a second shooter to help me.


Other Leicestershire wedding suppliers may know me too. This can help when it comes to things like the wedding car because they know the angles that I prefer at each venue and so they can quickly place the car ready for me whilst I am photographing something else and so saving time, like this big 4 car set up at Prestwold Hall.

Leicester wedding photography
Another advantage of photographing mainly Leicestershire weddings is knowing the back routes and short cuts of the area so if there are any traffic hold ups I know the best way around them without a sat nav sending me into a field.
Unless I intended to end up in a field

Having local Leicestershire area road knowledge helps me get from any bridal preparation photography to the wedding venue quickly. Then already knowing where I am going to park at the Church or wedding venue saves time too so that I am able to capture both the bridal prep photos and also groom photos at the ceremony venue without the need for two photographers.
You can see some sample bridal prep wedding photography and groom wedding photography in my Bridal prep gallery HERE And my pre wedding groom photography gallery HERE



I can arrive at the Church with the knowledge of the best places to park so that I am not blocked in after the wedding. I can then be sure that I will have a quick getaway ahead of the guests leaving the Church and so be at the wedding venue reception before the couple arrive.
So I can be ready and waiting for a quick wedding car photo with you at the venue before everyone else arrives and all the drinks get taken by the arriving guests.


Wedding at Sutton Bonington Hall
The below snippet selection are all photos taken at the same Sutton Bonington Hall wedding with bridal prep also at Sutton Bonington. You will see that I also have photos of the lads at the Church, St Michael so it is as though there were two photographers, yet there was just myself.
For my full Sutton Bonington Hall wedding gallery click HERE
Leicester wedding photography best practice
You can also be reassured that if I had a wedding yesterday that I wasn’t on the motorway for 2 hours last night and getting back very late and then photographing your wedding with out enough sleep.
After I leave your wedding I am usually back in the office and backing up your wedding photos sometimes within 20 minutes.
Professional wedding photographers may have contacts who hopefully are able to step in at short notice. But the problems can arise when a wedding photographer is almost at the venue after a 3 hour drive and if something happened that meant they could not shoot the wedding any contacts they may have could also be 3 hours away so it could still be too late by the time the replacement arrives. So I feel that travelling for hours on a motorway to a wedding is adding unnecessary risk to my couples and I prefer to be behind a camera than behind a steering wheel.
There is also the environmental impact of miles travelled to get to a wedding a few hours away. local Leicester wedding photography