I'm all about connection and relationship - and everything that happens when you get to capture those things in action. The emotion, the joy, the awkward but can't help but laugh moments. The key thing is, I want to photograph your wedding in a beautiful and nostalgic way. Think candid photos, but nice ones, not those unflattering ones when you were mid conversation and your mouth looked all weird.
You could say I'm a wedding photographer with a natural, storytelling style but I'll also give you guidance you need so you haven't got loads of wedding photos of yourselves, and all you can see if the way you arm was glued to your side the whole time. Yeah, I'll be looking for that so you look natural - but also effortlessly fabulous.
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about
GET TO KNOW GRACE
how it started
I was born in Hertfordshire but spent most of my childhood in Bristol. After studying in Bath, I returned in my 20s for the energy of Gloucester Road and Bristol’s creative scene. I met Matt and we later moved to Worcestershire to start our family life here. I had a series of jobs including project management, food blogging, waitressing, and teaching but when I was on maternity leave, I rediscovered photography and started photographing everyone I knew with my baby in a sling, from baby groups to weddings. Weddings lit me up, but it was the people and their stories, relationships, and reactions to their photos that I truly loved, and that’s when I realised I’d found my calling.
Chasing my kids around at softplay, curled up in bed reading the latest romantasy novel, or drinking a coffee in some sort of seasonal mug. I also LOVE to eat out - I'm a huge foodie.
I am utterly obsessed with all things musicals, love to binge a TV show like The Traitors or Selling Sunset in the evenings, or picking out a cocktail on an evening off based on how much alcohol it has in it. A habit from uni when I always picked a Long Island Iced Tea for the same reason!
MY TOXIC TRAITS – I LOVE a spreadsheet. Give me all the colour-coded tabs, the formulas, the over-planning. It makes me happy to have a super organised spreadsheet. I create one for every wedding - forgotten your portrait list? Don't worry I got you on this tab!
Did I also mention I'm a big swiftie, she is always the music blasting in my car.
When I'm not behind the lens
You'll often find me ....
I get it, there's a lot of wedding photography styles being referenced nowadays - but what is a documentary wedding photographer?
Well, first things first - I'm not a STRICT documentary photographer as that means the photographer doesn't offer any guidance or prompts at all. Rather what I value is the art of observing without interfering. It's where I will take in a scene happening on your wedding day, and look for moments as they're happening before picking up the camera and documenting them to tell a story. This is how I photography about 80% of your day.
The other 20% of the time, I offer guidance where I feel it's needed. For instance, I happily do family portraits or wedding party reveals. They're posed but they can be super important. I just tend to advise not too many as it can takeaway from the atmosphere of the day. I also like to photograph couple portraits in way that looks natural and like they just 'happened' but in reality, there is always an element of posing as I need to get you together, in a well lit location, and put you at ease through easy prompts that bring out your personalities.