In an effort to become more sustainable, I plant a tree for each wedding I book, and as you’ve booked me, that’s another tree in the ground.

1 tree will sequester about 0.3 tons of carbon in its lifetime, which is around the same as driving 732 miles in a standard car, so that should cover my CO2 output for most weddings.

You can crack on with planning everything else, I’ll be in touch 28 days before the wedding for the next step.

You are more than welcome to contact at any point for any questions you might have.

I know you’ll have loads of things to sort before the wedding, so 28 days before the date I’ll be in touch and I’l need two things from you:

• The final payment

• Questionnaire

The questionnaire has all the details I could possibly need to cover the day all in one place and is everything I’ll need to cover the day from start to finish. Takes about 5 minutes to fill out.

So, on the wedding day, I’ll arrive in the morning (timings will be worked out following the questionnaire) and check in with you and any venue staff, just so you know that I’ve arrived.

I usually start with various establishing shots and then move on to the preparation section of the day, and then it’s over to the ceremony. If your ceremony is on site I’ll be with you till about 10 minutes before, if it’s a drive away then I’ll need to leave enough time to get there and be ready for your arrival.

Later in the day, I’ll be there doing my documentary stuff, and then at an ideal spot it’s onto some quick group shots, I do these nice and quickly so you don’t lose much of your drinks reception time. As everyone is making their way to the meal I will take you off for some relaxed couples photos (there are tips for couple photos via this link), this fits in really well as it gives people time to find their seats so you’re not losing any time with guests.

Then I’ll take a break while you eat (that way people don’t have to be worried about being photographed with a mouth full of food) then it’s back for the evening party and I head off at about 9.00pm (But am happy to stay later if you need me to).

I’ve written a breakdown of a wedding day here that might help you with timings.

The above is a very rough plan for the day, you can do things totally differently but this should give you a brief idea of what I’ll be doing on the day.

My post-wedding work starts the night of the wedding. After I head home I’ll back up your wedding to a double hard drive, so at this point, there will be 4 copies of each photo, and then import it into my culling software as I crack open a beer and chill out a bit before bed.

Then I start with the culling and then onto the editing of the photos. All of this takes about 6-8 weeks in total, and at this point, I’ll get in touch with various links to your wedding gallery!

You will get an email a day or two after the wedding with a sneak peek and I’ll pop a post on Instagram so you have a little preview.

Then about 6-8 weeks later you will have your wedding photos! They are your photos so feel free to share them, print them, and really do anything you want with them. Nothing is ever watermarked and it’s all high-res files.

I’ll always keep a double copy on my hard drive and the online gallery, you’ll also have a USB stick of the images which I recommend making a backup of. If at any point you need another copy or lose the link to the gallery then I’m just an email away!