Creative Documentary Wedding Photography London & Cinematic Videography for Stylish, Classy and Picky Brides

Easy and fast is not your style. You’re here now, looking for the best London documentary wedding photographer for your Big Day because you know the importance of this day for you and your partner. Because you need a storyteller and creator to trust and rely on.

The connection you’ve made with your partner defines you and you want to commemorate it for years to come. Your style is elegant, fashion, luxury, stylish, kind and humble. If this sounds like you, welcome to Peter Lane Photography as you reached the right place. Welcome to the best documentary wedding photography & storytelling videography company in London.

Documentary wedding photographer in London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Brighton

Reportage or documentary wedding photography has become very popular in London, the UK, and the USA. If you are thinking of choosing a reportage wedding photographer for your big day let me sum up the main features of this wedding photography approach for you.

The documentary wedding photography has evolved from photojournalism. The aim of a documentary wedding photographer is to report the story of your wedding day without intervention, to capture quietly the real events, your precious moments that you will remember and cherish long after the wedding day.

The main difference between reportage wedding photography and traditional wedding photography, fashion, or glamour styles is its focus on real moments instead of staged, posed ones, which means that you will enjoy your unique moments uncut. Your documentary photographer will make candid images without much interaction, just reporting your story without changing it.

London based Documentary wedding photographer

At first glance, documentary wedding photography may seem to be very simple, and that is why quite many people without a proper background decide to become documentary wedding photographers. In fact, documentary wedding photography requires much talent, experience, and skills, as only in this case is it possible to get natural and relaxed images with fine art aesthetics. A documentary wedding photographer needs to think about composition, timing, and lighting at the same time with capturing a moment that will never happen again. For example, a bride and a groom cannot have a second first kiss. If a photographer is not experienced enough then the result may be very disappointing. So my advice is to select your documentary wedding photographer very carefully or just rely on us.

Documentary style Wedding Photographer

In Peter Lane Photography we combine the wedding reportage with group photos, staged portraits, and images of details (e.g. wedding dress, rings, etc) to tell the whole story of your day.

I do hope that this short info will help you to decide on the wedding photography style that suits you most.

To be a documentary wedding photographer is a big challenge and massive fun, I’m blessed to be a documentary wedding photographer.

Documentary cinematic videography – 2 rabbits in your hat

Someone may ask what’s the common between documentary and cinematic? Take a look at our cinematic video highlights

and you’ll be delighted to have your favourite style of wedding photography complemented with a stylish same style storytelling video, a precious memory for life and generations to come.