NATURAL REPORTAGE AND DOCUMENTARY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER
Hello there and a warm welcome to Lovely Creatures, our mission is a simple one. To deliver beautiful , timeless film inspired, documentary wedding images to all our amazing, lovely, individual, free spirited, non-conformist and wonderful clients. Everyone is unique, there will never be another you and we are passionate about documenting your one of a kind wedding just the way you want to, full of love, energy and soul.
“We were completely unaware of him for the large part of the day. He blended in with our guests, his presence was in no way a distraction to our day and the photos truly do tell our perfect story from start to end”
“Breathtaking authentic, emotive and honestly beautiful documentary wedding photography for everyone”
— EVERYONE IS BEAUTIFUL
Multi Award Winning Professional and Friendly Team
Lovely Creatures is founded by a Multi- Award Winning professional team, established with over 30 yrs combined experience.
Lovely Creatures specialises in Creative, Relaxed, Edgy, Reportage and Documentary Wedding Photography covering The whole UK and stunning destination weddings too.
At Lovely Creatures we are passionate about photographing & documenting couples unique wedding celebrations which have inspirational and individual ideas and plans.
Our approach is documentary, natural, relaxed, professional, unobtrusive and friendly. We have had the pleasure of working with celebrities, sporting stars, actors and our images have featured on many leading industry blogs too.
Authentic, Relaxed, Honest and Emotive Imagery you will Love
At Lovely Creatures we love to document the day as it unfolds creating honest, emotive, creative and stunning images you will truly enjoy and which will take you back to all those special moments.
Tipi Weddings, Barn Weddings, Festival Weddings, Chic City Weddings and Gorgeous Coastal Weddings, we’ve got it covered
We have had the honour and pleasure to photograph and document many different types of weddings and celebrations at different kinds of beautiful and eclectic wedding venues from luxury destination weddings, tipi weddings, barn weddings, city weddings, festival weddings, countryside weddings, coastal weddings and castle weddings.
So if you are looking for a natural, reportage and documentary wedding photographer to capture your wonderful and special wedding day we would love to hear all about your special plans and ideas.
We would LOVE to hear your inspiration! Bohemian, Artsy, Decadent, Modern, Chic, Luxury, Alternative, Festival, Rockstar, Celebrity, Eclectic, Eco Friendly, Rural, Classic, Rustic, Vintage, Contemporary or Quirky, Tell us More!
Your wedding styling or inspiration may be festival free spirit tipi Derbyshire wedding, bohemian Warwickshire woodland wedding, a beautiful elegant chic Birmingham city wedding, a Cotswolds rustic barn wedding, a stylish celebration in Cobham Surrey, a hanging garden theme in Kensington, London or an alternative wedding in Shoreditch, London.
You may have chosen a beautiful colourful secret garden wedding theme in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, a casual, elegant city wedding in Chelsea London, a luxury lavish wedding in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, an uber cool wedding in Harpenden, Hertfordshire or an eclectic and glamorous wedding in the gorgeous Henley on Thames.
Maybe your vision is for an opulent and sophicated wedding in Seven Oaks, Kent, or a beautiful and picturesque setting for your Brockenhurst, Hampshire wedding, a luxury venue with stunning hanging chandeliers of flowers in Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, an intimate celebration on the beach in Salcombe, Devon, a glorious outdoor ceremony amongst nature wedding in Virginia Water, Surrey, a music inspired wedding in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, a decadent steampunk occasion in Weybridge, Surrey, a stunning wedding in Radlett Hertfordshire, a stylish luxury wedding in Ascot, Berkshire, a classic beautiful wedding in Gerrards Cross/ Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire an artistic boho wedding in Lyndhurst, Hampshire or an exclusive celebrity affair in Mayfair London.
Midlands Wedding Photography covering Warwickshire, Birmingham, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, The Cotswolds, London, the whole UK and Magical Destination Weddings too!
Depending on your taste, style, venue and location choice there are so many options and decisions to make. With new and up and coming ideas on the horizon, with so many places to find inspiration for the list can be endless.
So whatever your choice for your fabulous and wonderful wedding day we would love to hear more about your plans and what you envisage for your imagery from your natural, reportage and documentary wedding photographer.
So what is Documentary Wedding Photography?
Documentary Wedding Photography is a style of wedding photography that gives an honest, accurate, straightforward representation of people, objects and events that happen during your special day. Ed will not direct or pose you or move items or objects apart from if you would like formal portraits or group photographs. Ed will capture an awesome set of images that tells the story of your wedding day or celebration emotively but honestly.
Lovely Creatures specialise in Documentary Wedding Photography and Ed will typically focus on your unique wedding story unfolding through a series of honest, emotive and authentic photographs without interruption.
From Sunny Leamington Spa, gorgeous Scotland, lovely Yorkshire, hedonistic Brighton, vibrant Bristol and heavenly Hampstead and everywhere in between and further a field, we’ve got your special venue and day covered, get in touch!
Let’s do this!
So if you are planning for a classic Leamington Spa Church Wedding, a contemporary countryside barn wedding in the West Midlands, a glamorous wedding in Knightsbridge, a super stylish wedding in West Brompton, a retro inspired wedding in Nottinghamshire, a magical wedding in Buckinghamshire, a beautifully lit barn wedding in Cambridgeshire, an eclectic wedding in Oxfordshire, a vintage wedding in Ripon, a celebrity wedding in London, a quirky wedding in Gloucestershire, a luxury wedding in Hertfordshire, a country wedding in Surrey, a pretty town wedding in Lincolnshire, a farm wedding in Northamptonshire, an artsy bohemian wedding in Hampstead Heath, a stylish hotel wedding in Harrow, a Rock Star Wedding in Notting Hill, a wedding by the water in Rutland, a vibrant chic wedding in Islington, a chapel wedding in Stratford Upon Avon, a luxury country hotel in Stamford, a historic castle wedding in Oakham, Rockingham, or Ashby de la Zouch, a historic building in Warwick, a super stylish industrial factory wedding in Derbyshire, a stunning cathedral wedding in historic York, a countryside wedding in Berkshire, a festival styled wedding in Worcestershire, a stunning barn wedding in Shropshire, a beautiful wedding in Wiltshire, a stylish wedding in Richmond, a fabulous wedding in Keston, a boho wedding in Harrogate, a historic barn wedding in Staffordshire, an urban city wedding in Leeds, a gorgeous Tipi wedding in Market Bosworth Warwickshire, a quirky & alternative Yorkshire wedding, a lovely lush Banbury wedding, a country house Gloucestershire wedding, a magical and majestic Malvern Hills wedding, a luxurious Market Harborough wedding, a luxury hotel Herefordshire wedding, an edgy alternative Essex wedding or a creative wedding in Bedfordshire, an art gallery wedding in Manchester, a super cool celebration in Durham, an alternative Scarborough wedding, a glorious and picturesque Lakes wedding in Cumbria, a stylish Somerset wedding or a divine Devon wedding, a seriously stylish Bath, Brighton and Hove or Bristol affair or you are looking for a natural, reportage and documentary wedding photographer London, we would absolutely love to hear from you.
Lovely Creatures can’t wait to hear from you soon
AMAZING, INSPIRATIONAL, UNCONVENTIONAL & UNIQUE WEDDING VENUES FOR WONDERFUL CELEBRATIONS AND IMAGERY FROM CHELSEA, YORK, NORFOLK, SURREY AND BEYOND
Royal Victoria Gardens
Botanical Park Bath
The Perch Wedding Venue Oxford
Stone Barn Cotswolds Aldsworth Cheltenham
Plas Dinam Wales, Powys
The Boiler House Graffiti Gallery Papermill Road, Cardiff
Hotel Pelirocco Brighton
Field Good Bar and Camping Bath
Angel House Hove
Larmer Tree Royal Salisbury
The Hepworth
Gallery Walk, Yorkshire and Humber, Wakefield West Yorkshire
Brooklands Museum
Weybridge Surrey
Dewsall Court, Dewsall
The Sculpture Park, Yorkshire Wedding Venue
The Secret Barn
The Anthologist London
The Windmill- Cley Norfolk
A wedding windmill, near to Cley beach.
Natural Retreats Wedding Venue
Richmond Yorkshire Dales
Baths and Pump Room Bath
Wotton House Dorking Surrey
Three Daggers Westbury Wiltshire
Pines Calyx Kent
Le Peitit Chateau, Northumberland
Turner Contemporary, Kent
The Caves, The Rowantree and Marlin’s Wynd, Lothian & Borders
Belle Epoque Brasserie, Cheshire
Carlton Towers, North Yorkshire
The Bothy, Central & Glasgow
South Place Hotel, East Central London
Victorian Bath House, East Central London
The Crypt at Bleeding Heart, East Central London
The Earl of Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Asylum Chapel, London
Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Hampshire
The Rum Warehouse at the Titanic Hotel, Merseyside
The Bell Inn, East Sussex
The Electric Circus, Lothian & Borders
The Cinema, Bath
The Stretch Tent, Arabian Tents
The House of Magic, London
Fitzrovia Chapel London
The Lost Village of Dode DA13 0XF
Pall Mall Wedding Venue London
Fawley Hill Henley on Thames
Rich Mix Bethnal Green, London
Browning Bros Chalky Water Meadows Colchester Essex
Woodland and Secret Walled Garden Reading
Healey Barn Northumberland
Castle Goring Worthing West Sussex
The Subterranean Lake Liskeard, Cornwall
Lusty Glaze Beach Cornwall
Camp Katur, North Yorkshire
The Artist's Beach House, Whitstable, Kent
The Dinosaur Museum, Newcastle
Village Underground, 54 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, London
The Royal Navy Ship, London HMSpresident
The Market Hall, London The Borough Market
Kew, Richmond, Surrey
The Napoleonic Fort, Torpoint, Cornwall
The Studio Warehouse, London
The Cave, Wells, Somerset
The Beach, Westbourne, Bournemouth
The Tin Tabernacle, Hythe, Kent
The Art Gallery, London (dulwich picture gallery)
The Officers’ Mess, Portsmouth, Hampshire
The Marriage En Masse, London South Bank Centre
The Dorchester, London
Ceremony Room, at Russets Country House, Chiddingfold
Brown’s Hotel, London
The Great Hall, at The Queen's House London
The Gherkin, London
The Norman Keep, Halstead, Essex
The Cabaret Club
cafedeparis, London
Barbican Conservatory, Silk St, London
Claridge’s, London
Hedsor House, Buckinghamshire
The Queen Mary Undercroft, London
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
Picture Gallery, at Royal Holloway, Surrey
One Friendly Place, 1 Friendly Pl, London
Shoreditch Town Hall, 380 Old St, London
The Lanesborough Hotel
The Aquarium, Plymouth, Devon
The Walking Wedding, Herefordshire
The Lighthouse, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales
The Treehouse, Alwick, Northumberland
Kensington Roof Gardens
The Palace, Hampton Court Palace
East Molesey, Surrey
Undercroft, at The Queen's House
Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, North London
Absolut Ice Bar, Chelsea Register Office
The Edwardian Swimming Pool Wedding Venue, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester
The Submarine Wedding Venue, Gosport, Hampshire
Tower Bridge, London
The Film Studio, Iver, Buckinghamshire
Kenton Hall, Harrow
The Jet-Inspired Hotel, Farnborough, Hampshire
The Castle Wedding Venue, Cardiff Wales
The Haunted Castle Wedding Venue, Tutbury Staffordshire
Woodland Tipi and Yurt Weddings, West Midlands, Woodlands Farm, Little Dew Church, Herefordshire
Iscoyd Park, Wales Higher Wych Road Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 3AT
The Granary, East The Granary, Stamford Road, West Deeping, Lincolnshire
Cripps Barn, Cotswolds, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Electric Theatre, Birmingham West Midlands
Mythe Barn Wedding Venue, East Midlands, West Midlands, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Atherstone, Sheepy Magna
Fazley Studios Wedding Venue, Birmingham West Midlands
Ironbridge Gorge, West Midlands, Telford
The Old Library, Digbeth, Birmingham West Midlands
Elmore Court, South West, West Midlands, Elmore, Gloucester
Shushtoke Farm Barns, West Midlands, Shushtoke, Coleshill, Birmingham
The National Space Centre, Leicester East Midlands
Priory House, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
Mill House Gardens at River Nene Cottages, Peterborough Cambridgeshire
The Custard Factory Wedding Venue, Digbeth, Birmingham West Midlands
Woodland Tipi and Yurt Weddings, West Midlands, Woodlands Farm, Little Dew Church, Herefordshire
The Bond, Digbeth, Birmingham West Midlands
Cotesbach Estate, Nr Lutterworth Leicestershire East Midlands, West Midlands
The Haunted Castle Wedding Venue, Tutbury Staffordshire
The Ned London
Middle Temple London
UNIQUE, LAVISH, LUXURY, ECLECTIC AND INSPIRING VENUES IN THE UK TO SAY ‘I DO’ FROM CHESHIRE, HAMPSHIRE, CORNWALL AND SCOTLAND
The Film Studio, Iver, Buckinghamshire
The Edwardian Swimming Pool Wedding Venue, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester
The Submarine Wedding Venue, Gosport, Hampshire
The Jet-Inspired Hotel, Farnborough, Hampshire
The Castle Wedding Venue, Cardiff Wales
The Windmill- Cley Norfolk, A wedding windmill, near to Cley beach.
The Hepworth , Gallery Walk, Yorkshire and Humber, Wakefield West Yorkshire
Brooklands Museum, Weybridge Surrey
Natural Retreats Wedding Venue, Richmond Yorkshire Dales
Royal Victoria Gardens, Botanical Park Bath
The Perch Wedding Venue, Oxford
Stone Barn, Cotswolds Aldsworth Cheltenham
Plas Dinam, Wales, Powys
The Boiler House Graffiti Gallery, Papermill Road, Cardiff
Hotel Pelirocco, Brighton
Field Good Bar and Camping, Bath
Angel House, Hove
Larmer Tree, Royal Salisbury
Wotton House, Dorking Surrey
Three Daggers, Westbury Wiltshire
Pines Calyx, Kent
Fitzrovia Chapel, London
Healey Barn, Northumberland
The Lost Village of Dode, DA13 0XF
Pall Mall Wedding Venue, London
Fawley Hill, Henley on Thames
Rich Mix, Bethnal Green, London
Browning Bros Chalky Water Meadows, Colchester Essex
Woodland and Secret Walled Garden, Reading
Castle Goring, Worthing West Sussex
The Subterranean Lake, Liskeard, Cornwall
Camp Katur, North Yorkshire, Le Peitit Chateau, Northumberland
Turner Contemporary, Kent
Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Hampshire
The Caves, The Rowantree and Marlin’s Wynd, Lothian & Borders
Belle Epoque Brasserie, Cheshire
Carlton Towers, North Yorkshire
The Bothy, Central & Glasgow
South Place Hotel, East Central London
Victorian Bath House, East Central London
The Crypt at Bleeding Heart, East Central London
The Earl of Doncaster, South Yorkshire
The Rum Warehouse at the Titanic Hotel, Merseyside
The Bell Inn, East Sussex
The Electric Circus, Lothian & Borders
The Cinema, Bath
The Beach, Westbourne, Bournemouth
The Tin Tabernacle, Hythe, Kent
The Art Gallery, London (dulwich picture gallery)
The Officers’ Mess, Portsmouth, Hampshire
The Stretch Tent, Arabian Tents
The House of Magic, London
The Artist's Beach House, Whitstable, Kent
The Dinosaur Museum, Newcastle
Village Underground, 54 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, London
The Royal Navy Ship, London HMSpresident
The Market Hall, London The Borough Market
Kew, Richmond, Surrey
The Napoleonic Fort, Torpoint, Cornwall
The Studio Warehouse, London
The Cave, Wells, Somerset
The Marriage En Masse, London South Bank Centre
The Norman Keep, Halstead, Essex
The Cabaret Club, cafedeparis, London
Barbican Conservatory, Silk St, London
The Gherkin, London
The Aquarium, Plymouth, Devon
The Walking Wedding, Herefordshire
One Friendly Place, 1 Friendly Pl, London
Shoreditch Town Hall, 380 Old St, London
The Lighthouse, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales
The Treehouse, Alwick, Northumberland
The Palace, Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, Surrey
Dewsall Court, Dewsall
Baths and Pump Room, Bath
The Secret Barn
The Anthologist, London
The Power of Storytelling: Why Hiring a Documentary Style Photographer is a Must for Your Wedding
Weddings are one of the most important events in our lives, and they’re filled with meaningful moments and memories that we want to treasure forever. A great way to capture these moments is through hiring a professional photographer, but not just any photographer, a documentary-style photographer. This type of photographer focuses on capturing real, unscripted moments as they happen, allowing you to relive your wedding day in a more natural and authentic way.
Here are some of the benefits of hiring a documentary-style photographer for your wedding:
Natural, Authentic Images: Documentary-style photographers aim to capture the real emotions and moments of your wedding day without staging or posing. The result is a series of natural and authentic images that tell the story of your day in a way that is true to who you are as a couple.
Timeless Memories: Documentary-style photography has a timeless quality to it, which means that the images you receive will be just as beautiful and meaningful years down the line as they are today.
Stress-Free Experience: One of the most significant benefits of hiring a documentary-style photographer is that it takes the pressure off of you and your partner. You don’t have to worry about posing for the camera or trying to look perfect. Instead, you can simply focus on enjoying your wedding day and letting the photographer capture the moments as they unfold.
Personalized Story: Every wedding is unique, and a documentary-style photographer will help to tell your personal story through their images. They’ll capture the small details and moments that are special to you, creating a customized collection of memories that are truly your own.
Candid Moments: Documentary-style photographers are experts at capturing candid moments that might otherwise go unnoticed. These moments can be some of the most meaningful and emotional of the day, and they’ll be captured forever in the images you receive.
Hiring a documentary-style photographer for your wedding is a must if you want to capture the real emotions and moments of your special day. These photographers offer a natural, stress-free experience, timeless memories, and a personalized story that is unique to you and your partner. So, if you want to treasure the memories of your wedding day for years to come, consider hiring a documentary-style photographer today.
Lovely Creatures, led by Ed, the wedding photographer and the face of the business, is a multi-award-winning documentary and alternative wedding photography service that covers various locations across the UK, including vibrant Birmingham, The Midlands, pretty Worcestershire, gorgeous The Cotswolds, Essex, London, and beyond.
Ed's passion lies in capturing fabulous rockstar celebrity parties and quirky, eclectic, unique, and alternative weddings in stunning locations such as the Midlands, Yorkshire, Hertfordshire, York and Wiltshire. He regularly documents couples with edgy, alternative, and interesting ideas for their wedding day plans or celebrations, whether it be an unconventional ceremony in Birmingham, an unusual building in The Jewellery Quarter, a whimsical woodland outdoor ceremony in Shropshire, a bohemian tipi countryside wedding in Warwickshire, a magical celebration in Warwick, a festival extravaganza in Royal Leamington Spa, a themed wedding in Digbeth, a small intimate celebration in Solihull, a stylish reception in Sutton Coldfield, or something entirely different and unique.
If your personal style or mindset is simply chilled and alternative, and you love Ed's natural, documentary, creative, and alternative photography style to capture your personality and your wonderful day, then Lovely Creatures would love to hear all about your amazing ideas. They offer modern, emotive, and authentic alternative wedding photos in various locations, including Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, The Jewellery Quarter Birmingham, Essex, and London.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR STYLES OF Leicester WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY TOO:
1. Traditional - this style features staged shots of the bride, groom, and wedding party.
2. Photojournalistic - this style captures spontaneous moments throughout the day, with minimal direction from the photographer.
3. Fine Art - this style creates artistic and creative images that are often heavily edited.
4. Alternative style - this style creates images that are true to your personality and representation and usually combined with a documentary, honest and authentic approach
5. Luxury - this photography is captured by a multi award winning professional photographer, providing a fantastic customer journey, communication and final product
5. Documentary - *this style is all about capturing the day as it unfolds, with little to no direction from the photographer.
WE’D LOVE YOU TO GET IN TOUCH SUPER SOON. LET’S CHAT ABOUT YOUR EPIC DAY!
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If you're on the lookout for a reportage, natural, authentic, unposed and documentary wedding photographer to spin magic at your epic Wedding, we'd be over the moon to chinwag with you about your one-of-a-kind day.
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