I photograph what happens.
Documentary wedding photography — CornwallOccasionally I ask for one minute of your time. I say when. Everything else on this page is the small print of that sentence.
The Method
01Truth is what happened. Love is why it mattered. The picture holds both, or it holds nothing.
Reading, not directing. I read the day as it happens — where people stand, how the room frames them, which sixtieth of a second holds the whole thing — and I ask for almost nothing.
Honest about the staged part. Documentary does not mean absent. When the light is worth a minute of your time, I ask for the minute. You will always know which minute it was.
Sequence over symmetry. Your gallery arrives in the order the day happened, because the order is the story. A frame is a sentence; the day is the book.
The Day, As I Work It
02- MorningI arrive before the day notices me. Preparation is photographed as it is — the room, the nerves, the dress where it actually hung.
- CeremonyUnposed and unrepeated. I work quietly, from the edges, and the frames come from watching, not interrupting.
- The minuteWhen the light earns it, I borrow you — once, briefly. That is where the frames like the ones on this site come from. Then you go back to your day.
- EveningSpeeches, the third toast, the last of the light, the first dance. I stay while the day is still telling the truth.
- AfterThe record, kept. A sequenced gallery — the day in the order it happened — delivered plainly, built to be kept.
Guide Pricing
03Commissions from £1,295.
Four commissions, one grade of work. No packages named after gemstones; a commission, priced like the work it is.
See the commissionsNow booking 2027–28Field Notes, From Couples
04I was slightly dubious about Kirstin's approach to start with, as he shot around, working at different angles like a Cornish MI6 agent. But the final products blew me away… I hold you personally responsible for so many of my core memories.
He was seamlessly in the background and didn't interrupt any of the day. Sometimes I feel photographers can ruin weddings when they do that.
As the memories fade, you'll always have the photographs to remind you of your wedding, so it's one area that was crucial to get right. He didn't just meet our expectations, he exceeded them in every way possible.
Kirstin managed to be everywhere, catching everything. His absolute charm won the hearts of all our friends and family and made him a joy to work with.
He discreetly captures each moment of the wedding day as it unfolds… one of my very top recommendations of wedding photographers in Cornwall.
Absolutely brilliant throughout the whole day — incredibly relaxed, engaging and funny. We are absolutely thrilled with our photos.
Asked, Answered
05I hate having my photo taken. Is this going to be awful?
No, because I won't ask you to perform. Most of the day I'm at a distance with a long lens and you won't clock me working. The people who dread cameras tend to like these pictures best — they have never seen themselves unposed before.
How much of our day will you actually take up?
Roughly twenty minutes of direction across eleven hours. The group shots, and one short walk if the light earns it. I say when, it is brief, and then you go back to your wedding.
Do we have to do the group photos?
No, but most people want them and the ones who skip them tend to regret it. Give me a list of six or eight, and somebody who knows the faces. Done properly and done fast — nobody loses the afternoon standing in a field.
What happens if it rains?
It is Cornwall. It rains. Weather is the thing that makes a wedding look like it happened somewhere real: grey light is soft and flattering, umbrellas are good in frame, and the run for the door is often the best picture of the day.
When do we get the photographs?
Ten frames within forty-eight hours, while you are still in it. The complete edited collection — every image, in colour and black & white — within a month. Nothing drip-fed, nothing held back to sell you later.
How many photographs do we get?
Between 450 and 700 — around fifty an hour worked. I don't machine-gun a wedding. I hunt: the artistic coincidence, the complementary angle, the frame that carries narrative. Each one edited individually and delivered twice, in colour and in black & white.
Have you photographed at our venue before?
Probably. Twenty years in Cornwall covers most of them — Place House, Prussia Cove, Port Eliot, and a great many fields and village halls in between. If I have not, I walk it before the day. Ask, and I will tell you either way.
What does it cost, and what is included?
Commissions run from £1,295 to £6,000. One grade of work at every price: shot by me, edited by me, every frame delivered in colour and black & white, print-quality files to keep, and fine-art printing at cost with no markup. The full breakdown is on the Commissions page.
Do you photograph other weddings on the same day?
No. One wedding, one day, undivided. There are no associates and no outsourcing — the person you meet is the person who turns up and the person who edits the frames.
How do we book?
Write with the date and the place. I reply within twenty-four hours. If we suit each other we talk it through, and a signed contract with a £300 retainer holds the date.
Enquire
06Write with the date and the place. I reply within twenty-four hours.