One wedding at a time, in twenty-eight places.
We photograph weddings in the United States and Europe. The same two photographers, the same standard, whichever coast you are married on.
The idea
A wedding is a day with no second take.
Everything here is arranged around that one fact: the hours spent walking a venue before anyone arrives, a second photographer who is briefed rather than merely booked, the drive made the night before to see what the light does at the hour you will actually be standing there.
The work should look the same whether the ceremony is in a Cotswolds barn or on a terrace above the Tyrrhenian Sea. That is the whole idea, and it is harder than it sounds — which is why there are two of us and why we take a limited number of commissions a year.
Where we work
Twenty-eight destinations.
Twelve in the United States, sixteen in Europe. Each one has a page about the light, the season and the logistics — the things you cannot look up and we have had to learn.
United States
12
New York
New York, United States
The Hamptons
New York, United States
Newport
Rhode Island, United States
Nantucket
Massachusetts, United States
Napa Valley
California, United States
Big Sur & Carmel
California, United States
Santa Barbara & Montecito
California, United States
Aspen
Colorado, United States
Jackson Hole
Wyoming, United States
Charleston
South Carolina, United States
Palm Beach
Florida, United States
Savannah
Georgia, United States
Europe
16
Lake Como
Lombardy, Italy
Amalfi Coast
Campania, Italy
Tuscany
Tuscany, Italy
Venice
Veneto, Italy
Puglia
Apulia, Italy
Taormina & Sicily
Sicily, Italy
Paris
Île-de-France, France
Provence
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
Côte d’Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
Mallorca
Balearic Islands, Spain
Santorini
Cyclades, Greece
Mykonos
Cyclades, Greece
Gstaad & St. Moritz
Bern and Grisons, Switzerland
The Cotswolds
England, United Kingdom
London
England, United Kingdom
Scottish Highlands
Scotland, United Kingdom
The dress goes into a box and the flowers are gone by Monday. The photographs are what the next fifty years are made of.
Commissions
Seven ways we are commissioned.
From $1,800. Each is a different job with a different shape, not a different word for the same afternoon.
- 01WeddingOne day, two photographers, from the quiet of the morning to the last car.From $14,000
- 02Destination WeddingA wedding in a place neither of you lives, photographed by people who got there first.From $22,000
- 03Elopement & Private CeremonyTwo people, a witness or two, and a photographer who knows when to stop walking.From $6,500
- 04The Wedding WeekendThe welcome dinner, the wedding, and the long slow brunch that follows it.From $28,000
- 05EngagementAn hour to find out how you are together in front of a camera, long before it matters.From $2,400
- 06ProposalPhotographed from a distance, by someone who was already standing there.From $1,800
- 07Vow Renewal & AnniversaryTen years on, in better light, with nobody watching the clock.From $3,600
How it runs
From the first call to the last plate.
01
The conversation
An hour, usually a year out, usually on a call. What you are planning, where, and what you want to be able to look at in thirty years. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right people for it.
02
The plan
The schedule is read backwards from sunset rather than forwards from the invitation. We establish the hour your venue actually loses its light, agree the family list, and walk the rooms before the day.
03
The day
Two photographers, from the quiet of the morning to the last car. Available light wherever the room allows it, no posed group beyond the list, and never a request to do anything again for the camera.
04
The plates
A preview set within seven days. The complete set, graded by hand in one consistent pass, within eight weeks — with full-resolution files, a private archive and a print release that does not expire.
The standard
What is guaranteed, and what we decline.
We have no star ratings to show you and no press page. What we can put in writing on the day this site launches is how the work is done and what happens if something goes wrong.
Nothing is published without your consent
No blog post, no portfolio entry, no social post, no submission to a publication. Your wedding is private by default and stays private unless you write to say otherwise. A non-disclosure agreement is signed on request and at no cost.
Every frame is written to two cards at once
Both cameras record to two memory cards simultaneously, so a card failure during your wedding costs you nothing. This is the single most common way photographs are lost, and it is the easiest to design out.
Off-site backup within twenty-four hours
The day’s files are copied to two separate drives before we sleep and to off-site storage within twenty-four hours of the last frame. Nothing exists in only one place at any point after the wedding.
A named second photographer, briefed in advance
Every full wedding is covered by two photographers, and you are told who the second is before the day. They have read the schedule and seen the venue. They are not a freelancer who learned your names that morning.
Insured, with certificates issued to your venue
We carry public liability and professional indemnity cover. A great many venues require evidence of it before they will admit a supplier, and the certificate is sent directly to them on request rather than left for you to chase.
A preview in seven days, everything in eight weeks
A preview set within seven days of the wedding, and the complete hand-graded set within eight weeks. Those are commitments rather than estimates. If we are ever going to miss one, you hear it from us before the date passes.
Your archive is kept, and it is yours
Full-resolution files, a private online archive, and a print release for personal use with no expiry and no territory limit. You are never asked to buy back your own photographs.
What we decline
More than one wedding in a weekend. A schedule with no portrait window in it. A request to re-stage the first kiss. And any commission where we would be the fourth photographer quoted on price alone — we would rather say so now than be the wrong choice expensively.
Tell us the date and the place.
We reply to every enquiry personally, usually within two business days. We take a limited number of commissions each year, and we would rather say so now than manage a waiting list.