Here’s something that draws a lot of couples to us: there are two of us. Not one photographer with an assistant trailing behind. Two fully shooting photographers, both capturing your day simultaneously, included in every full-day package as standard.

We’ve been doing this long enough to know that two really is better than one - and not just for the obvious reasons. Here’s what it actually looks like in practice.

You get both sides of the morning

While Woz is with the groom (or one half of the couple) - helping calm the nerves, having a laugh with the groom’s party, and quietly photographing the chaos - Em is with the bride or the other partner, capturing the quieter, more emotional moments of getting ready.

One thing we’ve learned: nobody, regardless of gender, ever knows how to do a buttonhole. Nobody. We’ve watched entire groups of otherwise confident adults stand around a single buttonhole looking utterly defeated. Woz’s approach is to let them figure it out for approximately thirty seconds - just long enough to get some genuinely funny photos - before stepping in to rescue everyone. Works every time.

The point is, without two photographers, you’d have to choose which morning to document. With us, you get both.

The ceremony: we’re in two places at once

Woz will be at the front of the ceremony space - at the altar, the arch, the registrar’s table, wherever the action is - capturing your expressions as you see each other, the rings, the signing. Em will be towards the back, shooting down the aisle, capturing the whole scene and the guests’ reactions as you walk in.

This matters more than it sounds. The look on someone’s face when they see their partner at the end of the aisle is one of the most unrepeatable moments of the entire day. You need someone in the right place to catch it - and one photographer simply can’t be in both places.

The first kiss (a gentle word of advice)

Yes, Woz is down there on the right, crouching down! We both know when to get out of each other’s way!

We say this with love: please don’t rush the first kiss. We know it’s instinctive to pull away quickly - suddenly being kissed in front of a hundred people is a slightly surreal experience - but a kiss that lasts approximately one fifth of a second is very difficult to photograph well, even with two of us on it.

You don’t need to make it a full theatrical moment. Just… let it breathe a little. A count of three. Maybe four. Your guests will cheer louder, the photos will be better, and we promise it won’t be weird.

Breakfast and speeches: the speaker and the crowd

One of our favourite things about shooting as a duo is the speeches. One of us will be on the person speaking - catching the nerves, the laughter, the wobbling chin. The other is free to roam the room, photographing the reactions. The table that absolutely loses it. The best friend trying to hold it together. The grandparent dabbing their eyes in the corner.

Those reaction shots are often the ones couples say they treasure most. They’re the ones you couldn’t have seen yourself - you were too busy trying not to cry at the top table.

The party: the things you never get to see

By the time the evening kicks in, you’re in the middle of it - which means there’s a whole wedding going on around you that you’ll never actually witness. The dance circle that forms spontaneously at 9pm. The older relatives attempting moves they definitely shouldn’t. Your best friend’s face when the DJ plays that song.

With two of us covering the room, we can be everywhere. We photograph the moments you were part of and the ones happening just out of your eyeline. The full picture of your evening, not just the bits you happened to be standing in.

The practical stuff matters too

Two photographers also means two sets of cameras - and we each carry two bodies on the day, with spares in the car. The chances of an equipment failure affecting your coverage are extraordinarily low. And if one of us is genuinely unwell on the day (it’s happened once in six years), the other is still there, still shooting, still delivering a full day’s coverage.

We’re also able to run an editorial portrait session with the couple while the other is still circulating among the guests - so you don’t lose any candid time to get the portraits you want.

We still blend in

Perhaps the thing we’re most proud of: despite there being two of us, we consistently hear from couples that they barely noticed us. That we felt like part of the wedding party rather than photographers working a job. A recent couple told us we were “like guests who happened to have cameras” - which is honestly the best thing anyone has ever said to us.

Two photographers doesn’t mean twice the disruption. It means twice the coverage, with exactly the same relaxed, unobtrusive approach. Just more of it.

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If you’re planning a wedding in Somerset, Devon, Dorset or anywhere across the South West and you’d like two friendly photographers who blend in, help with buttonholes, and know when to let a kiss breathe — we’d love to hear from you.

Why Two Wedding Photographers Are Better Than One