Event photography in London by Mariya Harley

London events

Wedding photography in London

Coverage of the day itself, or of a single part of it.

Coverage of the day itself, or of a single part of it.

Wedding photography
How longCoverage is agreed by the hour.
DeliveredA full gallery of edited images, with a selection finished to a higher standard.
PriceQuoted per brief, because the hours and the locations change everything.
WhereChelsea, Regent's Park, Covent Garden

How the day runs

Coverage is agreed by the hour. A typical booking covers preparation, the ceremony and the first part of the reception, with a short portrait window built into the timetable.

What you get

A full gallery of edited images, with a selection finished to a higher standard.

What it costs

Quoted per brief, because the hours and the locations change everything. The full list of services and published starting prices is on the services page.

Where in London this works

Three locations that suit this kind of shoot, each with its own permission rules:

The full list is on London photoshoot locations, with the authority for each one.

London event photography by Mariya Harley

Mariya's verdict. Book the location before the guests. Changing a date is easy, changing a permit is not.

The timetable decides the photographs

Light at four in the afternoon in June is not light at four in December.

Twenty minutes for couple portraits, placed in the right hour, produces more than an hour placed badly.

Group shots need a list and a person who knows the names. Without that, half an hour disappears.

How the hours actually run

WhenWhat is photographedWhy it is placed there
PreparationDetails, dress, hands, the roomQuiet, and the light is usually best here
CeremonyFixed positions, no movementEvery venue sets its own rules, so ask first
Group photographsA list and a person who knows the namesTwenty minutes with a list beats an hour without one
Couple portraitsTwenty minutes, placed in the right hourLight decides this, not the timetable
ReceptionSpeeches, first dance, the roomAvailable light where the venue allows

The order matters more than the length. A shoot that starts in the wrong place never catches up.

What you need to arrange

A running order with the portrait window already marked on it.

A named person who can gather families for the group shots.

The venue's rules on photography during the ceremony.

A short list of photographs that matter to you.

What usually goes wrong

Leaving portraits until after dark in winter.

A group list of thirty combinations, which eats the whole afternoon.

Assuming the venue allows photography during the ceremony.

No contingency for rain at an outdoor venue.

What arrives afterwards

A full gallery of edited images.

A smaller selection finished to a higher standard.

Delivery agreed in the contract, usually within weeks rather than days.

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Next step

Planning wedding photography?

Send the date and the venue and I will quote it.

Get in touch

Discuss your shoot.

Send the date, location and what you need photographed.