Editorial Wedding Photography: Everything you Need to Know Before Booking
Before you book
Start with photographs you want to keep and an experience you would be comfortable having. Editorial is a useful style label, but it cannot tell you who will attend, how the day will be covered or what is included in the price.
Our editorial photography guide explains the approach itself. This checklist is about the decisions to make before booking, whether you are choosing photography alone or considering a wedding film as well.
1. Look beyond the highlights
A portfolio shows the work a photographer has selected to represent them. A fuller wedding gallery gives you more information about the rest of the day. Look at the ceremony, family groups and reception as well as the couple portraits.
Choose examples that help answer your own questions. If an indoor ceremony is part of your plans, look at indoor work. If guest photographs matter to you, notice how the people around the couple appear in the collection. You are looking for work you respond to across a wedding, rather than one image you would like to reproduce.
Our photography portfolio includes individual projects to explore. Look through a few celebrations to see how the photographs fit together across a whole day.
2. Discuss guidance and observation
Ask how portraits and family photographs are handled. A documentary foundation can sit alongside guidance for portraits, but the balance matters. You should understand where direction is likely to help and how it fits around the wedding.
We photograph the proceedings and offer guidance where useful. Before the day, we can discuss the family photograph list and the plans. Tell us if being photographed feels unfamiliar, or if there are particular photographs you value. The conversation is more useful than choosing only by a style term.
3. Make the hours meaningful
A coverage total is easier to assess when placed beside a timetable. Start with the ceremony, meal, speeches and evening plans. Include travel between locations and separate preparations if you want those photographed.
Compare the published inclusions of each package. Our Gold photography collection lists eight hours; Platinum lists ten; the destination collection lists ten to twelve. The four-hour micro wedding option has its own inclusions. These are different offers, so the shortest or longest duration is not automatically the right choice.
You can find the complete details on our packages page. If the timetable is unfinished, tell us what you know and what you hope to include. A bespoke discussion can begin with that information.
4. Establish who is covering each role
Photography, cinematic film and social content are different services. Confirm who will provide each one and what you receive. An additional content creator is not automatically a second photographer or a videographer.
For our photography and film bookings together, Adrienne photographs and Lucian films. A content creator may be one of us or a third person depending on what is booked. We will confirm who is covering each role when we discuss your booking.
If you are choosing film separately, watch the film examples and compare the listed edits. A three-to-six-minute highlights film and a 15-to-25-minute documentary edit have different scope, alongside the ceremony and speeches recordings.
5. Compare the final price and inclusions
Use the current package information, including albums and extras, rather than a price remembered from an old event page or journal post. Our full-day photography collections start at £1,850 and film packages at £1,990. No VAT is added. Travel expenses are listed with the photography collections.
An album, 35mm roll, medium format option or additional hour should be considered according to the package you choose. You can compare these extras on our packages page.
If you would like photography and film together, tell us what you need and we can discuss the options.
6. Distinguish previews from finished work
The photography collections list highlights within 48 hours. Platinum also lists social media content within 24 hours. These describe those particular outputs; they are not a deadline for every photograph, printed album or finished film.
Check how the complete work is delivered and discuss the timing for your booking. Our photography collections list a private online gallery. The films have their own edits and finishing process. Keep those outputs distinct when deciding what you need.
7. Read the agreement alongside the package
Our packages page states a 25% wedding booking fee. Read the terms and conditions together with the coverage and inclusions agreed for your wedding. An enquiry is the beginning of a discussion, rather than a reserved date.
If a published detail and the proposed arrangement leave a question, raise it before committing. The useful result is a clear shared understanding of your wedding coverage.
Start the conversation
Send us your date, venue and plans, with photography, film or both in mind. Include any fixed timings and the collection you are considering. We can check availability and discuss the work before you decide.
