A Wedding Walk Through Matlock
After a wonderful wedding breakfast at The Fishpond Matlock, we headed out with the bride and groom for some relaxed, street-style wedding portraits around Matlock.
I love doing this kind of photography because it keeps things natural and full of personality. No stiff posing, no awkward forced smiles — just the couple, the surroundings, and whatever the day decides to throw at us.
And this day threw in something brilliant.
While we were walking through Matlock, a group of Hells Angels ended up high-fiving the bride and groom, chatting with everyone, and even letting them sit on their bikes for photos. They were genuinely lovely, and it made for one of those completely unexpected wedding moments that nobody could have planned.
That is exactly why I love natural wedding photography and videography. The best memories often happen between the formal parts of the day.
Huge thanks to the brilliant suppliers involved:
Venue: The Fishpond Matlock — @thefishpondmatlock
Florist: 27 Wedding Designs — @27weddingdesigns
Dress: Wed2Be — @wed2be
Hair & Makeup: Laura-Jean Luxury Salon — @Laurajean_luxurysalon
If you are planning a wedding at The Fishpond Matlock, in Matlock, Derbyshire or Nottinghamshire, and want relaxed, natural wedding photography and videography with a bit of personality, I would love to hear from you.
And while I cannot promise a motorcycle gang will appear, I can promise I will make the most of it if they do.
Bespoke Wedding Music & A Movie Soundtrack Written For Your Day
I’ve been asked a couple of times who wrote the song used in the behind-the-scenes Matlock wedding video I posted recently. Well… it was me! One of the things I offer as part of my full wedding photography and videography packages is a bespoke Wedding Movie Soundtrack — a collection of original songs created to complement your wedding film and tell the story of your day in a much more personal way.
By the end of a wedding day, I’ve usually met the family, listened to the speeches, heard the funny stories, seen the emotional moments, and got a real sense of who the couple are. That gives me something far more meaningful to work with than just choosing a generic piece of background music. Instead, I can create songs with the right mood, style and feeling for the couple — whether that is romantic, emotional, cinematic, fun, quirky or full of personality. It means the music behind the wedding video can feel like it actually belongs to them, rather than simply being a track placed underneath the footage.
Ethan & Rae
Movie SoundtrackFor couples booking full wedding photography and videography with me across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and the Midlands, this bespoke wedding soundtrack can become part of the finished film experience — almost like your own personal wedding album soundtrack.
Here’s an example from this wedding:
Listen to Ethan & Rae’s Wedding Movie Soundtrack on SoundCloud
