Documentary Wedding Photography is all about capturing the real moments of a couples wedding day, telling the real story of the day through a series of pictures, without setting anything up. This often means responding ‘on-the-fly’ often with no time to prepare for the scene unfolding in front of you. You need to react quickly. Take this shot from a wedding I photographed in Somerset. As the couple made their way down the huge sweeping staircase, their friends and family were patiently waiting armed with handful upon handful of confetti. There were definitely the makings of a great wedding photograph. But I had just moments to capture it. I took a few shots with my wide angle lens but as the couple continued down the stairs, the arms of guests were everywhere. I quickly pulled my second camera to my eye, which had my trusty 50mm lens attached at the time. I shot 3 frames with this tighter crop and this was my most successful.

Shot on a Canon 5D with 50mm f/1.2L, Manual Exposure Mode, 1/100 sec, f4, 1000 ISO.