What is a wedding photograph? To put it simply, any picture taken on a wedding day can be considered a wedding photograph. It might be a picture of the bride and groom, but equally it might not feature anyone at all. Wedding photography has evolved way beyond the traditional bride and groom portraits. With my own documentary style wedding photography, I’m looking to tell a story. As long as something has context within the wedding day itself then I will look to make an interesting picture out if it. Just because something was there, that doesn’t mean it has relevance so it’s important to me that I always stick to my core objective – telling the story of your day.

This picture is an example of this storytelling. As the guests enjoyed a pre-ceremony reception outside The Plough in Clanfield near Oxford, the 1949 Bedford bus (which the couple had arranged to transport their guests) arrived. It parked up outside the pub across the road and so I made my way to the main road. Using the stone cross I was able to really put this bus within the context of a wedding day. A day traditionally all about religion.