As a documentary wedding photographer, I pride myself on my discretion. My ability to remain low-key throughout the day and almost disappear amongst the guests. This is fundamental to my style and my whole ethos regarding wedding photography is built on this premise. I am not there to run your day. I am there to photograph it. I am there to tell the story of your wedding, and to do this I need you and your guests to behave as if I wasn’t even there.

There are, of course, times when there are no guests to blend in with. The candid portrait below is a prime example of this. At this point of the day the only people in the room were the bride and myself. For a while I simply observed. If there’s one sure way to make someone feel uncomfortable in a situation such as this it’s snapping away with a camera to my eye. As she walked over to the window, finding the bouquet of flowers her father had left for her, I spotted the wonderful, diffused light falling onto her face and the symmetry formed by the bride and the lamp. I adjusted my settings with the camera held low, raised the camera to my eye and took one frame. Although it could well have been posed, this was a completely real, unposed, candid portrait. The bride, lost in her own little moment. A quiet moment of reflection before the biggest day of her life.