You’ve probably never had to book a wedding photographer, so we know you will have lots of questions! When Carol and I booked a photographer for our own wedding we realised that choosing a photographer isn’t easy!
So, please don’t be afraid to ask questions. We’re happy to help and guide you through the process. Having photographed over 450 weddings, we have plenty of experience to offer.
“We could not be more delighted with the incredible photos Paul and Carol produced from our wedding day. Not only was the composition of every photograph beautiful, but what stood out for us was their ability to capture the feel of the day – the love, the joy, the fun, and the precious, personal moments.
We love looking through the photos and being transported back to each moment and re-living how it felt. The way they captured everyone we love and the emotion of the day is priceless to us.”
Emily & Louis
What Makes Us Different?
Our passion to create amazing images – pictures that you can really feel!
15 years experience shooting weddings
We are two of the top 10 wedding photographers in the UK
We are two of the top 50 wedding photographers in the world
Booking us – you are in very safe hands!
We capture emotions!
Images that you can feel!
What We Offer
One Photographer
- All day coverage with Paul, from getting ready through to the dance floor
- Approx. 600 beautifully edited images
- Award winning photography telling the story of your day
- Amazing wedding images
- Full print licence to download, print and share your images wherever you like
- All images expertly edited in house by Paul
- Optional pre-wedding consultation, meet us for a coffee or chat over zoom to get to know us better
Two Photographers
- Our most popular package. All day coverage with Paul & Carol, from getting ready through to the dance floor
- Approx. 800 beautifully edited images
- Award winning photography telling the story of your day
- Amazing wedding images
- Full print licence to download, print and share your images wherever you like
- All images expertly edited in house by Paul
- Optional pre-wedding consultation, meet us for a coffee or chat over zoom to get to know us better
Guide price: Solo photographer 8 hours package from £1600
Full day packages – Get in touch and tell us about your plans for the day
short hours coverage from 2 hours beginning at £650
Other Packages
Elopements
Perfect for couples that just want to cover the ceremony and some portraits afterwards
Fine Art Album
Full day package with either one or two photographers plus a handmade Fine Art Wedding Album designed by Paul
Short Day
Two hours to Eight hours, your choice. Available for Monday to Thursday weddings, other days on special request.
Do You Shoot Couple Portraits?
Absolutely! For 95% of your day we shoot pure documentary wedding photos. However, we still love taking some beautiful couple portraits too. So we are totally happy to slip away for 15-20 minutes during the drinks reception to do some portraits or sometimes a great sunset shot.
Highlights Slideshow
For all full day weddings, the first thing we send to our couples is a Highlights Slideshow, to give them something to share easily and it’s a great way to view a small selection of the images from the day without boring everyone with 500+ images. Here’s an example from a recent wedding.
Wedding Albums
Wedding albums, like our wedding photography coverage, are a bespoke item. We do not believe in ‘one size fits all’. Instead, we prefer to design and supply albums after the wedding, with full input from our couples, so that they receive a totally personal album, that is right for them and will last a lifetime.
View some of our beautiful sample albums
“I would recommend Tansley Photography to anybody, not just for the great photographs but for the pride that Paul had in what he produced for us. His unobtrusive presence around us and our guests and his timing for catching those memorable moments was impeccable”
Nicky & Andrew
Hopefully some of the information below will answer some of the questions you have. However, if you cannot find an answer here, please do Contact Us. We’re very happy to help in any way we can. We can even recommend other suppliers that we’ve worked with in the past if that’s helpful to you.
The first question you should ask any wedding photographer is “are you free on our wedding date?”
FAQ
Simply put, we don’t pose you, or orchestrate situations on your wedding day. We capture what happens, naturally, without intruding on the day. We do shoot couple portraits and family group photos, but the majority of the day is all unposed.
Read more here: What is Reportage Wedding Photography ?
On average 500+ with both of us shooting.
Quantity is not quality. We only want to deliver quality images, not photos where people have their eyes shut. So we edit our wedding photos very carefully, to only deliver the best of the best.
Last year some weddings had over 800 images delivered. Others were more in the 500-600 range. The amount is unimportant. What matters is the quality of what we deliver far exceeds our couples expectations. Read More – Quality Versus Quantity
Yes, if you ask us to, of course we’ll shoot them. We normally shoot the groups during the drinks reception.
We may be reportage wedding photographers, but at nearly every wedding, we always shoot some family group shots. We simply ask that couples consider how much time these will take and allow for that time in their schedule for the day. We suggest allowing 3 minutes per group shot. It takes around 20 seconds to shoot a group shot, however, it normally takes at least 3 minutes for the guests/family members to move into position.
Yes and no. The vast majority of the couples who book us don’t like having their photo taken. It’s probably the number one reason couples book us. They love the unobtrusive, natural images we capture.
A pre-wedding shoot isn’t natural images. They are posed portraits. Lots of wedding magazines and wedding blogs suggest that a pre-wedding shoot might be a great way to get to know your wedding photographer. Personally I cannot think of a worse way to show you what we do. If you’d really like to get to know what it will be like on your wedding day. Why not come round for a cup of tea or a glass of wine. Sit and chat with us. That’s far more like a wedding day. Where we are just socialising with you and there is no pressure to have your picture taken. When your wedding day comes, you will barely know we are there.
Yes, of course.
We welcome couples to visit us at our lovely home in North East Hampshire or alternatively, we often meet our couples via FaceTime or Skype. Getting to know each other is an important part of the process of booking us. We will be spending a long time with you on your wedding day, so it helps us if you’re relaxed with us and happy to have us around.
Best times for meetings are normally free weekends or some weekday evenings. Use the Contact Form to get in touch
All of your final wedding images are uploaded to a private online gallery. The gallery is password protected, so you can choose who to share it with.
You can download all of your final images (high resolution JPG files, no watermarks) with full personal usage rights. You are free to print, share, enjoy your wedding images.
If you’d like advice on how to store your wedding photos, so you never lose the, just ask. Paul is an expert in photo backup methods and can talk you though how to make sure you never lose an image again
We will always do our utmost to be at every wedding we have booked. However we are practical realistic people. If some unexpected event occurs (Carol once broke her ankle, after feeding our chickens), then we will obviously do our best to resolve the situation. We have a lot of wedding photographer friends and are well known and respected in the industry. If we need help, we ask our friends group for that help. Whether that’s another photographer having to take over the whole shoot or helping one of us out. We will never just leave you without options.
Some Sample Weddings
How to Book Us
We ask for a £400 booking fee, which reserves your wedding date with us. We also ask for some basic details so that we can draw up a contact between us. The balance payment is due anytime up to two months before the wedding.
Of course before doing any of that, you are welcome to come and meet us, either in person or over via a video chat and to ask as many questions as you have. We are also happy to share some full weddings with you to give you a better idea of what you might receive form your own wedding day.