Portfolio
Wedding photography portfolio
A short edit rather than a long gallery. Each group below is one kind of photograph a wedding needs: the details, the morning, the ceremony, the groups, the evening. Seeing them side by side shows how each is handled and, more usefully, that the standard holds across the whole day rather than in one lucky frame.
Everything here is from real weddings and is shown as it was delivered to the couple, in colour or black and white as the picture asked for. For whole days from the morning to the last dance, see the wedding stories.
Black and white
Some pictures are stronger without colour: a veil in flat light, a face in a dark room, a moment that is about shape rather than setting. Each one is decided on its own, at the edit, and shown here exactly as it was delivered to the couple. Nothing is converted for the sake of a look.
Movement
People walking, turning, dancing, carrying a train over stepping stones. These are the frames that feel like the day did, because nobody was asked to hold still for them. Most come from the few minutes after the ceremony, when the two of you are walking somewhere and have forgotten about the camera.
Environment
The place is part of the picture. Trees, water, a staircase, a doorway, a car park in the rain. Mikayla walks the venue before the day gets going and works out where the strong pictures will be, so that when there is a spare ten minutes she already knows where to take you.
Details
Perfume, rings, an invitation, a watch that belonged to someone. Photographed in the light that was there, on the surfaces that were there, before anyone else arrived. The details are the part of the day you spent months choosing and then barely see, so they are photographed properly.
Preparation
The morning, mostly unnoticed. Buttons being fastened, hair being finished, the last look in the mirror, the groom fighting his tie in the window light. This is where the day is calmest and the pictures are often the most honest, so it is worth having a photographer in the room for it.
Ceremony
Photographed from where the picture is, not from the aisle. Vows, hands, the first kiss and the register, without a flash and without anyone being asked to do anything twice. Register offices and small civil rooms are photographed with the same care as a church or a barn.
Family and friends
The groups are organised quickly and kindly, with a list agreed beforehand, so they take minutes rather than the best part of an hour. Then Mikayla steps back for the moments between them: the pulled faces, the bridesmaids in heart-shaped sunglasses, the grandparents holding hands.
Celebration and low light
Confetti, sparklers, the dance floor. The evening is never lit the way you planned and is photographed as it felt, not brightened into something else. Colour is kept where the colour was the point, and the low light is treated as part of the picture rather than a problem to be fixed.
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See how a whole day is covered
Three real weddings from first light to the dance floor, so you can judge the consistency rather than the highlights.