Mark Wallis Photography

No fake smiles. I want to tell the straightforward and honest story of what happens on your wedding day, from the preparations in the morning until the dance floor is full. For me wedding photography is about the genuine moments, reactions, emotions and atmosphere. Each wedding is unique, and that's what I want to capture, without interrupting your celebrations to make you pose for me.

I live in a small town in Derbyshire with my wife and two kids. I'm a full-time professional photographer, shooting weddings, events and other documentary projects all over the UK. I have never been interested in creating photographic ‘art' with artificial lighting, staging or posing. Instead I get excited about capturing reality. Fleeting moments, frozen, to be enjoyed forever. I shot my first wedding this way over ten years ago, and this has been my approach ever since. Unlike many wedding photographers, I have no interest in faddy processing techniques and ‘vintage' effects that will quickly date.

Nor will I spend half my day photographing random details or cropping off everyone's heads. I produce natural and honest storytelling wedding images with true-to-life colour and neutral black and whites that will look as great in 50 years time as they do now. I photograph around 35 weddings each year and I've worked in almost every county in England, and occasionally further afield.