Chris Seddon Photography

Here's something you should probably know about me: I'm terrible in front of a camera. Genuinely uncomfortable. Which, as it turns out, makes me pretty good at this job.

After 15 years photographing weddings, I've got one rule: you should never feel like you're being photographed. No stiff poses, no "chin down, eyes here", no one herding you into formation for twenty minutes while your drink goes warm. Just someone quietly getting on with it in the background, camera in hand, watching for the good stuff.

That good stuff? It's the burst of laughter during the vows that nobody saw coming. The moment you clock each other across a crowded room. The complete chaos of the dance floor at 10pm. The in-between moments that actually tell the story of your day, not just what it looked like.

I'm based in Derby and cover weddings across Derbyshire and the Midlands, though I'll go wherever the day takes me. The approach doesn't change: document everything honestly, stay out of the way, and make sure you forget I'm even there.

If you'd rather spend your wedding day actually enjoying it than performing for a camera, I think we'll get on well.

15 years photographing weddings across the UK, and a long track record of couples who say it felt like having a friend at their wedding, not a photographer.

Camera-shy couples who'd rather be in the moment than in front of a lens. Laid-back people who want their photos to look like their day actually felt. Music lovers, film buffs, nature lovers, people who care more about a great party with their favourite people than a perfectly choreographed photoshoot.