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Danni Beach Photography www.dannibeachphotography.com 07802 371 269 One of the leading female wedding photographs in the South East, covering Sussex, Surrey, London, Kent and beyond.

Specialising in natural, candid and beautiful documentary wedding photography.

UNPOPULAR OPINION: IF YOUR GROUP PHOTOS TAKE AN HOUR, SOMETHING’S GONE WRONG!Mine usually take 10–15 minutes. Here’s how...
24/10/2026

UNPOPULAR OPINION: IF YOUR GROUP PHOTOS TAKE AN HOUR, SOMETHING’S GONE WRONG!

Mine usually take 10–15 minutes. Here’s how.

That’s because the organising starts before your wedding.

A few days beforehand, I like to have a quick video call with you to run through all the finer details of the day, timings, what’s happening where, any last-minute changes and, obviously, what the Great British weather has decided to throw at us. 💨

That’s also when we’ll go through your group photographs.

I normally recommend around 8–10 combinations. Enough to make sure you’ve got those important people, without your drinks reception turning into one enormous photoshoot.

Then on the wedding day, I usually try to get them done straight after the ceremony. There’s a very good reason for this.

Everyone is still there.

Nobody has disappeared to the loo, wandered off to admire the venue, popped back to the car, found the bar or vanished into that mysterious wedding-day black hole that guests seem to disappear into.

And that’s when I bring out what my husband lovingly calls...

“my teacher voice”

Friendly? Absolutely.
Firm? When required.
Efficient? VERY.

Nearly 20 years of weddings has taught me how to get everyone where they need to be, get the photographs you actually want and get it all done quickly.

Because yes, those family photographs are important.

But so is getting back to your friends, grabbing a glass of fizz, eating the canapés and actually enjoying the wedding you’ve spent months planning.

10–15 minutes. Job done. Back to the fun. 🤍

And if the thought of spending your entire drinks reception being lined up for photographs fills you with dread...

Come and have a chat — this is exactly how I make sure you get both. 🤍

Choosing a wedding photographer is really choosing who you want beside you all day, so let me introduce myself properly....
22/10/2026

Choosing a wedding photographer is really choosing who you want beside you all day, so let me introduce myself properly.

I’m Danni. And one of the first things you should probably know about me is that I’m really camera-shy.

Yep. A photographer who hates having her photograph taken.

So when couples tell me “We hate having our photos taken” or “We’re going to be really awkward,” I genuinely understand.

And I think that’s had a huge influence on the photographer I’ve become.

Because my job isn’t to make you suddenly love being photographed.

It’s to create an environment where you feel comfortable enough to relax, be yourselves and eventually forget about the camera altogether.

I’ll give you a little direction when you need it, make you laugh when you’re feeling awkward, and then give you space.

Because when you’re relaxed, that’s when I get to photograph the real stuff.

The proper laughs. The little looks. The hand squeezes. The way you naturally are together when you’re not thinking about what you look like.

That’s where those relaxed, candid and natural photographs actually come from.

I’ve been photographing weddings for over 20 years, after coming to them through photojournalism, and I’ve never been interested in manufacturing a version of your wedding for my camera.

The nerves. The tears. Families being families. All those tiny moments you couldn’t plan if you tried.

I’ll step in when you need me, organise the groups quickly with my teacher voice, help with dresses and buttonholes and muck in when something needs sorting.

And when you don’t need me? I’ll quietly disappear back into your wedding and let you get on with enjoying it.

Because after all these years, the thing I still love most about weddings is people being completely themselves.

And creating the space for you to do exactly that is a huge part of my job.

So if you’re camera-shy, don’t want to spend your wedding posing and just want photographs that actually feel like the two of you, I think we might get on rather well. 🤍

If we’d get on, we probably would. Come say hello, I’d love to hear about your day. Link in bio

THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A WEDDING TOO SMALL OR TOO BIG FOR ME. HERE’S PROOF. 🤍These photographs come from weddings that...
17/10/2026

THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A WEDDING TOO SMALL OR TOO BIG FOR ME. HERE’S PROOF. 🤍

These photographs come from weddings that looked and felt completely different.

An intimate elopement where there was nowhere to hide from the emotion.

A huge family celebration with something happening in every direction.

A quiet registry office wedding where the whole thing was beautifully simple and completely about the people there.

Different couples. Different plans. Different numbers of guests. Completely different weddings.

But I photographed every one of them in exactly the same way.

By letting people be themselves.

Watching rather than constantly directing.

Noticing the big moments, but also keeping an eye on everything happening around them.

And giving couples enough space to actually experience their wedding rather than spending it performing for my camera.

Because relaxed, documentary wedding photography isn’t a particular look or type of wedding.

You don’t need a certain venue, a certain number of guests or a wedding that fits neatly into an Instagram aesthetic.

You just need to want photographs that feel like your day.

Your wedding. Your people. Your rules.

My job is to fit around whatever you create, give you the space to actually enjoy it and photograph all the brilliant stuff happening while you do.

Because the photographs I love most aren’t the ones that could belong to anybody.

They’re the ones that could only belong to that couple, at that wedding, on that day. 🤍

So if you’re planning something huge, tiny, traditional, completely unconventional or somewhere wonderfully in between...

Come and have a chat. I’d love to hear what you’re planning.

IF YOU’VE ONLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT A SUMMER WEDDING, LET ME MAKE THE CASE FOR AUTUMN. 🍂Because that autumn light can be ...
16/10/2026

IF YOU’VE ONLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT A SUMMER WEDDING, LET ME MAKE THE CASE FOR AUTUMN. 🍂

Because that autumn light can be bloody gorgeous.

The sun sits lower in the sky, giving us that softer, warmer light without having to wait until late in the evening. And when it comes through the changing leaves? That’s when I get a little bit excited.

Across Sussex, Surrey and Kent, we’re spoilt with countryside, woodland and beautiful venues that completely transform as the seasons change.

And I love the feeling of autumn weddings too. Everyone gathering together as the evenings draw in, candles lit, drinks flowing and that lovely cosy atmosphere before everyone piles onto the dance floor.

And yes, the weather can be unpredictable.

But this is Britain summer isn’t exactly a legally binding agreement with the sunshine either or it might be REALLY hot…

So if you’ve been automatically skipping September, October and November...

Give autumn another look. The colours are gorgeous, the atmosphere is brilliant and that LIGHT. 🍂🤍

Planning an autumn wedding in Sussex, Surrey or Kent?

Come and have a chat.

Love their photos? Great BUT would you trust them with this? Because choosing your wedding photographer is about a LOT m...
14/10/2026

Love their photos? Great BUT would you trust them with this?

Because choosing your wedding photographer is about a LOT more than their Instagram grid.

Choosing your wedding photographer isn’t just about whose photographs you like.

Obviously that’s important.

But you’re also choosing someone who’s going to be around you for a pretty big chunk of one of the most emotional days of your life.

So pay attention to how they make you feel.

Do you feel more relaxed after speaking to them?

Do they listen when you tell them you’re camera-shy rather than immediately telling you how they’re going to pose you?

Are they interested in your people and how you want your wedding to feel — not just the photographs they want to create?

Do you trust them to cope if the timings go completely out the window, it starts raining, a button falls off or Uncle Bob disappears five minutes before the group photos?

And can you imagine actually having them around while you’re getting dressed, feeling nervous, crying, laughing, hugging your family and eventually throwing some questionable shapes on the dance floor?

Because beautiful photographs matter.

But so does the experience of having them taken.

After nearly 20 years of photographing weddings, I think the best compliment isn’t simply “we love our photographs.”

It’s when couples tell me they felt comfortable. That they forgot about the camera. That I helped when they needed me and disappeared when they didn’t.

Because ultimately, your wedding day is not a photoshoot.

You should be far too busy having a bloody brilliant time to worry about what your photographer is doing.

If that sounds like exactly what you’ve been looking for, come and have a chat. Let’s see if we’re the right fit. 🤍



You actually feel better after talking to them.

Especially if you’re already thinking:

“We hate having our photo taken.”

The right photographer shouldn’t make you worry about performing for their camera.

They should make you forget about it.

They know their job isn’t always just taking photographs!

Sometimes it’s taking photographs.

Sometimes it’s calming nerves.

Sometimes it’s sorti

YOUR WEDDING DOESN’T HAVE TO LOOK LIKE ANYONE ELSE’S. 👀And Joe & Jess’s wedding at Rockwater Village Hove is bloody bril...
09/10/2026

YOUR WEDDING DOESN’T HAVE TO LOOK LIKE ANYONE ELSE’S. 👀

And Joe & Jess’s wedding at Rockwater Village Hove is bloody brilliant proof of that.

They took the wedding rulebook, kept the bits they wanted and pretty much ignored the rest. 😂

And the result?

A wedding that felt completely, unmistakably **THEM**.

A really personal ceremony with the epic Sinéad Laffan | 🎤 UK Wedding Celebrant outside on the lawns at Rockwater, surrounded by the people who haven’t just watched their relationship grow, but have been their cheerleaders, their support system and very obviously absolutely adore them.

There was no formal sit-down wedding breakfast.

Then came possibly one of my favourite things I’ve seen at a wedding... An EPIC brass band.

Not politely playing in the corner either.

They got right into the middle of everyone, the dance floor kicked off and the whole place just went completely bonkers.

And how do you follow that? - Karaoke, obviously. 🎤😂

What I loved most about this wedding wasn’t simply that it was different.

It was that nothing felt like it had been included because “that’s what you’re supposed to do at a wedding.”

It was personal. Relaxed. Joyful. A little bit chaotic in all the best ways.

And completely full of love.

That’s what I want more of.

More couples creating weddings that actually feel like them.

More traditions being kept because you love them — and binned because you don’t.

More families in all the different ways families exist.

More friends who are family.

More brilliant, individual, q***r weddings where nobody has to squeeze themselves or their relationship into somebody else’s idea of what a wedding *should* look like.

Because your wedding doesn’t need to look like Pinterest. -It needs to look like YOU.

Joe & Jess, you absolutely bloody nailed it. 🤍

If you’re planning a wedding that’s going to be unapologetically yours — q***r, non-traditional, completely individual or just a bit different — please come and find me. These are exactly the weddings I want to photograph more of. 🌈🤍

And save this for the next time someone tells you what you’re “supposed” to do at your wedding.

WELL… THIS IS A BIT BLOODY EXCITING. 🎉I’ve just found out that I’m a REGIONAL FINALIST in The Wedding Industry Awards!An...
07/10/2026

WELL… THIS IS A BIT BLOODY EXCITING. 🎉

I’ve just found out that I’m a REGIONAL FINALIST in The Wedding Industry Awards!

And I may have done a little squeal. 😂

After nearly 20 years of photographing weddings, being recognised like this still means a ridiculous amount.

But the bit that means the most?

YOU lot helped get me here!

My brilliant couples who trusted me with one of the biggest days of their lives, then took the time to vote, write about their experience and say some incredibly lovely things about having me there.

Because TWIA isn’t just about pretty photographs.

It’s about the whole experience.

How I made you feel.
Whether I helped when things got a bit chaotic.
Whether you felt comfortable with me.
Whether I disappeared when I needed to and stepped in when you needed me.

Basically, all the bits of this job that matter enormously to me but don’t necessarily make it onto Instagram.

So finding out I’m a Regional Finalist*
feels pretty bloody special.

THANK YOU.

To every couple who’s booked me, recommended me, written a review, voted for me or trusted me to photograph their people being their wonderfully ridiculous selves — you’re the reason I get to keep doing a job I absolutely love.

Now I suppose we wait to see what happens next… 👀🤞

But for today, I’m celebrating this one. 🥂

And if you’re planning your own wedding and thinking “Yep, this woman sounds like my sort of photographer”

Come and have a chat. 🤍

And please give this a little ❤️ if you’re celebrating with me — because REGIONAL FINALIST!! Bloody hell. 🎉

THE COUPLE SHOTS ARE THE BIT SO MANY PEOPLE DREAD.“I hate having my photo taken.”“We’re really awkward.”“We don’t want t...
03/10/2026

THE COUPLE SHOTS ARE THE BIT SO MANY PEOPLE DREAD.

“I hate having my photo taken.”

“We’re really awkward.”

“We don’t want to disappear for ages having photos.”

Good news. You won’t.

Because your couple photos with me aren’t an hour-long photoshoot where you’re constantly being told where to stand, where to look and what to do with your hands.

They’re usually just five or ten minutes away from everyone else. Ideally after dinner when your guests won’t notice you are gone and there is no time pressure!

A little wander. A chat. A laugh.

A chance to actually look at each other and have that “bloody hell, we actually got married!” moment.

I’ll give you a bit of direction when you need it, then I’ll back off and give you space to just be together.

And yes, I’ll take photographs while you’re doing it.

But I don’t want it to feel like you’re having photographs taken.

Because your wedding day is not a photoshoot.

It’s five quiet minutes together on a day that goes ridiculously fast. 🤍

And very often, it’s the bit my couples tell me they didn’t realise they needed.

💾 Save this if “the couple photos” are currently one of the bits you’re dreading.

📩 Or let me know the bits of the day you are worried about.

If Hever Castle is even remotely on your wedding venue list, Sunday would be a VERY good day to come and have a look. 👀I...
30/09/2026

If Hever Castle is even remotely on your wedding venue list, Sunday would be a VERY good day to come and have a look. 👀

I’ll be at the Hever Castle Wedding Showcase this Sunday, 4 October, from 12–3pm, along with the brilliant Hever wedding team and a selection of their recommended suppliers.

And if you’re still choosing your wedding venue, this is such a good opportunity to see what Hever actually feels like set up for a wedding.

Because obviously it’s beautiful.

There’s an actual castle. The gardens are incredible. And then there’s the Loggia beside the lake — still one of the most breathtaking outdoor ceremony settings I’ve photographed.

But photographs only tell you so much.

Go and walk through it.

Walk down through the Italian Garden and imagine all your people waiting for you at the Loggia.

See the spaces dressed for a wedding.

Meet the team.

Ask all the questions.

And start imagining what your day could actually look like there. 🤍

I’ll be there with plenty of real Hever weddings for you to look through too, so if you want to see what the venue looks like when it’s full of people, hugs, confetti, laughter and a proper wedding rather than just perfectly dressed empty spaces, come and say hello.

And with the gardens currently heading into their autumn colour season, it’s a rather lovely time of year to see Hever too.

Sunday 4 October | 12–3pm
Hever Castle, Kent

Pre-booking is essential, so make sure you register with Hever Castle Weddings before heading over.

If you’re coming, pop me a 👋 below — I’d love to know who I’m going to meet!

EVERY WEDDING I PHOTOGRAPH PLANTS A TREE. 🌳It’s something I don’t talk about nearly enough, but it’s actually quite a pe...
29/09/2026

EVERY WEDDING I PHOTOGRAPH PLANTS A TREE. 🌳

It’s something I don’t talk about nearly enough, but it’s actually quite a personal part of my business.

I’ve always planted trees to mark special occasions.

We planted them when our daughters were born. I’ve planted them for wedding anniversaries for friends and family. I love the idea of marking something important with something that will still be there, growing, years later.

And living on Ashdown Forest, trees and woodland have always been a pretty big part of my life.

So when I was thinking about how my photography business could give a little something back, planting trees just made sense.

Now, for every couple who books me, I dedicate an oak tree in the National Forest to them. 🌳

You get married.
I photograph your bloody brilliant day.
And a tree gets planted because of it.

Simple.

Weddings inevitably create a fair amount of stuff -flowers, outfits, invitations, decorations, cake and, if I’ve had anything to do with it, probably an alarming amount of confetti.

So I rather like knowing that every wedding I photograph also puts something back.

One wedding. One tree.

It might feel like a tiny thing, but wedding after wedding, those trees start to add up.

And there’s something really lovely about knowing that long after the cake’s been eaten, the flowers have gone and the questionable dance moves have been forgotten...

Your photographs are still there to take you back.

And somewhere, an oak tree dedicated to the two of you is still growing. 🌳🤍

Not a bad little legacy for one bloody brilliant day.

Planning one bloody brilliant day and like the idea of a tree growing because of it? Come and have a chat. 🌳🤍

Or

Know someone planning a wedding who’d love this? Send it their way. 🌳🤍

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