Chris Denner Wedding Photography

Chris Denner Wedding Photography Weddings are fun, fabulous events full of colour and emotion. Our mischievous eyes capture photographs that you will love and cherish forever!
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We don’t ‘do’ standard wedding photography. We see your photography differently. We grew from a desire to create a more personal type of photography – remarkable imagery and memories, unique to you that turn a wedding into Your Perfect Day. Because we take time beforehand to get to know you – your likes and dislikes, your lifestyle and expectations – you’ll more feel relaxed in front of the camera

, and confident in getting results you’ll be thrilled with. Forget the standard posed images you usually see, instead expect natural and stunning portraiture that is contemporary, extraordinary and unique to you. If we were a band – we’d be ACDC, The Beatles or the Ramones; we wouldn’t be Westlife or an X Factor winner. We’re artistic rather than manufactured. We pride ourselves on a friendly, enthusiastic and transparent service, and promise to help make Your Perfect Day just that – perfect.

“My mischievous eye captures unique photographs you’ll cherish forever”

WHEN CHINA MEETS WALES Chloe and Chris met at dancing class.And apparently, it took Chris approximately the entire geolo...
07/09/2026

WHEN CHINA MEETS WALES

Chloe and Chris met at dancing class.

And apparently, it took Chris approximately the entire geological era to make a move.

This was mentioned during our pre-shoot. It was mentioned on the day. It was mentioned in the speeches.

At this point, I'm beginning to suspect Chloe might still be slightly bitter about it.

But here's the thing…

I think Chris knew.

Because when you see these two together, it's genuinely difficult to imagine a world where they weren't together.

They're a proper kite and string combo.

Chloe is the kite.
Organising. Energised. Chaotic. Everywhere. Doing twelve things simultaneously and probably starting another three.

Chris is the string.

Steady. Calm. Grounded. Quietly keeping the entire operation attached to planet Earth.

If Chloe is the storm, Chris is the calm.

And bloody hell, do they complement each other.

Which is exactly why I'm so proud of this body of work from yesterday at Crumplebury.

It's got the energy, movement and madness that suits Chloe, but there's enough calm and stillness to reflect Chris too. Somehow, the photographs just feel like them.

Although, to be completely honest, my job was basically:

Point camera.
Press button.
Try to keep up.

They made it ridiculously easy.

And Crumplebury? First time there for me, and what an absolutely bloody brilliant venue. The staff couldn't have done more for us, the day was incredible, and the whole thing was just... awesome.

So Chloe and Chris, thank you.

Thank you for showing me exactly what happens when a Chinese girl meets a Welsh boy

And for proving that sometimes, the slowest man in the room eventually gets the girl.



Great working with Sonia + Simon - S2 Images and everybodysmile

Eilish & Liam’s day at Foxtail Barns was an absolute BANGER.By all accounts. From every possible angle. A certified, ful...
06/09/2026

Eilish & Liam’s day at Foxtail Barns was an absolute BANGER.

By all accounts. From every possible angle. A certified, fully licensed banger.

There were so many things about these two that I bloody loved.

Firstly, they met, fell in love, and then basically moved in together six weeks later because COVID happened.
Which is either wildly romantic or the beginning of a very elaborate hostage situation. Thankfully, it appears to have worked out rather well.

Then there’s Liam taking Eilish’s surname.

Then there was the Marichi band. Seriously.

Then there was the shot ski.

Yes. A shot ski.

Because these two bloody love skiing, their friends and family thought, “You know what this wedding needs? A piece of sporting equipment specifically designed to facilitate terrible decisions.”

And they were absolutely correct.

It got used. A LOT.

And then, halfway through the day, Eilish changed into her mum’s wedding dress.

Yep.

The first image here, with Liam underneath the pagoda and Eilish rocking those cowboy boots?

That’s her mum’s wedding dress.

Which is just brilliant.

And then came the dancing.

Except these two clearly couldn’t settle for just one type of dancing.

First up: a full-on Scottish ceilidh, complete with the inevitable combination of enthusiasm, confusion and people rapidly discovering that their feet have absolutely no idea what they’re doing.

Then, later that night, the band cranked things up and started laying down the beats, turning the place into a completely different kind of dance floor.

Two dances. Two vibes. One bloody brilliant party.

Venue/s | Foxtail Barns Wedding Venue

Dress Designer/s | RARA AVIS GROUP wedding dresses and lingerie

Dress Boutique/s | Pearl and Eve Bridal

Suit/s | Kings of Kilts

Hair | lauren.amyhair

Make-Up | Amber Jay

Cake |

Florist | SoulBindingbyRosie 

Stationery | Becky McDonald

Venue Decorator | Helen McDonald

Band/DJ | / Beato burrito/ Hilltop Ceilidh Band

Rings | Lou Lou Jewellery

One of my favourite images from last year, featuring Jenny, Chris and one of my favourite venues, The West Mill. Because...
03/09/2026

One of my favourite images from last year, featuring Jenny, Chris and one of my favourite venues, The West Mill.

Because apparently this is what happens when you put a dance floor, a few drinks and Chris’s questionable interpretation of “boogie” in the same room.

I bloody love images like this.

Chris, caught mid-dance move. Jenny pointing directly at her hunky husband.

“Hunky” being her words, obviously. I’m merely the photographer documenting the allegations.

And this is exactly why I love documentary photography. It’s weird. It’s chaotic. It makes you look twice. It invites questions.

What the hell is happening here?

Why is Jenny pointing at him?

What is Chris actually doing?

And why, despite everything, does it somehow work?

Give me an image with a bit of chaos, personality and questionable decision-making over another perfectly posed “look lovingly at each other” photo any bloody day.

So yeah… throwing this one back into the Instagram machine.

Black. White. Weird. Wonderful.

Exactly how I like my wedding photography. 🖤

In a car park of a s*x shop in Las Vegas.That’s where Ana and Romeo renewed their wedding vows. Obviously by Elvis.Last ...
01/09/2026

In a car park of a s*x shop in Las Vegas.

That’s where Ana and Romeo renewed their wedding vows. Obviously by Elvis.

Last year, our schedules collided in Vegas while I was speaking at WPPI, and Ana basically went:

“Chris, I’m renewing my vows. You’re photographing it. There’ll be 25 photographers there. Some of the best in the world. Its all going to be fu***ng mental.”

Me: “Where do I sign?”

Because, frankly, I fu***ng love chaos.

And this was CHAOS.

Vodka bus. Seriously...the vodka bus.
Sex-shop car park.
Elvis.
A girl shooting up in the background of half the photos.
Said ju**ie later threatening to stab the bride.
Portraits next to a skip.
Children’s pizza parlour wedding reception.

You genuinely couldn’t make this s**t up.

I always say certain weddings should live rent-free in my brain.

This one didn’t.

This one gave me PTSD.

And honestly?

I’d fu***ng do it again

“Has anybody seen my tr**ny pants?”Seriously. That was one of the first things Sara said to me on the morning of her wed...
30/08/2026

“Has anybody seen my tr**ny pants?”

Seriously. That was one of the first things Sara said to me on the morning of her wedding.

I’m not going to get into the story behind that. If you’re interested, just ask yourself why you’re interested.

Sara and Paul booked me because they wanted chaos.

They were very clear from the rip. They wanted colour. They wanted creativity. And they absolutely, categorically did not want any boring s**t.

In fact, I’m pretty sure the language was considerably more colourful than that, because these two do not hold anything back.

And their wedding day?

Exactly as expected.

A glorious, beautifully unhinged explosion of people, colour and personality.

I don’t think anyone quite expected to walk into a neon disco disguised as a wedding reception, but that’s exactly what they got.

Disco balls. Bright colours. Brash intentions. And, naturally, a banner that literally said:

MARRIED AS F**K.

Tables named after female body parts.

And honestly, that’s Sara and Paul.

No pretending. No playing it safe. No trying to make their wedding look like somebody else’s.

Just completely, unapologetically them.

And I bloody love them for it.

In this job, I get to meet a LOT of couples. Hundreds of them, actually.

And whilst I can never quite put my finger on exactly what “it” is…

Sara and Paul definitely have it.

Great team -

Make up - PB | Ess*x Bridal Makeup
Hair -
Cake - Megan | Ess*x wedding cakes
Venue - Houchins Wedding Venue
DJ - Funkbox Group

In a galaxy far, far away...Let’s throw it all the way back to January this year and Yasmin & Tom at the wonderful Mythe...
28/08/2026

In a galaxy far, far away...

Let’s throw it all the way back to January this year and Yasmin & Tom at the wonderful Mythe Barn, a venue that makes a fairly regular appearance on this grid because, frankly, I bloody love shooting there.

Now, these two had hobbies.

And by hobbies, I mean borderline obsessions that had absolutely no business being left out of their wedding day.

So naturally, we had to bring them into the photography.

This particular masterpiece was shot at night with a team of increasingly tipsy groomsmen and women, smoke grenades, dramatic lighting and some bespoke, ridiculously expensive lightsabers.

Because apparently getting married wasn’t quite enough.

It’s one of my favourites from their entire collection. There’s just something about the energy in this frame. That whole us against the world feeling.

Except in this case, the world appears to be a galaxy far, far away… and we’ve brought lightsabers.

May the force be with your wedding photography.

And your liver.



Venue/s | Wedding & Events Venue 📍Leicestershire

Dress Boutique/s | Ivory White Bridal Boutique

Suit/s | Kinloch Anderson Kilts 

McCalls Highlandwear

Hair | EMMA HUTTON | Luxury Bridal & Event Hair | Midlands Destination

Make-Up | Makeup by TG - Makeup Artists Tabitha Glaze & Lydia Green

Florist | Andy@iloveflola

Venue Decorator | Big Day Props | Wedding Stylist & Decor Hire | Staffordshire

Band/DJ | Rob Lawes Entertainments Ltd

Videographer | Chris

One more time with feeling.When was the last time you saw a bride dancing with a traffic cone on her head? Exactly.Throw...
27/08/2026

One more time with feeling.

When was the last time you saw a bride dancing with a traffic cone on her head? Exactly.

Throwing it back to last Halloween and Scott & Chloe’s wedding, which was, in the nicest possible way, absolutely off the bloody charts.

Chloe was one of two sisters I’ve had the pleasure of photographing, and both weddings were… let’s say, memorable.

But Chloe & Scott really did take the biscuit.

Not because they’re mad. Obviously.

They just wanted one thing: FUN.

They wanted their daughter to have the best day. They wanted their guests to have the best day. And with Halloween lurking around the corner, traditional wedding etiquette was very much invited to leave by the fire exit.

But for me, the whole bloody thing came alive on that dance floor.

People yelling. Dancing. Jumping. Hugging. Kissing. Crying. Laughing. Completely losing whatever dignity they arrived with.

And I bloody loved it.

I still think back to that dance floor with an enormous grin. It was pure, unfiltered, unapologetic JOY.

And honestly, isn’t that what every wedding dance floor should aspire to be?

So Chloe & Scott, nearly a year on, you’re definitely not forgotten.

One more time with feeling.

Murder on the Dance Floor. Liz & Luke, January wedding 24, Mythe Barn.Now, I really bloody like Mythe Barn. Great venue?...
26/08/2026

Murder on the Dance Floor.

Liz & Luke, January wedding 24, Mythe Barn.

Now, I really bloody like Mythe Barn. Great venue? Tick. Fantastic food? Tick. Staff who are absolutely brilliant? Big fat tick. It basically ticks every box for me, and it certainly ticked all the boxes for Liz and Luke.

There are loads of images I could have shared from this wedding, but I wanted to go straight for the dance floor.

Because this was such a great idea. Confetti, fired off right there in the middle of the madness, taking what was already a bloody brilliant moment and turning it into something properly iconic.

Liz's expression. Jumping onto Luke. Being lifted. The movement. The chaos. And then BOOM, confetti everywhere.

I absolutely adore this image, and I always look back at it with a ridiculous amount of pride. It's one of those photographs that reminds me exactly why I love doing this stuff.

So here we go...

Liz & Luke. Murder on the Dance Floor.

And don't worry, no confetti was harmed in the making of this photograph.

Two boys sitting on a bench.Here we go again. Another carefully constructed false narrative about a wedding that never h...
24/08/2026

Two boys sitting on a bench.

Here we go again. Another carefully constructed false narrative about a wedding that never happened.

Except… this wedding did happen. Just not on the day I took this photograph.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wonderful, slightly murky world of the styled shoot.

But here's the thing.

Milin & Brad are genuinely two of the loveliest gents I've photographed, and they were absolute standouts from a recent workshop I was asked to host.

Every model couple we worked with was brilliant, but these two got under my skin creatively. I wanted to know their story.

How they met. Where they're from. What they do. What makes them tick.

Because that's the bit I'm interested in.

Not just "What photos do you want?"

Obviously, you want fu***ng brilliant wedding photographs. That's a given.

I'm interested in who you actually are.

What's your story? What's your connection? What makes you laugh? What makes you weird? What makes you you?

Because that's where the good stuff starts.

That's what informs the ideas. That's what allows me to create photographs that aren't just another collection of people standing in pretty places looking vaguely weddingy.

Ideas created for you. Not dragged out of the same tired wedding photography lucky dip I've been seeing for the last 27 years.

So, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you:

Two men sitting on a bench.

A portrait by Chris Denner.

Jesus Christ, I'm pretentious.




Workshop hosts: Kim and Gary Evans | Photographers • Educators • Entrepreneurs
Photography: Chris Denner Photographer
Venue: Boughton House & Estate
Wedding Planner: Louise Wright
Workshop Education Team: The Evans Collective Lauren Ashley Grenda | Chicago Wedding Photographer & Beyond Chris Denner Photographer Kim and Gary Evans | Photographers • Educators • Entrepreneurs Ujjwal Vanvari | Photographer & Filmmaker
Hair + Makeup: Tina B Beauty. Wedding Hair & Makeup Specialist. Harpreet | Bridal & Event Makeup Artist 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐛𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 | 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐮𝐩 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐛𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 | 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐮𝐩 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞
Suits: Suitor - Premium Suit Hire Rathbones Tailor

Apparently I have to reintroduce myself....Normal is boring.Even I’m starting to cringe at what a spectacular cliché I’v...
23/08/2026

Apparently I have to reintroduce myself....

Normal is boring.

Even I’m starting to cringe at what a spectacular cliché I’ve become.

Because basically I photograph weddings that aren’t normal.

They’re chaotic. Energetic. Colourful. Fun. Hectic. Joyful. Occasionally completely fu***ng unhinged.

They feel alive.

Apparently, though, that’s no longer enough.

Now I have to show my face.
Overshare.
Tell you about my hobbies.
Tell you what I had for breakfast.
Reveal my favourite band.
Apparently you need a detailed character study of me before you can decide whether I can photograph your wedding.

No.

Absolutely not.

You don’t need my life story. You don’t need my hobbies.

All you need to know is this:

I’m an artist.
I’m a creative.
I’ve been doing this for 28 years.
And every single day I’m trying to push the work forward.

I want to make something interesting. Something joyous. Something fun. Something that looks and feels like you, rather than another dull wedding photograph pulled from the conveyor belt.

The way my brain works produces chaotic, energetic, colourful wedding photography that feels alive.

And I’ll work my arse off to make sure you get it.

That’s the bit you need to know.

Everything else is just Instagram trying to convince you we’re all supposed to be fascinating people.

Normal is boring.

Still a cliché. Still true.

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