11/09/2026
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This time you're getting a video, so you can see the moment I loved capturing so much...
There used to be a version of myself that would have felt too anxious about including a member of the general public in a wedding photo.
A version of myself that would have cropped the Scan & Go out of the photos completely - thinking it's not picturesque enough for a wedding.
That version doesn't exist today. In fact the photographer I am now is the complete opposite.
My mindset has changed - and my approach to weddings is now very documentary. I embrace things I would have once avoided or removed.
Because listen up, if there's somebody from the general public at your wedding, it's because you've chosen to have your wedding somewhere where the general public might be around. Whether you're having photos on a busy beach, a walk through the city, confetti on a public road, or in this case a Scan, Tap & Go machine at your village hall venue.
You've already decided that being out in the real world is okay. And I think that's pretty fu***ng brave.
Because being out in public on your wedding day is a weird experience. Especially when you're dressed as an obvious wedding couple - people notice you! And then you've got photographers/videographers following you around with cameras, which inevitably draws even more attention.
It's a feeling unlike any other. It's daring. It's confident. Even if you don't necessarily feel particularly confident or brave on the inside.
So why would I crop that out?
When you're older, you might tell people about how you walked through the town in your wedding dress and turned heads. Or how you went to the beach on a beautiful summer's day and it was absolutely packed. And I'd much rather your photographs reflect that reality, that bravery, that feeling of "here we are world," than pretend you were the only two people there.
That doesn't mean I want members of the public in every single photograph. It just means I'm not scared of it anymore.
It's part of the story.
