Nick Haigh Wedding Photography

I like to shoot mostly natural images capturing your day as it happens and also a few wow images towards the evening. I shoot a mix of documentary & fine art photography with a few group images of the day if required, using a mix of natural light and flash photography to capture all the little things that you will be too busy to notice. I try to work as discreetly as possible making you and your guests feel relaxed and comfortable in my company.

Ultimately it is about creating a beautiful, elegant and completely timeless set of emotive images that fully tell the story of your wedding day. Done properly a skilled documentary wedding photographer will create a treasured family heirloom that will be looked at time and time again throughout the years and will take you back to the day with utter clarity and real emotional impact.

It’s a focus on storytelling, on creating a faithful documentary record of the most important day of your life. The most skilled documentary wedding photographers will even find and capture moments and stories that you didn’t see on the day and tell a story that you may have been too focused to see unfolding around you

I believe that your wedding day should be a day to remember, and when I say that, I mean the entire day. I aim to arrive as early as possible and follow the whole of the preparations if required, the ceremony, formal portraits, the reception as well as the all important party afterwards. I rarely shoot less than 10 hours though most coverage tends to last 12 hours or more.

If you would rather choose a half day package you will recieve at least 6-7 hours of photography, usually from the ceremony and up to the cutting of the cake.

Friends & family are just as much a part of the day as the couple. Group shots can be discussed at time of booking or at the pre-wedding consultation, although I aim to keep these to a minimum of 10-15 minutes.

There is little point in you investing lots of money in wedding photography if there isn’t enough time for me to take fabulous, creative photographs of just the two of you. Ideally 20-30 minutes is a good starting point for your couple shots, though if you have the luxury of more time, that’s a bonus! These pictures are more creative and take time therefore it’s wise to consult with me about how long to allow.

Also, it’s often nice to take some time out during the day to have intimate pictures of just you and your partner as newlyweds, away from the hustle and bustle of it all. This gives you time to breathe and spend a bit of time together while settling yourselves before going back to all of your family and friends.

This really depends upon the permission of those officiating the event and this varies widely. From experience I find it depends on individual Registrars and Vicars, some are happy to let me photograph the service from the front so I can capture the service of you both close up or I may have to go to the back and capture the service from a distance. It’s always best to check with who is officiating your event and express that this is an important part of your day and you want your photographer to be in the best position.

For the most part, there is no problem with friends and relatives taking photographs while I’m working but as a wedding photographer one of the most nerve-wracking events is when a guest completely destroys the picture either by standing up in the middle of the isle during the first kiss or even taking photos with ipads & phones whilst holding them up in front of the photographer or even their own face stopping the photographer capturing the reactions on your guests faces. If you want your photographer to capture the wedding as perfectly as possible without the possibility of missing key images due to obtrusive guest photographers then why not ask your guests to turn their phones, ipads, cameras and other digital distractions off, especially during the ceremony and first dance and instead enjoy your wedding with thier own eyes and not via an LCD screen.

There will be plenty of opportunities for your guests to take photographs throughout the day. All that I ask is that any friends or relatives respect the fact that you have hired me to photograph your big day.

After your wedding all your final images will have been individually colour graded and edited and not some random preset filter applied to the whole set images. The images will be available 4-5 weeks after your wedding if not sooner. Firstly you will be able to view your images in an online and private password protected gallery. From this gallery you can download your images, share the whole album or individual images on social media, email to friends and family, buy prints and you can pick your favourite images to start making your choice for your album which I am also available to help with.

If you would prefer to have your images via a personalised USB stick in a presentation box then please let me know (£30 charge per stick).

Each and every individual image will be colour corrected, edited and possibly re-touched if desired. I do not use any 'off the shelf' presets like other photographers, who claim they can get your images back to you within 48 hrs. This process can take a while especially if you will be finally receiving over 500 - 600 images. I use Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop to manually process each image to their best potential.

Under UK law, specifically the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, it is the photographer who will own copyright on any photos he/she has taken. However that doesn’t mean that I will use the images without your consent. Client confidentiality is absolutely crucial to my business and should you wish to keep your wedding photographs private and have a non-disclosure agreement in place, then naturally i will be more than happy to accommodate.

Yes I have have both Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance provided by HISCOX Insurance.

A meal provided on the day would be much appreciated but I am also able to bring my own food if required.

Although im a wedding photographer based in Lincoln I am prepared to travel throughout the U.K and im also available to photograph destination weddings abroad. If I need to travel more than 100 miles drive from Lincoln i would ask if you could cover some form of accommodation to make sure I can be with you early on the big day avoiding any problems due to traveling. The last thing you want is for me turning up late after being stuck in traffic. For destination weddings, flights and hotels will also be required to be covered.