Wedding Photography On The Beach, Why Not?

Willis and Poppy took their wedding day from The Exmouth Wedding Venue to the beach and absolutely smashed it.

Some couples get through the ceremony and drift into the drinks reception, polite chats and canapés. Not these two. They had it all planned out and said, right, let’s sack this off for a bit. Confetti still in hair, we piled in the car and headed for the coast like three kids bunking off school.

There was no grand plan. No Pinterest recreation. No staged idea. Just good weather, buzzing energy and two people who’d just married and wanted to do something that they wanted to do. There was no hesitation to get sutck in, shoes off, sand everywhere, trousers rolled like it might be a bad idea but it was brilliant. Before I knew it, they were splashing about like it was a bank holiday. They danced without music, they got wetter than either of them expected, and they laughed the whole time.

Me? I was along for the ride and doing what I love doing best, letting them create the opportunites and I was there to capture it all while dodging waves and trying not drop a camera, ha. It’s the best kind of wedding chaos. When couples forget the idea of being “photo ready” and just go for it, the pictures carry that same energy. You can’t fake that.

Do the thing you actually want to do. If the sea’s calling, get in it. If you want chips in your wedding gear, or ice cream at a garage, I’m in. Your day is about what you want and your wedding photography is an opportunity to document it

My job was simple: follow along, keep shooting and avoid falling over in the waves. Your job is to enjoy the absolute life out of the parts that feel like you. Willis and Poppy got that perfectly. You can too.

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