Unscripted Love: The Story Behind My Documentary Wedding Photographs - Getting Your Ducks In A Row, Donegal Style...

A wedding day is a series of moments some big, small, planned, and occasionally totally unplanned. For me, the magic of documentary wedding photography lies in capturing those unscripted moments, alongside the expected headline ones. Which leads to this photograph - during during groom's prep at an Inishowen wedding...

After the the usual pre-wedding hustle, the grooms party had time to kill so the groom's father decided they might as well head into the field at the front of the house to check for eggs - a perfectly ordinary task everyday task on any other day!

As we made our way across the field the ducks decided they weren't in the mood for company - happily I was able to positioned myself in a way that they'd run between me & the grooms party - and from there this photograph came into being. This is what I love about documentary wedding photography: the authenticity - there's no way we could have stage or rehearsed this — it's just real people, real moments, and real ducks!!

To delve a bit deeper though the photograph isn't just the groom and his groomsmen randomly passing some ducks in a field — it’s a small moment on the wedding day that represents the groom's family life - the view from the front of the family home, and the ducks are a wee insight into the his dad's daily routine - all told with a little bit of humor.

It's the kind of image that can makes you smile, brings you back to a feeling, and reminds you of how wonderfully imperfect life can be.
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If you're planning your wedding and want a photographer who will focus on the always real, sometimes raw, and in their own way always beautiful candid moment I’d love to help capture the story of your wedding day