Black and white wedding photos

As promised, a cou­ple more wed­ding pho­tographs in black and white. Fol­low­ing yesterday’s strik­ing and dra­matic wed­ding pic­tures by Chris Han­ley, today I’ve cho­sen two pic­tures sent in by Han­nah Dornford-May.

In con­trast to yesterday’s pho­tographs on quite a grand scale, these pic­tures focus on the more inti­mate details and sim­ply cap­ture real beauty in peo­ple: the first pic­ture of a bride get­ting ready is com­pletely unposed and unplanned, but I love how nat­ural it looks and how beau­ti­ful and sen­sual the pho­to­graph feels.

An unusual bridal por­trait by Han­nah Dornford-May

The sec­ond of Hannah’s black and white wed­ding por­traits is a pretty brides­maid, and I love the quiet pret­ti­ness of this pic­ture. The brides­maid looks shy, with her hair done beau­ti­fully and hold­ing her bou­quet and bag so very care­fully, she’s at home ready for the wed­ding in mod­est sur­round­ings (as with the first pic­ture) — it all adds together to make a pic­ture that’s beau­ti­ful in its simplicity.

A pretty brides­maid by Han­nah Dornford-May