What do you think? Should independent celebrants be able to conduct legal weddings? The UK Government has launched a public consultation on wedding law reform in England and Wales, asking for views on modernising how marriages can legally take place. One of the consultation’s key questions is whether independent celebrants Read more
(Why do we even need to say this? Because media giants are exploiting small wedding brands and it needs to stop.) Basic directories don’t work. But they’re still charging £££ to join. Wedding suppliers work SO hard. If industry website owners and editors don’t recognise that and provide value – Read more
A brilliant and thought-provoking article by Simon Dewey Photography I gave up on posing a little while ago. I stumbled across photographers like Tracy Jade & Naomi Goggin who were just letting couples exist in their own space. It was a lightbulb moment – I’ve also studied under Jesh de Read more
It’s interesting how angry some wedding suppliers get about styled shoots – at least from the forum chats and Facebook groups I’ve seen. Anyone would think styled photoshoots were some kind of evil plot to dupe couples into booking dodgy suppliers. The reality is the opposite: all of the styled Read more
This little blog post has been rattling around in the back of my mind for a few months. Perhaps the idea has been there for all of the 15 years I’ve been writing English Wedding. Every time I see that posed image of a groom and bride embracing, but his Read more