Daniel
Ackerley
🇬🇧 The United Kingdom
36
Selected photos in 2023
TOP10 photographer in 2023
With us
6 years
Studio Name
Daniel Ackerley Photography
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WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY FOR DREAMERS, DRUNKS & PARTY PUNKS!
Hello, I'm Daniel, a Cambridge based photographer that works all over the UK and Europe, and I bloomin love my job! I also have a rubbish beard, the laugh of an 'evil genius' (not my words), and a massive passion for photographing awesome people having awesome weddings! If you are after fun, vibrant and naturally captured photography, please take a look at my work, and drop me a message. Shabba!
Winning photos
The venue this wedding was held at, The Granary Estates, warned me before the first dance that they were using confetti cannons, and that they had not had any decent photos from previous attempts at this, so they really wanted me to try and capture the drama of it all - I think I did ok! I put up a couple of Nikon speedlights with radio triggers to provide me with some dramatic back lighting and they just so happened to be in the perfect spot when the cannons went off.
Sarah and James were over the moon with the image and it's certainly one of my all time favourite first dance images I have taken so far in my career.
I was super excited when Jay & Tessa asked me to travel up to the north of England to capture their wedding, and my excitement only grew when I heard about all the plans they had, and all the fun little details that would make the day their own!
The wedding itself was really intimate, special and emotional, and one of the photographic highlights, was the appearance of an old vintage double decker bus to transport the guests between venues. The bus was stunning, and my thoughts instantly turned to finding a nice spot for them to have a moment alone (well apart from me and my camera!), so on inspection it was obvious the top deck provided a very cool spot for them to enjoy a little quiet time.
I choose to pick them a seat, and rather than pose them, I decided to then leave them to do whatever they wanted - I got a whole series of awesome moments from this setting, but this one in particular really stood out for me as it showed them both naturally enjoying the moment and taking in what they had just done. I think it's a really romantic moment and I'm really proud of it.
Nikon D750 | Sigma 35mm ART
This photograph of Andy & Sarah was captured at the Manchester Museum - the ball of moths was an art installation by Vivienne Westwood and the skull at the top of the frame is in fact that of a whale - incredible venue! It was lit with a single speedlight so as to cast the moths shadows onto the ceiling and really make it dramatic. These guys were great and were up for anything - dream clients!
20th Collection
