Michael Harper

Michael

Harper

Neston

🇬🇧 The United Kingdom

With us

4 years

Studio Name

Capture My Big Day

This is my passion, my business, my life.

Pushing myself to the next level and never stopping still is my ongoing goal.

Winning photos

confetti madness! in the final moments of the first dance, the groom picked up the bride and spun around. At the same, a wave of confetti was shot out of cannons which was captured perfectly in this picture!

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To finish off the day we decided to use a multi-flash set up to change the colour of the fountain and contrast this with a warm light behind the couple. Combined with plastic to refract the light around the couple we get this nice silhouette!

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Nothing says a wedding like champagne so with a little planning we found a moment to for a celebration spray before the wedding breakfast.

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Once we saw the amazing light showing the staircase we knew we had to take advantage of it. Shooting wide and going high we caught this moment of the bride heading down the stairs.

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Captured in Tuscany as the sun slowly set. We took a slow walk down a tree-lined path and using an ND filter the sun was free to flare like crazy creating lots of cool effects!

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What I love about this couple is how they were up for anything and the bride got some serious air time here as the groomsmen threw her in the air!

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This stunning mirror effect was almost perfect in camera. The lake and the sky perfectly mirrored each other with no photoshop and nearly any lightroom adjustments. The composition here was key, moving the camera until the couple fit into the space perfectly without clashing with the dark landscape.

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A rare moment when we had access to a hay bale, a sunflower garden, a sunset and a couple who are up for anything! And this is the result.

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Captured at sunset in the hills of Tuscany this beautiful shot was timed as the sunset. Waiting for the perfect breeze the veil was held in such a way that it almost disappears in the foreground creating a softening effect.

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With the bride having such a big fairytale dress and the venue being a character in itself we wanted to bring these two elements together. We waited for the evening light to pass over the building to capture this amazing image by drone.

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Just down the road from the Hobbit Hill venue is a beautiful bridge. With a planned long drinks reception this amazing couple were happy to take a little drive and pose for this epic photo!

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In the evening we noticed the still water and soft light made the water reflect the sky perfectly. By asking for a leap of faith from the couple to lay down on the jetti, these two stories could be brought together.

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The mini was restored by the groom so we wanted in to include it somehow into their story. As the couple went for a walk it made sense in the moment to shoot through the windows into the distance as they walked into a sweet spot where they could be seen.

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A wonderful Jewish wedding that was lucky enough to have tall ceilings! Moments like this happen fast but we were ready, shoulder to shoulder with the crowd and armed with a 16mm the moment of freefall was captured perfectly.

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When the sun had set there was an opportunity to turn a corridor into a portrait. This was created by shooting through a chandelier whilst a flash behind the couple made a shiloutte. Please visit our Instagram for the behind the scenes video.

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I do love a bride who is up for anything, so when she saw the groom crowd surfing she just had to have a go! shot with natural light, a high f stop and a high shutter to catch the moment that happens so so quickly!

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At the end of an adventure pre-wedding shoot, we found a hill where we could get the couple against the sky and create a silhouette. The bright sky behind the couple made the silhouette for us and by lighting the foreground we could show the depth of the image.

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Captured at sunset on a golf course I wanted to get the couple against the sky.so they were led to a hill. Leaving the couple there, the image was captured from the base of the hill on the floor shooting through the long grass which caused all sorts of wonderful refractions of light.

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a good example of a quick evening portrait. Lighting the couple using a video light and shooting through some table decorations gave the image some foreground boka. Stood against the Christmas tree you cant tell that this was a room full of people!

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We decided that the snow was no obstacle and with a couple that were up for anything we took some test shots then invited the couple out. Using a flash behind to highlight the snow and a video light on the couple we snapped away until it was to cold to keep snapping!

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