Daniel Ackerley

The rain almost ruined the chances to get this shot as it was starting to get heavy very quickly, but we managed to grab three photos before it got too much, of which this was the first frame, and Tom & Silvanna nailed the moment.

It was an awful day from a weather perspective, so we had to get inside and get creative, and I loved these lights and drapes inside the reception venue.

I captured this portrait of Marcus & Emily during a light rain shower here in the UK, using the water on my lens to add a little magic to the scene, and it worked a treat with the lighting from my flashguns and the venue.

This photograph of Silvanna & Tom was captured at Chippenham Park in the UK, I really wanted to make sure the Love Rocks neon sign was properly exposed, so before the cake cutting I put a light up to expose the couple and not spill onto the sign, and it worked perfectly! The fact they were messing about just made the moment even better :-)

Jody & Derry had a really magical wedding, the barn was only used for the ceremony, so we decided to use it again for some evening portraits. I two lights to capture this, one behind to create the starburst effect, and the other camera left (hidden by the wooden pillar) to light them having this moment.

“It had rained all day, pretty relentless, but my couple is fans of some of my OCF stuff, so requested we head out in the evening to catch something cool. I thought the lights up the venue drive were a cool backdrop, and though there was some potential for a cool effect with raindrops hitting my lens as the wind was light and blowing slightly from left to right across the road. I set up flash behind them directed into the brolly, a flash camera left with a MagMod dome just to expose their faces, and a 3rd flash camera left with a red gel pointed slightly towards and away from my camera so that it would catch the water on my lens and add some color to the scene. I only managed about 4 frames before the rain got too heavy to stay and my lens was drenched, this was the second of the 4, and it worked really well.”

This was one of those lucky 'moments' when the mixture of poor venue lighting, wide space, and a genuine lovely closeness between the bride Justine, and her father, just before he walked her down the aisle, all just came together and I was fortunate enough to capture it.

The sunset was amazing but we had a very overcast day here in England so I waited until the sun managed to pop out for a minute, I asked Rebecca & Ash to practice the first dance, and then this happened... magic!

Matt & Kelly had an amazing day over in France, and the sunlight popping through the trees made for a perfect opportunity to catch this beautiful moment, whilst I used a copper pipe to create the 'ring of fire' effect.