Destination Wedding Photography // Welcome Drinks, The Wedding Day, Pool Party and Travel
01. Welcome drinks
Destination weddings are rarely just about the wedding day itself.
They usually begin the evening before, when everyone arrives, settles in, has a drink, and the whole thing starts to feel real. The welcome drinks are often relaxed, emotional, slightly chaotic, and full of people who may not have seen each other for years.
I’ll photograph your welcome drinks for 1–2 hours, capturing the atmosphere as everyone comes together before the main day. Nothing too staged. Nothing overdone. Just the start of the story, the hugs, the drinks, the setting, the outfits, the anticipation, and that feeling of everyone finally being in one place.
02. The wedding day
On the wedding day itself, I’ll be there from a few hours before the ceremony until late into the evening, and into the early hours if needed.
I don’t work to a strict “first dance and gone” approach for destination weddings. These days tend to run differently, and the evening is often when the energy really builds. I’ll stay until I feel there’s enough to tell the full story properly.
That might be the ceremony, drinks, dinner, speeches, golden light, dancing under festoon lights, late-night chaos, or whatever your wedding becomes once everyone relaxes into it. The aim is simple, to document the whole atmosphere of the day, not just the scheduled highlights.
03. Pool party
The day after the wedding is often one of the best parts of a destination wedding.
Everyone is more relaxed. The pressure is gone. People are hungover, laughing about the night before, eating pizza, drinking Aperol spritz, and pretending they’re not going to end up in the pool. I’ll photograph the pool party for 1–2 hours, capturing the final part of the story before everyone heads home.
The sunglasses. The tired faces. The chaos. The group bomb into the pool that was always going to happen. It’s a completely different energy to the wedding day, and that’s exactly why it’s worth documenting.
04. All travel included
I’ll usually arrive the day before the welcome drinks, which means I’m typically away for 4–5 days in total.
All travel costs are included in the destination collection price. That includes flights, car hire, tolls, accommodation, food, drink, transport, and the associated costs that come with travelling for a wedding abroad.
No hidden extras. No surprise travel bill later.
£3,500 // for wedding day coverage only. I’ll arrive the day before, photograph the wedding itself, and travel home the following day.
£5,000 // for the full wedding experience, welcome drinks, wedding day and pool party covered + two travel days.
