for relaxed and laid-back couples
for relaxed and laid-back couples
I’m a Stamford wedding photographer with a real love for documenting weddings in a natural and creative way. I’m so lucky to be doing something I love for people who really care about their pictures. I mostly photograph weddings in Rutland, Stamford and around the East Midlands but rarely pass up the opportunity to travel!
My photography style is documentary and heart-felt, focusing on the moments that matter most to you. I love photos which are light, rustic and unscripted (with a dash of humour too!).
My story began about twelve years ago when I worked as press photographer around the East Midlands. I really enjoyed my time working in journalism but soon realised wedding photography was my true calling and set up my own business in 2011. I can’t think of any better way to have spent the last nine years and am so grateful to all the amazing couples who have made my dream job possible!
As a press photographer, I learned to investigate, to ask questions, and to be flexible. It was important to have a knack for predicting what’s going to happen next and always being ready to catch spontaneous, off-the-cuff moments. Exactly the same skills you need for getting good, documentary wedding photos, packed with meaning and emotional significance.
I like to get to know you as a couple, and find out which aspects of the day are most important to you so I can give you meaningful, heart-felt pictures. I want to capture you in a way that shows who you are, no painful, cringey poses.
I treasure my own family photos so much and love the idea that you’ll feel the same way about the ones I take for you, for years to come. It’s a genuine honour to be trusted with your memories.
I like a more natural edit style so your photos are light, bright and colourful, never over-processed or forced. I want your photos to still be shining 20 years from now.
I live with my husband in the quirky little market town of Bourne, close to Stamford and Grantham in the East Midlands. When I’m not out shooting weddings I’m usually working at home or taking long walks with my fella (we’re quite outdoorsy). I’m also a bit of a secret geek, I love nothing more than the latest popular psychology book and I’m also a wannabe polyglot – I love languages (I’ve been trying to learn Hungarian for fifteen years, it’s hard work!).
I like to work with relaxed couples who want to have a lot of fun at their wedding rather than spend hours on formal, staged photos. If this sounds like you and you like what you see in my portfolio, let’s talk! I’d love to hear more about you and your wedding plans.
Published February 5th, 2019
Dear Georgi, Just a little note to say thank you so much for the most beautiful photos of our wedding day. We had the most amazing day and look forward to looking back at them over the years at the photos to remind ourselves how wonderful it was. Emma & Brett xx ...Read More
Published February 5th, 2019
Dear Georgi, Thank you so much for our beautiful wedding photos. Even now when I look through them I see different things and new ones we love – we will treasure them always. We couldn’t have asked for a more relaxed, kind and talented photographer who slotted perfectly into the day. Thank you again for ...Read More
Published February 5th, 2019
Dear Georgi, words cannot express how grateful we are to have found such a wonderful photographer! You put and our guests totally at ease and we love the beautiful photos we have already seen. We will recommend you to everyone! Love from, Josh & Emily x ...Read More
Published February 5th, 2019
Dear Georgi, what a day! We had a really wonderful time and feel so lucky that you were there to beautifully capture it. We’re blown away by the photos and we’ll treasure them forever. You were truly integral to our day and we loved you being there as much as the photos. Please do keep ...Read More
Published February 5th, 2019
Dear Georgi, thank you for making every second count on our special day to capture the most incredible photos. We can now re-live our wedding day over and over again. With love, Mr & Mrs Murray xx ...Read More
Published December 6th, 2018
To Georgi, Thank you so much for everything you did for us on our wedding day and in the planning process too. Your photos are just incredible, you captured the energy and atmosphere of the everything perfectly. When we look at the photos it makes us both so happy. You were more than just a ...Read More
Yes, every wedding collection comes with a USB containing all your fully-edited images as high resolution JPEG files. You'll also receive a lovely online gallery to share with your guests and order prints if you like as well.
Absolutely, please go ahead and share your pictures however you like as long as it's for non-commercial use. If any of your other suppliers would like access to the photos and you're OK with that too, please ask them to contact me so I can help them out.
Yes indeed, though I do recommend using a professional photo lab or your online gallery print facility to ensure they are the very best quality. This way I can personally check all orders and offer technical assistance if required.
Depending on your coverage you'll receive anything between 300-500 individually edited photographs. Exact numbers depend on a whole host of factors including the timings of your day, how many guests you're having and whether you choose to book a Second Shooter. There's no limit on the number of pictures I take or edit, if an image is good it'll be included.
I edit a wedding in several stages. First I'll go through all the photos taken and pick out the best shots, so often that's comparing two or three very similar frames and curating a series which becomes your final set. After that I individually edit each photo in my signature style before uploading them to your web gallery. I may edit some images in black and white but can make colour copies available on request.
For weddings happening between October and May you'll normally be able to view your photos within five weeks of your wedding day. In busy times (June-September) this may increase to six weeks depending on workload.
Yes. If you'd like a wedding album I'll ask you to pick around 100-120 of your favourite photographs using your online gallery before I set to work on the design. If you struggle for time to do this I'm more than happy to pick an initial selection for you with the option to adjust things once you’ve seen the first design.
Depending on the time of year, your album will take between two/three weeks to design before you approve the layout. As soon as you are happy with the design, the books will be ordered and normally take a further four weeks to be bound, printed, checked and delivered. Turnaround time may be longer over the holiday periods or if you pick your photos later than two weeks after the initial request.
Yes, I'm very lucky to work regularly with other wedding photographers around the country and have a wide network of second shooters who would love to help capture your day. Please get in touch for more details.
Yes, I'm fully insured with £5 million Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance as required by most venues.
I'll always work my socks off to get you the very best pictures whatever the weather and am more than happy to go out in the rain to take pictures if you are. If you don't fancy going outside we'll find a covered area or space with nice light inside your venue instead.
Only if you ask for extra coverage, extra products or a second shooter. Travel expenses are included for weddings within a 100 mile radius of Bourne, Lincolnshire. If your wedding is outside this area we'll discuss any extra mileage or accommodation during your initial consultation. As a sole trader I am not registered for VAT so this will not be added to the price.
While a portfolio is a great way to look at a photographer’s favourite images, I think you can tell a lot more about a photographer’s overall style by checking out their blog. Here are a selection of some of my favourite blog posts from over the years.
I like to post a good selection of images from as many weddings as I can to show how my photography style works throughout the day. When you’re choosing a wedding photographer it’s good to see examples of a full wedding day start to finish, so everything from getting ready and ceremony to the reception, speeches and evening party.
Check out some of the wedding magazines and blogs my fab couples have been featured in. It’s always really exciting to see a weddings in print or on a wedding blog to give newly engaged couples inspiration for their own day in the making.
There’s nothing I love more than receiving notes and thank you cards from couples’ whose weddings I’ve photographed. It’s like a little souvenir of the day for me and makes my job feel extra fulfilling.
Micro weddings… one of the many new buzz words we’ve learned in 2020 and one we’ve all had to get used to in the wedding community. Way back in March, when the coronavirus crisis began to unfold, thousands of engaged couples across the UK were forced to put their wedding plans on hold. I’ll never ...Read More
What an amazing year 2019 has been! So many highs from getting married myself to being part of 25 beautiful weddings all over the country, the icing on the cake was to be listed as one of the East Midlands’ Best Wedding Photographers at the 2020 Wedding Industry Awards. After reaching the finals amongst so ...Read More
Relaxed and Colourful Wedding Photography at The Granary Deeping Megan and James’ wedding took place in southern Lincolnshire at one of my favourite local venues, The Granary near Market Deeping. Their day had all the things dream weddings are made of, an outdoor ceremony in beautiful gardens surrounded by all your family and friends. Oh ...Read More
When Bo and Andy got in touch about their Chinese-English fusion wedding I was ridiculously excited! First off, Bo has been a friend of mine since secondary school (we won’t go into details about how old that makes us now) so I knew that the man she was marrying must be pretty special! When she ...Read More
I think all wedding photographers remember the Summer of 2018 as the never ending wedding heatwave. Weeks upon weeks of hot weather and glorious sunshine but typically – this was the year I decided to take my first Summer holiday in years and missed out on most of it. Typical! Still, I definitely got a ...Read More
As a Lincolnshire wedding photographer, it’s always a treat when I get to photograph weddings in the beautiful town of Stamford. Even more so when the venue is in a family home because for me, family is the life and soul of a wedding story. When Tanya & James got in touch about their ...Read More
If you’d asked me three months ago what we were doing for our first wedding anniversary, I’d have said that we were planning a trip away over the Easter break, a nice meal out in the same village as our venue, and that I’d secretly ordered a wedding album as a surprise gift for Jon ...Read More
Gemma and John’s vintage-inspired wedding at Shustoke Farm Barns was probably one of the cutest and most perfectly-styled weddings I’ve ever photographed. What a fab start to 2017! I was so excited when I got Gemma and John’s first email way back in 2015. Gemma is an old school friend who I’d not seen in ...Read More