Are you still searching for the perfect photographer to capture your wedding memories forever? Well let me introduce you to the rather wonderful Howard Lucas, who is a wedding photographer based in Dorset, but is available throughout the UK and beyond…

{w} Hi Howard, could you firstly tell {www} readers a little bit about you?

I’m Howard, a full time wedding photographer working throughout the UK and hopefully one day (soon) abroad. I live in the little seaside town of Swanage on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset with my wife and two young daughters. I like drinking coffee and making bread, usually to eat with cheese.

{w} What do you love/dislike about your job?

I love being part of the day itself, observing, to a certain extent taking part and always enjoying the fun, the joy and the emotions that inevitably surface. If there was one thing I dislike then its probably being away from my family when they are enjoying our local beach.

{w} How did you get into your business and into the wedding industry?

I’ve been really fortunate to find something I really love doing. It hasn’t been a straightforward journey having been pointed in a completely different direction from school by my careers adviser. This led me into marine engineering, motor racing, the music industry. During this time photography was always there. Once I started photography professionally I spent two years second shooting and assisting other photographers before I shot a wedding on my own. (more…)

I must say the newest member of the Whimsical Wonderland Weddings family, brand new sponsor Samuel Docker Photography has me feeling pretty excited. His photography is fresh, modern and so very emotive.

Samuel Docker Photography is based in Derbyshire but is available to work throughout the UK and beyond. I just know you WWWers are going to love Sam and his gorgeous images.

{w} Hi Sam, could you firstly tell {www} readers a little bit about you?

I’m Sam, just about still in my twenties, I’m a very new and proud dad, and owner of far too many cameras and lenses!! I’m a huge MadMen and Boardwalk Empire fan, and I recently developed a slight man crush for Ryan Gosling (you’ll understand if you’ve seen Drive!)

{w} What do you love/dislike about your job?

The term “Dislike” doesn’t really feature in my job, I know it’s a cliché’d comment, but I do feel really lucky to be doing something that I absolutely love. Everything about meeting clients and talking about their wedding plans, creating concepts for new shoots and sitting down to edit a great wedding are just a few of the highlights besides actually shooting!!

{w} How did you get into photography and into the wedding industry?

Its taken 10 years of trying many different lines of work to discover what really makes me tick. I’ve been a draughtsman, studied creative design and owned a vintage clothing business, but I’d always had a huge passion for creative art and design, and a few years back I wasn’t getting that fix. This period of displeasure coincided with a couple of influencing moments; the first was the purchase of a Canon AE-1 35mm film camera, it was an impulsive purchase, but integral to the start of my new direction. The second was a trip to Stockholm (http://www.samueldocker.co.uk/stockholm/) with my fiancé. By the time we’d set off for Stockholm, I’d had plenty of practice with my new (but old) camera, I’d made plenty of mistakes, the highlight being not loading a roll of film correctly, I didn’t find this out though until I took it to the shop to be processed, my heart sank when I was told it was a blank film!! Stockholm changed everything though, I couldn’t put my camera down, much to my fiancés displeasure!! I’ve not really looked back since, I completely got the bug for it.

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Rachel Hudson (http://rachelhudson.co.uk/) is a UK based wedding photographer who is available to travel anywhere including over seas. She creates fresh, timeless and creative photographs of her couples. I just adore the vibrancy to her work and she is a super lovely lady to boot. I think you are really going to enjoy getting to know her today.

Hi Rachel, could you firstly tell {www} readers a little bit about you?

I have been photographing people and just about everything for 7 years and I am so happy and grateful that this is my career…. I love photography and love that my job allows me to travel around meeting wonderful people and capturing the love and just general life around me.

I love nature and things to be natural and like to photograph things this way. My portraits and wedding photos are relaxed, timeless, and have been described once like a fondant fancy! I like people to look at my images and feel the emotion and spirit of the moment, I love natural light, a dreamy and romantic feel, soft light and airy colours and beautiful black and whites.

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I am thrilled to introduce you today to one of the WWW family, WWW sponsor and all round amazing wedding photographer, Delia McDonagh Photography. Delia captures moments in a classic and timeless style, her couples are sure to treasure their images forever.

{w} Hi Delia, could you firstly tell {www} readers a little bit about you?

Hi I am Delia from Delia McDonagh Photography.

I am a dreamer of dreams. I am a photographer, wife and mother. I am an art maker and am smitten with life and hopelessly in love with beauty in all its forms. I love dreamy light, anthropology, and honest laughter. My style is centred around creating genuine images that reflect exactly who you are and beauty of your together. I shoot from the heart capturing exactly how you love not just as I love not just as I see it but how you feel it! I harbour an incredible passion for minutia –the little things that are often missed by the untrained yes. A subtle glance, hair blowing wild in the wind, a stolen kiss…

{w} What do you love/dislike about your job?

It has to be emotions! I love couples in love and at weddings it all comes out. I feel so flattered to be part of such a big day! I always seem to leave thinking “man that was awesome. They were awesome. This job is awesome”.

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Afternoon my loves.

Today i get to introduce you to the rather fabulous Alexa Loy. I have been lucky enough to be photographed by Alexa, who has just won the Hitched Breakthrough award for Best New Wedding Photographer. And i can say she is not only a super lovely lady but a super talented photographer who makes you feel relaxed in front of the camera.

Alexa is a wedding photographer based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire and is available to shoot throughout the UK. Her photography is light filled and beautiful whilst capturing intimate moments.

Without further ado, Alexa….

{w} Hi Alexa, could you firstly tell {www} readers a little bit about you?

Hello, I’m Alexa and I’m a wedding and portrait photographer based in Hertfordshire and London but love adventures working all over the UK. I am a happy creative soul in love with the little things in life, a good cup of tea and my camera.

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