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David and Joanna Green are Time Out recommended, award winning fulltime London wedding photographers. Mum and dad to four wonderful children and three family dogs. Lovers of all things photographic and wedding related. Covering Greater London and destination weddings in the UK and Europe.

Central London Weddings

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Central London Weddings

Cavendish Square Wedding

“Hi David and Joanna, the pictures are absolutely amazing!” This is the kind of email feedback that makes London wedding photography so rewarding for myself and Joanna, This was from Hanieh and Sia featured in this blog post, one of six central London weddings that we had the pleasure of photographing in the month of December. Their wedding started at 4.30 pm at 5 Cavendish Square  (5 Cavendish Square ) and our first task was to photograph them around the historic square in the dark, in the alloted 15 minutes we had. Experience, pre planning, good lighting and technique allowed us to surpass what we were all aiming to achieve.

Central London Weddings

Central London wedding collage

So with fifteen minutes outside and ten minutes inside we were given the usual amount of time that were are used to shoot “couple” shots in a a typical wedding timescale. These are the  kind of photos that feature quite heavily in our galleries and website. The rest of the time we are shooting in a contemporary documentary style, which looks easy but to truely do well takes a lot of experience!

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Portman Square Wedding Photographers

The couple had a lovely Persian wedding ceremony which is tradionally spent seated in front of a sumptuously decorated wedding table. Friends and family (and your photographers…) congregate around the sides.

Persian wedding London photoe

After a busy time for us photographing reportage style the champagne reception afterwards. we all headed for the main reception Vanilla ( Vanilla ). Vanilla is a fantastic, discreet and glamourous venue. Quality food and drink flowed in abundance, and the endlessly motivated staff there work tirelessly to make an evening run smoothly.

To see over 100 wedding images just click on the link here: GALLERIES OR just scroll through this blog, it’s full of images!

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Greek Wedding Photographer London – Saint Sophia Cathedral Bayswater

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Greek Wedding Photographer London

Well we have spent some happy and memorable times at Saint Sophia’s in Bayswater, both as a Greek wedding photographer and also as guests for friend’s christenings and weddings.
Classic Greek Wedding London

David has had a long association with the Greek Cypriot community, from meeting his best friend Andreas at school to subsequently working in his father Costas’s Greek Restaurant as a teenager. He also ran a business in association with the Niarchos family throughout the 1990’s. Joanna on the other hand just likes a good moussaka! Yasou!
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The lovely and lucky couple at Saint Sophia this day were Maria and Dimitri. We knew each other well from our previous engagement shoot in Trent Park, and had planned together far in advance for the tight timescale we had. Armed with our London professional photography licence for the day, we headed the short distance to Hyde Park for our couple shots. It’s a busy place so it is as much about relaxing your newly weds to get great shots, as it is dealing with the general public to let us use the areas they are eating their picnics on! We cleared a lot of wrappers and coke cans away for the shot below.

Greek Wedding Photographer London

Greek wedding ceremony photo

To see over 100 wedding images just click on the link here: GALLERIES OR just scroll through this blog, it’s full of images!
Hyde Park London Wedding shot

To find out about booking your London Greek wedding at Saint Sophia Bayswater click through to their website here: Saint Sophia Cathedral

Hyde Park wedding photo
Greek Wedding photography London

We had such a great time and everyone including the deck chair attendants were happy to help.  The day was completed in the best Greek dancing and dining style at the Thistle Marble Arch. Thistle Marble Arch

By Author – David Green

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Hampstead Wedding Photographer

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Hampstead Wedding Photographer

There is no denying that Hampstead is a great place to live, work and visit. We should know as we have done all three of those things over the years. As a Hampstead wedding photographer we love the look, variety and history of the place.

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So as well as eating drinking and sleeping there at various points in our lives, we are regularly walking our dogs and children across the heath and around Kenwood House.   Kenwood, Burgh House (off New End) or one of the boroughs varied churches and hotels are greatplaces for a Hampstead wedding ceremony or reception.

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Hampstead wedding view photo

There are also some lovely hidden spots for those special couple focused wedding shots. If you can spare twenty to twenty-five minutes during the wedding day timetable then we can use our experience and creativity to work our magic. We have included shots from a typical example of this in the blog post, all of which were photographed in Hampstead.  

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To see over 100 wedding images just click on the link here: GALLERIES OR just scroll through this blog, it’s full of images!

love in the air Hampstead

If you are interested in booking a Hampstead wedding photographer and hiring a fantastic looking venue then you may wish to take a look at Kenwood House or Burgh House through the two following links: Kenwood and Burgh House

A little bit of history: Hampstead has always been home to artists, actors, musicians and the well healed of London. In fact now Hampstead apparently has more millionaires per square metre than anywhere else in the United Kingdom. However the price of a coffee in Hampstead village is still very reasonable, unlike Saint Tropez where we did a wedding recently! The wonderful heath is one of the largest and most beautiful open spaces in London and along with the village has been the location for countless films including American Werewolf in London and Notting Hill.

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Lord’s Cricket Ground Wedding

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Lord’s Cricket Ground Wedding

There’s probably no denying that a Lord’s Cricket Ground wedding is something special. Unlike a great many usual or iconic wedding venues, the world’s oldest and most famous ground aka “the home of cricket” is only available a select amount of times a year. Add to this the fact that you and your guests will get exclusive access to the England dressing rooms, members bar and the renowned Long Room for both ceremony and reception celebrations, all makes for a wedding with a difference.

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You don’t need to be a cricket fan to appreciate the ambience, views and general Victorian splendour of a ground world renowned since 1814. However for those with a love or interest of the sport, during a Lords cricket ground wedding your guests can have a complimentary guided tour of the cricket museum and grounds before the wedding day breakfast.

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 The most famous part of Lords is the Pavilion stand built in 1889 and grade 2 listed. It’s here that houses the splendid Long Room through which cricketers on match day walk through and back on their way to the crease. Decorating the walls is a fantastic selection of cricket related paintings, and an unprecedented view of the cricket pitch and stands. The members bar behind the Long Room is impressive in its own right and perfect for that “restorative” tipple!

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To see over 100 wedding images just click on the link here: GALLERIES OR just scroll through this blog, it’s full of images!

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Lord's cricket ground wedding

So if you are intersted in immersing yourself in the history and atmosphere of English cricket’s great St John’s Wood venue for your Lord’s cricket ground wedding then check out the fantastic hospitality team online at: Lord’s Cricket Ground Weddings

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Goring Hotel Wedding Photographer

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Goring Hotel Wedding Photographer

As a Goring Hotel wedding photographer it is a particular pleasure to know the pedigree and history of the place you are working in. Close to Buckingham Palace it has been run by the Goring family for over a hundred years and has frequently played host to Royalty, prime ministers, stars and the discerning, most recently Kate Middleton the night before her wedding to William. Well the Royalty in attendance for us this special occasion was Sally and Paul, a lovely couple, but no relation to the Windsors!

Goring Hotel Wedding Photographer

Many newlyweds who wish to add a touch of London sparkle and history choose the Goring for their reception venue. Some however also elect to have their ceremony itself in the intimate but lovely interior of the hotel, and this was certainly the case for Sally and Paul.

Wedding at the Goring Hotel London

Sally stayed the night herself in preparation at the hotel while Paul arrived on the day. First task for David and Joanna (that’s us by the way….) was to see how Sally was getting on in her room with twin sister and chief bridesmaid Lucy. After a series of “prep” shots to start telling the story of the big day, we shot some wonderfully atmospheric images in the light filled corridor outside her room. After a while David went looking for Paul and best man Richard for the “boys” pics.

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And so it went on for the day, a division of labour between ourselves. Whether it is being in two different places at once, covering the same spaces from different angles and view points (i.e the ceremony) or just ourselves as a couple photographing a couple, with all the understanding that brings, two is most certainly greater than one….

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UPDATE: After reading this blog post Paul and Sally sent us the following email:

“Hi David & Joanna,

We’ve just sat down and watched the DVD’s – all we can say is WOW!

You have captured every possible moment of our special day and given us permanent reminders of so many fantastic memories.

So a very big “thank you” from us both. Also many thanks for creating the pics with Lucy.

With best regards,

Paul & Sally

PS – We love the blog!!”
Here’s another recent two weddings at the hotel from the blog: Goring Hotel Wedding Photography in Belgravia and The Royal Suite and
Here are some more images from recent Goring wedding days.
Wedding recessional photo from Goring Hotel wedding photographers
Goring Hotel Wedding Photographers couple in garden image
Laughing outside the Goring Hotel on their wedding day image
wedding couple hug in Royal Suite at The Goring Hotel
Wedding ceremony photo at The Goring Hotel central London
Bride and groom in the Goring Hotel gardens
Groom and best man at Goring Hotel photo
Wedding couple pose outside The Goring Hotel
Looking at each other in Goring Hotel reception image
Wedding photo of couple in lobby of Goring Hotel London
wedding ceremony image from Goring Hotel ceremony
Laughter on the sofa downstairs at Goring Hotel wedding photo
Wedding couple outside The Goring Hotel
Wedding couple pose in the Royal Suite at Goring Hotel wedding
To see over 100 wedding images just click on the link here: GALLERIES OR just scroll through this blog, it’s full of images!

By David Green

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