Dulverton Wedding Photographer
Documentary wedding photography, based on Exmoor
Dulverton is my town. I live at Exton, ten minutes up the valley, and I’ve photographed weddings in the church here, in the town hall, in gardens and marquees on the farms around, and at Tarr Steps, Wimbleball, Winsford and Exford, the villages that make up the southern half of Exmoor. If you’re marrying in or around Dulverton, you’ll be hiring a photographer who knows which lane floods, where the sun sets in each month of the year and which pub will let your guests shelter when it rains.
I photograph in a documentary style: natural light, no interference, the day as it really was. The group photographs are done in ten minutes and the portraits in twenty, and the rest of the time I’m watching for the moments you’d miss yourselves. Dulverton weddings tend to be small and personal, often with a church ceremony and a party somewhere with a view, and that suits the way I work very well.
Weddings I’ve photographed around Dulverton
Two September weddings in Dulverton itself in one year, a garden party at a house on the edge of town, Alex and Suzanna’s wedding at Exford church and Knowle Manor, a church wedding at St John’s, Cutcombe, on Wheddon Cross, an engagement shoot for Elsa and George on Dunkery Beacon, and plenty of couples who’ve asked me for an hour of portraits on the moor the day before or after a wedding elsewhere. The Exmoor page has the longer list.
Dulverton as a wedding town
All Saints church stands above the town with the river Barle below it, and the walk down through the square afterwards, past the Lion and the Bridge Inn, is as good a confetti route as any I know. The town hall has a proper hall for a reception, there are two good restaurants for a small wedding breakfast, and the river bridge, Exebridge and the woods of the Barle valley are five minutes away for portraits. Tarr Steps, the clapper bridge, is fifteen minutes up the river and a favourite for couples who want one picture that says Exmoor; Wimbleball Lake is the same distance the other way for sky and water. Exford, Winsford and Withypool each have a church, a green and a pub, and all three host weddings.
Dulverton and the moor in pictures
Exford, Knowle Manor, Dunkery Beacon and the coast.
Venues in and around Dulverton
- All Saints church and Dulverton Town Hall: ceremony above the town, reception in the hall or a short walk away.
- Tarr Steps and the Barle valley: the clapper bridge, the woods and the river, fifteen minutes upstream.
- Wimbleball Lake: open water and big skies on the edge of the moor.
- Exford, Winsford and Withypool: village churches, greens and inns that host receptions.
- Knowle Manor, Timberscombe: the nearest country house, twenty minutes over Wheddon Cross.
- Farm and marquee weddings in the valleys between Dulverton, Bampton and Brompton Regis; see farm and marquee weddings.
- Elopements for two, with a church or the registrar and the moor for the rest of the day.
Good to know
Travel. None to think about; this is home. Phone signal. Patchy on the moor, so I’ll agree timings with you and your suppliers beforehand rather than rely on calls on the day. Light. The valley sides are steep, so the town loses direct sun earlier than the moor does; if you want golden-hour portraits in summer, we’ll drive ten minutes up to Winsford Hill or Haddon Hill. Weather. Exmoor rain is often a passing thing; I’ll wait it out with you and the church porch at All Saints has saved more than one wedding photograph.
Taking a limited number of weddings for 2027 and 2028
If my way of working sounds like your kind of thing, I’d love to hear about your plans. Drop me a line with your date and venue and I’ll tell you straight away whether I’m free.
