Greenway Farm Wedding Photographer, Bridgwater

Greenway Farm is a family farm in eight acres of pasture and paddocks at Wembdon, just off the A39 on the western edge of Bridgwater, ten minutes from junctions 23 and 24 of the M5 and with the Quantock Hills on the skyline. It’s a charming, rustic, unpretentious venue, with ponies, pigs, sheep and hens around the place and a relaxed countryside feel that belies how easy it is to reach. I photographed a spring wedding here, and it’s a lovely example of a wedding that cost a fraction of a country house and didn’t feel like it missed a thing.

What a farm like Greenway gives a documentary photographer is life: animals, children, a barn full of homemade touches, and guests who feel at home within minutes of arriving. The paddocks give you open space and sky for the group photographs and the portraits, the Quantocks are fifteen minutes away for a bigger backdrop if you want one, and the evening happens under the stars or under cover depending on the forecast.

How I photograph a wedding

Documentary first. I don’t run the day or stage it; I pay attention to it, and I keep the formal part to ten minutes of group photographs and twenty minutes of portraits in the best light we can find. Natural light, no flash during ceremonies, and editing that will still look right in twenty years. I take a limited number of weddings a year, which is partly how I get to give each one my full attention.