Second Shooter & Associate Wedding Photographer, Somerset & Devon
Notes from a wedding photographer based on Exmoor
This page is for other photographers. If you need a second shooter for a wedding in Somerset, Devon, Dorset or Wiltshire, or an associate to photograph a wedding under your brand, I’m available on dates I’m not booked myself. I’ve second-shot for several established photographers and studios, including a wedding at Lake Como and a mentoring trip in France, and I’ve run associate shooters on my own weddings, so I know both sides of the arrangement and how to make it easy.
What you get: a documentary photographer with years of weddings behind him, who works without flash, reads a room, stays out of your frame, and brings his own full kit and backups. I’ll shoot to your brief, whether that’s the groom’s prep and the guests while you’re with the bride, the wide angles and the details during the ceremony, or a second angle on the speeches and the dance floor. Files come back to you the next day, unedited RAW or edited to your reference, as you prefer, and I don’t publish or share anything from a wedding I’ve second-shot without your say-so.
How I work as a second
I turn up early, in dark clothes, with the kit you’ve asked for. I follow your lead on timings and group photographs and fill the gaps you can’t be in: two people getting ready in two places, the guests arriving while you’re photographing the couple, the ceremony from the back and the sides, the reception from the edge of the dance floor. I don’t hand out my own cards, I don’t tag the couple on social media, and I’m happy to sign whatever your contract needs.
What my documentary work looks like
Practicalities
- Based at Exton, near Dulverton, on Exmoor: Taunton, Exeter, Barnstaple and Minehead within an hour, Bristol, Bath, Yeovil and Dorset within two.
- Kit: professional bodies, fast primes and zooms, flash if you want it, and a backup of everything.
- Rates: a day rate for second shooting and a separate rate for associate weddings under your brand; ask and I’ll send them.
- Insurance: details on request.
- Style: natural, documentary, close and quiet; see the documentary page and the wedding stories.
Get in touch
Email or call with the date, the venue and the brief and I’ll tell you straight away whether I’m free. If I’m not, I can usually suggest someone good who is.
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.
