Hi, my name is Dan!
I create, natural, unposed, relaxed, wedding photography, tailored to your day.
About me & what I do
I like to tell stories. I think that’s why I love my job so much. To capture your day in all it’s glory as a story, start to finish is my dream. I prefer to favour a more photo journalistic wedding photography approach, standing back and letting the magic happen. This isn’t to say that all my shots are taken more miles away. I wait, watch and capture every moment of your wedding day, no matter how small. Using just my camera and some of that gorgeous Cornish landscape we have, to capture the most magical moments of your wedding.
I create images that have feeling. Images that bring you flooding right back to where it all happened, leaving you with that same warm feeling you had, in that moment. My wedding photography is completely tailored to you and what I really mean by that is, I take the photos you want me to. These photos aren’t about me, it is all about. This is absolutely your day and I want to make sure that you’ll look back on these photos in 50 years with the same amazing feeling!
So with that in mind, if my style and my approach sounds like you, then lets explore more together!
Documentary Wedding Photographer Cornwall
I’m a wedding photographer in Cornwall, aswell as a Wedding photographer Devon. I also cover the rest of the UK as well as destination weddings. I have been creating wedding images for the last 14 years now as my job. I do this because, I love it. In my opinion it is the best job in the world!
My wedding photography in Cornwall is a blended mix of calm observation and timeless storytelling. I work quietly, thoughtfully and without interruption, capturing your day as it unfolds. I really like to keep my photography beautifully simple: you, me and the camera. No pressure.
I create my Cornwall wedding photography how I see it in my head, gorgeous, romantic, full of love and warmth. I make my images as personal as possible, so the story I tell is your story. Real, natural and emotive. Ultimately, I want you to be relaxed whilst I photograph your big day. Relaxed people = amazing photos. Photos need to be one less worry for you on your wedding and that’s my job.
It’s all about you
This is your story, I’m just here to tell it
Getting married is one of the biggest moments in life and something to remember for years to come. I want you to remember the day exactly as it happened; full of love, life and laughter, not standing around posing for a photograph. That’s the basis of me being a wedding photographer in Cornwall, telling the story of your most precious memories.
From the initial enquiry right through to receiving your edited photos, everything is centered around you and your day. If you like the look of what I do here, and want to know more about how it all works, you can have a look at how much it costs to hire me for your wedding, be it as a wedding photographer Devon, Cornwall, Somerset or further afield, have a look at example weddings in my wedding portfolio, read some frequently asked questions about my work and then if you would like to have a chat about your wedding contact me so we can get planning your special day.
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER CORNWALL
Wedding days,
as they really felt.
My wedding photography in Cornwall takes a relaxed and unforced approach, documenting the day just as it happens and not staging photographs. My whole approach is to be as organic as possible, just you, me and the camera. No posing, just a story of what happens on your wedding day from start to finish.
Relaxed people = amazing photos
natural + real
YOUR DAY, YOUR PHOTOS
On the day, your wedding photos shouldn’t be a worry for you and not even for a moment should they ever be a hard task. My job is to make sure you get the most amazing photos and them be the photos you really want!
So whatever you ask for goes. Whatever you want, I photograph. It really is that simple!
Weddings are absolutely stuffed full of beautiful heart warming moments from start to finish.
No cringy posing!
real moments, real stories
WEDDING PORTFOLIO
Destinations & Best Of
Lake Garda • Santorini • France • Italy • Greece
Destination Wedding Photographer
I am a massive travel bug, it’s my favourite hobby, if you are looking to book a destination wedding photographer let’s have a chat and see if I can help. A lot of people travelling from the UK to have a destination wedding abroad prefer to have an english wedding photographer as it helps them get the style of photos they are familiar with and so there is no language barrier. I’ve been lucky enough to photograph weddings abroad all over
Most recently as a Lake Garda Wedding Photographer and also a Santorini wedding photographer. But I also love France (I just spent some time touring around France in a van!), Italy, Greece, Santorini and New York just to name a few. I’ve traveled all over and would love to chat more about photographing your wedding abroad.
My Favourite Moments
Every year I do a bit of a roundup of my fabourite ‘best of’ moments of the like. It’s become a bit of a tradition now if truth be told, but really it’s such a nice way to pull together some of my favourite moments from the year and make sure they get showcased! Here’s my roundup from my favourite 2024 moments which was one of the most beautiful years for weddings. I was super lucky to be shooting all over and at so many fab new venues! If you’d like to see a little bit more about my 2023, then I would love you to have a look at my 2023 Year in Review. It was an insanely fun year, some gorgeous weddings photographing in Cornwall, Devon and as a Somerset Wedding Photographer. I also was lucky enough to be asked to photograph as a wedding photographer Scotland as well for the very lovely Becci and Connaire!
I had the busiest year of my career ever in 2021. It was beyond crazy. Coming off the back of 2020 which was my worst year! I photographed 63 AMAZING weddings. I loved every single wedding and I am so so lucky that people trusted me with their weddings. See some more of my best of 2021 Most of my weddings were generally in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset wedding photographer, and as a Wiltshire wedding photographer; but I was super lucky to travel abroad and shoot as a Lake Garda Wedding Photographer which was literally a dream. One of my all time fav places to visit! If you want to see some of my photos when working as a fabulous wedding photographer Santorini, this was a bit of a dream wedding for me as it’s a place i’ve visited several times before and somewhere everyone should visit in my eyes!!
2018 was an insane year and my best of 2018 is here in full glory – extremely busy with lots and lots of lovely weddings in Cornwall, Devon, Somserset and also working as a fabulous wedding photographer Santorini! What a treat indeed!!
I’ve been extremely lucky to be part of the best day of so many gorgeous couples lives as a wedding photographer Cornwall – 2017 was absolutely no exception. I photographed 42 gorgeous weddings all over as a wedding photographer Devon, Cornwall, and beyond. They were all completely beautiful. As per what is now coming tradition, I’ve done a little round up of some of my favourite memories from the year. Check out my ‘Best Of 2017‘ here.
weddings as they happen
STORIES&MOMENTS
wedding journal
Cornish Wedding Blog
REAL WEDDINGS CORNWALL
My Cornish wedding blog contains all the latest stories and adventures being a photographer for weddings in gorgeous Cornwall. The whole site is frequently updated to give you a peek into the latest stories of love I have been documenting in Cornwall, Devon and beyond. Whilst I do try to update my wedding blog as much as possible, sometimes you actually find lots more work on my @danwardphotography Instagram where I try to upload more frequently.
I try to update my site with real weddings in Cornwall as often as possible as well. All of these galleries feature a huge selection of moments from each day, and are much more than you could ever put on Instagram. I want to make it so you can see exactly what kind of photographs I take at each wedding day, and not just a highlight reel. I try to really show off every section of each wedding in these galleries make it clear exactly what you get from me as a wedding photographer in Cornwall.
I love absolutely every wedding I photograph and I don’t want to hide anything, so I try to share as much as possible in every gallery.
Your day, captured organically
simple + honest
Dan Ward Photography
Cornwall • Devon • UK • Destination
Documentary • Natural • Real