Nothing Posed | Nothing Staged
STAY IN THE MOMENT
Candid Wedding Photography & Videography By York Place Studios
Nothing Posed | Nothing Staged
STAY IN THE MOMENT
YORK PLACE STUDIOS
World renowned candid documentary style UK wedding photographers & videographers
shooting in London, across the UK & worldwide
York Place Studios
Photo & Film Studio
World-renowned candid documentary style UK wedding photographers and videographers shooting London, across the UK & worldwide
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION
View our wedding photography portfolio
WEDDING VIDEOGRAPHY COLLECTION
Check out some of our favourite wedding films
READ ABOUT OUR CANDID, DOCUMENTARY STYLE
Find out about the candid approach we take to weddings
To a lot of people, when they think 'Documentary Wedding Photography', they think 'York Place Studios' - they really are that synonymous with the craft
THIS IS REPORTAGE
TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHEN THEY THINK 'DOCUMENTARY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY' THEY THINK 'YORK PLACE STUDIOS' - THEY REALLY ARE THAT SYNONYMOUS WITH THE CRAFT.
THIS IS REPORTAGE
Candid Wedding Photography and Videography in London UK
York Place Studios are Dom, Liam, Alex and Matt: a multi-award winning UK based family collective of leading street documentary style candid wedding photographers and videographers who seek to find big stories in even the smallest of moments throughout every single stage of a wedding day.
The focus of our unposed, candid wedding photography is on people and personality, seeking to create lasting memories with connection, humour, life and atmosphere, just the way it felt to be there.
Real stories, real personality, real memories. Real moments that really matter.
OFFICIAL FUJIFILM UK X-PHOTOGRAPHERS 2020 – 2022
London Wedding Photographers with a world-class reputation
MAKE MEMORIES, NOT JUST PHOTOGRAPHS
Forget about the camera & enjoy your day
BEST WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE UK
– Fearless Photographers & This Is Reportage Awards
See some of our other awards here
IS THIS SOMETHING?
by York Place Studios
``The definitive book on documentary wedding photography``
- This Is Reportage
We’re proud to announce our new book “Is This Something” all about the art of documentary wedding photography! Read about the concepts, philosophies and techniques we use to consistently create big photographs from even the most seemingly insignificant moments.
POPULAR ARTICLES
HOW DO WE BRING STREET & WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY TOGETHER?
Street Photography
DOCUMENTARY WEDDING VIDEOGRAPHY - AN EXPLORATION
Wedding Videography
DOCUMENTARY VS REPORTAGE VS PHOTOJOURNALIST - A GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Wedding Photography
They are incredibly passionate about shooting with a true documentary eye. Nothing is staged or posed but still very intentional and crafted. They often shoot wide and use layers to build a scene and relay a rich narrative within each frame
PROFESSIONAL PHOTO MAGAZINE
They are incredibly passionate about shooting with a true documentary eye. Nothing is staged or posed but still very intentional and crafted. They often shoot wide and use layers to build a scene and relay a rich narrative within each frame
PROFESSIONAL PHOTO MAGAZINE
WHAT IS DOCUMENTARY / CANDID WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY?
Put simply, as documentary wedding photographers our main focus is on capturing real, candid moments throughout every part of the wedding day without posing or directing you in any way.
The job of a documentary wedding photographer is to move our own feet, not yours to create interesting compositions. That way you can stay in the moment and just relax and enjoy your day without worrying what your photographers are up to!
That’s not to say that we won’t take any group shots or portraits if those are important to you. This is your wedding day and we’re there to capture everything you need. Our priority though is to let events unfold without our interference so that your wedding photographs show the real you. Our candid wedding photography & videography style is about creating imagery that captures the atmosphere and showcases the real personalities of your family and friends on the biggest day of your lives. We’ll never stop looking for great stories and opportunities. We know that every single part of your wedding is an important memory. Our philosophy is that every moment throughout the day is just as important as the last.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT US
WATCH DOMINIQUE SHOOTING STREET PHOTOGRAPHY IN LONDON IN FUJIFILM'S X-E4 LAUNCH COMMERCIAL
York Place Studios founder and photographer Dominique Shaw was the star of Fujifilm's X-E4 camera launch promotional film! Play the video to watch Dominique photographing the streets of London in her candid style and sharing how she uses shooting street photography in cities as diverse as London, Havana and Tokyo as practice for her wedding photography.
Photography is not just our job, it's what we love to do and so we carry cameras like the X-E4 with us wherever we go, whether that's shooting wedding photography, street photography, or just capturing our family memories at home.
CANDID WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHS RECOGNISED IN INTERNATIONAL STREET PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITIONS!
Our wedding work has long been influenced by street photography - so much so that two of our wedding photographs were finalists in the world-respected London Street Photography Festival!
WEDDINGS CAPTURED IN A CANDID STREET PHOTOGRAPHY STYLE
Photography isn't just our job it's our lifelong hobby and, whilst weddings are undoubtedly our true passion, in our spare time we like to get out there with our cameras and shoot in another candid photography style: street photography.
Street photography is our creative playground - a chance to challenge ourselves to work outside of the structure of a wedding day and create something original from the world around us. On the street there are a thousand stories to capture yet no clear central storyline - everything around us has the potential to be a great photograph and everything is equally interesting.
We've taken that concept of everything having equal importance and applied it to weddings. When photographing a wedding we don't just focus on the central story of two people getting married, we want to show everyone who was there and the relationships and moments that happened between them. Street photography has been an important part of our journey as photographers and helped us to break the creative barriers of any genre and photograph in our own unique style. Whether that's photographing a beautiful UK London wedding or a complex Mexican street scene, it's really about capturing great photography, not just great wedding photography.
OUR JOB IS NOT JUST TO EXCEED OUR COUPLE'S EXPECTATIONS,
IT'S TO EXCEED THEIR IMAGINATIONS
OUR JOB IS NOT JUST TO EXCEED OUR COUPLE'S EXPECTATIONS,
IT'S TO EXCEED THEIR IMAGINATIONS
News, Travels & Events
Latest news from York Place
Read all of our latest news, including the international events we've been speaking at, the awards we've been honoured with and find out all about the incredible suppliers we work with and are proud to represent.
AMBASSADORS
We're proud to represent some of the world's best suppliers
PRESS & AWARDS
Press & news about our award winning wedding photography
TALKS & EVENTS
News of our workshops, events and speaking engagements
SEE OUR LATEST WORK
Capturing Weddings Across the Globe
Popular Locations
From London to Tokyo we travel all across the world photographing beautiful celebrations in our candid wedding photography & videography style. Click the links to see some popular wedding destinations.
LONDON WEDDINGS
London Wedding Photography & Videography
YORKSHIRE WEDDINGS
Yorkshire wedding photos and films
DESTINATION WEDDINGS
Destination weddings from all around the world.
I don't say it enough, from street photographer to street
photographer, how endlessly amazed I am and how special each and every photo is to me. You captured the epitome of what my heart feels when I remember that day, and I'll always have that. These pictures are my family in a candid nutshell.
SHELBY & CREAGH
London Documentary Wedding Photographers and Videographers On a Global Stage
Whilst for our particular brand of creative, candid wedding videography and street-inspired documentary wedding photography London has become our most visited city we’re always happy to travel anywhere across the UK... in fact anywhere in the world! We regularly travel across Europe and further afield with recent destination weddings including beautiful settings such as Nantucket USA, The Dordogne region of France, Krakow Poland and Spain’s Costa Del Sol.
York Place has a worldwide reputation and we're proud that amongst our various awards Liam was the top UK wedding photographer in two hugely respected international competitions in 2019 - Fearless Photographers and This Is Reportage. You can go to our press and awards page to read more about our award-winning candid wedding photography.
Speaking of international news we're also proud to have recently concluded a maximum 3-year term as official FUJIFILM X-Photographers, representing one of the world's leading camera makers. Fujifilm's long established film heritage has been carried through to their incredible cameras and Fujifilm's X-Series have been our firm cameras of choice for both photography and videography since 2016. You can read more about the role we served as official FUJFILM X-Photographers on our Ambassadors page.
We're also international wedding photography and videography educators - travelling all over the world to speak at photo/video events and offer workshops to other photographers and filmmakers about our unique candid approach. Check our talks and events page for news of recent and upcoming talks and workshops.
WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY - A FAMILY BUSINESS
Make memories, not just photographs
Wedding photographs and films are not just for you, they're important family heirlooms passed on from generation to generation - a record of what you looked like but more importantly who you were on the most important day of your life; who your friends and family were. When your grandkids one day sit down and look through your wedding album we want them to know you, to understand you, to be closer to you.
But that understanding doesn't come from looking at a carefully orchestrated pose, it comes from the real moments, the spontaneous moments, the moments where you showed what was really in your heart and what your personality was really about.
For you your wedding day should not be about making photographs, it's about making memories. We suggest you live and feel every single second of it, and leave it to us, your wedding photographers and wedding videographers, to candidly capture every last memory.
CLICK HERE TO ENQUIRE ABOUT WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY OR VIDEOGRAPHY FOR YOUR WEDDING
Use the form to tell us a little about your wedding and we'll get back to you as soon as we can!
CLICK HERE TO ENQUIRE ABOUT WEDDING PHOTO OR VIDEO
Use the form to tell us a little about your wedding and we'll get back to you as soon as we can!