While smartphones allow wedding guests to take decent portrait snaps, relying on them instead of a professional photographer leaves significant gaps in quality and storytelling: Professional photographers know how to use light and composition to transform ordinary moments into artful photos. Phone cameras rely on computational solutions to their limitations with minimal creative control. Whilst guest phone photos look fine on small screens, only a professional photographer can deliver sharp, high-quality prints and capture the true candid story of the day.

The right light can turn a good image into a great  one. It is an essential  ingredient for any good  photograph. It lends atmosphere, emotion, mood and focus. In documentary  photography, and weddings in  particular, it is unfortunate that  this important component of any image is one of the hardest  to  control, you must  learn to  work-with and get the best  out of any  ambient light. So, it’s all about understanding how to  use take advantage of this light and position yourself to  capture the best and most meaningful  images.