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Capture Your Wedding Day with Authenticity and Heart
Based in Grantham, Lincolnshire, Bailey Lonsdale Photography is the creative team of Sarah and Will. They’re not just photographers—they’re storytellers who understand how important your wedding day is. Having met while photographing a wedding themselves, they bring a personal touch and deep insight into capturing the real moments that make your day unique. Their goal? To create a relaxed, natural experience where your memories come first—not the camera.
A Natural, Documentary Style That Feels Genuine
If you’re not a fan of stiff, posed photos, you’ll love Bailey Lonsdale’s approach. They specialize in a documentary style that’s beautiful and effortless. Instead of directing endless poses, they focus on capturing your day as it truly happens—the laughter, the happy tears, the little moments in between. The result is a collection of vibrant, emotive images that reflect your personalities and the real atmosphere of your celebration.
What You Can Expect on Your Wedding Day
- Relaxed and Discreet Coverage: Sarah and Will work quietly and unobtrusively, so you can enjoy every moment without feeling watched, knowing that all the important memories are being captured.
- No Awkward Posing: Their “cheese and cringe-free” promise means you’ll get natural photos with gentle guidance only when needed—focusing on genuine interactions and beautiful light instead of stiff poses.
- Authentic Storytelling: As a skilled photographer and videographer duo, they capture the unseen moments and real emotions, telling the full story of your wedding day from start to finish.
- Careful, Handcrafted Editing: Every photo is thoughtfully edited by hand in the digital darkroom to highlight its best qualities, delivering a timeless and stunning final gallery.
If you want a wedding photographer who values real moments over staged scenes, Bailey Lonsdale Photography offers heartfelt, creative coverage that will leave you with memories to cherish forever.
Message from the team
Experience
What is your most memorable wedding?
Our own...
Describe your style in 5 adjectives.
Natural, Relaxed, Unobtrusive, Creative, Alternative.
What about your business are you most proud of?
Probably our approach and the relationships we build with our clients. We're not saying we invite people over for Sunday lunch or anything like that, but we always try our best to form some sort of little friendship with all of our clients, because in reality, they'll be inviting us along to one of the most special days of their lives, and we want them to enjoy having us there. If they're happy to have us around, they're comfortable just ignoring us and letting us do our stuff, and tend to smile at us when they do notice us, which always makes for a better photograph.
What is your No.1 wedding planning tip for couples?
Don't get carried away with 'tradition', you're not obliged to do all the stuff the magazines and blogs tell you to, concentrate on what's important to you both and make it the day you want it to be. If you don't want to cut a cake, don't. If you want to wear trainers, be comfy. If you don't feel the need to invite your Mum's neighbours, leave them off the list. Different stuff is important to different people, you do you.
Describe your typical process with a couple.
We chat, we share some examples of complete weddings so a couple has an idea of the full coverage we provide. We chat some more, sometimes with coffee, now and again with cake. We hear about the couples plans and what they might want from their photography. It's good to meet in person if that's practical, that way we get to know each other which makes everything a bit more natural and comfortable on the day. We also include a pre wedding shoot with every booking, not mandatory but a great way to get to know each other a little better and then we catch up a bit closer to the wedding.
What is the No.1 photo that you think every couple should take?
The one they feel comfortable being in.
What do you recommend for a rainy day wedding?
A sense of humour and an umbrella. Wellies if it's biblical.