Matt Osborne Photography (MrLeica.Com)

We can’t recommend Matt enough-our wedding was postponed twice due to Covid. He was understanding and flexible throughout. We felt very comfortable with Matt in the pre-wedding shoot (never had professional photos before) and he listened to what we wanted as well as making some great suggestions. We found him very organised and we had a Zoom meeting prior to the wedding to make sure we had covered everything we wanted We were delighted with the photos and the beautiful wedding album.

We chose Matt after seeing his work and photographs for our friends’ wedding. We booked him in 2019 for our wedding in 2020 which was impacted by COVID outbreak. We had to split the wedding ceremony and wedding reception over the next two years and finally held our reception in 2022. Matt was super flexible and very accommodating with our ever changing plans (he even cancelled a marathon he was training for when we moved our reception to 2021 which was again scuppered by COVID lockdown). On the day (or days) he makes you feel very comfortable, is very subtle and able to use multiple devices (camera and videos) seamlessly. We love our wedding photos - mixture of great family/group/ couple photos and a lot of natural shots capturing the essence and fun of the day. When we look at our wedding photos we relive our amazing day. We highly recommend Matt for the big day.

We had our wedding captured by Matt in black and white and it was without doubt the best decision we made!! Not only did he fit right in (everyone commented on how polite, lovely and knowledgeable he was) but he was really easy to get along with and didn’t feel like he was there to do a job! There is no doubt that he is passionate about his job and his dedication into getting the best possible shot is evident in the photos he produced. We could not be happier with everything that Matt has done for us. He is an amazing photographer and human being. He truly is one of the best and shows, through his work, attitude, and personality. He made us feel comfortable and confident. The photos are simply stunning! We would also like to take our hat off to him for working the whole day in the extreme heat (we had our wedding during the July amber warning heat wave)! We would definitely recommend a pre-wedding photo shoot, it put us at ease on the actual day and made capturing those special shots soooo much easier!! It also enabled my now Husband to chat all things Leica with Matt before the wedding, which I feel was definitely an early wedding gift to him. Thank you again for everything 🙂

Thank you so much for all the photos Matt, they are all beautiful. You were so easy to get along with, you have really captured the fun and natural moments of the day. I love all the photos!

I would highly recommend Matt to anyone looking for a photographer. He took some absolutely lovely photos on my wedding day, I felt he got every moment I would have wanted captured in photos, I wouldn't have had that if it wasn't for him! I feel I can relive my wedding day flicking though all the wonderful photos I have. He is also such a kind pleasant person to be around. I had a number of guests comment on how lovely he was! He made us all feel happy and comfortable being in front of the camera. Thanks Matt for making being part of our special day!

Apart from being chilled, extremely unobtrusive, friendly, patient, and smiling, he is also extremely talented. His photographs are candid, special, and show the most beautiful side of everything - whether he's taking pictures of teacups, gin bottles, or people! He is about as far from a stuffy, traditional, 'point and shoot' wedding photographer that you can get, and my husband and I are thrilled that he captured such emotive, relaxed, artistic and wonderful photos of our wedding day. Thank you Matt!

We first decided to approach Matt because we very much liked the photos from our friends' wedding. And it was the right decision! I've never met such a passionate , geeky (in a good way) and amicable photographer. On the day, it was all perfect. Matt captured the big and small moments candidly without us even noticing. And when it came to staged photos, despite our worries about not being 'good posers', Matt made us feel at ease and the whole process was much fun. Importantly, Matt was able to capture the real us! Last but not least, the amount of diverse cameras present on the day was staggering! :) So if you know (or don't know) what style of photos you want, Matt is the right man to discuss it all with - he will tell you everything about each camera's specifics and peculiarities.

My fiance and I first approached Matt 2 years before our wedding, mostly because we wanted a photographer who worked with both film and digital. To ensure we were happy with his photography style, we booked Matt for an engagement shoot and we booked him for our wedding as soon as we saw his images, they were great! Two years passed between our engagement shoot and our wedding day and during that time our taste in photography changed quite significantly. At first we were concerned that Matt would no longer be able to provide the style of image that we wanted, but after exchanging emails with Matt he quickly put us at ease. Taking images from both his own website and those from our venue's recommended suppliers, I provided Matt with a list of images that my fiance and I really liked / disliked. Using this list, Matt was able to determine what equipment he should use on the day to capture our prefered style. Furthermore, we arranged for a practice shoot at our venue so that we could discuss locations, backdrops, poses, group photos and generally familiarise ourselves with the how we wanted the day to run. This practice day proved to be the best pre-wedding decision we made! The images Matt captured immediately put us at ease as they were exactly what we had asked for. Spending the morning with Matt also helped us to get to know him better, it helped us get used to posing and it meant we had a much better idea of what we would be doing on our actual wedding day. When the day itself came, my wife and I felt really relaxed with Matt and the whole day was so much more fun and comfortable than we ever expected it would be. To summarise... Matt was an absolute star to work with. The more you talk to him and tell him what you want, the better the results you'll get from him. He has so many cameras and lenses and so much experience that he will be able to deliver whatever you ask of him. If you book Matt, you will not be disappointed!

Like most things in life, a generic term such as 'wedding photographer' encompasses a range of abilities. I first saw Matt Osbourne's photography on several photographic forums and only latterly realised that he shot weddings too. If what you want first and foremost, as I did when he shot my wedding, to capture your special day in a way and style that is as individual, humorous and unpretentious as Matt then he is definitely your man. In years to come his work will be referred to by students of portrait photography as emblematic of our age but for now he is a pleasant, approachable, innovative and inappropriately-affordable wedding photographer. I have three daughters and when they get engaged the first thing that I will do is to check if Matt is available to photograph their weddings. He's that good.

Matt blends into the background and captures all those special moments throughout the day, and all the moments you miss as bride and groom when you are busy elsewhere. We loved his style and creative ideas, which gave us photos with an added wow factor. He listens to what you want and adapts his approach to meet your requests. Would highly recommend Matt's wedding photography.