Based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, Press Play is a husband and wife team passionate about telling your unique love story. They specialize in creating beautiful, emotional wedding memories through photography, videography, and stunning aerial drone footage—capturing your day in a timeless and natural way.
Debbie and Derek bring a fun, energetic, and warm presence to your wedding, helping you and your guests feel relaxed and comfortable in front of the camera. Their unobtrusive style means they capture genuine, candid moments as they happen—no forced poses or awkward setups. They take the time to get to know you before the big day, ensuring your photos truly reflect your personalities and the joy of your celebration.
Every wedding is unique, and Press Play’s style reflects that. They combine contemporary, traditional, and reportage photography to capture everything—from the grand moments to the small, intimate details and fleeting emotions. As a two-person team, they offer both “his and hers” perspectives, giving you a rich, well-rounded collection of memories.
Press Play offers a range of services designed to capture your wedding day from every angle, creating lasting keepsakes you’ll cherish forever:
With more than two decades of experience in wedding photography and videography, Press Play combines expert skill with a genuine love for storytelling. They are dedicated to providing discerning couples with distinctive images and films that will be treasured for a lifetime.
We were the photographers & videographers for a "Just the Two of Us" wedding on the edge of the Victoria Falls in Zambia - we were the guests, the witnesses and we documented the day in picture and film - it was truly an honour and the only wedding we have ever filmed that was really as small as bride, groom, minister and us!
Friendly, storytelling, timeless, creative, relaxed
We won the 2022 Global Wedding Awards for Best Husband and wife Wedding Videography Team, and were finalists in the Guides for Brides Best of Customer service award in the UK!
Relax and have fun with the planning, there is no need to stress, if the little details you had your heart set on don't quite work out, it's not serious!
A beautiful bridal bouquet with little lockets with photographs of grandparents/parents who had passed away.
We like to meet up with the bridal couple, either in our home or at their venue to have a coffee and a chat about their dream day. We like to get to know them and their love story! After they've decided we are a good match and have booked us we like to set a date for the pre-wedding shoot (which is included in all our photography packages) as it's a great way for them to feel comfortable in our presence, for them to see how we work and for us to get to know one another!
The First Kiss at the altar - it is a moment in time captured forever - it represents their union and cannot be taken again!
The bridal rings in a Hindu Girls Hair - her hair was dressed and knotted into a million flowers and hung all the way down her back - it was extremely beautiful, but the poor bride had such a headache as it was a very heavy head dress!
Umbrellas! Oh and wellies! Wellies are great for a fun outdoor shot in the rain
Derek started filming and photographing white water rafting from a kayak on the Zambezi River, and then progressed to bungi jumping, elephant back safaris and helicopter adventures... when we moved to the UK in 2000 the adrenalin sports weren't as abundant, and, as we had photographed and filmed several friend's weddings in Zimbabwe, (Debbie as Derek's assistant!) we started to do it commercially in the UK! After several years as the assistant, Debbie has come into her own and you now get two very experienced wedding photographers for the price of one! Two angles and two perspectives! His and hers, romance and details!