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A Natural, Relaxed Way to Capture Your Wedding Day
If you’re planning your wedding in Brighton, Hove, or beyond, Tarah Coonan is a photographer who truly understands how to capture the heart of your celebration. With a natural, relaxed reportage style, she focuses on the real moments—the laughter, the tears, the joy—as your wedding story unfolds. The result? Authentic images that reflect your day exactly as it happened.
Tarah’s approach is all about blending into the background so you and your guests feel comfortable and free to be yourselves. Couples often praise her kind, patient, and reassuring manner, which helps even those who aren’t used to being in front of a camera to relax and enjoy the experience. This means your photos will be full of genuine emotion and connection.
More Than Just Your Wedding Day
While weddings are Tarah’s main focus, she also offers photography services that celebrate other important moments in your life together, including:
- Couples Portraits: Whether you want engagement photos or simply want to capture your relationship, Tarah creates beautiful, natural portraits in locations meaningful to you—from the vibrant streets of London to the peaceful Sussex countryside.
- Family Photography: As your family grows, Tarah can help document those precious stages with relaxed family and newborn photoshoots that tell your unique story.
Telling Your Wedding Story Through Timeless Images
For Tarah, wedding photography is about more than just individual pictures—it’s about capturing the full story of your day. She loves being part of your journey, from the early planning stages right through to the final moments of your celebration. It’s an honor for her to create images that you and your loved ones will cherish for generations.
Her portfolio includes a wide variety of weddings, from intimate gatherings to grand celebrations in stunning venues, showcasing her ability to adapt and capture the unique spirit of every couple’s special day.
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Experience
What is your most memorable wedding?
There are too many to pick just one! With over 300 weddings so many jump out but mainly - love. That makes a wedding memorable for me. Details are lovely but my favourite days are made up by the people in them.
Describe your style in 5 adjectives.
Natural, light, bright, emotional, relaxed
What about your business are you most proud of?
That most of my business comes from recommendations from previous clients
What is your No.1 wedding planning tip for couples?
Do it your way! And to take a break from planning once in a while to enjoy your time together
What is your favourite personal touch you have seen at a wedding?
The brides grandmother was her flower girl 'spreading flowers in a carpet of love for her to walk on'. It made everyone emotional
Describe your typical process with a couple.
We always have a chat during the enquiry stage so I can help you work out how many hours you will need, based on years of photographing weddings. I'll never push you into more hours than you need, I want you to get everything you want. That's a really relaxed chat. After that if you'd like to book then it's an online contract and £500 deposit to book the date. Once the booking comes through I'll send you over my welcome document with lots of hints and tips and recommended suppliers. Then we'll speak before the day to work out a schedule, a list of any group/family photos you'd like as well but you're always welcome to call or email for a chat during the planning. I know how overwhelming it can be and I'm always here if you need me.
What is the No.1 photo that you think every couple should take?
My style naturally captures the ceremony and hugs and kisses that follow. But otherwise, a photo of the two of you. It's such a special moment, full of love and excitement.
What do you recommend for a rainy day wedding?
We can't change the weather but we can change what we make of it. We can take beautiful photos in the rain, with umbrellas. It makes everything look lush and green, the light is lovely and soft on the face as well. And it rarely rains all day in the UK so there's generally always a chance to pop out for photos when it stops if you're flexible.
Describe how you got into photography.
I always loved photography. My father had a Canon A1 film camera from when I was born and he gave it to me when I was 16. I spent hours taking photos and after that a camera rarely left my side. I tried different types of photography and then one day answered an advert to assist a photographer at a wedding and loved every minute. At that point I spent several years assisting and learning different styles, how to use the light as well, and I've never looked back. I still love it as much 12 years later.