by Barrie Downie | London wedding venues
Affordable Wedding Photography at Marylebone Old Town Hall — From £350 My studio is a five-minute walk from Old Marylebone Town Hall. Close enough that for the last few years I’ve kept a small handful of slots a month back for couples getting married here on a...
by Barrie Downie | Wedding photography London
I’m one of the recommended wedding photographers at Hotel Café Royal, and it’s always a venue I’m glad to see come up in an enquiry. It sits right on the bend of Regent Street, where the West End, Mayfair and Soho all meet — a five-star hotel with...
by Barrie Downie | Pre-wedding photography
Stepfanie and Ben’s pre-wedding shoot was one of those days where every location carried a real story, which always makes the photographs feel that much more personal. We started in Knightsbridge at Holy Trinity Brompton, the church where the two of them first...
by Barrie Downie | Luxury Weddings
After twenty-odd years photographing weddings across London, I’ve come to look forward to winter dates almost more than the summer ones. There’s something about shooting in December, January and February that you just can’t fake — the light is low,...
by Barrie Downie | Pre-wedding photography
Pre wedding photoshoot in the city We had a fantastic time with Yuefasi & Lian during their Pre wedding photoshoot London recently — one of those days where everything seemed to fall into place, from the weather to the locations to the relaxed, joyful energy the...
by Barrie Downie | weddings London
A Persian Civil Ceremony at Old Marylebone Town Hall — Syrus & Bibi After a four-year, £60 million refit, Old Marylebone Town Hall reopened its doors in 2018 and quickly reclaimed its place as one of the most sought-after civil wedding venues in London — and...
by Barrie Downie | weddings in sussex
Ella & Gaal — A Spring Wedding at Selden Barns Some wedding days you have to work for. Others, like Ella and Gaal’s yesterday, hand themselves to you — blue skies, no wind, and a couple who’d clearly decided early on that they were going to enjoy every...
by Barrie Downie | Pre-wedding photography
A London Pre-Wedding Photoshoot to Remember: Singapore to the Streets of the Capital There’s something truly special about welcoming couples who travel halfway around the world to capture their pre-wedding story in London. This recent shoot was exactly that kind...
by Barrie Downie | london photographer
How to Choose a Wedding Photographer in London: A Practical Guide for Couples Choosing a wedding photographer is one of the most personal decisions you will make during your engagement. The flowers wilt, the cake gets eaten, the band packs up and goes home — but your...
by Barrie Downie | Locations
Marylebone Town Hall Wedding Photographer There’s something quietly cinematic about a Marylebone Town Hall wedding. The Edwardian architecture, the marble-floored entrance halls, the light-filled ceremony rooms — the building draws some of London’s most...
by Barrie Downie | Wedding photography London
Wedding Photography at The Peninsula London The Peninsula London is the newest of the city’s grand five-star hotels — opened in 2023 at Hyde Park Corner, in a custom-built modern building opposite Wellington Arch and the south-east corner of Hyde Park. As a...
by Barrie Downie | Pre-wedding photography
Pre wedding photoshoot in the city We had a fantastic time with Yuefasi & Lian during their Pre wedding photoshoot London recently — one of those days where everything seemed to fall into place, from the weather to the locations to the relaxed, joyful...
by Barrie Downie | wedding tips for brides
How to Get the Best Photos on Your Wedding Day: A Practical Guide for Couples Your wedding photos are the one thing that lasts long after the cake has been eaten, the flowers have wilted, and the last guest has gone home. They are the way you will relive the day — not...
by Barrie Downie | pre wedding engagement photography
The Best Locations in London for Pre-Wedding Photography There’s a particular kind of stillness that settles over London in the early morning hours — before the tourists arrive, before the coffee shops fill with commuters, before the city turns up its volume....
by Barrie Downie | Wedding photography London
Wedding Photography at The Corinthia LondonThe Corinthia London is one of the more interesting central London wedding hotels to photograph. Tucked at the corner of Whitehall Place and Northumberland Avenue, two minutes from Embankment station and five from Trafalgar...
by Barrie Downie | engagement
Pre-Wedding Photography in Paris: Eiffel Tower, Louvre & the City of Light This particular Paris shoot was the second half of a two-city pre-wedding adventure. The couple had flown in from Cambodia and we spent their first day working through London — the...
by Barrie Downie | engagement
A London Pre-Wedding Photoshoot: British Museum, Kensington Gardens & Buckingham Palace Some pre-wedding shoots are purely about logistics — pick a nice park, show up, press the shutter. And then there are shoots like this one. When Lina and Chen contacted me from...
by Barrie Downie | Wedding Photographers London
A London Wedding on the Thames | Amy & Robbie From Whitehall to the water — a quintessentially London wedding Every now and then a wedding day comes along that just feels like London on a postcard, and Amy and Robbie’s was one of them. Bridal prep...
by Barrie Downie | Locations
London Wedding Photographer Mayfair I’ve been photographing Mayfair weddings for over twenty years. The neighbourhood is small — about half a square mile bounded by Park Lane, Oxford Street, Regent Street and Piccadilly — but it punches above its weight on...
by Barrie Downie | Wedding Venues London
Wedding Photography at Inner Temple The Inner Temple is one of those London wedding venues that does most of the work for you. Centuries of history, Hall ceilings that go on forever, three acres of garden in the middle of the city, and a kind of quiet, weighted...
by Barrie Downie | weddings London
Wedding at the Royal Courts of Justice, London Navid and Roujin’s wedding day moved across three of central London’s most distinctive locations: the Corinthia Hotel in Whitehall for prep, Hyde Park for the couple portraits, and the Royal Courts of Justice...
by Barrie Downie | Locations
London Wedding Photographer Knightsbridge I’ve been photographing weddings around Knightsbridge for over twenty years. The neighbourhood is dense with luxury hotel venues — Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, the Berkeley, the Bvlgari, the Park Tower, Jumeirah Carlton...
by Barrie Downie | Luxury Weddings, weddings London
An Evening Winter Wedding at Marylebone Town Hall When Nathalie and Rutger first discussed their evening winter wedding at Marylebone Town Hall, I knew this would be something truly special. Having been recognised as one of the UK’s top ten winter wedding...
by Barrie Downie | Luxury Weddings
The Epitome of Luxury Wedding Venues in London After two decades of photographing weddings across London’s most prestigious venues, I can confidently say that Claridge’s stands in a league of its own. This Art Deco masterpiece in the heart of Mayfair...
by Barrie Downie | engagement
Pre-wedding photography Iceland I had an amazing experience during our pre-wedding photography Iceland adventure recently! We flew from Gatwick into Reykjavik and met up with our couple at the airport to start the pre-wedding adventure. We went to the rental car...
by Barrie Downie | Wedding photography London
Wedding photography at The Langham London Weddings at The Langham sit in a particular sweet spot: properly grand, properly central, and properly easy for guests to get to. The hotel sits at the top of Regent Street, two minutes from Oxford Circus, looking straight...
by Barrie Downie | Luxury Weddings
The Ultimate Luxury: Capturing an Indian Wedding at The Ritz London Of all the venues I’ve photographed across London over the last twenty years, very few feel quite like The Ritz on the day of an Indian wedding. There’s a particular kind of energy when...
by Barrie Downie | Real Weddings
by Barrie Downie | Automotive Photography Sussex
After years photographing vehicles ranging from £10,000 Audis to multi-million pound classics and race cars for discerning private owners, alongside commercial work for RM Sotheby’s, Bonhams, Rolls-Royce, and Porsche, I’ve witnessed firsthand how...
by Barrie Downie | Automotive Photography Sussex
Professional Automotive Photography for a 1965 AC Cobra 4.7 Why Professional Photography Matters When Selling Your Car Potential buyers form their first impressions entirely through photographs. Before they arrange a viewing, before they hear the engine, before they...
