One Moorgate Place wedding photographer
It’s the home of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, which does it no favours as a description. Then you walk in.
One of the better City wedding venues, and one of the least known outside London. Height, stone, dark wood and stained glass — it doesn’t look like a hotel and it doesn’t look like a country house.
Where the day happens
Very high ceilings, takes a big wedding without feeling cavernous
More contained, easier to fill with atmosphere
The other small-wedding option
St Paul’s, Guildhall, Bank — quiet on a Saturday
Rewarding, and slightly demanding
The good: the architecture does half the work. Point a camera at almost any wall and there’s something worth having in the frame. The stained glass throws colour around on a bright day, which you don’t get anywhere else in the City.
The catch: dark stone and dark wood absorb light rather than bouncing it back. You can’t rely on the room to fill in shadows the way a white marquee or a pale hotel ballroom will. So you either work the windows carefully or bring light in — and if you bring light in, it needs doing subtly or the room stops looking like itself.
My approach is to use the daylight for as long as it lasts and only add anything once it’s gone. I don’t use flash during a ceremony at all.
Outside, and nearby
It’s a City venue, so on a Saturday the streets around it are empty — which is worth a great deal. You can photograph on a pavement without forty strangers in shot, and nobody’s asking you to move. St Paul’s is a short walk, and so are Guildhall, Bank and a dozen alleys with good stone and no people in them. Ten minutes out of the building gets you an entirely different set of pictures.
Priced per head, not per room
Pricing here works per head rather than as a flat room hire, which is normal for City venues. That usually covers the rooms, catering, a drinks reception, wine with the meal and a toast drink, and a coordinator who runs the day.
Two things worth asking when you enquire: what’s actually included per head versus added on, and what the minimum numbers are for each room. Those two answers tell you more about the real cost than the headline figure does.
If you’re planning a wedding here
Can we move between rooms during the day?
Most weddings here use more than one space, which is good for photos — variety without going anywhere. Ask which rooms you have and when, and get it into the timings rather than improvising on the day.
Is there time to go outside?
Leave ten minutes, especially in summer when the light lasts. The City streets are the thing you can’t get at any other venue.
What about the low light inside?
Some photographers light the whole room, which changes how it looks. Ask to see a full wedding from a dark venue, not just the highlights, before you book.
Does winter work here?
Yes — the interiors are warm and lit, and the City is quieter still.
Availability
Is Your Moorgate Date Free?
Check your date against my live diary before you enquire — it updates automatically from my booking system.
One Moorgate Place is at 1 Moorgate Place, London EC2R 6EA — venue details here. If you’re still deciding, I’ve also written up The Ned and Stationers’ Hall.
Send me your date and I’ll check it
I read every enquiry myself and reply personally, usually within a couple of hours.
- Weddings here follow my standard London packages — no premium for the venue
- Full edited gallery from 24 hours, a week at most for a full day
- High-resolution downloads, no watermarks
See full pricing & packages before you enquire.
