Beautiful December Weddings

Roberta Thompson • January 16, 2023

Things to consider when planning a December Wedding

I love, love, love a good Christmas wedding! <3 You can't beat everyone being in a really happy festive mood and all the lights set up making everywhere look pretty.

December vibes are just the best <3

***All images throughout this blog have been taken when no natural light has been available***

I thought I would just put a few points together on things to consider if you are planning a December wedding:

1. If getting your photos back sooner than later is important to you, then make sure to ask your photographer how long it takes them to get your photos back.
I know this sounds like an extreme example, but I know someone who got their December wedding photos back in April!

If you want to make sure you don't get your Christmas photos back in a different season; make sure you get in writing from your photographer when your wedding photos will be returned to you so there are no surprises!

2. The most important part of photography is definitely LIGHTING!  All great photographers know lighting is the number one priority for beautiful images.

THIS DOESN'T NEED TO SCARE YOU! It doesn't mean you can only achieve great photos in natural daylight! Good lighting once the sun has gone down could come from using a range of different sources such as streetlights, fairy lights, off camera flash lighting (which I always have in my bag). I actually love the creativity in photographing once the sun goes down because it helps me think outside the box and really create some unique, magical and atmospheric shots <3




Here is what one December bride had to say:


"We chose to have a winter wedding as we both love that time of year. We love the cosy feeling you get when the weather changes and starts to get crisp and frosty and the nights start to draw in.

The colours and the light are beautiful and we both love the lead up to Christmas so we thought it would be the perfect start to December.


When planning the wedding and thinking about what we were going to spend the money on a photographer was never really a priority. Neither of us like to be centre of attention and having a camera in our faces all day didn’t really appeal it felt as though it would be quite intrusive and unnatural. We didn’t want lots of staged photographs and couldn’t see the point of paying lots of money for pictures that you never use or even really look at after initially viewing them.


As time went on people kept saying to us that they thought we’d regret the decision so after doing a lot of internet and social media searching we came across your website.


After seeing your beautiful work and the way you capture the light at varying times we knew that we’d definitely be interested in meeting you.


Your relaxed style and enthusiasm for our ideas was a perfect fit and we loved the fact that you liked the challenge of the fact we were getting married at 3pm on a December afternoon!


Throughout the whole process you made us feel relaxed and we were super excited to let you work your magic. As long as we had a nice picture of us and a few family shots we were happy to leave the rest up to you and we are so pleased with the results. You have surpassed our expectations.


You worked so tirelessly throughout the day, putting in so much time and effort and it felt as though we had a friend photographing our wedding.


All of the guests commented on how lovely you were and how they didn’t even notice you taking photographs around them which made them feel happy and relaxed.


We really couldn’t have asked for more and we are so pleased that we had you to capture our special day".


See photos from Nicola's Day Below:










So there we have it! :) Getting married late in the afternoon of December does not have to be an issue !


If you are planning your December / Winter wedding and would love to have a chat about your day, please get in touch , I would love to hear from you! x












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