SMP Weddings - Photography

SMP Weddings - Photography Sussex/London based wedding and event PHOTOGRAPHER. Images which burst with atmosphere and soul in a

24 years. 2,314 shoots. 1 goat that ate my lens cap.Still here. Still clicking.Still getting handed a hairnet once a mon...
17/07/2025

24 years. 2,314 shoots. 1 goat that ate my lens cap.
Still here. Still clicking.
Still getting handed a hairnet once a month.
(Exhibit A: 👆)

This job has taken me everywhere.
Physically. Emotionally.
And occasionally up a ladder I definitely shouldn’t have been on.

For the creators. The grafters.
The “I’ll sleep when it’s backed up” crew.
Here’s what 25 years in professional photography really looks like:

🧠 43,792 hours in the edit
📸 279,048 faces captured
💥 10 TB of photo files
💻 3 hard drives named Gary
🤸 7.5 falls I pretended didn’t hurt
🔥 13 shoots derailed by fire alarms, alpacas or sideways rain
🎧 34 all-nighters powered by 90s house
🙃 1 mid-career rebuild that changed everything

And the dopamine?
Still hits. Every single time.

Wouldn’t trade it for anything
Except maybe better knees and an HDMI cable that actually works.

👇 What’s your version of this post?
Drop a stat. Tag a mate. Raise a glass to the graft.

—

📷 I’m Sophie
Photographer. Creative director. Director of non-models.
I help in-house marketing teams show off their real people with bold, culture-led brand photography that actually connects.

Follow for behind-the-scenes chaos, visual storytelling tips, and the truth about what really goes into a great shoot.

This hack saved my business.And no, it’s not a course.Or a mindset trick.Or a productivity app with a £299 annual subscr...
14/07/2025

This hack saved my business.
And no, it’s not a course.
Or a mindset trick.
Or a productivity app with a £299 annual subscription.
It’s a £10 kitchen timer.

⏱️ Procrastination kills momentum.
We all know that.
But how do you actually get over it?

Here’s what I do:
I turn the dial to 5 minutes.
I start.
No phone. No pressure. Just five minutes.

If I still hate it after that, I can stop.
…But 9 times out of 10?
I’m in the flow.
It’s happening.

Are you going to try it?
👉 I use the BlueSnail Kitchen Timer from Amazon.
Big dial. Big countdown. Big results.

It lives on my desk and bullies me into starting.
Try it. Tag me.
Or tell me your own procrastination buster below 👇
Let’s get sh*t done.

Ever looked at your “Meet the Team” page… and cringed?📸 Photos of Shutterstock Steve and his mate Addison Adobe…Looking ...
11/07/2025

Ever looked at your “Meet the Team” page… and cringed?

📸 Photos of Shutterstock Steve and his mate Addison Adobe…
Looking smug. Looking vanilla.
You don’t know them.
Your team doesn’t know them.
And your audience?
They know they don’t work there.

So why are they on your careers page?

Here’s the truth nobody says out loud:
📉 Stock photography can damage your credibility.

Especially when you’re trying to:

🧲 Attract talent
🧠 Show your values
📣 Build trust

You’re out here saying “our people are our biggest strength”…
but showing strangers in rented smiles?

👎 It doesn’t add up.

Look, I’m not anti-stock. It has its place.
But when it comes to your team, your culture, your real working world?

💡 Stock doesn’t cut it. Story does.

The energy.
The grit.
The quirks.
The joy.

That’s what people remember. That’s what makes you magnetic.

👇 Does this land for you?
Let’s stop borrowing faces, and start showing the real ones.

🚩 Red Flags That Scream: This Shoot’s Going SidewaysThis isn’t about blaming clients.It’s about naming the stuff that de...
30/06/2025

🚩 Red Flags That Scream: This Shoot’s Going Sideways

This isn’t about blaming clients.
It’s about naming the stuff that derails shoots before it happens.

From no clear brief to 17 “quick ideas” at midnight… these 8 red flags kill trust, cohesion, and ROI.
📲 Swipe through for the big ones I see all the time.

And if you’ve been in the chaos as a marketer, content lead, or creative… drop a 🙋‍♀️ below.
Let’s normalise naming the chaos so we can actually fix it.

Most people don’t realise this…But a headshot isn’t a portrait.Totally different jobs. Totally different impact.📸 A head...
27/06/2025

Most people don’t realise this…
But a headshot isn’t a portrait.
Totally different jobs. Totally different impact.

📸 A headshot?
That’s for LinkedIn.
Crisp. Clean. Professional.
No context. Just a face.

📸 But a portrait?
That’s story.
That’s atmosphere.
That’s strategy.

It’s the difference between a passport photo and a movie still.
One proves you exist.
The other makes people feel something.

When I photograph people, I show them in context.
In their space. Doing their thing.
Sometimes posed. Sometimes not.
Always rooted in real life.

So if you’re investing in photography:

🎯 Show people where they actually are
🎯 Doing what they actually do
🎯 Let the environment speak too

What do you reckon?
Or am I just teaching grandma to suck eggs? 👇

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SMP Weddings, The Barn, Ockenden Lane, Cuckfield
Haywards Heath
RH175LD

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