Wedding Photography by Sands

03/11/2024

Last wedding of the year for us 💕

05/09/2024

We have had such a laugh today! Great time! Looking forward to the going through your pics 🥰

03/09/2024

Congratulations to Mr & Mrs Wyman

This lovely bride just happens to be one of my lovely friends. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves snapping your special day 🥰 They had their beautiful ceremony at Canford Parish Church followed by a wedding breakfast at Parley Manor and the awesome Bill Ding & the Skyscrapers for their evening reception. The dance floor was packed! Happy days 💕

Ecclesiastes 4:12

31/08/2024

We’ve had a wonderful summer full of camping, days out, volunteering and of course photographing weddings 😍 we’ll be sharing those over the next few weeks but for now here’s a few highlights from one of the weddings back in May.

Congratulations Mr and Mrs Knight who got married at Abbots Court Rural Retreat & Wedding Venue. Beautiful venue, lots of laughs and love shown from this lovely couple throughout their special day.

We are still taking a small amount of bookings for 2025 onwards so please do get it touch 💕

Blessings Dan & Barbie

13/07/2024

Cheeky work selfie yesterday 😉

We had a fabulous day capturing our friends special day and enjoyed the partying after too 🎶

Congratulations to Mr & Mrs Wyman, thank you for choosing us, we’re looking forward to sharing the photos with you soon 🥰🙏🏻

14/04/2024

Ben & Luisa - 5th April 2024

Wow, what an incredible way to kick start our 2024 wedding season - a day full of fun, faith, love & laughs. It was a joy to share & capture your day with you.

Thank you for your lovely feedback:
“you’ve just had Luisa and I in tears. You’ve captured our day in a way we didn’t think was possible.”

Ceremony held at Canford Parish Church followed by wedding breakfast and reception at Larmer Tree Gardens - huge thanks to Amy for guiding us around ☺️

Nice to be working alongside Andy the Videographer and Nikki Mullard makeup stylist / technician

03/03/2024

Congratulations Dan Sands 🥂📸😍

At still no idea how this happened! Woohoo! 🎉

21/01/2024

On this day six years ago we begun our own adventure. We were fortunate enough to tie the knot as part of a destination wedding in Mauritius, but with our initial day being postponed due to a cyclone we found the photographer was going through the motions with lots of other weddings to catch up on, and we didn’t feel our photos were very personal. Thankfully we had a camera with us, so decided to take matters into our own hands and take some photos for ourselves. Fast forward six years and we put passion into ensuring every couple we shoot is made to feel special and heard on their wedding day!

We’re excited for our busiest year of weddings yet in 2024 😍

14/12/2023

Woohoo! Dan has won Amateur Photographer of the year! 🎉

The prize money has been invested in new gear for our weddings next year, we’re looking forward to seeing what it can do 😊

I can't quite believe I'm writing this, but it brings me a tremendous amount of pleasure to share the news that I have been awarded the title of "Amateur Photographer of the year 2023".

The competition, ran by Amateur Photographer magazine had over 12,500 entries this year from nearly 2,500 photographers all around the world, so I'm staggered to even finish in the top10, let alone first overall!

The prize was awarded after I finished first in the final category "low light" with my image below - titled "bus stop" this image was taken on Portland last year just outside the Heights hotel, so it's even more pleasing to win such a prestigious competition with a photo taken on home turf!

08/12/2023

Katie & Tom - 29/07/2023

All this cold wet weather is making us reflect on the year that was, so here’s a flash back to Katie & Toms wedding from the summer - they were married at St Saviour's, Guildford back in July, we had tonnes of fun shooting their special ceremony followed by a celebration at The Squirrel Inn 😍

12/05/2023

Dan & Amey - 25.03.2023

Daniel Roberts-Pratt
Amey Roberts-Pratt

What better way to kick off the 2023 wedding season than a wedding on our home turf at our own church, we had so much fun photographing Dan & Amey a few weeks back!

Amey's hair and make up was done by the very talented Rebecca Edwards Hairdressing and flowers provided by Floral Couture

Service was held at St John's Church, Weymouth followed by a wedding breakfast at Radipole Manor Weddings and evening reception by Ultimate Party Nights cars by Dorset Dubhire Classic VW Wedding Transport

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love 💞

1 Corinthians 13:13

22/03/2022

Mr & Mrs Ford - 22.02.2022

We had a great day shooting Aby and her husband Aaron - having changed plans a couple of times due to Covid their day was so full of love and intimacy it was a joy to be part of.

These two tied the knot in a beautifully intimate ceremony at Poole Registry Office and then carried on the celebrations at the gorgeous Sandbanks peninsula. After stopping for a quick coffee break in the back of their 1937 Rover (how cool is that!) we had a wander along the beach and enjoyed some delightful rays of sunshine and even a glimpse of a rainbow before heading to the super cool Rivo's Hub for some food and dancing.

Aby was styled by the very talented Alexandra Wright Hair And Make Up Artist and Aby's mum provided some beautiful hand made flowers.

Thank you Aby and Aaron for letting us be a part of your special day. If you see yourself below tag away.

23/02/2022

Huge Congratulations to Mr & Mrs Ford who were married yesterday at Poole Registry Office, a fantastic date to choose and one that can never be forgotten, thanks for allowing us to capture your wonderful day.

22 02 2022 (twos day!)

04/07/2021

Huge congratulations to Mr & Mrs Rowland celebrating their first wedding anniversary. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year already! 🙏

27/06/2021

Wishing the Candy's a very special day today for their 2nd wedding anniversary ❤❤

27/03/2021

Wishing the Portwood's a very Happy 1st Wedding Anniversary ❤🎉

Joe & Den - Canford Magna Parish Church

I had the privilege of attending & shooting this wedding on Sunday, right before the government announced all weddings were cancelled. It was fantastic to see a display of love in such turbulent times.

We're not sure what the rest of the year will hold for weddings, but we'll be here once things get back to normal.