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Darren Lovell Photo & Film

Name: Darren Lovell Photo & Film
Address: Wimborne, BH21, GB
Telephone: +447792000325
Price range: ££
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Dorset-based Wedding, Commercial & Portrait Photographer & Film Maker
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Multi-Award Winning Photographer & Film Maker

Capturing the naturally occurring beauty in the world. Weddings ~ Commercial ~ Portrait

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12/01/2025

Brother. 🇺🇸
Before my brother, Graham, heads off to Washington DC for a few years, we’ve managed to catch up. While he was staying we met up with old friends, drank, laughed, cried, laughed again, quoted more Monty Python and Bottom than is socially acceptable and took some headshots for him.
Life is complicated. It can really be wonderful. However, It can be cruel on occasion and seemingly ‘good to the bad’ and ‘bad to the good.’ Along our journies we’ve needed each other, more than perhaps we realise and I’m so very grateful to have had him on my team and I on his.
His next adventure is one hell of a new chapter. However, I do know that he will just plough through it with determination and with the highest standards. That’s one thing he has more than anyone reading this post. He will get through things most of us would throw our cards at.
So, with that in mind - Go and fu***ng get them, Brother. I’ll always be here for a call, a message and I’ll be sure to fly over and see you once you’ve settled. ✈️
‘Stay the course, the best is yet to be’
The last photo, taken in the pub we all grew up in together. Take nothing for granted.

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10/01/2025

There is absolutely nothing wrong with following tradition or the ‘typical’ rhythms of a wedding, there really isn’t. There are reasons why most of them work. BUT here are a few things I saw at weddings last year that I thought deserved a shout out. Enjoy!.

06/01/2025

There is SO MUCH that goes on behind the scenes to ensure that I arrive at your wedding in the best form possible.
1) I still practise. Every day, I’ll use a camera for something. It shouldn’t be a chore, I should want to do it.
2) Being fit is vital to being good at my job. Being able to carry my kit for 12-14 hours, being able to run when needed (carrying that kit) and being fit enough not to fatigue late in the day, is more valuable than people think.
3) I have sold multi-million pound houses, worked with royalty and worked with everyone inbetween. Being able to chat to anybody is so important in my job, for so many reasons.
4) Well, almost 2 of everything. If it’s a £4K camera, I’ll wait a few months to buy the second one. Whenever I’m just filming (not photographing) a wedding, I seem to work alongside people who aren’t entirely confident or prepared. They’re still charging over £2k, but the clients don’t realise that their photographer is making it up as they go. They rarely have backup kit and they rarely have a second photographer who is a photographer (it’s usually a friend, there to carry their kit - but they won’t tell you that).
5) Instagram is very misleading. It’s easy to post a few good photos. But doing that week in, week out is not. The current photography standards are dropping, with poor images and lighting being pushed as popular. It’s also worth noting that people who are ‘top 25 in the UK’ aren’t ever used by the people who gave them the award… which tells you something. 🤔
6) see point 4 😂
7) It’s very dull, but it’s worth noting the costs incurred with storage of your images, insurances and all the pricey, but necessary paperwork involved in the job. It all comes at a cost. I spent over a grand on memory cards recently, for example. That’s no fun! 😂
8) Spray and pray is used when a photographer just keeps shooting in the hopes of getting a good photo. It happens a lot. I don’t do this. There are better ways to get good photos that don’t involve taking 10k photos in a day. 😉

05/01/2025

FAVOURITES OF 2024 - Landscape edition

There are so many to choose from, it’s genuinely impossible to narrow them down. But these certainly are SOME of my favourites. From touching moments, to joyful moments, to the moment Georgia was nearly set on fire 😂 (she was fine). I love them all!!

02/01/2025

FAVOURITES OF 2024 🎈 - Little People Edition.
Kids at weddings have been awesome this year (mostly 😂). It’s a part of the job I love - having only one child means that there’s still a whole lot of silly left in me for working with children. There are some beautiful wee characters out there! 🥹

31/12/2024

FAVOURITES OF 2024 - 🕺 Party Edition. 💃 (Portrait)
The thing that always makes me laugh on a wedding day is the fact that everyone arrives looking clean and crisp, dolled up to the nines and acting as demur as they can. 5 hours later, they’re sh*t faced and twerking in front of the brides father (who rarely looks disappointed at this turn of events). To those who go wild, thankyou - it’s always a pleasure to capture it (until I’m groped up by a bridesmaid or a guest on the dance floor)😂.
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30/12/2024

FAVOURITES OF 2024 - Black & White (Pt1. 🤷🏻‍♂️)
I’ve LOVED ❤️ shooting black and white stills this year. There are so many variables that determine the ‘feel’ I’m trying to capture, but I’m a firm believer they are timeless by virtue of their absence of colour. ◼️⚪️

27/12/2024

Mel & Alex’s wedding feels like it was yesterday - a blast of brilliant bedlam in the midst of the summer months. Cricket on the Green opposite the hotel, drinks and canapés in the sunshine and questionable dancing into the night. Perfect. 👌🏻
Not only was everyone on good form, but Mel & Alex were a delight to spend time with. Also, seeing is always a joy!!

22/12/2024

I was invited to capture the wonderful, bewitching Winter Solstice event last night. Magical. ✨
The days only get longer from here on out. 🙌🏻
Thanks to and all the staff & performers.

18/12/2024

THAT DRESS!! 😲
I see all sorts of dresses and body types and I think those who get it right are those who choose something that not only fits them in all the right places, but that shows part of who they are as a person. 🙌🏻
I always ask brides where they get their dress and these are the most common responses -

16/12/2024

Meet Nala. 🥹 she’s tiny at the moment but she’s going to get BIG! Megan & Rob won a free portrait shoot with me and they chose to focus on their new fur baby. It was my pleasure entirely and so lovely to see them again after their wedding!!

12/12/2024

Amber & Jim, Somerley House, some of the most incredible floral displays you’re ever likely to see at a wedding, fireworks, phenomenal food and fantastic people. A wedding that will stay in my memory for many years to come. 🙌🏻 .a.lovell 💃🕺
It’s fantastic to shoot at such a wonderful venue as their staff are amazing and the property itself is just stunning.
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10/12/2024

Cara & James + Abbots Court = crazy day(s). Love these guys, love this place. There are days, such as these, which go by in a heartbeat and I’m here for it! 👌🏻

09/12/2024

Ellie & Ryan - they were warmer times. 😉🌞
It’s a glorious venue offering versatile variations for your wedding day. It’s super pretty to boot! Ellie & Ryan were a joy to be with and their guests thoroughly embraced the belting British heat!

04/12/2024

Occasionally I’ll film a wedding where I’m not photographing it as well. It’s a completely different way of approaching a wedding day and it’s interesting to see how other photographers work.
This year I got to capture the awesome wedding of Mark & Lucy (and it really was effing awesome!!). 🙌🏻🤘🏻
Working with was great. Her style, her communication and her work ethic were a breath of fresh air. In a saturated industry, it’s so difficult to convey to people the wildly varying levels of ability from one photographer to another. And although people can be happy with what they’ve paid for, to know they could have gotten so much more for their money is maddening.
But it is what it is.
If I can’t capture your wedding, I will only recommend other photographers that I KNOW are great at what they do, who have experience, knowledge and confidence. 👍🏻

30/11/2024

Spent a few good hours at the wonderful today as they invited me to their Wesding Showcase. It was so nice to see some favourite suppliers and meet some new people!
Open again tomorrow from 12-6pm!!
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30/11/2024

Sometimes, the photos just need to tell the story. 📸Gabrielle & Ben married in Dorset. 🥹🙌🏻 It’s a glorious place for a summer wedding, sitting among the vines, drinking the wine made on site (it’s bloody good wine ‘n all!). There are few places that offer a backdrop quite like this for your wedding day.

28/11/2024

Sometimes, when a photographer cancels, it’s almost ‘meant to be’. Tiff & Ash asked me pretty last minute if I could cover their wedding and i have to say how glad I am. They had a stunning day for it, but also a wonderful, welcoming kindness to them that made it a joy to capture. They also had there who are fantastic at what they do. What more do you need?! Emotion? Yeah, there was plenty of that too 🥹

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Wimborne
BH21

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 4:30pm
Thursday	9am - 4:30pm
Friday	9am - 4:30pm
Saturday	9am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+447792000325

Website

http://www.darrenlovellphotography.co.uk/

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UNIQUE IDEAS FOR YOUR WEDDING

Beautiful views and Autumnal hues. Dorset, you’re so pretty. 😍🍁

2011-2014 clients - getting touch!!

I’d like to offer free shoots to the people who employed me during 2011-2014. Before the end of this year and including the original people. Drop me a message and we will get you booked in!

Hannah & Dean wedding trailer - ‘Ten Years’.

10 years. Hannah & Dean, from the moment Dean tried to pay me a deposit at another wedding I was shooting, until the day itself, you’ve been kind, calm and humble. I wish you nothing but a happy years ahead of you. Thankyou for having me photograph & Film your wedding day!!..Enourmous thanks has to go to @aimee_eleanor_ @aimeeeleanorwilson for her tireless work and assistance today (plus her feeding!!), she’s absolutely a favourite to work with. The whole team at @abbotscourt and @molecular_magic (who, again, just nailed it on every front) were non-stop brilliant. .#dorsetwedding #dorsetweddingphotographer #weddingphotographer #fimmaker #weddingfilm #videographer #weddingplanning #bridalinspiration #weddinginspiration #dorsetweddingsuppliers