Marianne Chua
Colourful & Fun Documentary London Wedding Photographer

SERIOUS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY, SILLY ABOUT LIFE

Let's be

DIFFERENT TOGETHER

I’m an award-winning London wedding photographer who is passionate about honest, down-to-earth and unconventional documentary wedding photography.

I believe you should spend your wedding day wholly present with your friends and family, enjoying all the food and fun!

Yet I know you also want to feel confident that you’ll see all the key moments and unbridled chaos, captured in clever and artistic photos that make every laugh and embrace come alive again.

And on top of all that you want your photos to genuinely look like you, maybe just a little more fabulous!

Planning a wedding can come with the pressure to follow traditions and trends. I’m the straight talking London wedding photographer helping couples celebrate love in whatever way feels right. I believe wonderful wedding photography is about joyful connections and a true account of your day.

I frame your unique moments in my cheeky signature style that’s earned me a Fujifilm ambassadorship, multiple awards and positions on respected photography judging panels.

Experience your wedding.
Be unapologetically you.
I got you covered.

Art-led street style wedding photography

Creative candid connections

My wedding photography is defined by two core loves of my life. Firstly, my appreciation for the arts: Cinema, classical painting and street photography/photojournalism.

To create timeless wedding photography, I embrace true to life colour and seek out interesting light where it exists. I can’t help but feel excited when all the chaos in a frame falls into place. I see shapes, symmetry and patterns in everything.

But I also love the unfussy principles of street photography- the authentic reflection of real life, candid and untampered with.

That’s why I believe your wedding photography is important, but being photographed shouldn’t dominate the day. I tell couples the best thing they can do for their wedding photography is to ignore me and carry on. I rely on my friendly nature and shorter than average stature to blend in with your people, whilst I strive to create something unexpected and beyond standard wedding photography.

Even though you won’t notice me, your wedding gallery will feel personal to you, yet artistic enough to be proudly hung on your walls.

This is documentary wedding photography for couples who don’t want their wedding photography to look like wedding photography

COLOURFUL WEDDING PHOTOS FOR LONDON, AND BEYOND

I'VE BEEN SEEN

[My mum didn't give me these awards honest]

Emotions rule the roost

Humanity at the heart of it all

My second definer is my genuine love and interest in people. When I started out, I’d never been to a wedding so I had no preconceptions. I was completing my PhD in Psychology (yes I’m a Dr., sadly can’t save lives!), so my life has always been about people, emotions and embracing the idiosyncrasies that make us human.

That’s why I see your wedding as something more than an event. Your relationship, family and friends are the most important part of your life. I know photos of your people and whatever mischief they get up to are the ones that will make you laugh and cry decades into the future.

I relish capturing moments you weren’t even there for, so when you open your album you have reactions like “Oh that’s when auntie Wendy laughed so hard she hiccuped her drink all over herself!” and “WAIT, when did that happen!?”.

Life is short and I want to share the joy and humour of reality.

We always said we’d never be the kind of people who have their wedding photos blown up on a big canvas but, having seen that, I’m afraid we may have to just become everything we hate…. Thank you times infinity. You’re a f**king legend.

OH MY GOD THEY’RE BRILLIANT!!!!! I am laugh-crying at my desk. It’s like re-living the whole day. Your composition is so beautiful and you’ve caught so many hilarious moments.

You made us both feel so comfortable and at-ease from the very first moment, and a huge number of our guests told us that very same thing. You were so friendly and likeable that many assumed you were just one of our mates! What a total pro.

Oh my God, Marianne. The photos. I am speechless. They are incredible. It’s such a credit to you that you managed to make two of the most un-photogenic human specimens on this planet look not just photographable but actually pretty damn FLY is a feat not short of miraculous.

Marianne is an incredible photographer who put us at ease immediately as two VERY camera shy people. She was the ultimate fly on the wall on our wedding day. 1000% would recommend if you want some killer wedding photos to show off your special day!

Marianne is the best!!! She managed to capture our wedding and our guests in all their goofy glory. She was a pleasure to deal with from our initial enquiry to the day itself, and worth every penny. A total legend who I wish could follow me around capturing my entire life...

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Essex festival tipi wedding

Wes Anderson theme at a Lea Rowing Club wedding in London

Hackney Town Hall wedding

where can we find you?

London Town hall weddings

I’m a London wedding photographer living in denial on the London/Essex border, who regularly photographs Islington Town Hall weddings, Stoke Newington Town Hall weddings, Hackney Town Hall weddings and Marylebone Town Hall weddings. Lambeth Town Hall and Southwark Registry Office weddings are also amongst my favourite haunts.

Outside of London

I also offer fun Essex wedding photography at venues like the Canary Shed, The Barns at Lodge Farm and Langtons House. I bring the relaxed street photography style to the countryside at Kent wedding venues like Elmley Nature Reserve and Greenhill Farm. You can see more of my outdoor festival wedding photography.

Inclusive wedding photography

I am an established wedding photographer of fun Jewish weddings and both traditional and modern Indian weddings. Humanist and celebrant weddings are my jam. It goes without saying that I am an LGBTQA+ friendly wedding photographer and I photograph weddings of all faiths without exception.

I’m very honoured that couples regularly book me to travel further afield, and over my career I’ve covered the whole of the UK, so feel free to contact me to check my availability for your location.