About Katy
South Wales Wedding Photographer
13 years · 250+ weddings · Two-time Welsh National Wedding Award Winner
I love weddings.
I still get completely caught up in them. I laugh at the speeches, dance behind the camera when the DJ starts and get a lump in my throat during the first dance.
But over the years I’ve realised that being a wedding photographer is about far more than taking the photographs.
I’m the person helping you work out timings beforehand, reassuring you when the nerves kick in, sorting a veil, rounding up the right people, spotting an opportunity when the light changes and keeping a cool head when something doesn’t quite go to plan.
My couples often tell me at the end of the wedding that they don’t know what they would have done without me. That means just as much to me as hearing how much they love the photographs.
I've always noticed people.
Long before photography, I was interested in people. At school I chose portraiture for my A-level art because I loved drawing faces and trying to capture the detail and beauty I could see in them.
I still work like that now. I notice who’s nervous, who’s hanging back, who needs a little reassurance and who needs some space.
Before becoming a photographer I studied French and Spanish, worked in insurance and then spent seven years in charity fundraising and events for Marie Curie.
None of those things seemed particularly connected at the time, but they taught me how to listen, communicate, organise and make people feel comfortable quickly.
Photography eventually brought all of those things together.
I bought my first DSLR after marrying Spencer in 2012. I spent months learning everything I could before it even arrived, started photographing friends’ children and photographed my first wedding three months later.
Slightly ambitious? Probably. 😂
But I’d prepared for it.
Preparation has been at the heart of how I work ever since.
When I'm not at a wedding.
I’m home with Spencer, our three children, Belle, Leo and Penelope, and our two cats.
Usually somewhere between family chaos, renovating our house and planning the next thing.
We love getting away together, being by the sea and making the most of living in this gorgeous little corner of Wales.
They’re my whole world, and probably a big part of why relationships, family and the photographs that become more important with time mean so much to me.
TWO-TIME WELSH NATIONAL WEDDING AWARD WINNER
Best Wedding Photographer — South & Central Wales
2022 & 2024
The Welsh National Wedding Awards are particularly special to me because the first stage is voted for by past couples and their wedding parties.
Knowing that people I’ve photographed took the time to vote, recommend me and share their experience of working with me means an enormous amount.
