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Capturing Your Wedding Story with Authenticity and Joy
If you’re planning your wedding in or around Whitstable, Kent, Matt Ebbage is the photographer who truly understands how to tell your unique story. Specializing in documentary wedding photography, Matt focuses on capturing genuine, emotional moments filled with joy. His relaxed, unobtrusive style means you can fully enjoy your day without being stuck in posed photoshoots—just real moments with your loved ones that you’ll cherish forever.
A Natural and Unobtrusive Approach to Your Wedding Day
Matt believes your wedding day should be all about celebrating your love and connection. He blends seamlessly into the background, creating a comfortable atmosphere where everyone feels at ease. Known as a “human connection specialist,” Matt captures the laughter, happy tears, and those small, meaningful moments that make your wedding truly yours. His photos reflect the day as it naturally unfolds, giving you a heartfelt and immersive collection of memories.
What You Can Expect When Working with Matt
- Documentary Style: Candid, unposed images that tell the real story of your wedding day.
- Relaxed Experience: Matt’s friendly and easygoing nature helps make the photography process smooth and enjoyable.
- Genuine Moments Over Poses: While portraits and family photos are included, the focus is on capturing authentic interactions so you spend more time with your guests.
- Emotional Storytelling: Your final photos will beautifully reflect your personalities and the joy of your celebration in a natural, flowing narrative.
About Matt
With over ten years of experience and multiple awards to his name, Matt is passionate about creating timeless wedding memories. When he’s not behind the camera, you might find him enjoying a coffee and cake in Whitstable. For Matt, it’s a true privilege to capture life’s happiest moments and craft a visual legacy that you and your family will treasure for years to come.
Experience
What is your most memorable wedding?
At the time of writing, it's probably going to have to be one of the most recent weddings I shot, up at Woodhall Manor in Suffolk back in December '17. Clear blue sky, snow on the ground, amazing couple, lovely families, beautiful light, beautiful venue...heaven!
Describe your style in 5 adjectives.
Documentary, Unposed, Photojournalism, Fun, Creative
What about your business are you most proud of?
Staying true to the way I want to shoot. I'm a photojournalist because I love capturing genuine moments between people and I love being able to shoot storytelling pictures that people will love for many years to come.
What is your No.1 wedding planning tip for couples?
Don't stress! it all gets done - make your list(s), set up your spreadsheet(s) and make sure you're splitting the load, but don't get worked up. When it arrives, it really is an epic day...the planning should be just as much fun as the day itself. Trust yourselves and plan the day YOU want, not anyone else...and book suppliers you actually like and want to spend your day with. That way, you'll be more relaxed and everything will be smooth. I think that was my top 3 rather than my top tip, but hey, they're all relevant.
What is your favourite personal touch you have seen at a wedding?
Great question. I'll have to come back to that one...
Describe your typical process with a couple.
Meet, chat over coffee and cake (or a Gin if we're meeting in the evening), have fun, explain my process, answer their questions. The most important thing is that there is a 'connection' between us. If we have fun and get along, we can have a load of fun on the day. Keeping things simple is my mantra
What is the No.1 photo that you think every couple should take?
One that they'll be proud to show their Grandchildren. I'm not a fan of having 'lists of posed photos' (other than any formal group shots of course) so I tend to let my couples do their thing with their guests so I can capture lovely natural moments.
What is the most original photo you’ve been asked to take at a wedding?
Same as the last one really. I don't generally get asked to shoot specific lists of pictures, people book me to document their day in a very natural way, so this kinda goes against the way I work.
What do you recommend for a rainy day wedding?
Embrace it! There's no changing it, so embrace it and make the best of it. low light/night time portraits with some creative lighting and a bit of rain actually look pretty amazing, so I'm game if you are!
Describe how you got into photography.
Intrigue! My Father has always been into Photography, so I picked up one of his old cameras one weekend when I was home from University for a break and went out and shot some pictures. After going through the "I just want to shoot wildlife and work for Attenborough" phase, I started shooting pictures of people, and that REALLY got me hooked. The rest, as they say, is history...