Weddings, kept the way they felt.

Quiet, considered photographs for couples who would rather be present than posed — across Europe and wherever you are headed.

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Quiet, considered photographs for couples who would rather be present than posed — across Europe and wherever you are headed.

Nine frames from the last two seasons.

A laughing bride in a silk gown and a groom in a dark green suit beneath a towering palm at dusk.
A laughing bride in a silk gown and a groom in a dark green suit beneath a towering palm at dusk.
Low sun flares behind a couple holding a loose bouquet of white roses and fern.
Low sun flares behind a couple holding a loose bouquet of white roses and fern.
Close crop of a bride in a lace sleeve and a groom holding hands, shadows across the lawn.
Close crop of a bride in a lace sleeve and a groom holding hands, shadows across the lawn.
A couple embrace on a pebble beach, a cathedral-length veil spreading across the stones.
A couple embrace on a pebble beach, a cathedral-length veil spreading across the stones.
Black-and-white photograph of a couple about to kiss as the wind lifts the veil.
Black-and-white photograph of a couple about to kiss as the wind lifts the veil.
A bride holds a round bouquet of peach and ivory roses against a beaded gown.
A bride holds a round bouquet of peach and ivory roses against a beaded gown.
A smiling couple stand by a still lake framed by autumn trees, holding coral roses.
A smiling couple stand by a still lake framed by autumn trees, holding coral roses.
Newlyweds kiss as guests in pale blue throw white petals during the recessional.
Newlyweds kiss as guests in pale blue throw white petals during the recessional.
In-camera double exposure of two hands and a ring layered with lavender and fern.
In-camera double exposure of two hands and a ring layered with lavender and fern.
I photograph the in-between.

I photograph the in-between.

The breath before the vows. A father straightening a cuff. The walk back from the ceremony when nobody is watching yet.

I came to weddings from editorial portrait work, and I still shoot them the same way — light first, people second, props never. Most days I carry two bodies and a medium-format film camera.

I take a limited number of weddings each year so every gallery gets the same slow edit and hand-finished prints.

Three ways to work together.

  • The Elopement

    For two, or a handful of guests. A few unhurried hours, somewhere that matters to you.

    from €3,200

  • The Wedding Day

    Getting ready to the first dance, photographed as it happens rather than as a checklist.

    from €5,800

  • The Editorial Session

    An engagement or anniversary portrait session, styled and lit like a magazine story.

    from €950

Kind words

  • We barely noticed Mara all day. Then the gallery arrived, and every glance we'd missed was there.

    Inès & Tom

    Elopement in the Apennines

  • She found light in a rainy courtyard that we didn't know existed. The film portraits are framed in our hallway and people still ask who took them.

    Priya & Daniel

    City wedding

  • Calm, kind and completely unobtrusive. Our grandparents loved her, and the photographs feel like our day, not a template of one.

    Sofia & Luca

    Lakeside wedding

Tell me about your day.

Share your date and a little about the two of you. I reply to every enquiry personally within two working days.

hello@maraellison.com

Mara Ellison — Fine-Art Wedding & Editorial Photography