All the latest from Kent Wedding Photographer Simon Hawkins

Relaxed, Informal and Fun Weddings   The trend for more informal, relaxed, and fun weddings is growing. In the last 12 months I’ve photographed five back garden weddings, and they have all been brilliantly entertaining to be at and the best thing of...

Lauren and Paul at Castello Di Rosciano   It’s official, I have reached the holy grail of wedding photographers. Not only am I a documentary wedding photographer, I am now a destination wedding photographer!!! As destination weddings go this one had...

I Love This Photo, Number 14   Look, don’t start, I know I am a documentary wedding photographer, but…sometimes, just sometimes, the creative juices take over and I take a wedding portrait because some of my clients ask and sometimes the scenery just...

5 Reasons why you should invite children to your wedding   I used to be one of these people who thought that children should be barred from weddings. I thought that they made noise, they made a mess and they got in the way. Actually that is all true,...

I Love This Photo, Number 13   Colour, movement and fun are the three reasons why I love this sequence of photos of this nimble footed groom as he kicks into action following his first dance. You could say he has moves like Jagger. This Mick Jagger...

Roisin and Brad at The Old Kent Barn   It was my very first visit to THE OLD KENT BARN for Roisin and Brad’s royal wedding. It’s a great venue less than ten minutes’ drive through the countryside from the historic Cathedral City of Canterbury. Outside...

I Love This Photo, Number 12   It’s easy to see why I love this photo, it’s enough to melt your heart and I defy even the stoniest of stoney hearted individuals not to have a little smile at this one. The little flower girl is Immy and the handsome...

Henni and Alex at The Mulberry Tree Restaurant   Small and more intimate weddings are becoming more and more popular these days. Wedding couples are looking for something a little more authentic and suited to their personalities rather than a big...

I Love This Photo, Number Eleven   You wouldn’t think it (because obviously I am the photography version of Rocky), but deep down inside I am an emotional soul, I regularly ALMOST cry at weddings. Once even the mother of the bride gave me a little nod...

Amazing wedding ideas to make your day that little bit extra special   I was thinking to myself the other day that I have seen some amazing weddings, where all the couples have worked tirelessly to make their wedding individual and personal to them....