About Dan Ward Photography - Best Wedding Photographer

Me & Nicole

Well hello! I'm Dan. It's so nice to meet you!

Sorry to be boring, but this page is about me!

If you have got as far as this, there's a good chance you are just double checking I'm normal?! Am I right? Can't say I blame you, I'd do the same!

Your wedding is going to be, without a doubt the best day of your life, so I think it's super important you know who you are spending that day with! You need to know all about me.

So despite really not liking talking about myself in the slightest, here goes!

Why I do this job

Behind the camera even when
in front of the camera...

Simple put, I’m a wedding photographer in Cornwall and Devon, becaise I love it. End of story (but sadly I must keep writing!). I've photographed wedding all over the world. I am incredibly lucky to have phographed weddings in Italy and Greece as well as all over the UK including Wales and Scotland.

I have been a photographer for well over 14 years now. But photographing weddings full time for 12+ years now. It's something I never dreamed I would do as a career, but it's my life now. I absolutely live and breath weddings and I just love photographing the best days of peoples lives. It's so addictive! It doesn't feel like work to me, I love getting to know my couples, share the best day of their lives with them and tell their story.

A self confessed geek and tech lover I have always been drawn to camera’s having one in my hand nearly all of my spare time.

I love the mix of technical and creative together and as such use it as an outlet to be able to create and capture those fleeting memories forever.

It's a job I never thought I would do, but now, I couldn't imagine doing anything else!

Me "at work". This photo is a few years old now, I've longer hair and I (sadly) daresay, i'm not that slim anymore, but you get the jist.....

A bit about my life

At home with me

I live in Cornwall on the north coast with my gorgeous wife Nicole (she features on here every now and then!) and our two poodle cross dogs, Meme and Peach.

We have a nice cosy home in Illogan near Redruth, where we are both from. We live on the edge of some woods and 10 mins walk to the beach! We spend our spare time walking our gorgeous (nutcase) rescue puppies Meme + Peach and exploring Cornwall, Europe and wherever destination weddings take us.

We love to travel and try to explore as many different places as we can! We are huge travel bugs. But we've lived in Cornwall all our lives and couldn’t think of anywhere prettier we'd want to spend ourtime.

I created Dan Ward Wedding Photography nearly 13 years ago now after pursuing photography as a hobby and finding myself enjoying the special moments that occur when photographing people in love. Wedding photography in devon for me means the chance to capture magic memories that happen in no other kind of day to day activity.

If you ever see me at weddings (always make sure you say hi!) you’ll see I’m always smiling, always buzzing and always getting stuck in. I love my job, It’s what makes me happy!

I shoot weddings in a documentary, reportage style, with a little touch of art thrown in.

But what does that really mean? It means that my approach to weddings is always the same. To tell your story without changing it into some posing marathon.

I shoot naturally, not forcing the moments to happen and generally using natural light where possible. I blend into the background as much as possible, but try to be one of the wedding party rather than the guy in the corner with the camera!

I make it my job to always be on watch, always shooting and never missing a moment. The most important parts of weddings happen when you least expect it.

I chat to your guests, remind people which side the buttonholes and corsages go, quietly sing along to your first dance and have even helped lace up the wedding dress! I like to keep things nice and simple and as natural as possible throughout.

Why I shoot weddings

I'm one of those people that find themselves much more comfortable behind the camera (I'm sure many people could say this!). So I really do know exactly what it's like to want nice photos of yourself, but not be aware of them being taken. This was and is the basis for my photography, putting people at ease and getting the best out of every situation and most of the time, you'll never even know I've captured an image!

Here are some interesting(?) facts about me...

My favourite TV series without doubt is Breaking Bad.

I can play the drums and used to play in a band.

I have a big family, I'm one of five. Birthdays and Christmas are a nightmare!

Me and Nicole bought a nice cosy house in Illogan nearly 8 years ago now, we live on the edge of the woods, surrounded by trees. We walk, we cycle and we pretend we can surf!

Our rescue pup Meme loves to bark at the squirrels in our back garden all hours of the day! (I, shockingly, do not love it). I'm not quite the Ceasar Milan Id hope and i've not managed to teach her to stop.

I took up cycling in lockdown (road and MTB). I love it but my lungs don't. I'm happiest when out on the bike exploring Cornwall.

I'm an avid kayaker, cyclist and gym go'er, but not all that at surfing! Although I do try quite hard, I'm not the Cornish stereotype!

I'm a business degree graduate (2:1). But don't ask me about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, or anything else for that fact, I remember nothing!!

I've read Harry Potter more times than is healthy.

I love to travel, New York, Italy and France are my favourite places ever.

They say humans are 90% water. I'm 90% coffee. Good coffee may just be my life.

I watch films in the background whilst I work. I have completed Netflix. I remember none of them.

Our Wedding

We got married this year. It was surreal to be on the other side of it, but one of the best experiences ever. It's a cliche and I know it, but it was the best day ever!