Darren Musgrove Photography

ABOUT US

 

We're the Musgroves, and this is us.......

We just love doing this 'job', full time, and we love where we currently live, in the pretty market town of Ludlow, in Shropshire. Having spent many years living on the Kent coast, where we raised our family, we're now based back in Kara's home town, along with our awesome, and ever so slightly odd cat, Mouse (there is a story there). Alongside that we have an additional base in Folkestone as we love our South East connection and have family in the town. If we're not photo'ing there's nothing we like more than a walk in the gorgeous Shropshire countryside mud n all, and when we're not editing photos our evenings are usually spent chilled out on the sofa with a bar of choc, binge watching a Netflix series or film. We have an appetite for listening to (and when we get the chance, dancing to) Old School 90s dance music, which is a bit of a disclosure of our age but hey, that means nothing. I also love to dabble on my DJ decks mixing (kind-of) my favourite old skool bangers!

Having an internationally published, sports media, photojournalist background, (newspapers, magazine articles and my favourite.....panini stickers!)  has greatly influenced the way I approach shooting the weddings we do. It's given us an edge that tends to appeal to couples where real time moment, candid pictures, are more important to them than awkwardly directed, staged shots. Our less conventional, genuinely documentary style, brings real authenticity to your wedding day photographs.

 

 

We're a team. With me being lead photographer and Kara assisting wherever she's needed on the day. By having her camera at the ready it means we can shoot from two different aspects during your wedding ceremony to get differing angles for more comprehensive coverage. Having a female in the team means that when it comes to those more intimate shots (if this is something you want) during bridal prep, Kara can oversee the scene and capture those earlier moments of you getting into your dress. 

 

 

 

We're an easy going, what you see is what you get kinda couple who've been together for what seems like forever, and as a result we make for a harmonious, perceptive and unflappable photography team. Its just not our thing to take ownership of your wedding day, just to get the photographs we want for our own portfolio. Of course, having done well over one hundred weddings to date, knowing how a typical wedding day runs is obvious, but we never see any of our couples weddings as 'typical'. We'll go into your wedding day without any expectations or preconceptions of what we'll be looking to get from you. If that worries you, then it really shouldn't, honestly! More often than not the type of couples that choose us don't actually want their wedding day to just be all about them on centre stage. They're simply after a true and honest reflection of their, unique to them, wedding day celebrations through a set of meaningful photos where they can relax, have fun and just simply be themselves, as they enjoy their day with the people they chose to celebrate it with them. Yes, you'll most likely want a few 'newly weds' photos but we'll look to have these done and dusted in as short a time as you'd want us to take up with you for this. If you're not wanting to spend time away from your guests for an hours (or more) photo shoot then we're absolutely with you there. We'll just take a quiet, short walk together away from your guests, to capture a few shots of you shortly after the moment of you saying 'I do'. Nothing grand, hugely time consuming or obviously posed. Just the two of you hanging out together taking time to reflect on the two of you becoming one.
 

Remember, other than the legally binding stuff, there are no rules to getting married. Likewise, for us, there are no rules to wedding photography. For us its all about delivering great photos that our couples love because they genuinely reflect their true wedding selves, along with providing you with a totally professional service of course, so that's exactly what we do.


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