Editorial Wedding Photography



Couples often have many questions when trying to find the right wedding photographer. It’s such an important celebration, and you want to feel comfortable, stylish, beautiful - and most importantly, truly yourselves - in your photographs.


A good place to start is by refining your search down to a style of photography that resonates with you.


My style is editorial wedding photography - but what is editorial wedding photography? Let’s look into it, to see what this style of photography could capture for your celebrations.

A graceful figure in a flowing white wedding dress dances joyfully with raised arms in an elegant room.
Crystal chandelier drops reflecting light against a dark background create a dramatic black and white composition.

What is Editorial Photography?



Traditionally, editorial photography is photography that accompanies an article in a magazine, newspaper, or online publication.


It is photography that helps to back up the message of the article itself, conveying the same feeling or telling the same story as the words do.

Formal table settings with white linens, crystal glasses, and elegant fruit and floral centerpieces in a banquet setting.
A couple embraces in a sunlit field at golden hour as a wedding veil floats in the breeze.

How is editorial photography different from commercial photography?



Editorial photography, as described above, enriches a story already being told, in the accompanying article, in words. It is designed to enhance the narrative of the article - not, like commercial photography, to sell a product. The focus is on the story, not a sale.


Open a copy of Vogue and you might find an interview with your favourite Hollywood star, promoting their new film. The photography which accompanies this will draw out the narrative of the article.


Has the article cast this star as an approachable ‘girl next door-’type? A powerful businesswoman? Whatever the nuance of the article, you’ll see the photography tends to follow suit. Whilst the ‘girl next door’ narrative might choose young, approachable fashion and an informal, smiling shot, the businesswoman will likely wear a tailored, androgynous suit and be shot looking serious, directly down the lens. Photography is storytelling, and images are immediate. They set the tone.

Decorative white lamp shades sit atop an antique wooden console table against green damask wallpaper in an elegant room.
Overhead view of hands reaching for plates at a dinner table with white linens and colorful dishes.
A couple in white dress and black suit share an intimate moment on a green antique sofa in a vintage-style room.

What is editorial wedding photography?


Editorial wedding photography captures the essence of editorial photography - storytelling - and its aesthetic, too. Those fashionable, composed shots that could’ve been lifted from the pages of a magazine.


That’s what makes editorial wedding photography so special - that combination of the high-end, glossy fashion photography with an innately personal approach, designed to capture who you are, your story, and what your day was like.

Elegant curved staircase with ornate neoclassical artwork and reliefs adorning the domed ceiling in a historic building.
Five formally dressed men pose at various positions on a patterned floor rug in a light colored room.

As a London editorial photographer, my clients come to me for this unique approach. Although expressive and candid, I seize unscripted visual moments between my couples and their loved ones; moments which take photographic experience and an artistic eye to position and capture.


Documentary photography implies a simple ‘I’m not here, ignore me’ photographic style, where moments are snapped exactly as they are, as they unfold. The reality of my editorial wedding photography is that the most beautiful, editorial-worthy moments to cherish for a lifetime do capture that natural story, but refined through very gentle artistic direction.

The Nathalie Delente editorial wedding photography style


Unusually for many wedding photographers, I love the editorial feel of flash, tending to use flash for about 70% of a wedding celebration. Browse my portfolio to see this aesthetic in action.


For me, flash is very much linked to the editorial movement. There’s something both kitsch and high-end fashion about the feel flash gives when used right. The feel of an editorial on an exclusive celeb party at a member’s club - intimate, hedonistic, glamorous, once-in-a-lifetime.

Black and white triptych shows a figure in flowing white fabric creating dramatic movement and shadows on an urban street.
White high heel bridal shoes and blue and white china plates arranged artistically on a wooden surface.
White fabric draped from green ceiling decorations creates an elegant wedding reception canopy arrangement.

As a London editorial photographer, my clients come to me for this unique approach. Although expressive and candid, I seize unscripted visual moments between my couples and their loved ones; moments which take photographic experience and an artistic eye to position and capture.


Documentary photography implies a simple ‘I’m not here, ignore me’ photographic style, where moments are snapped exactly as they are, as they unfold. The reality of my editorial wedding photography is that the most beautiful, editorial-worthy moments to cherish for a lifetime do capture that natural story, but refined through very gentle artistic direction.

“Oh my goodness Nathalie, they are more amazing than we could have ever imagined. We are in shock! You've made us looks so cool!”



- Joe & Alfie Childs 2024
Black and white photo series showing flowing movement in a white wedding dress against a dark background.
A series of white bridal dresses photographed from waist down, showing flowing skirts and bouquets on red carpet.

My style certainly falls under editorial wedding photography, but wedding photography always encompasses more. Shooting styles meld, as I shoot what needs to be shot that day to capture your story.


It might be that I use a product photography style with an editorial feel, as I photograph a pair of Dior heels, or your vintage-inspired bridal clutch bag. Perhaps you’ll see some documentary photography as I shoot the spontaneous reactions of your nearest and dearest during the speeches. I’ll likely do some portrait photography, too, as I weave in and out of your guests.


I will be shooting in so many styles with so many techniques, to ensure your wedding gallery comes alive with real-life, documentary-style, candid imagery, whilst also focusing on that fashion-forward, filmic, and editorial approach that makes editorial wedding photography so unique.

A beautiful white orchid bouquet rests against a soft white fabric background with a glimpse of an elegant wedding ring.
Multiple close up video captures show a couple embracing and dancing in golden sunlight on a grassy outdoor setting.
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PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE contemporary COUPLE


If editorial wedding photography is the aesthetic you want for your celebrations, fill in my enquiry form or get in touch today.