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Ian Weldon is not your typical wedding photographer. Instead of staged and posed shots, the artist captures the raw, unfiltered moments that make each wedding unique. He describes himself as just another guest who blends in by using small cameras. He doesn't want to attract too much attention, so funnily people often think he's a friend or family member of the couple.

"I don’t really see myself as a ‘wedding photographer’, more a photographer that photographs weddings. I’m interested in photography as an expressive medium, as a way to make sense of the world around me, and as a way to show others how I perceive my surroundings," the photographer told us in a previous interview.

Continue scrolling to see Weldon's unscripted photographs!

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Sue Denham
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"It's a shame that the bride did a runner, but - oh, my - aren't those cheese muffins delicious!"

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When we look at these pictures, a question comes to mind: How do the clients actually react when they see them? Weldon shared that he has been photographing weddings for more than 16 years, so the couples that hire him have a good idea of what to expect. "They don’t really know how their wedding will look from my perspective because neither do I until I have photographed it. Given that they hired me in the first place, it allows me to be free on the wedding day to go wherever the music takes me. I’ve not had any complaints… yet.”

The artist mentioned that he draws inspiration from various talented photographers. However, his initial spark of inspiration can be traced back to renowned photographers such as Martin Parr, Nan Golding, Robert Frank, Helen Levitt, Roy DeCarava, and many other social documentary photographers. "I also like photographers that were doing something different that stood out within their own genre. Like the fashion photography of Sarah Moon or the brash street photography of Bruce Gilden. It all helped me to realize that there were no rules and that photography could be as expressive a medium as any other. That really changed my perspective on the world around me and changed me as a person. For the better."

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"Photography itself isn’t a particularly difficult medium to work with. Anyone can become competent with a camera in a relatively short space of time. But I think that’s what makes it so difficult to have a visual identity. Everyone is using the same, fast track, tools to make their photography ‘better’, but they never really understand the camera or what it is that they are trying to say. I think we live in a world of shortcuts, but as with any art form, there are no shortcuts.”

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What are your thoughts? Share them in the comments and don't forget to upvote your favorite photographs! For more of Weldon's work, you can check out our previous articles here, here and here

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Landithy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm clearly projecting here, but I look at this photo and think "Mum is drinking because she needs her own set of headphones, but it wasn't socially acceptable when she was growing up and you've got to cope somehow".

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Min
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The top of her dress hurts just looking at it! I don't even really see the two in the background because I'm so distracted by how uncomfortable that looks.

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FrivolousFox
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine someone started tickling the inner thigh yo I would convulse in a way that would cause my hip to shatter and trachea to collapse

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's the woman who was being ironed; good thing she survived it!

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One foot in a cast doesn't stop her from wearing heels on the other!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I sense a disconnect between what they are actually thinking and what they want to show they are thinking.

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