‘Not A Wedding Photographer’ Captures The Chaos Of People’s Special Day (30 Funny Pics)
A perfectly lit bride staring out a stained glass window, a mother smiling as she lovingly puts a necklace around her daughter's neck or an adorable flower girl sitting sweetly next to her flower basket. These are probably the images that come to mind when you think of wedding photos - but if you hire professional photographer Ian Weldon, these are not the wedding pictures you are going to get.
Repeatedly listed as 'not a wedding photographer' on all of his pages, this artist explains: "I’m completely unbiased in the photographs I make. A sort of photographic democracy where one photograph is no more important than any other. Where all things are equal, people the same as objects." The subjects of his photos show the nitty-gritty, hilariously real behind-the-scenes moments that take place on these special days. "Much as I’d love to stand around for hours lining people up and taking photographs of every combination of family members and guests, I’ve more important things to be doing. And quite frankly, so have you." Scroll down below to check out the coolest photos from weddings as you've never seen it before, and don't forget to upvote your faves!
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Actors?! Always, have to read what someone else writes.
Load More Replies...He accidently hit play on the browser with the PornHub tab still up/speakers on full?
I love the weirdness this picture is capturing. I'd keep this one on my desk in frame.
“I started to photograph weddings to earn money so I could work on other photo ideas. When I found that weddings were fruitful ground for great photographs, and they had not really been approached as a documentary subject they became the project,” the photographer told Bored Panda, explaining how it started.
"Grandma? No, never a problem with her. Provided you give her a private bottle of champagne."
Aww, this photo touches me so much. She looks so pretty in her nice dress and hat (forgot the term for this special thing), just happy to be there, drinking champagne, bein part of the family gathering. Reminds me of my Omas. You are missed, Trudi and Erna!
This is pretty adorable. I hope they show this photo to his children when they're older. I imagine it'll bring back family memories <3 haha
Proof that anyone who does any household chores ought to have been born with three arms and hands.
Awww this is very sweet. Dad smiling while holding dressed up baby and ironing. It's full of love
A baby who probably cried the entire ceremony. Let the kids with the nanny
This genius idea worked so well that it generated exposure and a beautiful wedding photography book. I Am Not A Wedding Photographer was also produced to coincide with the exhibition of the same name, on display at the Martin Parr Foundation June 26 to August 10th, 2019.
That woman that's dressed in blue... what a gorgeous outfit. Love to see the whole ensemble.
You can dress me up any way you want to - but I am still gonna be me!
Its not the children's fault it's the parents who are to lazy to discipline them.
Load More Replies...That is a hideous dress that poor girl is wearing - no wonder she wants to shoot someone.
I think it looks cute on her but I wouldn't have worn anything like that as a kid. Just not my style
Load More Replies..."If I aim this just right, I know I can hit her bum. It's a big enough target."
"I didn't choose the underbelly of society and I didn’t choose social injustice. I chose Weddings, full of people and character and laughter and happiness and sadness and dancing and drinking, funny photo ops, and Love."
Everyone has an "Uncle Bobby" somewhere in their family :)
Load More Replies...I have a wedding photo where my hubby put a bottle of Jack Daniels down my cleavage lol.
Your husband should have said " your cheating on me! With someone called jack and Daniel! And on our wedding day too!" It would be even funnier if there were people at your wedding called jack and Daniel. Lol
Load More Replies...Definitely Thanks, Airplane! Happy to have those references in my head!
Load More Replies...I guess the wedding theme was racism.. I'm sorry.. I meant racist heritage pride.
I'm sorry for not knowing this, but can you explain why it's racism ? (I'm not being sarcastic )
Load More Replies...Funny, I saw the cute old couple up front.......................other people chose to see racism
My mum had one of these. Problem was dust from the hoovering earlier. Same men sold these door to door, as with Encyclopedia Britannica . Big rollers, lots of dust. Fail
It's a traveling hair bonnet attachment. Hair is in curlers, bobby pins, spoolies, foam rods, etc. The predecessor was a desktop version with its own portable case. The hose and hood wrapped around the console inside. Cord went inside, too. Great for college dorms and apts. Doesn't make the cut for real estate allotment in today's airline luggage... especially for business. The bonnet approach allegedly circulated air better. Even if you don't use styling implements, the portable bonnet can help relieve some of the pain associated with neck, shoulder and arm pain of hand held or salon style dryers. I can't quite tell what year this image is from and if true hack status is warranted. Would I buy one at Sally's, Amazon or EBay? Um, rhetorical question. PS: there was also a hard bonnet version... think salon dryer without its stand. Think schlepping it around. Reminiscent info pulled from late 60s/early 70s memory banks and has not been fact checked.
Load More Replies...I think he's just holding his pants and the little white thing is strings from his pants
Load More Replies...You think anyone's going to want cake you cut with your spitty server? XP
That took me a ridiculously long amount of time to realize that is not done kind of half ice popsicle ice cream combo and is actually the cake spatula she's licking. =\ =)
What's up with the cake? I get that everybody is trying different things with cakes these days, but this one? It looks like it might only be half done if that!
"Honey, if you keep lickin' that cake cutter that way, I'm gonna cover you in some of this whipped cream and then . . . I can't be responsible for what happens after that!"
"I thought that I had everybody on my side But I went and blew it, all sky high And now she won't even spare a passing glance All just because I (rip) ripped my pants" -Spongebob
When big Larry came round just to put him down, SpongeBob turned into a clown, And no girl ever wants to dance, With a fool who went and (rip) ripped his pants.
Load More Replies...People disagreed with the need for trousers that fitted?????
Load More Replies...I thought that I had everybody on my side But I went and blew it, all sky high And now she won't even spare a passing glance All just because I (rip) ripped my pants When big Larry came round just to put him down SpongeBob turned into a clown And no girl ever wants to dance With a fool who went and (rip) ripped his pants I know I shouldn't mope around I shouldn't curse But the pain feels so much worse 'Cause windin' up with no one is a lot less fun Than a burn from the sun, or sand in your buns! Now I learned a lesson I won't soon forget So listen and you won't regret Be true to yourself don't miss your chance And you won't end up like the fool who ripped His pants
Sing... "When balls come matching out we'll sing... Hurra Hurra!!!" [Sound of... When Jonny Comes Matching Home]
Welcome to the party Sister! Payback, for that smelly D in hygiene!
Load More Replies...Hoping he would never see his weird fetish in the day light
Load More Replies...Wait, why is there a lady in a bridal gown at the front and another one coming up the aisle in the back of the pic? Is this some kind of mass wedding and this is why they are confused?
Bridesmaid wearing white - confusing unless they are children!
Load More Replies...They're petals. Looks like a 'take that B!' kind of throw.
Load More Replies...I love homes in the UK. Many have the most wonderful use of color. Won't these people ever leave?
That's a great dress - and I'm not one for normally having an opinion on wedding dresses.
Like a ballerina! I am so tired of the sleeveless strapless numbers.
Load More Replies...That will actually be the part where you go 'you put your right leg in and shake it all about'. The Hokey Cokey should be banned though... and the Conga. Yes, I probably am a miserable git but weddings... Why are they all the SAME?
Load More Replies...Stylist came to do her hair and this is better than the sink? He's adorable, BTW.
But there's a nice sink right there they could have used. Just grab a plastic cup to pour water over her head, less chance of getting soaking wet.
Load More Replies...The guy behind the lady has such a genuine smile that I had to smile, too :D
I think they all have lovely smiles, just the guy on the right is a bit derpy.
Load More Replies...Dang it that's what I was gonna write! I don't think anyone else has though?
Load More Replies...The photografer is spotted in the crowd by a fearless beard. He's not amused.
Chadwick, standing behind Aunt Evelyn, "I don't understand what the dust up is all about. It wasn't funny at all."
Well, it's likely that he doesn't sound like Elvis and he certainly doesn't look like Elvis.
Load More Replies...Doesn't appear to be a wedding. Entertainment at the senior center yes.
"If this is his best Elvis impression, I think we should've gone to another wedding chapel down the road. Gatlinburg is lousy with them."
LOL--I saw a roomful (tentful) of peeps ignore an Elvis impersonator. I was working on MIDNIGHT TEXAS, and all of a sudden an Elvis jumped in to sing Happy Birthday to one of the Directors. Everyone was hungry and even though there was a captive audience, he only got through one song LOL! Would love to see a video of that!
Retirement Center Elvis repeats same wedding routine for the 20th year in a row.
I'm totally digging that Star Wars Empire Strikes (what looks like a cereal box) on the wall!
Little Ewan was REALLY surprised to see exactly what's worn beneath a kilt.
They are Ghillie Brogues - a popular choice for wearing with kilts.
Load More Replies...What's funny about this? This is what the last wedding I went to was like, but with swords.
The Star Wars poster and the little trooper with his weapon of choice.
You know you're at a British wedding when it's "sliced bread! what a treat" time; and then you have to pay for your own beer. On the other hand, you're usually home in time for the match, it's not all bad.
Lady in lavender is thinking she could grab the tray and make it out the door before anyone realizes it.
There are so many things to see in this photo, it's fabulous. Looks like the lady holding the tray is about to drop it.
Uncle Billy scores big with the story about the time Daphne fell in the swimming pool.
Wait... isn't it traditional to have a smoke AFTER a... um... never mind...
Load More Replies...Well that explains the Confederate flags in photo #1. Same event, and I imagine that the bride or groom came from the American south.
Different flooring and vastly different ceiling height. And that’s the UK Union Flag (at least until Boris gets his way, Scotland bails, and they have to design it all over again.)
Load More Replies...“Excuse me while I whip this out.” [Blazing Saddles for all you young folk.]
The lady in red has some impressively sculpted arms! Goes great with that dress! :)
Lol, I was thinking spot on our princess Marie
Load More Replies...Yeah I'm still a bridesmaid not a bride. I think 12 times is enough for me. I'm going to get drunk now.
looks like the bride had stolen her man, and she can only do nothing but sing for their wedding...
Give the party another couple of hours and someone is going to pull her back and try to sit down ...
That is lovely. Don't care about the chair. The little girl felt like a princess that day.
"I have bullied you since first grade and I am not going to stop just because it is your cousins; wedding!" (There is one person who is trying to look kind of composed instead of once again humiliated. Guess who.)
What is going on with the decor/furniture in that room?! Did they win a contest for how many different patterns/styles can you smash together in a room? 😂😂😂
If so, they blew it by leaving two walls unstenciled.
Load More Replies...All I did was take Josie to the face painter and the little cutie somehow talked me into this!?!
He was enjoying the view, and then he fell asleep
Load More Replies...Likely from a growth spurt—it’s so easy to lose track of where your body is. She’s probably a couple of inches taller than she was a few weeks ago.
Load More Replies...Kudos to the smart person who gave vanilla ice cream to the toddler in the white dress.
There is nothing "wrong" with any of these photos. They are just shots of what is going on at weddings, that's all.
Load More Replies..."Why am I dancing alone, and the guy in a dress has two ladies?"
Load More Replies...She obviously did not want her photo taken. Looks like something I would do lol
American South, warm spring evening, sliders...definitely a wedding.
Load More Replies...Dude on the right is contemplating moving it into Gangnam Style
Load More Replies......Yours, Gran... you're finally making an honest man out of Gramps.
Load More Replies...What's the gent in the back carrying? a wand. a conductor's baton. His knitting. A blindness cane?
IDK but he looks like Marlon Brando in The Godfather
Load More Replies...What does this photo show about smoking being bad?
Load More Replies...Calm down! It's part of the stroller canopy 🤦♀️ to protect the baby from the rain.
Load More Replies...Is this the UK? To me these look SO much like most of the British weddings I have been to and I wonder if my guess is right or if that look is global. Love the photos, full of quirky joy.
Most of them look like the UK and the photographer is based in Northern England.
Load More Replies...These pix would get looked at way more often than the boring formal poses
Love it! There are more real and better show what the special day really looked like - they are funny and no artificial =) At my wedding day (someday) I would like to have two photographers: one, the official and the second - documentalist - it would be fun!
My friend is a photographer who does a lot of weddings and I think at most of them she has a second one to take more candids (including having one go to each of the bride and grooms place to take some as they get ready) and they turn out great.
Load More Replies...I would have love to share some of my first wedding pictures assignment as a budding photographer. Trust me, some of them were hilarious !!!! But the 3 rolls of Kodak film I used were returned un-exposed. Someone took a picture of me, taking pictures and I realized that I forgot to remove the lens cup... Sadly, It was my first.. and last assignment...
I believe this method is called the photojournalistic approach to wedding photography. It's capturing the "in-between moments" - it's been around for ages!
Is this the UK? To me these look SO much like most of the British weddings I have been to and I wonder if my guess is right or if that look is global. Love the photos, full of quirky joy.
Most of them look like the UK and the photographer is based in Northern England.
Load More Replies...These pix would get looked at way more often than the boring formal poses
Love it! There are more real and better show what the special day really looked like - they are funny and no artificial =) At my wedding day (someday) I would like to have two photographers: one, the official and the second - documentalist - it would be fun!
My friend is a photographer who does a lot of weddings and I think at most of them she has a second one to take more candids (including having one go to each of the bride and grooms place to take some as they get ready) and they turn out great.
Load More Replies...I would have love to share some of my first wedding pictures assignment as a budding photographer. Trust me, some of them were hilarious !!!! But the 3 rolls of Kodak film I used were returned un-exposed. Someone took a picture of me, taking pictures and I realized that I forgot to remove the lens cup... Sadly, It was my first.. and last assignment...
I believe this method is called the photojournalistic approach to wedding photography. It's capturing the "in-between moments" - it's been around for ages!
