Welcome to Mike Lister Photography, where love stories come alive. Our blog offers expert wedding planning tips, downloadable fact sheets, and captivating stories of the weddings we’ve photographed. With a blend of artistry and authenticity, Mike captures the essence of each celebration, preserving precious moments and heartfelt exchanges.
Beyond stunning imagery, our blog guides you through the wedding planning process, from choosing venues to managing budgets. Join us as we celebrate the beauty of love and provide invaluable insights for your picture-perfect wedding day. Let Mike Lister Photography be your trusted companion on this enchanting journey.
Wedding highlights of 2022. This year has been the second busiest year in my photography journey. Juggling a full-time job, a one-year-old hurricane, and expecting our second child early next year, I wouldn’t change a thing. Photography is still a large part of...
What is reportage wedding photography? At Mike Lister Photography, you’ll often hear us talking about reportage wedding photography but what is it? Well, the best way to describe it is ‘storytelling through photography’. The reason it’s so good for wedding days is...
How much does wedding photography cost? OK, let’s deal with the elephant in the room here. Weddings can be expensive but that shouldn’t be ‘new’ news to anyone reading this. They’re a pretty big deal, there’s often a lot of friends and family that want to attend and...
Why is wedding photography important? If you’re asking why wedding photography is important, then you might as well be asking ‘why get married at all’. You see wedding photography is important because it captures the day properly and forever. If you don’t want to...
To get great results, and capture the memories of your big day, it is best not to let the photographer rock up on the day without any preparation. So here are some tips to take into consideration to make this happy occasion memorable. 1. Get to know your photographer....
Kept Weddings with Laura is a wedding planning service covering Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. Having worked in the wedding and events industry for over 8 years now, Laura has seen the difference a wedding coordinator can have on ensuring the smooth running of your...
When you are getting married there is so much to do, to plan, to choose – decisions, decisions! But most of all you want the day you get hitched to go without a hitch, and the one thing you need to organise to bring it all together and make the perfect day is the...
10 Key Questions you need to ask your Wedding Venue Weddings are a huge affair and can be quite overwhelming to plan. However, we can all agree that one of the most fun aspects of wedding planning is finding a wedding venue. You’ll probably visit a few different...
Lewtrenchard Manor With all the changes to our industry in 2020 it was a welcome relief when we got the okay to start capturing moments on those special days again. Our first Covid wedding was for Anna and Chris, a couple from London who wanted to get married back in...
It’s March and the UK has entered into a national lockdown. To help we brought you the Covid 19 thirty day photography challenge which had tremendous support, so much so that we were asked if we could create another one for the second lockdown. We didn’t...