North Wales Fine Art Elopement & Wedding Photography

For the Outdoorsy folk & lovers of nostalgia


INTIMATE ATMOSPHERIC ETHEREAL

HIRAETH PHOTOGRAPHY

Hello

Hello

I’m Gem, a storyteller with a camera, capturing love in all its wild, beautiful forms. For the past 5 years, I’ve had the honour of documenting weddings and elopements full-time—and every time feels like magic. I’m drawn to the quiet glances, the laughter spilling over, the way your day unfolds in moments big and small.
Your wedding photos are more than images—they’re a doorway back to the way it all felt.
Though North Wales is home, my heart says yes to adventures further.

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My Ethos


My work is dreamy, warm & ethereal, perfectly complimenting the mountains, forests, beaches & lakesides of the beautiful landscape of Wales that inspire me every day, and that I'm lucky enough to call home; I can help you with planning your elopement, wedding and milestone moments, seeking out those hidden beauty spots you dream of. It's my passion to create beautiful photos for you to treasure forever & to have memories that bring you right back to the moment.

Photographs for wild hearts.

I want you to know this is a safe, inclusive & welcoming space for all, I celebrate love stories in all their beautiful forms.


My Ethos


My work is dreamy, warm & ethereal, perfectly complimenting the mountains, forests, beaches & lakesides of the beautiful landscape of Wales that inspire me every day, and that I'm lucky enough to call home; I can help you with planning your elopement, wedding and milestone moments, seeking out those hidden beauty spots you dream of. It's my passion to create beautiful photos for you to treasure forever & to have memories that bring you right back to the moment.

Photographs for wild hearts.

I want you to know this is a safe, inclusive & welcoming space for all, I celebrate love stories in all their beautiful forms.


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My Philosophy

My style developed out of a love of nostalgia; a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning to return to moments gone by. This is exactly how I want you to feel when you look back at your photos. It's not just the photos, it's the feeling you have when you lay your eyes on them over and over again. I aim to bring your story to life in a soft, dreamy & ethereal way with minimal posing, with a deep emphasis on capturing the magic & connection beneath the moments.


My Philosophy

My style developed out of a love of nostalgia; a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning to return to moments gone by. This is exactly how I want you to feel when you look back at your photos. It's not just the photos, it's the feeling you have when you lay your eyes on them over and over again. I aim to bring your story to life in a soft, dreamy & ethereal way with minimal posing, with a deep emphasis on capturing the magic & connection beneath the moments.


~Hiraeth~


A deep longing for something, especially ones home.

A Welsh word with no direct English translation.


I feel a deep longing and connection to my home of North Wales. The mountains, rivers & seas here resonate with my soul, creating a sense of home that inspires my work so deeply. Through my offerings, I hope to share the beauty and magic of these lands, weaving the spirits into every image I create.


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Llyn idwal wedding elopement photography snowdonia ogwen valley
Llyn idwal wedding elopement photography snowdonia ogwen valley
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Nostalgia

There's a quiet kind of magic in nostalgia- a soft ache wrapped in warmth, like sunlight through an old window. My photography chases that feeling, the way light falls on moments we didn't know we'd miss. So that years from now, you can look back and feel it all again.


here for SOMETHING OTHER THAN

AN ELOPEMENT OR WEDDINGs?


A range of heart led services, weaving intimacy, connection, detail & "feeling" into your story in an artistic way


Mindful photography for the loving & adventurous ones

To be mindful is to soften into the moment, to breathe deeply, to let your shoulders drop & truly be where your feet are. It's in that stillness, where the real magic happens. That's where the most honest, beautiful images are born. Unposed, unhurried, full of feeling. If your dreaming of a wedding or elopement that's a little wild, a little romantic & full of adventure, and you want someone to capture it as it truly unfolds, then maybe we're a match.

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"Telling stories of connection, for dreamers, nostalgia lovers + adventurers"

Gem
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Client love letters

I'm a classic rigid Chandler Bing of a subject who can't stand having my photo taken. If I'm honest, the prospect of having wedding photos taken with a photographer I didn't know was quite daunting and was the part of the day I was looking forward to least. Gemma's personality, warmth, easy going nature and ability to immediately capture the flow of our day put me and my wife at total ease.

Ben & Catherine