Photographing love stories and going with the flow
We are Harriett (she/her) and Chris (he/him).
a.k.a. the harphams - a.a.k.a those vegan nomad hippie wannabes
Tree huggers (and planters), music lovers and Guinness drinkers.
We live with Maisie the cat, in Marigold the Narrowboat exploring the British Waterways. However, Scotland is our spiritual home and we take every opportunity to take our campervan, Bertie, out into the mountains. Travel is our life, and we’d love to add your wedding day to our travel itinerary.
Have you ever imagined an unconventional life, but shrugged it off because it seemed…well, just a bit crazy?! In 2020, we stopped shrugging.
We’d always dreamed of running away to the mountains in a van we called home. And one evening, in a moment of madness, we just did it. We emailed our landlord and gave our month’s notice. We sold all our stuff, and in a few short weeks, Bertie became our home.
After almost 4 wonderful years of travelling the length and breadth of the British Isles and a little bit of Europe we were ready for the next chapter, enter Marigold.
We moved aboard our new floating home in September 2023 and we adore her. And with the exception of emptying the toilet, it really is a wonderful little life. Our days are spent exploring the waterways of our beautiful country, soaking in sunsets together and hiking in the rain. We get to open our front door to somewhere new every day, go to different pubs and meet interesting new characters every evening. And if we’re honest, we still do spend a large amount of our time snuggled up in bed watching films! But when we look out of our window, every day brings a different view.
Maisie the cat is like our child! She comes everywhere with us and we love her to bits, she’s even made an appearance at the odd wedding.
We value experiences, people and memories over “things''. We’ve stripped everything from our lives except a roof (and four wheels), a camera, a cat and each other. And we have everything we could ever need.
Our own little Love Story
We met at 16 years young when a mutual love for Iron Maiden sparked our first conversation. Fate brought us together again at the (slightly more mature) age of 21 and we’ve been inseparable ever since.
Our relationship is based on give and take, support, and lifting one another up. We listen to each other's ideas and consider them, no matter how crazy they might be (which is how we ended up living a nomadic lifestyle!)
We’ve not lived in bricks and mortar since 2020, the same year we got married and established ‘The Harphams’, big year despite the world falling apart haha.
For us, happiness isn’t how much money we have, or how much stuff we’ve got (apart from maybe our record collection). It’s waking up next to each other every day, and knowing we get to spend the day together.
We love being wedding and elopement photographers because we know how much happiness love can bring. And we can’t believe how lucky we are that we get to spend our days celebrating with people that have found it too.
Where will your love story take us?
Fun fact: we signed our marriage certificate in Iron Maiden t-shirts to honour the night we met! (pictured)
Photos by Liam Keown
Our Values
Inclusivity
Who you are and who you love is most welcomed, validated, & celebrated with us. If you’ve found your soulmate, you deserve to shout it from the rooftops and celebrate together like there’s no tomorrow.
And we’d absolutely love to celebrate with you. We do our best to create a safe, inclusive space for everyone. This will be the greatest day of your lives, and you should feel free to be your wonderful, complete, unedited selves for every second of it.
Sustainability
We try to make as little impact on our planet as possible, in our everyday lives and in our business. We’re both vegan and we offset our carbon footprint as much as possible by embracing the “leave no trace” principles.
We offer fully vegan wedding albums and prints. We help plant 300 trees a year as we travel around the country, and we’ll even plant a tree for you when you book with us! We’ll never make you feel embarrassed or guilty about any of your choices (after all, we do bloody love huge floral installations!) But we’ll always be happy to offer advice around keeping your wedding eco-friendly if you ask for it.
Honesty
Honesty is really important to us, so what you see is what you get.
We’ve taken The Ethical Move pledge, so we’ll never use fake scarcity or any other sneaky little tactics to drive sales! We don’t hide anything in small print, we don’t have hidden fees, and we won’t push you into doing anything you don’t want to. We don’t do what we do for the money. We do it simply because we love it.
P.S. We are also anti-generative AI!! You are reading our words and seeing real images here.
“They blended into the wedding really well, it was just like having two extra guests there that you’ve known for ages.”
— Alex & Alice
A little more about us…
Chrissaid ‘I love you’ first… by accident.
doesn’t mind who your favourite Friends character is (as long as it's not Ross!)
Hiker, adventurer and avid litter-picker
Plays bass, guitar, drums and trombone (although we do have a ‘no big instrument’ rule in the van, so he’s learning the ukulele!)
managed to quote Jeremy from Peep Show during our legal wedding, “Do I!”
Photography superpowers
Can practically see into the future. Think: cute kid candids and action shots
Sucker for detail shots and loves leaving context to the imagination
Harriettloves reminiscing and anniversaries (we have at least five anniversaries that we celebrate every year!)
adores The Lord of the Rings and used to dress up as a hobbit for conventions.
owned over 20 Iron Maiden t-shirts at one time.
Seeing people express their love for each other makes her so happy. Will definitely get emotional during your ceremony!
loves quoting from her favourite films and TV shows, and even the odd Vine (showing millennial age)
Photography superpowers
Moments of connection; a look, a hug, a kiss.
Staying calm whatever happens and bringing only the good vibes
Maisie Was a house cat for seven years, is now a fully-fledged van/boat cat.
her favourite pastimes are; spying out the window, napping, eating, more napping and occasionally going for a walk along the towpath when we’re somewhere new.
hates her cat-carrier so she has her own little seatbelt in the front of the van and she loves watching the world go by as we drive.
looks so fetching in her high-vis jacket.
Photography superpowers
Business admin
Team morale
Getting the purrfect shot (sorry).
Planning a day that’s right for you
As intimate wedding photographers, we want to help you plan a wedding that’s true to who you are as a couple.
And that could be a big party, a disco ball dance floor and everyone you’ve ever met. In which case, perfect! We’re there with bells on.
Or it could be a mountaintop elopement in Scotland with just your mums and a few of your closest friends. In which case, perfect! We’re there with boots on!
Whatever your perfect wedding might be, that’s the wedding we want you to have. And as your wedding photographers we’ll do whatever we can to give it to you.
