Martin Cheung Photography

Nottingham wedding photographer with a documentary core and an editorial eye

Martin Cheung is a wedding photographer working from Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. His stated approach mixes two registers: most of the day is covered as unscripted documentary, while the portrait session is treated with a fashion-editorial sensibility. He describes more than a decade of shooting weddings and cites over twelve years of experience and more than 150 five-star weddings across Nottingham and beyond.

The service is built around a simple premise he repeats on the site: couples should be having enough fun that they barely notice the camera. Rather than directing events, he positions himself as a guest with a camera who follows the day as it happens.

How the coverage is divided

The site breaks the working method into three parts with approximate weightings:

• Documentary-led storytelling (90%): the bulk of the day captured without staging or direction, including the chaotic and emotional moments.
• Family and group photographs (5%): organised in advance so that every important combination is taken quickly and efficiently, without disrupting the celebration.
• Relaxed editorial-style portraits (5%): a session of about fifteen minutes intended to produce natural-looking images without awkward posing.

Working as a photography and video team

Cheung works alongside his wife, Daiga, described as an award-winning Nottingham wedding videographer with over a decade of experience in wedding film. Because the two have collaborated for years, the site presents hiring them together as a coordinated team with no learning curve or miscommunication. Couples can book photography alone or both services as a complete package, with stills and film sharing the same documentary-plus-editorial approach.

A second photographer, Mel, is also available when a couple wants additional coverage; she is presented as experienced in capturing unscripted moments.

Background and parallel activity

Cheung came to wedding photography from a corporate IT career that involved international travel and work with large companies. He traces the change to a friend's wedding, where he took photographs to pass the time and discovered the work he wanted to do. The site states that he has since received industry awards and had work published.

Beyond weddings, he runs an education business teaching other photographers how to build sustainable careers and produces a podcast covering photography, creativity and business.

Testimonials cited on the site

The site reproduces comments from couples including Vanessa and Lewis at Carriage Hall, who described him as being "everywhere but nowhere at the same time"; Deborah and Oliver at Norwood Park; Kate and Danny at Hazel Gap Barn, who called him "like the dream wedding photographer"; and Paige and Matt. These are individual client remarks rather than an aggregate rating.

Enquiries and response

Initial contact is handled through an enquiry form or a WhatsApp message. The site states that replies usually arrive within the hour unless he is at a wedding or asleep, and asks couples who have not heard back within 24 hours to consider that spam filters may have intercepted the message.