PHOTOGRAPHY & FILM | Honey Wasp

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Honey Wasp is a wedding photography and film studio based in Europe, working both across Europe and internationally. Their destination work takes them to Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal. The team's work is inspired by fashion, art, and the possibilities of different visual mediums. Honey Wasp works across digital photography, 35mm film, digital motion and Super 8, blending a thoughtful approach to image creation with a readiness for spontaneity and the unexpected. At the heart of Honey Wasp is a true passion for the craft, focusing not only on documenting events but also on exploring new perspectives.

Tell us about your business!

Honey Wasp grew from a shared fascination with image making and the feeling of creating something that did not exist a moment before.

We have always been interested in the relationship between intention and chance. There is craftsmanship in knowing how to construct an image, but equally in recognising the moment when nothing should be constructed at all. An image can begin with an idea, or it can appear unexpectedly in front of you. Both require attention.

That is very much how we approach weddings. We look for beauty, character and moments with a certain visual tension, sometimes creating the circumstances for an image, sometimes simply recognising what is already there.

Ultimately, Honey Wasp is an expression of what we love about photography and film: the possibility of turning something fleeting into something that can be returned to.

What would you like couples to know about you?

That we genuinely care about the art of what we do.

There is a practical purpose to documenting a wedding, of course. Photographs and films preserve people, places and moments, but what keeps us fascinated is everything beyond that. How an image can evoke a feeling. How something ordinary can become beautiful through a certain perspective. How an image can become more meaningful with time.

We want to make work that has that quality. Images and films that are not only evidence of a moment, but interpretations of it.

For us, that requires curiosity and a willingness to create. We don't arrive with the intention of reproducing the same images and films at every wedding. We want to be influenced by what is in front of us and discover something within it.

Where are you based?

We are based in Europe and work internationally.

Europe is very much part of the landscape of our work. The contrast between places, from the softness of the Mediterranean to old cities, coastlines, countryside and architecture, means there is always something new visually.

We like allowing a place to be present in the work rather than treating it simply as a backdrop.

Do you travel for weddings?

Yes. Much of our work takes us throughout Europe, particularly to Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, and we are always open to somewhere new.

Travel is something we are naturally drawn to, both personally and creatively. Being somewhere unfamiliar makes you look at things differently. You notice the quality of the light, colours, architecture, gestures and small details that might otherwise disappear into familiarity.

We like that feeling of arriving somewhere and having to discover it.

How would you describe your style?

Fashion-inspired, editorial and poetic, with space for things to remain a little unexpected.

We are interested in imagery that feels considered without feeling overly resolved. There can be elegance in an image alongside movement, humour or something slightly strange. We don't think those things need to contradict one another.

Fashion has certainly influenced the way we think about composition, gesture and form, while weddings bring something fashion imagery cannot manufacture: real relationships and real emotion.

We like allowing those worlds to meet.

What inspires you?

It changes constantly.

Fashion, cinema, paintings, books, interiors, objects, architecture, music, travel. Sometimes it is an entire body of work and sometimes it is simply a colour or a shape that stays with us.

More than any particular reference, though, we are interested in atmosphere and in the ability of visual things to affect how we feel. A room can have a mood before anyone enters it. A piece of clothing can change the way someone carries themselves. Light can make an ordinary scene suddenly feel significant.

Creating is often about noticing those things and then finding a way to translate them into an image.

We like inspiration to come from outside weddings. It keeps the work curious.

How would you describe your working style?

We work with intention, but we try not to become too attached to what we imagined beforehand.

Weddings are inherently unpredictable, and we think there is something creatively valuable in that. You can understand the light, choose a composition and have an idea of what you want, and then something entirely different happens that is far more interesting.

We give direction when we see an opportunity to create something, particularly with portraiture, fashion and composition. But we also leave room for people to move, interact and surprise us.

There is a lot of decision making happening quietly behind the camera. Where to stand, what to exclude, when to wait, when to move and, perhaps most importantly, when to act.

We like working within that tension between control and chance.

Do you shoot digitally, on film or both?

We work with digital photography, 35mm film, digital motion and Super 8.

What fascinates us about different formats is not only how the finished work looks, but how the medium changes the process of making it.

A digital camera, a 35mm camera and a Super 8 camera each create a different relationship between us and the person in front of the lens. The pace changes. Our own decisions change. People often respond differently too.

There is something particularly interesting about Super 8 in that sense. The moment the camera appears, there can be a subtle shift in energy. It invites movement and play in a way that feels different from digital filmmaking.

The texture is beautiful, of course, but for us the medium is part of the experience of creating the work, not simply an aesthetic applied to the result.

Who is your dream client?

Someone with curiosity and a genuine appreciation for art, fashion and beautiful things.

We are drawn to people who make choices with intention, not necessarily because everything needs to match, but because there is an idea or feeling connecting it all. The place, the clothes, the flowers, the objects on the table, the music, the way people move through the evening.

We love when a wedding has its own visual world.

Our dream clients care deeply about what they are creating but are also willing to relinquish some control once it begins. They trust the people they have chosen, remain open to ideas and allow themselves to be completely present in it.

That combination of intention and freedom is incredibly inspiring to document.

What is your advice to couples getting married?

Be selective about what deserves your attention.

There are endless ideas about what a wedding should include and how it should unfold, but very few of them actually matter unless they mean something to you.

Put your energy into the things you genuinely care about. If fashion matters, find something extraordinary to wear. If food matters, make dinner unforgettable. If you love music, build the evening around it. If you would rather abandon a tradition entirely, do that.

Create something with intention, but don't try to control every moment of it.

Some of the best parts of a wedding are the things nobody thought to plan.