NOT LONG ago, award winning TV creative Jay Rowden was sat in his 13th floor officE OVERlooking the Thames on London's southbank feeling DEEPLY unsatisfied.

He was paid a great deal of money to create ad campaigns for a major UK broadcaster but after 15 years in the industry, he felt hollow, unfulfilled AND BURNED OUT.

On a whim, he threw away his career in television to

re-train as a fine art wedding photographer. EVERYBODY THOUGHT JAY WAS CRAZY BUT He'D spotted a gap in the market and wanted to SEE HOW FAR HE COULD push the ENVELOPE.

HE'D GROWN INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED SEEING WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS USE FORMULAIC "Cookie cutter" shots which HE FELT didn’t FULLY capture the spirit and RAW emotion of the day.

INSTEAD, HE ENVISIONED PRODUCING A DISTINCT STYLE WHICH WAS UNLIKE ANY OTHER WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER AT THAT TIME.

SO HE EXCHANGED A LIFE OF COMFORT FOR A LIFE OF UNCERTAINTY, RESIGNING FROM HIS TV ROLE TO STUDY PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE MASTERS; AT THE PRESTIGIOUS CENTRAL ST MARTINS IN LONDON.

IT WAS HERE THAT HE LEARNED ABOUT THE ABSOLUTE

FUNDAMENTALS OF PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE GROUND UP.

JAY ROWDEN THEN LAUNCHED HIS BUSINESS AND WITHIN TWO SHORT YEARS HE WAS SHOOTING 40+ WEDDINGS A YEAR. BUT IT WAS A TINY FEATURE IN VOGUE THAT WOULD CATAPULT HIS CAREER AND IN THE PROCESS, TURN HIS LIFE UPSIDE DOWN.

ALMOST OVERNIGHT HE TURNED THE tired, bland and predictable WORLD OF WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY ON ITS HEAD. THAT WAS 2009 AND JAY ROWDEN HASN'T LOOKED BACK SINCE.

SINCE launcHING his boutique business, JAY HAS gone onto become one of the UK's brightest stars to emerge from wedding photograpHY.

TO THIS DAY HE CONTINUES TO BLAZE a trail with his signature STYLE OF MODERN, cinematic AND art inspired style IMAGERY.

his DISCERNING clients LOVE WORKING WITH HIM BECAUSE OF his unique ability to connect with people from all walks of life.

It is his uniquely unpretentious approach to form connections with his couples (& GUESTS) that has made him one of the most sought after WEDDING photographers in THE UK, AND A RECOMMENDED SUPPLIER AT SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST ELITE WEDDING VENUES.

OVER THE LAST 14 YEARS his work HAs BEEN published the world over AND has won him BOTH ADMIRATION AND AWARDS INCLUDING THREE TIME WINNER WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR LONDON.

today he is extraordinarily focused on achieving a single goal:

To encourage authentic, artistic beauty IN couples SO THEY can feel free to truly be themselveS....AND with as little interference as possible FROM HIM, THE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER.

Jay lives with his wife Sam and their three children IN WIMBLEDON, London. HE takes LIMITED private commissions from FABULOUS couples SCATTERED across the globe.

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