I’m Hannah, the photographer behind Retro Radiance.

My husband, Andrew, occasionally joins me on wedding days. With his background in filmmaking, he brings a second perspective to the day and another creative eye to the photographs when needed.

I first fell in love with photography when I was eleven, and I’ve been photographing weddings since 2014.

I’ve always been deeply nostalgic.

My grandparents’ house was a treasure trove of things from the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, including displays of old photographs that I could get completely lost in. I’d study the faces, clothes, expressions, and all the little details, imagining the lives behind them.

I did the same with my parents’ wedding album and a photograph of my grandparents cutting their wedding cake. I was fascinated by how much those photographs could bring back from a time before I was born.

I want to make photographs you can get lost in.

Photographs that feel like they belong in a sentimental family album. Not just photographs of the two of you, but of the people who were there, the things happening around you, and all the little details that become part of the family history.

I want photographs that take you back. Not just to what the day looked like, but to what it was like to actually be there. The light coming through the windows, everyone you love gathered around you, how quickly the whole thing seemed to pass.

That love of the past naturally finds its way into my work. I’ve always loved the colour and character of film, old photographs, 1960s and ’70s cinema, and anything that conveys a sense of history.

I’m interested in the whole story.

Of course, the couple is at the centre of it. But so are the people who came to celebrate with you. The friends who have known you forever, the family you’re close to, the people who travelled to be there, and all the interactions happening around you.

A wedding brings together the people who matter to you. I want the photographs to hold onto that, too.

The day sets the tone.

Some couples are quiet and understated. Others are loud, chaotic, and completely electric. I don’t want every wedding to look or feel the same. I want the photographs to feel like the people in them, not like a version of what a wedding is supposed to look like.

I’ll guide you when it helps, step back when it doesn’t, and move through the day like a guest with a camera. Paying attention, staying curious, and looking for what’s happening just outside the frame.

The photograph should feel like you.

There’s room for beautiful portraits, but there’s just as much value in the laughter, the unexpected moments, and everything in between.

The photographs I loved most growing up weren’t necessarily the important ones. They were the ones that made me stop and look. A face in the background. Someone caught laughing. A little detail I hadn’t noticed before.

That’s what I want to make.