Wedding photography and film in Eastbourne.
Aaron photographs and Hayden films, and we plan the day together. We travel to Eastbourne and the venues along the front, never two strangers competing for the same shot.
Stand on the Eastbourne seafront and the whole thing is laid out for you, the pier reaching over the water, the white hotels along the front and the green wall of the South Downs dropping into the sea at Beachy Head just to the west. It is a town built for a certain kind of light, low and clear off the water in the late afternoon, and a photographer who knows it plans the portraits for when the sun softens rather than fighting the glare at midday. We are Robinson Martin Green, a two-person studio based at Mudberry Lane in Chichester, and we cover Eastbourne weddings as one team that shoots both the photographs and the film.
The team is Aaron Robinson on stills and Hayden Martin-Green on film. We work as one unit on the day rather than two suppliers who met for the first time that morning. That matters more than it sounds. In a grand hotel ballroom with fixed pillars and one aisle, or out on the exposed cliffs at Beachy Head with the wind up, a photographer and a filmmaker who have not worked together end up in each other’s frames and fighting for the same angle during the vows. We have already agreed who stands where, so neither of us blocks the other and you are not the one trying to keep two strangers apart.
We should be straight about the distance. Eastbourne is roughly fifty miles east of us, well over an hour each way along the coast into East Sussex, and we have not yet documented a wedding in the town itself. It sits at the far edge of the area we travel to rather than on our doorstep, and we would rather tell you that plainly than dress up a page as your local Eastbourne studio. What we can show you is real work an easy drive from our base, and we build the travel into the quote openly so the figure you see is the true one.
How we would cover a day in Eastbourne.
We have not documented a wedding in the town yet, so treat this as how we would approach one rather than a set we can show you. It starts with a morning drive down from Chichester and a proper walk-round of the venue before you arrive, so the unfamiliar corners are worked out ahead of the day rather than on it. From there the ceremony is covered by both of us reading the same room, one on the wide moment and one close in, without either of us stepping into the other’s frame.
Portraits move to wherever the light is best at that hour. On the front that might be the hotel garden while the sun is high, then a short run up to the clifftop at Beachy Head later for the wide sea backdrop when it drops and softens. The two of us stay with you from the speeches through to the first dance and into the evening, so the whole day comes back as one continuous set rather than two halves stitched together afterwards. When we do shoot our first Eastbourne wedding, it will be photographed exactly like this.
One team for photo and film.
Most couples start out planning to hire a photographer and a separate videographer. The hidden cost of that is coordination, and it lands on you. Two suppliers means two timelines to chase, two sets of questions about when the speeches start, and two people who each want the couple to themselves for portraits. Booking the photographs and the film as one studio removes all of that. There is one timeline, one shot list, one point of contact, and one shared plan for how Aaron and Hayden move through your day.
We run stills and film side by side without staging anything twice, so you are never asked to walk back down an aisle or repeat a first kiss for a second camera. We talk through the order of the day with you in advance and agree the moments that matter to you specifically rather than working off a template. One studio, one bill, and two people who have already sorted out between themselves how the day will run.
A few of the Eastbourne settings we are set up for.
Real venues in and around the town, each with something specific to plan around. We visit any of them ahead of your day so the first time we shoot there is not on the day itself.
Eastbourne and the East Sussex coast
- The Grand Hotel on King Edwards Parade, the Victorian "White Palace by the Sea", with the soaring pillars and marble fireplaces of the Great Hall for a formal celebration on the front.
- Devonshire Park and the Winter Garden on Compton Street, the Grade II listed hall designed in 1874 by Henry Currey and funded by the Duke of Devonshire, for a larger reception in the middle of town.
- The Eastbourne Bandstand on the seafront, the cream 1930s landmark in its curved Neo-Grec style, licensed for ceremonies with the beach and the open sea directly behind you.
- Beachy Head and Birling Gap just west of town, the chalk cliffs and Seven Sisters inside the South Downs National Park, a short drive out for portraits you will not get anywhere in the middle of a town.
How the Wedding Hub works.
Your wedding planned in one place.
From the moment you book, your private Wedding Hub keeps the whole day organised.
- One shared timelineYour running order, agreed with both of us, so everyone knows the timings.
- Messages and documentsEvery plan, form and venue detail in one place instead of spread across your inbox.
- Gallery and film deliveredYour photographs and film are delivered to the same place after the wedding.
Common questions from Eastbourne couples.
Have you shot in Eastbourne before?
Not yet, and we will not pretend otherwise. We have real weddings a good drive west of here rather than in Eastbourne itself. For any venue we have not worked at, we visit ahead of the day so we already know the ceremony space, the light and the spots for portraits before we turn up with you. The Grand, the Bandstand and the cliffs at Beachy Head are all places we would walk before your date.
You are based in Chichester. How does travel to Eastbourne work?
Eastbourne is about fifty miles from Mudberry Lane, well over an hour each way along the coast, so it is a proper journey rather than a local job. We build that into the quote openly rather than adding it quietly later. You get the true figure before you book, and there are no surprises on the invoice.
The seafront light can be harsh. How do you handle it?
That is the part we plan for. The front swings from flat midday glare to soft gold within a couple of hours, so we work out where the good light will be at your ceremony time and hold a little back for portraits when the sun drops toward the Downs. Two of us means one can be reading the light while the other stays on the couple.
How far in advance should we book an Eastbourne summer date?
Popular dates from late spring through to early autumn tend to go twelve to eighteen months out, and the seafront venues fill first. Shorter notice does come up, so it is worth asking even if your date is only a few months away. If we are already booked we will tell you straight away rather than leaving you waiting.
More to see before you decide.
We have not shot in Eastbourne yet, so here are three genuine days we have covered further west, all within about thirty miles of our base. If you are weighing up nearby areas, the rest is one click away.
Adam & Panha
A full day at Fitzleroi Barn, Pulborough.Becky & Lucas
Horsham through to The Highdown.Jack & Emelia
A bespoke package at Wasing Park.Worthing weddings
Photography and film along the coast.Areas we cover
Everywhere across West Sussex and beyond.Packages
Bronze, Silver and Gold in plain figures.Send us your date and your venue.
One of us will reply to you personally, usually within 24 hours, or call us on 07928 549702. We will tell you straight away whether we are free.