The “cake shot”. Those two words together just sound naff. Very predictable and just utterly naff. I always favor real and long lasting candid moments over the set up cliches. For me this “cake shot” idea sums everything I am completely against as a reportage wedding photographer. It conjures up dreadfully dull and passive images.… Read More…
Documentary Wedding Work Reflections
I’ve been doing this game working as a documentary wedding photographer for a while now. And I have certainly been around and have gained a hell of a lot of experience. On the way I have met a lot of people and seen a lot of places. Making sure to learn a little on the… Read More…
Reportage Style Photography Portraits
With a reportage style photography, taking a short time out with the just married couple must fit with the overall body of work. For me there is no other way. What’s important is that the images reflect who you are as a couple. Not what I think you should be like as a standard knocked… Read More…
Wedding Day Picture Plan? No Plan!
While this may terrify some it is warmly and enthusiastically embraced by many others. If you find yourself looking over the documentary / reportage wedding work on my website then it should ring clear that my way of working is a reactive one, as opposed to a set out plan. A plan that perhaps I’d… Read More…
Keeping Your Wedding Photography Candid
My mantra is all about keeping Your wedding photography candid. For me it is the only way, no veering fom the principle concept. I remember one time receiving an email from what I’d term an “unpotential client” to photograph their upcoming wedding. And I was taken aback by the email as it had an almost… Read More…
Field? Or Drinks Reception?
One of my favorite parts from a wedding can often be the drinks reception. A few years back during a wedding up the country, it may have been Bellingham Castle, anyway, I was sitting having a meal with a videographer, who shall remain nameless. They told me a story about where the wedding photographer suggested… Read More…
An Unplugged Wedding
“An Unplugged Wedding” Sure, it’s as naff as a phrase can be but there is plenty of value in gently insisting that friends and family enjoy the wedding without having the urge to photograph every single minute of it with their cameras or phones. There’s generally a zealous type who will spend much of the… Read More…
Have I photographed at your venue before?
While rare enough, it is a concern to some regarding their venue and if their potential photographer has or has not worked there before. In the past I recall to have lost only one booking because the couple felt that since I had not worked at their proposed wedding venue previously they had concerns, they… Read More…
Documentary not Mockumentary Part 2
I was approached at a wedding once during prep time and was asked “What time will we all come over for the photos?” So I asked “The photos?” Pretending to be a bit confused. “Ya, you know, the photos, what time will we come over?” And then I say something like “No special time… it’ll… Read More…
A Rainy Wedding Day
Concerns about a rainy wedding day? I’m sitting here in my office and putting the final touches to my latest wedding edit. It is on the eve of a wedding too. I peer out the window it’s teaming rain. It’s June 1st. A day for the High Stool, as the saying goes. The previous weekend,… Read More…