With a candid way of photographing weddings, 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… 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
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 to the minute time frame. A literally blow by blow account of what I would do on the day and what the couple… Read More…
Field? Or Drinks Reception?
A few years back during a wedding up the country, I was sitting having a meal with a videographer, who shall remain nameless. They told me a story about a wedding where the photographer suggested that the couple drive out to a “lovely freshly cut field with bales and stuff” out in the country. So,… Read More…
Unplugged
“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
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, and as I peer out the window it’s teaming rain as it has been since early morning. It’s June 1st by the way, and it is the kind of day… Read More…
Winter Wedding Photography
As I finish editing last years wedding work it’s interesting the number of winter weddings I have completed in recent years. December is as popular as a May or June for weddings today, at least it is for myself, and rightfully so as I tend to see it as a wonderful time of the year… Read More…
The Regular and Ongoing Uselessness of the Wedding Blogger and their Useless Tips regarding Wedding Photography
Wedding Blogs are ten a penny these days, most are written for the sake or it and generally, with regard to what I do, many of them are completely out of touch and filled with generalisations or just false concepts and pointless tips, and I use the word tip lightly, they often tend to suggest… Read More…