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…
Winter Wedding Photographer Specialist
A Winter Wedding Photographer? 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. I tend to see it as a wonderful time of the year for a wedding. The winter light… Read More…
The Regular Uselessness of the Wedding Blogger
Oh I love them because they know more then photographers and put us all in the same box and… Actually, I don’t. Wedding Blogs are ten a penny these days. Like, I’ve even started one myself. Kinda. Most are written for the sake or it and generally, with regard to what I do, many of… Read More…
Is Candid Photography for your Wedding?
Is Candid Photography for your Wedding? If you get a good feel from looking at the pictures you are more than halfway there in finding the photographer for you. I’ve spoken to couples who have had a lengthy search for their photographer and as soon as they clap eyes on a certain image they… Read More…
Planning a Documentary Wedding?
Planning a Documentary Wedding? How does this work? “How do you prepare? Should we need to meet before the wedding? Do we need several meetings to discuss our big day? Is there a need to meet to discuss the photographs we want? Shall we meet at the venue for a run through? How did you… Read More…