London 2012 was my second Olympic Games, having covered Athens in 2004. Both times, I was photographing for the news pages of The Times, along with dedicated Times sports photographers. Although The Times used unprecedented printing methods to bring readers superb photography at unimaginable sizes, there were still many thousands of images being produced daily which…
I’m one of five contract photographers at The Times newspaper, along with four staff photographers, and at the end of each month, we all submit three of our favourite images from that month for an internal competition – three are then chosen for display on the editorial floor at The Times. Over time, as budgets dictate, we…
Understanding Composition in Documentary Wedding Photography Most people know when they like a photograph. Not photographs of themselves, for we are all too vain to see beyond our own image. But landscapes, street photography or photographs of your friends. Fewer people understand what it is about a photograph that makes it pleasing on the eye.…
Ask a wedding photojournalist or documentary wedding photographer what their perfect assignment would be, and I’m pretty sure it would involve no, or very few posed, wedding group photos. There’s a number of reasons for this. Firstly, it’s quite a specialism to do high quality, well lit, perfectly posed group photographs. It takes time to arrange…
Natural and Candid Wedding Photography I’m a strong believer that candid wedding photography is the best and most truthful way of recording a wedding day. It’s the most important day in a couple’s life, and the wedding album will be a permanent record of a great celebration. Some wedding photographers produce stunning bridal portraits on location during…
Shortlisted For The Hitched Breakthrough Awards After almost 20 years as an editorial photographer, the last 15 for The Times, I only started photographing weddings a year ago. I shoot a handful of weddings a year as well as continuing my work for The Times. I answered the phone last week to discover I had been shortlisted…
A Candid Portrait During Balliol College Wedding Photography Christina and Eric met whilst studying at Oxford, and decided to get married in the beautiful Chapel at Balliol College. They used the Fellows garden for the reception, with the wedding breakfast in the Dining Hall. It was a real thrill when they asked me to provide their Balliol College wedding…
The Perfect Tool For A Destination Wedding Photographer I’ve been a Canon user my whole professional life. I’m on my fifth set of digital cameras and each model has always had its limitations. But you learn how to work around those, and use the best tool for the job at hand. For the last three…
Hackney Town Hall Wedding Wedding portraits are a big part of a couple’s set of pictures, and employing a wedding photojournalist doesn’t mean you won’t get some beautiful portraits. What it should mean is that a couple are not taken away from their guests for a couple of hours by the photographer and told to…