If you’re looking for some wedding planning advice, I’ve collected some articles together for your help. After helping more than 300 couples get the wedding photos of their dreams, here’s what I’ve learnt about planning a wedding.
Bridal Preparations – The Calm Before The Storm When I’m asked to photograph the bridal preparations as well as the ceremony and reception, I know that their set of pictures will end up being a little more complete in the depiction of the day. Sometimes it’s possible to photograph both the Bride and Groom’s preparations, but if…
As we get deeper into the cold harsh winter, it’s easy to forget the warmth of Summer weddings and evenings of Pimms and laughter. Many couples planning weddings in the Winter months have dates booked in the Summer, when strong light and bright colours play a big part in the day. One of the defining…
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…
The great photographer Henri Cartier Bresson is quoted many times, but ‘Sharpness is a Bourgeois Concept’ is one of my favourites. One of the attributes of a good photojournalist, whether they shoot weddings or news, is the ability to anticipate where and when interesting photographs are likely to be possible. You can never know for…
The thing about wedding photojournalism is you have to stick to your guns, especially when it comes to setting up pictures. I’m a member of the WPJA, the Wedding Photojournalist Association, who have extremely strict guidlines for members. Many of the WPJA members trained as news photojournalists, as I did, and carry the skills and…
