“My first Valentines card. I was the only one in the class to get one from him. At least, I think it was him, everyones writing looked the same when we were ten. Anyway, I kept it. It’s in that basket along with the mix tape Anthony made me when we first got together. I remember…
They are really. Sometimes the prep is at home, sometimes in a hotel. Ceremony in a church, sometimes great light, occasionally banished to the back. Champagne reception, family pictures, speeches, meal and dance. But it’s the little variations that form the distinctions from one wedding to the next. Like the clumps in the early universe,…
I’m delighted to have had two more images awarded in the latest WPJA contest. The WPJA (Wedding Photojournalist Association) is an American based International organisation that concentrates on non-staged, un-posed, real, story-telling images. Exactly what my photography is about, which is why it means so much to me! The one above is from Katie and…
Winter Wedding Photography Can Be a Tricky Business Low light levels during the Winter can make things particularly hard for photographers. Even modern cameras and lenses can struggle. There is always flash. Or adding in additional light, like the LED light I’ve used in the picture above. This works well in certain situations where it’s…
What a fantastic year of photography It’s been an amazing year that’s produced fantastic work, including my best wedding photography of 2015 here. For all the couples who asked me to document their wedding day, I thank you. I’ve been a photographer all of my adult life, and it’s the couples who love how I photograph…
Documentary Wedding Photographers Work Close I’m a Documentary Wedding Photographer, which means there’s a certain way that I work, and a certain style to the photography I produce. The end product of which is an accurate, beautiful document of the single most important day thus far in a couples life together. I want my clients…
Relaxed Photojournalism, Plus Portraits So, you’re on this website because you like the relaxed and unposed nature of wedding photojournalism, or documentary wedding photography. But you’re worried that if you book a photographer who specialises in this style, your wedding album will be missing a few posed portraits of the two of you or some group…
Take Time Choosing Your Wedding Photographer If you’re newly engaged and are planning your wedding, there are a number of choices that need to be made, amongst them choosing your wedding photographer. Most couples choose the date and venue of their wedding first, and then begin the search for other suppliers for their cake, catering,…
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…