After photographing so many weddings I have seen a lot of different styles and setups. One thing that I can near enough always guarantee is that the bride will look stunning. She will fit her dress perfectly and will look the part. Then it's off to the church/ceremony location and you meet the groom and his party who generally will be 'Suited & Booted'. Generally, everything will look fine but quite often there are little things that could do with a bit of tidying up. This is the one time where the groom should look 100% but there are so few resources out there for them to use during any research that they may do. I often see ties that are...
Weddings undoubtedly take a lot of planning with different suppliers and vendors involved, but who is the VIP at your wedding that you probably never even thought of. The best way to find out is to run through the day and all the events that happen at a normal wedding. Wedding Dress: You will travel the length and breadth of the country looking for that one dress that makes you feel extra special. Once you have your dress picked you will go for a final fitting and alterations session before collecting it. The person that you bought your dress off more than likely will not be attending the wedding. Hair & Makeup: Your hair and Makeup will take a few hours in the morning...
Churches and venues come in all shapes and sizes and there are some things that you should check beforehand. One of the main things to look out for is the aisle that you will be doing your processional and recessional down. The processional is when the bride enters the church and proceeds up to the front where the groom will be standing. The recessional is when the couple leaves the altar to make their way towards the exit. You need to look at the width of the aisle. Big churches have wide aisles and some small country churches have narrow aisles. When you are performing the recessional part of the service, I think it makes sense for the bride to link...
Professional photographers are naturally expected to produce professional results but what is a professional result? A lot of people just go on blind faith that anything that a pro photographer puts out is up to the mark. There are a whole series of things that you should look out for but because I am only revealing one tip at a time then we should start with a really easy one to spot. When you are looking for a photographer you will more than likely go onto the web to start the hunt. You will visit websites and social media sites and look at different images. It can be taken as read that the photographer will only put their strongest images online to...
Still wondering what it is. Well, it’s the photographers' camera. A lot of people presume that a good camera makes a good photographer. It’s understandable with the amount of consumer advertising that has conditioned us to believe that the latest and the biggest are the best. I still haven’t found the technique, composition and experience settings even on the most modern cameras and the reason is they can’t be programmed in. The most important piece of the camera without question is the operator. In my early days of photography, I heard a story about a famous photographer in Scotland called Trevor Yerbury who was approached by the manufacturer of the camera that he used and asked if he wanted to...