Weddings

I will gladly take pictures of your wedding. A huge responsibility and a great honour.

How do you decide on a wedding photographer?

Several items below to consider when you're looking through websites and pictures:

Are the portfolio pictures all in focus?
Is there any motion blur?
Are any people in the shot with closed eyes?
Are the pictures all in black & white?
Are the pictures properly exposed, too dark, or too light?
Are the pictures composed nicely, everyone in the shot that is meant to be?
Do you have a particular style you want to follow to capture your day? Reportage, documentary, candid....mix of all?
Any recommendations from previous clients?
What type of planning is covered?
How structured is the photographer?
How can I be sure they'll get what I want?

These are some of the questions I asked myself while putting together the website and when talking with prospective clients.

What do you get for your hard-earned cash?

The wedding photographer snaps away with a digital camera for the duration of your wedding and provides you with a USB stick of your day. So what else is there?

Pre-wedding meeting - Pre-wedding photo shoot (1-2 hours) and edits. Here we talk about your day, the plan, the timings, the shot list, must-have pictures and more.

Wedding venue visit before the big day - Visiting the location, exploring and finding places to take shots, looking at the lighting etc. This is usually two locations, the church and the reception.

Shot list, plan and must-have pictures agreed - The venue visits factor hugely into the shot list, a storyboard of the day can be sketched out and provided if required.

Gear setup and preparation - Preparing all of the cameras, and lenses, making sure batteries are charged, etc.

Wedding day - Certainly this is a full day, depending on location there is travel time to where the bride is getting ready, pictures are taken there, then off to the wedding venue to capture the groom, and location shots to help with the storytelling aspect of the day. Pictures of your guests arriving and waiting for the bride to arrive. Pictures throughout the ceremony exit from the wedding venue. Group shots as planned and agreed. If there is a different reception venue, travel there and set up waiting for the bride and groom to arrive. More shots of guests, bride and groom. Reception lunch/dinner is a break from photography. No one wants pictures of your guests eating. Speeches usually follow with cake cutting and the first dance. It's usually after the first dance I'll duck away, say my goodbyes and let the celebrations continue. That evening I'll get back home, back up the memory cards and start the first pass edit process. I'll pull out 10-20 key pictures from the day and send them to you via social media or other means. Something you can look through in the evening or at breakfast the following day.

Editing - Usually I'll have two or three cameras with me and typically I'll shoot on average 500 shots per camera. A lot of pictures to go through. What I'll be looking for is do any of the shots show people with closed eyes, motion blur, and are out of focus or not tack sharp focus. The next step is to look at who is in the shots and make sure we have a balanced view of people. Double checking I have the pictures from the shot list and the must-have pictures. Work continues with a small amount of editing and cropping, making some pictures into black & white where it works. Once this is complete a start-to-finish slide show, walk through each picture, making sure it fits and flows. Generally more edits and tweaking from this walk-through.

Publish - All final pictures will be published to a private password-protected gallery. A link is sent to you which you can share with friends and family. Pictures can be downloaded and printed from the gallery.

USB stick - A copy of full-sized/full-resolution pictures will be sent to you on a USB memory stick. You can view these on your laptop at home and decide on any you want to print.

Backup/archive - I keep a backup of all your images so don't worry if you lose the USB stick.

What happens next?

Drop me an email with your dates and then we can get in touch and begin the discussion. There is no obligation at this point.

Booking:

Once you're happy with me and I have confirmed your dates are free 50% of the agreed fee is payable with the balance due 14 days before the booking date.

There is a contract to be signed covering both you and me, a summary of what we have discussed and an outline of the next steps.

We will then book the pre-wedding meeting and photo shoot.

Weddings

I will gladly take pictures of your wedding. A huge responsibility and a great honour.

How do you decide on a wedding photographer?

Several items below to consider when you're looking through websites and pictures:

Are the portfolio pictures all in focus?

Is there any motion blur?

Are any people in the shot with closed eyes?

Are the pictures all in black & white?

Are the pictures properly exposed, too dark, or too light?

Are the pictures composed nicely, everyone in the shot that is meant to be?

Do you have a particular style you want to follow to capture your day? Reportage, documentary, candid....mix of all?

Any recommendations from previous clients?

What type of planning is covered?

How structured is the photographer?

How can I be sure they'll get what I want?

These are some of the questions I asked myself while putting together the website and when talking with prospective clients.

What do you get for your hard-earned cash?

The wedding photographer snaps away with a digital camera for the duration of your wedding and provides you with a USB stick of your day. So what else is there?

Pre-wedding meeting - Pre-wedding photo shoot (1-2 hours) and edits. Here we talk about your day, the plan, the timings, the shot list, must-have pictures and more.

Wedding venue visit before the big day - Visiting the location, exploring and finding places to take shots, looking at the lighting etc. This is usually two locations, the church and the reception.

Shot list, plan and must-have pictures agreed - The venue visits factor hugely into the shot list, a storyboard of the day can be sketched out and provided if required.

Gear setup and preparation - Preparing all of the cameras, and lenses, making sure batteries are charged, etc.

Publish - All final pictures will be published to a private password-protected gallery. A link is sent to you which you can share with friends and family. Pictures can be downloaded and printed from the gallery.

USB stick - A copy of full-sized/full-resolution pictures will be sent to you on a USB memory stick. You can view these on your laptop at home and decide on any you want to print.

Backup/archive - I keep a backup of all your images so don't worry if you lose the USB stick.

What happens next?

Drop me an email with your dates and then we can get in touch and begin the discussion. There is no obligation at this point.

Booking:

Once you're happy with me and I have confirmed your dates are free 50% of the agreed fee is payable with the balance due 14 days before the booking date.

There is a contract to be signed covering both you and me, a summary of what we have discussed and an outline of the next steps.

We will then book the pre-wedding meeting and photo shoot.