Planning a wedding comes with plenty of questions, from choosing the right photographer to creating a relaxed timeline and making the most of your day. Here you’ll find practical advice, planning tips and honest insights drawn from over 15 years of photographing weddings across the Peak District, Lake District, Yorkshire and beyond. Whether you’re newly engaged or counting down the days until “I do”, these guides are here to help you enjoy every moment.
As we have said before elopements are crazily romantic and gorgeous, but they do come with realities that you need to think about and plan accordingly with. Some aspects of this will change depending on whether you’re getting married in Scotland or Northern Ireland. So do check out the laws carefully for your country of choice.
Eloping is crazily romantic, and it is becoming a more and more popular way to tie the knot instead of having a big shindig wedding day. In the UK more than 3,000 couples elope every year, be that in the UK in the fantastic lake district, the classic Gretna green, or they fly away to say their vows.
Here are a few tips that’ll make life easier for you and me. My couple portrait sessions are really relaxed, well walk around talking and every now and then ill ask you to pose or to do something together while I take photos.
So your wedding is upcoming, and you’re wondering about adding an additional photographer to your wedding days photography. Below are just a few reasons why I would recommend an additional photographer, sometimes called a “Second Shooter”.
My last blog was about How To Book A Wedding Photographer and this blog is about going forward from the booking stage. So, you’ve booked your photographer for the big day, but what next? Well, this is how my workflow unfolds and what you can expect after booking myself to photograph your wedding or elopement.
So, How do you book a wedding photographer? I thought I would write out a way to help you book your perfect wedding photographer.
At least once a day I see a social media rant about other photographers, also referred to as “the competition”, and how they are “devaluing” photography.
Photos are supposed to be printed and displayed for your enjoyment. So enjoy them, eventually, every hard drive or USB stick will fail and as technology moves on, your framed prints will still be there smiling down on you knowing that they are safe and on display, for all to see.
My previous post was about why you should NOT hire a professional Wedding Photographer, and this one is about why you SHOULD hire a professional wedding photographer. Hopefully, they will both help you decide about your upcoming weddings photograph plans. It could save you thousands, and it could cost your priceless memories as well, so do think carefully about your professional wedding photography.
I recently came across several articles (some old and some new) which gave reasons to break wedding rules or to throw them away in their entirety. One subject which came up time and time again, was reasons not to hire a professional wedding photographer.
I recently received an enquiry asking about wedding photography services, all of it was perfectly normal until I read the P.S. line at the bottom. This seemingly wonderfully worded enquiry which lulled me into it ended on a rather strange note. I was asked to give my thoughts and opinions on “Same-Sex Marriage”.
Below are 10 wedding photography tips to help your wedding photographer and to get the most out of your wedding photos. After all, there are no second chances, so lets rock your wedding together!
So, as your upcoming Couple Portrait Session or your Wedding day is getting closer and closer by the day. Your thoughts might start to wonder about the photographs and how to act around the camera? Just rock these 5 stress free poses and you will rock your wedding day!
Firstly congratulations on your engagement! I really do hope this Cumbria Wedding Planner Guide will help you plan your perfect wedding day. In Cumbria (unlike other counties) you may provisionally book your ceremony up to 24 months in advance. Read this guide to help plan your wedding day!
Winter Weddings have some key points that need addressing. Here are my 5 tips for your winter wedding and its wedding photography.
Eloping isn’t cheating, it isn’t cheeky and it isn’t a dirty word. It is simply doing what you want and cutting to the chase. It’s simply declaring your love for one another and starting the adventure of marriage.
You want future generations to look at your photographs in awe and smile, just like you do when you see your parents or grandparents wedding albums. – not many other things can do that.