Capturing the Magic Moments and Personal Details of Your Wedding Day
From Pre Ceremony Preparations to Post Party Celebrations.
Specialising in NON INTRUSIVE 'Natural Reportage' wedding coverage, a style welcomed and appreciated by the wedding couple and guests alike.
It is a privilege to share your wedding day as your wedding photographer, to be entrusted to capture the magic moments of your wedding day!
Whilst having the experience of 200 booked weddings, I am aware no two weddings are alike, nor our wedding couples tastes and styles. I try to take this on board when documenting your wedding day as your photographer, so that you will be seeing the images you want in your Wedding Story Book!
During our first meeting, together we will arrange a 'Wedding Photography Package' to suit your individual personal requirements.
It may just be a "DVD with every photograph on it!" or a deluxe 'Book Collection' - with copies for your friends and family.
We'll meet a second time (closer to your wedding date) at your wedding venue to discus your wedding photography requirements, group combinations and to investigate the photo opportunities presented to us at your wedding venue. We will use my photographer booklet that I have created especially for this. As no two weddings are alike (nor are the couples!) and as such your personal priorities will also vary! I aim to respond to these - to cpture what you wish to see in your wedding photography album!
You can have a complementary 'Portrait Shoot' at the venue if you like. This is useful so you know that you can relax on the day, feeling comfortable in front of the cameras, your in the hand so of an experienced personal and professional!
According to your wedding photography package or chosen hours of coverage (my average wedding is 8 hours photographic coverage) I can photograph the bridal preparations right through until the evening celebrations.
Im dedicated to documenting your day and to attempt to capture all of your 'wished for wedding moments' as well as the 'obligatory' group shots that I will orchestrate and we will have discussed and pre arranged together.
My experience of photographing 200 weddings is invaluable in this!!!
I endeavour to capture as much 'natural reportage' as possible (ie documenting the day as it was, as it happens and unfolds into the evening celebrations) Whilst offering my creativity and experience in arranging the group photographs and some personal portraiture (that wont occupy your afternoon - eating into your valuable wedding day and wearing the patience of your wedding guests!)
The 'Originals' are given at full quality to the Wedding couple on 'Master DVD's [plus 2 extra copies for your parents] in a deluxe DVD presentation case
'Reproduction Restrictions' are waived. Your Wedding photographs are copyright free (this means they belong to YOU and not he photographer. The images are soon to become your wedding memories, are yours to keep, share, print, enlarge, upload, frame, email, 'burn' (copy) etc..
Wedding Photographs are also provided 'resized' on a 'wallet friendly' credit card sized USB memory card for easy sharing (email ready and web friendly - perfect for using on Facebook) - 4 copies are given to the wedding couple to enable easy sharing.
An online Wedding Photo gallery with password access is available for you, your friends and family to share and enjoy the photographs. (online within 1-3 weeks, and will remain online for a duration of 12 months)
The Wedding Photo Gallery is aligned to a professional print ordering service, offering professional prints on top of the range Kodak Endura paper from only £3.69 each & 'complete sets' of prints from a rapid gallery from around 8p -16p each.
The online wedding photographer slideshow features a special FREE DOWNLOAD facility on each images, enabling your friends and family (and your guests using the password) to download to keep - to 'help themselves' to their photographs.
Being a Wedding Photographer is my job – a full time job, a vocation. I am a professional Wedding Photographer and I am passionate about it (You have to be - the average wedding week in the summer for me is a 60 - 70 hour week)
I Photograph around 30 weddings per year (restricted) and only accept a maximum of TWO wedding per week to assure flexibility, focused coverage and fast processing of your wedding photography gallery, enhancement of the wedding proofs / originals and your handmade Italian wedding album and finished wedding photographs. I am fortunate to often be in a position to be able to select the weddings that I undertake (most wedding photography bookings come via referrals and recommendations) Some Saturdays during the peak season can attract in excess of 30 enquiries (ok so this was the 07-07-07! - considerably less for a wednesday wedding in November!)
Its a demanding job, the wedding photographer can often be the centre of the coordination on the wedding day (between venue staff, the chauffeur, toastmaster and the wedding party - often all at the same time!) it takes skill and sensitivity for the wedding photographer to be able to do this delicately without becoming 'bossy' or 'taking over' and adding any stress to those involved.
I use the finest photographic specialist equipment available - using two professional top of the range Nikon D3s. 6 Top of the range wireless flash guns and portable pocketwizzard triggers and a bag full of super sharp fast low light F2.8 lenses, offering a range of up to 122 degree wide angle vision to incredible telephoto portrait lenses in order to capture moments from afar, unnoticed, non intrusively! Professional capable equipment does not come cheap - my camera bag is worth £16,000. There is no venue 'too dark' or restrictions on season that this equipment and an experienced professional photographer cannot deal with.
I offer flexible Wedding Photography Packages - starting from 'Images Only Services' (Digital Disk) to 'Tailor-made Wedding Photography Services' which offer complete 'Wedding Photography Packages' with Graphistudio wedding books.
