David, you are fascinating and informative as usual, with a truly professional approach. When covering the meal though, we are always on the guest list, so don't miss anything and the guests respond well to feeling we are part of the couples…
Glad you see it that way too! Archiving the people who have collected together for that one historical day is our mission, ethical obligation, and pleasure! Am not into treating a wedding as a glamour/fashion shoot either, but realise some brides…
Good points John. Very useful ideas... However, when covering the throwing of the bouquet (the word tosser in UK English has a totally different - and derogatory meaning applied to it nowadays in the UK at least!) its easy to capture both action and…
Four would be bit of a media challenge/domination for the guests I feel. Since we cover 10,12 or even 14 hours of shots at a wedding, the post processing is already phenomenal, so its a fine balance Vern between objectivity and reality! Maybe time…
Not very often. As a single photographer can usually cover most aspects of the wedding - and with over 1000 images to chose from on average all our brides have more than enough they would love to have in their albums. However, many aspiring…
Where did this wedding take place Konstantina? It looks absolutely amazing! Would love to have been the photographer there! The first two images could do with a bit of colour /.exposure correction I feel though.
Confidence grows out of passion, and consistent feedback from others, so really the last three points are inextricably linked. Good advice though to observe others - be it live or online - as we strive ever more to perfect our art...In wedding…
Glad someone at last has realised how important EMOTIONS are on a wedding day. I am fed up with major photographic organisations who only seem to value "Glamour" style posed pictures as ones that are just captured seem - to them - to lack…
Now isn't that strange! I sent Christine a comment through Linkedin BEFORE even noticing she had her own ideas on Bridal Tweet, and its seems we had exactly the same viewpoint!
This is what I said...
Not much you can do I suppose? And does it…
Thanks Dave. If nothing else there is a beautiful series of images on the shootq site you mentioned, by the winner of the $10,000 grant 2009, though it looks very comprehensive system for a busy studio too.
Your favours (just have to spell the UK English way - sorry!) look great. So you live in the Virgin Islands? How lovely! I've never been but am always keen to travel so if anyone you know is getting married, and would like the cachet of a…
Didn't know I could do this but have just added my blog to Linkedin and it shows the most recent posts. Also added a quick slideshow . Very inspiring to be "pushed" to do more work on becoming more visible to the world and hence…
Has anyone ever done a Gambian wedding before? We have one in April - actually in Gambia - with a British bride who lives in France, and a Gambian groom. They are having two wedding days as I gather the Gambian wedding style is very different - and…
Hi Sharise. If you are present at the wedding, simply ask the photographer for their card, then you can visit their site and contact them with a request to use the pics they upload that you like best: they may even give you them free of charge if…
Totally agree with you about annoying typos and apparently illiterate Blogs. The simplest solution is to install Firefox or Chrome's spell checker, as the wriggly red line is hard to miss when you make silly mistakes. You still need to re-read…
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Fun happy pics from Reel Life Photos. Love people, love travelling, love photography - so it makes for the job being an international wedding photographer.
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