Image of the Week ~ 27

This weeks image is another church scene taken Saturday 27th April at St. Elisabeth’s Church, Stockport, U.K.  This is a personal favourite photograph as the lighting is finished darker than that I would normally work with in wedding series but artistic documentary style allows this image to tell a story through the light. The little bridesmaid is lit up brightly as she is cared for by the older bridesmaids. The lighting makes her seem more precious. This bridesmaid is the only daughter of the Bride and Groom, who are at the alter in the middle of their Wedding ceremony.  The bridesmaid is watching her parents make this commitment not only to one another but to her too.

I have recently just finished the final edit and cleaning up of the images and sent 20 Polaroid Style postcards for print. I am working on finished products and I am currently experimenting with different postcards and prints and presentation boxes. I intend not to only create beautiful imagery of your special day but to present them in the same standard of beautiful products.

Image of the Week ~ 19

I am on my way to photograph a Wedding Day! I’m really looking forward to capturing beautiful moments as they happen. I’m starting at the Bridesmaids at 9:30 am and will be shooting for about 12 hours. That’s the full day package which includes approx 450 edited and cleaned up images on disk and a big square photo storybook in a presentation box. The ceremony takes place in a Catholic Church with red carpets and stained glass windows with a choir performing. The rehearsal to today’s wedding, though very different, reminded me a little of this wedding pictured here. It was the hottest 1st October on record and in Jersey, the island. It was such a beautiful day. Today shall be wonderful, as I am honoured enough to be friends of the couple (my last 4 weddings I have not known the couples at all!) and so pleased to be apart of their big day!

Image of the Week ~ 12

” Thank You!

We have been to weddings before where the photographer appears to be in charge of what happens and guests are arranged into tableux like poses.  We did not wish for this and neither of us particularly like standing in front of a camera. You were understanding of this and made us feel comfortable in front of the camera, we didn’t even notice the camera for the duration of the Wedding!

You were always in the moment as they unfolded for real.  There were no rehearsals and no pretending. You were able to capture what actually happened and your Photo Book reads almost like a story book.  Each image tells a tale and is thought provoking.  Real and true emotions were captured as they happened and although our special time was over far too quickly, the memories and the joy are fully depicted in your photographs, forever for us to keep.

You were very professional yet friendly, efficient and reliable.
The quality of your Photography, Design and Presentation are both representational and evocative.

Love

Katie & Graham X “

Image of the Week ~ 11

This week I have chosen an image taken on the 22nd July, the Ceremony in the Museo dell’Antica Grancia, di Serre, Tuscany, Italy. This is one of the first images taken as the Bride joins the Groom about to be married. As a Photojournalist Wedding Photographer it is vital to capture what is really happening through out the day and the Cememony is of the upmost importance to get right. In this image the Bride and Groom are really laughing, something has been said to them that has really tickled them. The Bride and Groom seem as though they are the focal point, their bodies and minds are clearly in sync with one another as they seem to reflect each others actions. Yet as your eyes scan across the image, the guests are very much in focus and suddenly the feel of the image changes. All the peering faces are quiet yet beaming with joy. The Mother of the Bride is wiping her eyes with a tissue, as is the Grooms Mother (we can just about make her out through the Groom and Best Man) and we get the sense of a room filled with lots of emotions. As ours eyes come round to the Bride and Groom again, we see not only the joy of a joke but instead a mixture of nerves, excitement and complete joy for the act and the commitment that is about to take place.