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Charlie Pollock
In November I became the proudest man in the world when my first baby was born. Since then he has not spent one day when he has not been photographed by either of his parents. I decided, finally, today to get in him in a more formal portrait setting with some lights and I also thought it would be a great opportunity to test out my as yet unused ring lite which I intend to use for portraiture in the future.
I think it was all a bit too much for him and the smiles dried up so I think I’ll stick to the less formal portraits. For now at least!
Might have got my head around exposure… a bit.
One of the things I have always found difficult is getting exposure and ‘getting myself out there’. You see, I love taking pictures and on the whole am happy with the images I capture (after walking away and coming back, aren’t you always your own biggest critic?) as are my clients but nothing beats someone else saying ‘Yeah, pretty good.’
So imagine my surprise and delight when new website www.yourperfectweddingphotographer.co.uk featured one of my photos in it’s photo of the week post today.
I signed up to the site before Christmas to increase awareness of what I was doing and I’m very glad I did. There are so many wedding photographers coming fresh into the business (me included) so you need to try everything you can to get couples to even visit your site, let alone stay long enough to have a look at some of your images.
So I am very grateful that the lovely people at YPWP decided they liked my image of Kimberly getting ready, from my Surrey wedding last year, enough to feature it. There’s still along way to go to get the exposure and traffic through the site that I think it deserves but fingers crossed this is a step in the right direction.
You can see the shortlisted three images here or see the original image below.
I should mention that YPWP have also featured one of my photos in a Black and White special post too. You can see it here. Tell them Neil sent you…
Signing up to www.yourperfectweddingphotographer.co.uk
I am in the process of signing up to Your Perfect Wedding Photographer! More to follow.
Your Perfect Wedding Photographer
Frankie Baby Portraits
It almost seemed that Frankie was desperate to validate the old adage of never working with children or animals.
Not that it was her fault, she was tired, I wouldn’t like someone turning up to take my picture if I was in need of a nap. She soldiered on though and with a little persuasion from mum and dad we soon had some smiles.
Relaxed Bath Wedding Photography
Weddings can be such stressful days for some, but my recent trip to Bath for Ellie and Giles’ wedding made it seem anything but. The couple were very relaxed despite organising everything themselves including a reception in a park.
Ellie got ready at home before traveling on to the Little Theatre Cinema for the ceremony.
And then off to Alice Park for a very personal reception.
High Peak Wedding Photography
I am still getting to grips with the whole blog idea so I’m lagging behind a bit.
With this in mind, I am now happy to present Charlotte and Moray’s wedding from early August. Stunning location in the Derbyshire countryside, lovely couple and lots of colour. The new Mr and Mrs London decided to try and do as much as they could themselves on the day and with the reception taking place in a marquee in their garden, they didn’t have too much choice but to get involved.
Like many grooms, Moray started his day in the Lantern Pike Inn while his bride to be ran around organising the final details.
Here is a selection of images from the day.
Surrey Wedding Photography – Kimberly and Owen
While every wedding is special, the fact that I have known Kimberly for at least five years and worked with her very recently on her primetime directorial (The Fairy Jobmother) debut made for an even more memorable day.
Kimberly and Owen were fairly relaxed about proceedings but with Kimberly’s background running the show and Owen’s skills form the Navy coming into it, the day was always going to run smoothly, wasn’t it?
An early start (although not early enough given the bride’s late arrival at the church proved) meant lots of preparation.
Luckily Kimberly did arrive eventually (blaming the traffic lights and road works) and the ceremony could get underway.
And so the day was back on track and the fun moved on to Greyfriars House near Guildford where cocktails were created by Honey and Lime who did a great job of keeping everyone’s glasses topped up.
Jo & Ryan
On a sunny day at the end of July it was my pleasure to photograph the wedding of Jo & Ryan in Clevedon, North Somerset. This was always going to be an interesting one. I had known Jo and her family for years but she was living in Romania when she got in touch about her wedding. Numerous emails followed and when she eventually moved back to the UK Ryan was still in Canada. There was also the small matter of creating the invitations but more on that another time. The reception was at The Plantations in nearby Kingston Seymour where the traditional wedding breakfast was replaced by that very British treat of afternoon tea.
Luckily the couple were very relaxed about what photos they wanted so everyone got on with enjoying the day and I got on with my job, and what a great day it was. Here is a small selection from the day.
























































































































































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