Wedding photographer
Martin started as a wedding photographer in 1991 just doing friends weddings initially, then after going to college in 92 for 2 years tried a business as a professional wedding photographer. This occasion it wasn’t meant to be as a full time venture so he carried on just doing some for friends and doing some photography jobs in his spare time. Finally in 2005 Martin set up 2 business’, Senecca multimedia and Bridgehouse as a professional wedding photographer. "Being a wedding photographer is a challenging job but also very rewarding, you can’t mess up, you have to be 100% concentrated on the job at hand. Other aspects of being a wedding photographer involve being courteous & fun but also the ability to direct a 100 people who don’t want to be disturbed! So you have to do this in a fresh polite manner, but do it all the same!" "I think the best thing about being a wedding photographer is meeting interesting people, you meet literally allsorts, and 99% you can have a rapport with your customers, which has lasted long after the wedding. I have close friends who I’ve met either being their wedding photographer or the friends of the couple." Martins mostly self taught, but has had some great advice. "I’ve been lucky enough to assist on a couple of jobs in the past with another wedding photographer, he taught me some good things but also I came away thinking, I wouldn’t do it like that, like with all experience, you take out what you think is of use! |
Wedding photographers
Wedding photographers have changed in recent years, for the better I think, In the 70's and 80's it was quite cheesy, but so also were some of the dresses! Digital has changed the way lots of wedding photographers work, as there’s no film and you can take about 1000 images without changing the memory card, it makes things a lot easier in the fact you can afford to take more, however, you still have to not have the "machine gun" approach too much just because you can! Wedding photographers in general, I think all use digital, there’s a few people on film, but as with the industry it’s dying out, I hear of a lot of wedding photographers being rude, mostly not considering the church aspect of the day, so this can ruin the next few wedding photographers chances of taking shots in the church which is unfortunate. I don’t look at many other wedding photographers work, other than when a customer has shown me a particular shot they’ve liked, but they are some amazing ones! I think unlike lots of wedding photographers that either just do traditional or reportage, martin tries to do both, "well I’ve seen 2 wedding photographers working together and I think while its a good idea and it can work for some, I like to know what shots have been taken, so I think I would think has this or that been taken, so I take it on myself! Also, although I cover most of the UK, I do all the weddings myself like most wedding photographers, I like to know the job will get done and don’t like to trust things out to someone else! I think most people looking for wedding photographers should look at a few before deciding, as all wedding photographers styles and personalities are different!
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Wedding photography
While wedding photography has been around for years, I think it’s nice
to stay fresh and try to challenge yourself. Wedding photography
is probably the most important service of a wedding day, because
you will forget if your soup was cold during the reception
after a while but if your photos haven’t turned out, then
that’s a different story! The different styles of wedding
photography are classical, contemporary and Reportage. Reportage
photography is similar to photojournalism - it captures an
event in a realistic way. Where traditional wedding photography
focuses on staged photos, reportage wedding photography aims
to pictorially capture the spirit and feel of your wedding
or civil ceremony as it really is. Laborious photo sessions
are kept to a minimum, and the day’s moments are photographed
without fuss in an unobtrusive, relaxed style throughout the
day. |
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