Our blog has moved
Posted on May 3, 2008 | Posted by admin in Wedding Photography
We have moved our blog to our new “picture blog” - you can also see some of our other recent photography. Hope to see you there!
Studio Stuff
Posted on August 23, 2007 | Posted by admin in Wedding Photography
I can’t help it. I still love studio photography. Not the stiff, posed, positioned, portraiture kind - there’s nothing worse than a smiling head - but the new, fresh looks seen in glossy mags and coffee table books. Even though this kind of photography will never be pure-photojournalism…I like to think it can still come close. Especially if it’s done just-so. In those moments between the smiles. Between the broad grins and the knowing. When the almost-bride or couple are caught unaware. When they’re relaxing back into themselves and each other, having a word or a glance between shots. I think these moments can be just as wonderful in-studio as out. And for me there’s still something about bright vivid expressions against stark white - when there’s nothing else to catch your eye but the person and their personality - that just can’t be beat.
And that’s my ode to yesterday’s studio session. We had arranged to do an engagement session at the lake but the heat just would not be borne. So at the bride’s request we took our studio ….umbrellas, lights, backgrounds etc…(what can I say, we come prepared) and relocated to the couple’s home where we did the shoot in their living room. And it worked wonderfully, if I do say so myself.
Back from Blighty
Posted on August 1, 2007 | Posted by admin in Wedding Photography
Just putting together an album of images from Thursday.
We agreed to do the mid-week wedding, on VERY short notice, as a favour to a dear friend. Normally we like to meet with the bride and groom, the officiant, the wedding planner…etc and all…and share expectations well in advance. We met this couple the day before the wedding and was pretty much given carte blanche.
“I trust you,” the bride told us. The groom just said “Whatever she says.”
We were a little worried. It’s all good and ego boosting to have someone put that kind of confidence in you - and to be honest we DO tend to use our discretion and make executive decisions when we’re ‘in the moment’ - but having someone just put it all out there right up front - yikes!
We scoped out the church and tried to imagine how the ceremony would go down - we’re use to going to rehearsals but there was none. We knew our biggest problem was going to be lighting because the ceiling was just too high and the chandeliers were just too small. We were right.
It rained the next day, but other than that, and an excited aunt-of-the-bride who gave my camera arm a nice firm squeeze right in the middle of ‘the kiss’, everything went ok. And the photos - despite the light and the aunt and the no rehearsal - were some of our best yet.
Country Wedding
Posted on July 2, 2007 | Posted by admin in Wedding Photography
Yesterday was pretty fabulous. You really can’t lose when you’re photographing against a five hundred year old hunting lodge. Those Tudors sure knew how to build them.
It didn’t hurt that the bride was positively stunning and had made certain every last detail was as perfect as possible. The children were adorable and there’s one candid image of two little ones getting an early peek at a plate full of choclate covered strawberrys that turned out especially nice. Can’t wait to get them up.
Tickets to England finally booked
Posted on June 13, 2007 | Posted by admin in Wedding Photography
We have finally sorted the tickets for our trip back to England to cover the English weddings we booked before we moved over to the USA. We never let our clients down! Especially looking forward to a big wedding event in an old stately home close to London.
That means of course we are now fully booked until the end of July.
Please do contact us if you want to book us as we are filling up dates quickly thanks to finally settling on our starter wedding package.
Additionally, our local advertising campaign is being finalized. Goody.
Engagement Shoot in Mooresville
Posted on May 31, 2007 | Posted by admin in Wedding Photography
Just finished a lovely shoot with the delightful Sam and Jon around Mooresville. Thankfully the weather was great (not too sunny and not raining) but rather warm.
I think I’ll be needing to purchase more warm-friendly clothing ow that I’ve left the cold shores of England.
I might plump for the classic cotton look - what do you think?
Cameras we use
Posted on May 24, 2007 | Posted by admin in Wedding Photography
We’ve had a few e-mails about what camera gear we use. I’ve been a Nikon user for years and now happily own a lovely D200 main body with two D70 units as backups. We use SB flash units and our big reflector for most of the group pictures - we’ve found all recent flash systems like Gary Fong’s Lightsphere to be too cumbersome when whizzing around at a wedding.
Goodbye cold England, Hello sunny USA!
Posted on May 22, 2007 | Posted by admin in Wedding Photography
So the move is over. After packing a blue million boxes - camera gear included, of course - we’re now based near Charlotte, North Carolina. Most of the time.
We left the UK to experience a better quality of life. And better weather. Thirty years of English rain really knows how to get to a person!
We’ll be popping back and forth between the two countries over the next year. To visit family, have a spot of tea and cover weddings in London, Cheshire and Lancashire.
Anyway. Welcome to our first blog post. Thanks for reading.
Tim