On the Day
Shooting a Ceremony You Cannot Move Around In
Some officiants let you work the aisle. Most do not. Plan for the version where you are pinned to one spot.
Photographing Weddings
Written from the back of the room, where most of the job is actually done. What happens on the day, what to carry, what to charge, and the parts nobody puts in a portfolio.
On the Day
On the Day
The Group Shots Nobody Enjoys
Formals are the least interesting hour of the day and the one most likely to derail it. Run them properly and they take twenty minutes.
Gear
Two Bodies, Two Primes
Changing lenses at a wedding costs you moments. Carrying two bodies costs you a sore shoulder. The shoulder is cheaper.
On the Day
Light at Four in the Afternoon
The reception room is beige, the windows are on one side and the overheads are the colour of a service station. This is the normal case.
On the Day
What a Second Shooter Is Actually For
Not a spare pair of hands and not half a photographer. A second angle on things that happen once.
The Business
Pricing Without Apologising
The number is the number. Saying it out loud without softening it is most of the battle.
For Couples
The Engagement Shoot Is Not About the Photographs
It is a rehearsal. The pictures are a by-product, and a useful one, but they are not the reason to do it.
The Business
Contracts, and the Two Clauses That Matter
Most of a photography contract is boilerplate. Two parts of it are not, and they are the two people skip.
Gear
Backing Up Before You Leave the Venue
The cards in your pocket are a single point of failure carrying something that cannot be reshot.
For Couples
What Couples Should Ask a Photographer
Portfolios are edited. These are the questions that tell you something a portfolio cannot.