Do Professional Photographers Use Backdrops? Every article you will find on this question was written by someone who sells backdrops. That is not a conspiracy; it is just how the internet works. Search it, and you get manufacturers explaining, at length, why you need a backdrop. Which is a bit like asking a bakery whether…
Should I Have Final Say on My Wedding Photos? Here is the thing nobody says out loud. When you ask me whether you should have final say on your wedding photos, you’re not really asking about photos. You’re asking whether you can trust me. And that’s fair. You’re about to hand one of the biggest…
What Rights Do I Have to My Wedding Photos? There is a moment, usually somewhere around signing the contract, when a lot of couples pause. You are reading through everything, feeling organised and grown-up about it all, and then you hit a line about copyright. And a small voice goes: hang on. What are my…
Can I Hire a Photographer for Reception Only? Short version: yes, you can hire a wedding photographer for reception only. I do it, and some of my favourite days have been exactly that. But that is not really the question you are asking, is it? What you actually want to know is whether it is…
Questions to Ask Your Wedding Photographer Before Hiring Google “questions to ask your wedding photographer” and you’ll find the same 20 questions recycled across every planning site. Most of them were written by people who have never sat on my side of a consultation call. I have. Hundreds of times. And I can tell you…
How Many Hours of Wedding Photography Do I Need? How many hours of wedding photography do I need? It is one of the first questions couples ask me, usually somewhere between picking a venue and panicking about the seating plan. The honest answer is that it depends. I know, not the tidy number you were…
What Wedding Photography Style Should You Choose? You’ve got 14 tabs open. Every photographer’s work looks lovely, and somehow that’s made it worse, not better. One says fine art. One says documentary. One says light and airy. Another says dark and moody. And you’re sitting there thinking, I just want nice photos of my wedding,…
How to Plan a Small Wedding in the UK (Without the Fuss) There’s a particular kind of guilt that comes with planning a small wedding. You start trimming the guest list, and somewhere around the second cousins you’ve never actually met, a little voice asks whether you’re doing this properly. Whether smaller means lesser. I…
A Marvel-Loving Danube Wedding at Dunai Csónakház, Budapest Niki & Ricsi Ricsi cannot hold a straight face. You will see it in nearly every frame, that half-second before a laugh, the grin he can’t quite stop. He and Niki got married at Dunai Csónakház, an old boathouse on a quiet arm of the Danube in…
Barn Wedding Venues in Bristol and Somerset A Photographer’s Honest Guide Most barn wedding guides read the same way. A list of venues, a line about fairy lights on old beams, a photo of someone’s feet in wellies. Lovely. Not very useful when you are actually trying to make a choice. I have photographed weddings…
