I delivered an album recently to Alana and Colin whose Norton House Hotel wedding I photographed last summer and I’ve also just uploaded their Storybook wedding slideshow to youtube. One of their guests at the wedding is a professional photographer and Alana informed me that when he logged into their private gallery to view their wedding photographs, which went live a couple of days after the wedding, he emailed her to tell her this was the best wedding photography he had ever seen! Well, naturally I was highly delighted at this huge compliment from a fellow professional as well as feeling very honoured :) Here’s the link to their slideshow if you’d like to view it:
Alana and Colin, Norton House Hotel Wedding
The other exciting news came just this morning. BBC Magazines are going to be running a 'Best Ever Wedding Shots' feature in the April issue of Perfect Weddings magazine. I’m not long off the phone with them and they have confirmed that I am to be one of only eleven photographers from the UK going to be featured! Hugely delighted!
Okay, that’s my latest news, now back to the photography. It’s funny how things go sometimes. By pure co-incidence last week all my portrait session bookings were girls. And this week they have all been boys. The first shot here today is one from last week. I had a great time photographing 3 year old Jessica and as we came towards the end she asked if she could wear her flower headband (is the correct name a fascinator?). As soon as I edited the photographs I couldn’t wait to do a black and white version of this image but keeping the flower in colour. We call it colour touch and when carried with discretion it looks very effective.
The second photo is Simon and the two side by side images give a good comparison between a classic or traditional style portrait and then a more 'lifestyle' oriented photograph. The traditional picture on the right was shot using mobile studio lighting whilst the image on the left was using nothing more than window light. Both are very striking yet also very different. Doing home portrait sessions allows you this greater degree of flexibility than a shoot confined to a studio.
The third photograph makes use of my specialised baby poser which Iuse for babies under 6 months. This moulds around the baby keeping him nice and secure and comfortable whilst being photographed. It can also be manoeuvred into many different positions for a variety of poses. Here you see the baby on his front happily smiling into camera.
The next two photographs I simply asked the children to sit or lay on the floor. I positioned a collapsible white background behind them and then bounced two studio lights off it creating a high key effect whilst two brolly lights were used from the front. The last shot is a very similar set up although for this one I decreased the back lighting as I didn’t want the high key effect but rather a slightly more subdued look. As you notice the majority of these photographs are black and white. Photographs of children always look good when printed in black and white. It somehow gives them a timeless, classic feel. The original images were all shot in colour so the clients can choose which versions they like the best anyway.
I have a few more portrait photography sessions in Edinburgh throughout next week and then I’ll be getting all my sample wedding albums and things together for the Debenhams Wedding Weekend at Ocean Terminal. As an Edinburgh wedding photographer it’s a good opportunity to let couples see my work and the bespoked designed albums and storybooks I do. Because we are located right in the main rotunda of the Ocean Terminal shopping centre I’ll also get chance to hand out some Portrait Session Gift vouchers as well, so a bit of double exposure, lol.
Then of course the following weekend is the big Edinburgh wedding fair at the Corn Exchange. Well over a hundred exhibitors, so although it can feel a bit overwhelming if its your first visit to a large wedding fair it does give the opportunity to compare suppliers. If you’re looking for a wedding photographer in Edinburgh there will be around nine or ten of us so take time to visit them all and compare the quality of their work and albums. To be honest if you know how to tell the difference between nice photography and great photography you’ll find that one or two of us will stand out from the rest. There’s two or three fashion shows on each day so I’m sure you’ll have a good time and collate plenty of wedding information :)
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