http://myweddingstory.co.uk Wedding photography in a modern storytelling style Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:26:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's a phrase every photographer seems to dread.  "Wow those pictures are great - you must have a nice camera....". As always, What the Duck has the best take on this... [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Mozart...."][/caption] This is usually the start of a long tedious debate on how it's the photographer who ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2010/01/you-must-have-a-nice-camera/ So it seems like only last month I was boasting about a getting pictures featured in loads of magazines including the cover of "Your Kent Wedding".  Actually it was only last month.... Well, as you may have guessed from the picture one of my weddings has been chosen again for a ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2010/01/a-kentish-partnership-magazine/ L-o-a-d-s to get through with our first wedding of the year.  Men with no trousers, a frog that got everywhere, two first dances and more dancing.  LOTS of dancing. So here's Louise in her green tracksuit.  Except it's not just green.  It's Celtic green.  Yep, Louise is originally from north of ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2010/01/louise-and-anthony-get-married-at-little-silver/ Some people ask me "do you take pictures on holiday?".  The answer is that I almost always take a camera with me.  Very occasionally I'll decide I need a complete break from photography but that's pretty rare ;)  I usually take a camera and indulge myself by taking pictures that ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2010/01/some-holiday-snaps-2/ A year ago I wrote that 2008 had been MyWeddingStory's most successful year ever.  I should have known better.  What I really meant was that 2008 was MyWeddingStory's best year so far.  Because yes, you guessed it - 2009 exceeded it in pretty much every way possible. It was certainly wetter ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2010/01/phew-another-scorcher/ Wow, after a totally frantic shooting season, it's time to catch up with some of MyWeddingStory's press coverage. It's interesting, I attend a couple of large wedding fairs and do a little print based advertising but lots of clients first come across my photography in the wedding magazines. ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2009/12/loads-and-loads-of-pictures-in-print/ Random naked people, the A team van and a dress you could set up camp in.  Oh and rain.  Quite a lot of rain actually.  Yep, I had lots of fun yesterday at Bridgwood Manor and Cooling Castle Barn with Andrea and James. First of all we had flowers.  Or rather ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2009/11/andrea-and-james-wedding-pictures-from-cooling-castle-barn/ So.......it's officially 17 months since we introduced our "ultimate choice build your own have what you want" price list.  And people, it seems, loved it.  The past 17 months have been incredibly busy and loads of clients really liked the idea of our "don't pay for what you don't need" ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2009/10/new-prices-for-the-new-season/ (Sorry for the delay yesterday - I know you were all dying to see these.) It's ever so slightly worrying when you realise that your client is more familiar with your work than you are.  Let's just say that Jo has spent a lot of time choosing her photographer and probably ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2009/10/jo-and-dave-at-high-rocks/ When I arrived at Nic's mother's house in the morning it was like a magpie's nest - with gorgeous sparkly things everywhere. Then some fabulous flowers turned up and things got well and truly underway. With three bridesmaids to get ready as well as Nic, make up artist Donna had ... http://myweddingstory.co.uk/2009/10/nic-and-liam-at-kent-life-plus-a-little-rain/