Advice

With the advent of digital cameras in the last 10 years or so, I have seen a shift in ordering habits. Where negatives were never sold, it's now the norm for digital files to be offered for sale to customers. I offer this to customers and include a free photo book with the wedding photography and images only package because I want the couple to have something printed straightaway. I don't know how many couples go away thinking they'll make an album themselves and then never get round to it.

You've had beautiful family portraits taken and now is the time to decide which pictures you'd like and what size. Choosing the right size photograph for your wall is about the proportion of your photo to the wall. Here are some examples which will help you to visualise the size of photo which will be best for your wall.

When you book a family portrait there are a couple of things you can consider to make the images look even more fantastic. I always recommend that you choose a colour theme for your clothing. One or two colours maximum. This means that you'll be looking at your gorgeous faces rather than thinking that Dad's shirt clashes with the childrens t-shirts.

Every Storybook album that I design is different. I change the layout according to the photographs that you choose but there are common threads running though each design which I'll share with you today.

Weddings can be very expensive occasions these days and couples are always looking at ways to save money.

With digital cameras being more advanced these days, many amateur photographers are trying to make some extra money by offering cheaper wedding photography. This is very tempting when you are working to a budget but it doesn't always pay off.

In this digital age it is easy to forget that copyright is always attached to a photographer's or artist's work. A customer commissioning a photographer to create wedding or portrait photographs is paying for the time taken to create the images and process them afterwards.

With so many North East wedding photographers around these days, it can be quite daunting choosing the right photographer. Also, with wedding day budgets getting bigger and bigger, sometimes it's the photography budget that gets cut. Nearly everyone knows someone who is "keen on photography" and would do it for a fraction of the price of a professional. But consider the points brought up below.

~ First and foremost, you need someone you feel comfortable with, as your photographer will be present for most of your special day.

It's that time of year when there are lots of twinkly lights about and people mention getting some bokeh in their photographs. Are you thinking "What the heck is this bokeh thing?"? Well I can tell you, and give you some tips on how to achieve it.

Bokeh is where specks of light in the background of a photograph are blurred out into shapes or circles. All of the photos below were taken in front of Christmas tree lights.

One of my customers posted a photo on her facebook page of three bridesmaids dresses that I'd photographed in different colours. A great idea to have the same dress in different colours for your bridesmaids. Then I wondered if I'd photographed the dresses on different days as they looked so consistent. I hadn't done those ones on different days but I found the three below which I had photographed on different days (and in two different locations!).

With wedding budgets escalating, I've seen more and more couples opting for wedding photography and images only packages. I offer both wedding album packages and an images only package so that no one misses out on great wedding photography.