Wedding
Photographers
Wedding Photography By Professional Full Time Wedding
Photographers
What
is Contemporary Reportage?
About The Wedding Photographer
Selecting a Wedding Photography Service
Photography Check List
Before You Book
Wedding Booking
Before The Wedding
At Your Wedding
After Your Wedding
What
is Contemporary Reportage?
Contemporary Reportage is a frequently used term to
describe a modern documentary journalistic approach in
photographic style and reportage.'Contemporary' rather than
'Traditional'.
Modern Wedding Photography, a style perfected by
ContemporaryReportage.com is responsive to the creative
inspiration of the photographer and the wishes of the
bridal couple, who seek to persoanlise and have an input
into the style and atmosphere of their wedding photographs
and ultimately wedding album.
Contemporary Reportage describes this process, approach and
the creative, natural and relaxed style of coverage an
delivery.
Many people acknowledge that "I look far better in photos
when I’m relaxed and not knowing I’m being photographed".
This style of coverage and approach records you and your
guests, favouring the more modern relaxed and atmospheric
candid moments.
This also encompasses the relaxed, informal manner by which
the images and moments are recorded.
This style of photography focuses more on capturing the
detail of the day, in a creative and emotion oriented
fashion.
Couples who seek this style of wedding photography, often
comment that they want to have their wedding day
photographed as a record of 'how it was', rather than a
series of orchestrated posed shots.
'Reportage' describes a more natural informal approach to
the capture of the events.
This ‘documentary style’ approach to wedding photography,
rather than the more traditional wedding photographers that
our parents and grandparents were offered, when wedding
photography was just capturing a few 'classic' posed
portraits for the mantle piece.
About
the Photographer (s)
As a professional Wedding Photographer, Dominic undertakes
no more than 2 weddings a week. Delivering a prompt and
efficient service is essential. No-one wants to wait for
months in order to see a selection of their wedding photos!
And why should you?
This is his (and other photographers on
ContemporaryReportage.com reserve lists) full time job.
This means you as a ‘client’ are the priority, and on
monday morning, your photos are being made ready for the
wedding gallery and proof DVDs .
At Contemporary Reportage, we have a very simple
philosophy;
- Treat others as we would like (and at our own wedding day
– we will hope) to be treated
We are honored and delighted to attend and cover all
weddings, regardless of faith, religion, or party size. We
cover both religious ceremonies or civil services. My only
personal requirement is that you are in love! (without this
most important ingredient - there will be no atmosphere for
us to record)
Dominic has photographed more than a hundred individuals
weddings, including many religions, faiths, single sex
partnerships and also international weddings in a variety
of cultures.
Due to the fact that 90% or more couples choose to get
married on a saturday, (especially during the main wedding
season of March through until October) and due tot he fact
that there are only a limited number of Saturdays in the
year! In the event of non availability, due to other
wedding commitments (also due to the limitation of
undertaking only 2 weddings per week)
ContemporaryReportage.com can offer alternative
photographers, who have been sourced for their artistic
expertise and sensitive manner (who will uphold the
reputation and professionalism of Contemporary Reportage
.com)
Selecting a Wedding
Photography Service
Contemporary Reportage offers a large range of Wedding
Photography services. There are options available for
Wedding Photo Albums, as well as digital images on DVDs for
viewing on your home entertainment system, sharing with
friends and family and for printing.
The main wedding photography packages offer between 6 and
12 hours photographic reportage. The greater the wedding
package, the greater the allocation of prints and also
grandeur of the album to house them all!
I am happy to create a Wedding Photography service tailored
to your exact requirements and individual needs of you both
and your family.
Wedding Photography
Check List
Make SURE you book a wedding Photographer who can provide
and reassure you on ALL of these vital points!
Professional
Wedding Photographer
(A
friend may be willing to photograph your wedding day for
you, but will they remain enthusiastic the day after, when
its time to colour correct and edit and prepare your
wedding images? Will they want to remain sober enough o
capture the whole event, including the weddng celebrations
– that they really ought to be part of!)
Full
Time Dedicated Wedding Photographer
A full
Time Wedding Photographer will be processing your images
the days that follow your wedding, so you, your family and
friends can enjoy the images within days of your wedding
(and not months after!)
Insured
Service (public Liability and Professional Indemnity
Services)
Proficient
(Relaxed,
spontaneous reportage, is far from ‘an easy option’ it
takes, skill tact, sensitivity and tremendous awareness to
do this well.)
2
Cameras Minimum
When I
started out ‘many moons ago’ I could only afford one
camera, (with each camera costing in excess of £5,000 its
hardly surprising) I often became frustrated when I was
juggling lenses whilst trying to respond to a scene! –
There is no ‘pause button’ on a wedding day – especially if
you are devoted to the Natural Candid nature of reportage!
I
replace may cameras at least once a year, as things DO go
wrong, so I always have a back up camera - i dont like to
gamble with peoples wedding day!
Professional
Cameras.
There
is far more to great wedding photographs than a high
megapixel count! – a 12 megapixel pocket camera that slips
into your shirt pocket will not provide the same results as
a full frame professional CMOS Sensor! ‘The litmus test’ is
when photos are blown up to enlargements, free of noise and
pixilation.
I
use top of the range Professional Nikon equipment – I have
2x Nikon D3 (award winning, industry leading cameras – the
fastest in their their field (capturing up to 11 frames per
second – ideal for that in-flight champagne cork, a
confetti shower or throwing of the bouquet!) and most
competent in low light situations)
Low
Light Handling.
I
use world renowned Nikon 24-70 F2.8 and 70-200 F2.8, framed
for their bright optics, low light handling and image
stablising. There is no substitute for this. Quality does
not come cheap – retailing at £1400 for one of my 3 lenses
that make up my professional kit.
Flash
Photography
Love
it or loathe it (I prefer to use natural light when ever
possible!) it is essential.
I use 4 top of the range wireless flash guns. Their quality
and professional results speak for themselves. Capable of
lighting the most awkward of venues – be it an
11th
century
castle of a huge Tythe barn exterior at night.
Professional
Lab Printed Wedding Photos
We’ve
all been tempted by ‘cheap and chearful’ print labs – the
quality does not compare. I use professional labs who use
top of the range archival Kodak Endura Papers.
Home
Made Inkjet prints are simply not up to the grade.
Why
Wait?
‘Wait’
is a 4 letter word no one likes to hear!
Check
your photographers time scale of delivery.
Professional full time photographers are able to ‘get to
work’ on your photos on the days immediately after your
wedding.
Preview
Photos online within 72 hours.
The
complete Wedding Gallery of around 350 - 500 images will be
online within 2 weeks.
Complete
set of 6” x 4” prints delivered to you within 2 weeks.
Your
Wedding Album delivered with professional prints within 3 -
4 weeks of your order.
Anything
else is ‘Half Hearted’ and unnecessary.
Don’t
YOU want to see your wedding photos as soon as is humanly
possible? ( I know im going to!)
Its
YOUR Wedding Day
A
simple priority that I will not overlook!
For
the reportage to be personal and personalised, this will
not happen by accident! I will listen to your hopes and
wishes in both our meetings and in the booklet that I have
designed for your use which will give me an invaluable
insight into your priorities and the details of the day
that matter most to you!
2
Meetings
It
takes 2 meetings to be able to create a wedding package
based on your requirements, listening to both of your
requirements and hopes, your families photographic
requests, album requirements (I use handcrafted albums
created for you by my personal Italian craftspeople using
the finest deluxe leathers)
We
meet again at your wedding venue to explore the building
and grounds together to make sure that we use your
favourite landscapes and parts of the building, gardens and
features that you love, and these are incorporated into
your reportage as backdrops for the requested group shots
and portraits.
No
Hard Sell
Choosing
the right wedding photographer to attend your special day
is essential - the right photographer can make your day,
the wrong photographer, - well we've all been to weddings
and seen what CAN happen!, no one relishes being bossed
about, barked at, spending hours standing around in chaos
awaiting the next group shot from a tireless list of
seemingly endless combinations, that even the bride doesn’t
recall asking for!!!
This
is why I make myself available to you for pre wedding
meetings, so we can reassure ourselves of compatibility. -
We'll be sharing 10 hours of your wedding day - this is
important factor!
I
am proud to be able to say that well over 90% of wedding
compels book me after our first, initial meeting.
The above points and considerations you will need to
seriously consider. I do not believe these are options and
in my professional opinion, these are all essential
requirements!
Do not compromise of quality, settle for second best or a
hit-n-hope amateur - Your Wedding Album and the photographs
taken on your wedding day will be all you have to remember
your wedding day! - This heir loom piece is a
to-be-cherished item!
Before You Book
You will meet your photographer, to arrange a wedding
photography package that reflects your needs, in terms of
hours of coverage, time that your reportage starts and the
albums and number of photographs that will document your
wedding day.
You will always meet the wedding photographer who will be
attending your wedding.
You will always see their work and not portfolios from
other Wedding Photographers.
You will be able to see sample albums, watch slide shows on
computer from recent weddings (including complete reportage
of 600+ images if you want to)
Every wedding has its own password protected gallery. You
can see one of these – to view a ‘typical wedding’ – I can
suggest a wedding that is most similar to your own in terms
of venue, season, number of guests or even style, theme and
activities.
Wedding Booking
You receive a wedding photography contract (legally
approved) and detailed bookings forms, that list all of the
provisions agreed (in terms of hours of attendance, number
of prints, number of CDs / DVDs of all the images and time
scales of delivery)
The ContemporaryReportage.com Photography Booklet will be
sent to you with a receipt for your deposit.
(Deposits in 2008 / 2009 are £445. This is deductible from
your final wedding package price)
The Balance for your wedding photography is payable in 2
installments - 6 months and 1 month before your wedding
date.
Alternatively you can opt for an option to pay 1/2 in
advance and the remaining 1/2 after the wedding. (50% 6
months before your wedding date and the reminding 50% after
delivery of the proof images - within 1 – 3 weeks)
Before Your Wedding
You will meet with your photographer again at your venue
(s), to discus the final details of your day and to arrange
the portraits and group shots of your wedding party. The
unique ContemporaryReportage.com Photography Booklet will
be used at this meeting
At Your Wedding
We have already planned the required photographs and when
they will happen, so this is one less thing to worry about
– one less ‘detail’ to weigh on your mind!
You have hired a professional Photographer, who will record
your wedding day without dominating it or taking up the
precious and irreplaceable time on your wedding day.
After Your Wedding
Delay isnt something that you will appreciate, so we
endeavor to deliver the 'proof' photographs (6" x 4" prints
- post card size) copies of each and every one of your
wedding photographs, to you within on average 5 - 10 days
from your wedding. These will be delivered to most wedding
couples before they return from their honeymoon!
At this point wedding couples can also expect to receive
every photograph taken by their wedding photographer on
full size NON-watermarked, copyright free master DVDs.
Once we receive your order for your wedding album and
prints, you can expect these back within 2 - 4 weeks.
