If you’re not doing In Person Sales (IPS) then you need to use a gallery system that’s going to help you drive sales. IPS is always going to drive bigger sales (and if you want to do IPS, but don’t know where to start, go speak to Maggie over at https://www.ipsacademy.co.uk/). But for those of…
So there’s a lot of debate on the internet about what the best computer is for editing, with many preferring Apple, supposedly for it’s superior editing capabilities. But since the move to intel architecture, the internals of an iMac are exactly the same as a PC. There is no performance advantage at all, just less…
There’s a lot of confusion (and a couple of myths) about the correct way to resize images for web before uploading them to your website. We want that balance of the image looking fantastic, and the site still loading really quickly. This quick guide should get you the best results! Export Settings File size depends…
Lightroom is misunderstood and under utilised by many photographers. Hardly a day goes by without someone asking how to arrange their catalogs, and great swathes of people saying you should use a single catalog for *every* *single* *shoot*. A clear indicator that they’re missing out on some of the incredibly useful tools lightroom has to…
A year or so ago, I wrote a blog post on why I switched from Nikon to Sony. A few people asked why I didn’t move to the Nikon mirrorless system. And the answer was simple, I didn’t want to risk shooting a wedding with a single memory card slot. I shoot RAW to both…
I love dancing shots at weddings! Nothing like getting stuck into the middle of a party and capturing everyone having an awesome time. But invariably the lighting for the party isn’t great, what’s fantastic for a party atmosphere isn’t always good for a photographer. So if you want to capture some incredible dancing shots, you’re…
Whether you’re using it as a route into full-time wedding photography yourself, or just like shooting weddings with less responsibility, being a second shooter can be great fun. But there are responsibilities that come with being a second shooter, especially if you want to be invited back to shoot again! As a professional wedding photographer,…
I get emails on a monthly basis asking for advice on where to get started with wedding photography, can I give someone any advice on getting started, can they tag along to a wedding to learn or come and second shoot for me. As flattering as it is to be asked for this advice, and…
Over the last few years I’ve noticed a growing trend of photographers in the UK using Workshops and Styled Shoots to boost their wedding portfolio. It wasn’t as prevalent when I started shooting weddings 6 years ago (following many years of documenting my own life with a camera), and I’m glad, because if I’d not…
Changing camera systems is not something to be taken lightly As a die-hard Nikon fan since I first got into photography, I didn’t think I would ever consider switching away from them. And yet, here I am, sitting with no Nikon kit in sight having just shot my first wedding entirely on Sony kit and…