Today I'm very pleased as I'm already starting to get feedback from yesterdays wedding fair a couple ringing up and asking to book. Good stuff!
All this week I have an exhibition on at Princess Mead shopping centre which resulted in a few unexpected wedding enquiries, many portrait enquiries and one confirmed booking.
It's interesting watching walk past my display to see how they react, certain pictures really seemed to catch their eye and so with that info in mind I know how to tailor my display next time!
Monday, 25 February 2008
Sunday, 24 February 2008
Wedding Fair, Hampshire Centre Court Hotel
The wedding fair at the Hampshire Centre Court Hotel was a great success, despite the lack of a fashion show this year and one of my exhibition lights deciding to give up the ghost! As usual I met some great couples and have a very positive feeling about potential wedding bookings from the fair.
My new box frames with images created using Nik filters Colour FX were unveiled today and recieved many positive comments which is encouraging. I'll update my website www.brianparkes.com with these when I get some free time.
Mark and Suzy my local competition whom I would consider good friends was there and we all agreed it was a very busy and successful day with good numbers of couple coming through to talk about their weddings.
I don't understand photographers at wedding fairs who are hostile and treat competition as a threat, Mark and I have both swopped links on our websites and if I'm busy I'd have no problem recommending him and visa versa. It's nice to know there is always somebody there you can call to swop ideas with and help out cover a job if your very ill and can't make it!
My new box frames with images created using Nik filters Colour FX were unveiled today and recieved many positive comments which is encouraging. I'll update my website www.brianparkes.com with these when I get some free time.
Mark and Suzy my local competition whom I would consider good friends was there and we all agreed it was a very busy and successful day with good numbers of couple coming through to talk about their weddings.
I don't understand photographers at wedding fairs who are hostile and treat competition as a threat, Mark and I have both swopped links on our websites and if I'm busy I'd have no problem recommending him and visa versa. It's nice to know there is always somebody there you can call to swop ideas with and help out cover a job if your very ill and can't make it!
Saturday, 23 February 2008
Wedding - Farnham House Hotel
Tired and exhausted but satisfied, it's relatively quiet this time of year for wedding photography and so it was good to blow out some of the cobwebs building up since new year and shoot the wedding of a really lovely couple.
The weather, while very overcast, remained fairly mild for this time of year and most importantly, remained dry!
The couple had a great day and it was lovely to see a couple so obviously in love, I wish all my clients were so affectionate towards each other!
The weather, while very overcast, remained fairly mild for this time of year and most importantly, remained dry!
The couple had a great day and it was lovely to see a couple so obviously in love, I wish all my clients were so affectionate towards each other!
Thursday, 21 February 2008
More Postal Problems with wedding albums
Never a dull moment with the post. This time one of my wedding clients moved home and set up a redirect on their post. Rather than send to their new address in Australia, they asked me to post to their old one so it would be redirected......you guessed, it came back today return to sender!
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
A wedding photographers work is never done!
So here I am, it's February and the wedding season is definitely over you would think that by now I'm firmly installed on the sofa with my Xbox 360 repelling the lastest alien horde to invade the planet earth but no, a wedding photographers work is never done!
After routine checking it appears two of my websites are currently down, I've spent most of the day preparing a wedding order that's finally come in, a trip down to post office to post somebodies wedding album and in general there are all sorts of updates, communications and 'things' that just have to be done while there isn't a lot of weddings on.
I'm really going to try and take Friday off before my next wedding on Saturday and wedding fair on Sunday.
After routine checking it appears two of my websites are currently down, I've spent most of the day preparing a wedding order that's finally come in, a trip down to post office to post somebodies wedding album and in general there are all sorts of updates, communications and 'things' that just have to be done while there isn't a lot of weddings on.
I'm really going to try and take Friday off before my next wedding on Saturday and wedding fair on Sunday.
Wedding Album Woes
Don't you just hate inconsiderate courier companies? I recieved a wedding album today for one of my wedding clients, it was pretty obvious from the external packaging that this particular album had gone through the wars, but I didnt' realise how much until I opened it.
On one corner the damage had gone through the external packaging box, the internal packaging box and finally impacted upon the album itself, folding one corner and rendering it unfit to go to my client. I've now had to inform the couple their album will be delayed and have it reprinted...grrrr!
On one corner the damage had gone through the external packaging box, the internal packaging box and finally impacted upon the album itself, folding one corner and rendering it unfit to go to my client. I've now had to inform the couple their album will be delayed and have it reprinted...grrrr!
A wedding photographer from Hampshires first blog
Well here it is ta-da! It seemed like such a good idea when I opened the blog account but now I find myself with very little to say!
So where to begin? I guess a little about me and the purpose of the blog.
I'm Brian Parkes, a wedding photographer based in Farnborough, Hampshire. I say wedding photographer as that is the bulk of my work, I also do baby, portrait and commercial photography too. Basically if it involves people and photography, I do it, I don't really push other types of work because I like working with people and I push weddings in particular because, quite frankly, It's a great environment in which to work, everybody just wants a good time!
If your interested in my work you can view it here: www.brianparkes.com or www.prandcorporate.co.uk.
So the purpose of this blog? Well really I intend it to be a sort of public diary, plus I'll use it keep clients informed of what I'm currently up to.
So where to begin? I guess a little about me and the purpose of the blog.
I'm Brian Parkes, a wedding photographer based in Farnborough, Hampshire. I say wedding photographer as that is the bulk of my work, I also do baby, portrait and commercial photography too. Basically if it involves people and photography, I do it, I don't really push other types of work because I like working with people and I push weddings in particular because, quite frankly, It's a great environment in which to work, everybody just wants a good time!
If your interested in my work you can view it here: www.brianparkes.com or www.prandcorporate.co.uk.
So the purpose of this blog? Well really I intend it to be a sort of public diary, plus I'll use it keep clients informed of what I'm currently up to.
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