My poor sick bride

My poor bride today had a terrible virus and really struggled through her wedding today. Her mother was also ill and fainted just before the service.

Fortunately there were a lot of army doctors within the friends and family at the wedding and the bride and mum were given injections just before the service to keep them on their feet!

Of all the days to be sick, poor girl. She was a real trooper though, she wanted to do all the groups and have her photographs taken, even if she could only stand for a minute before having to sit down again!

Cyprus

Had an amazing time on Nissi beach in Cyprus and produced some really nice wedding photographs. I was a little surprised though after seeing them one of my wedding photographer friends had a crisis of confidence and started doubting his ability because he thought they were great.

Was feeling elated, but a bit down in the mouth as that I'd made him doubt himself. Fortunately he decided to rise to the challenge and did some personal work with another couple he is friends with so he could experiment and play and produced some fantastic shots. He really upped his game and so I'm chuffed to bits I inspired him a little. He's a great guy and a good photographer, it's a little humbling to have him rate my work so much!

Cyprus Wedding Tomorrow

Well the time has come at last, I'm off tomorrow to shoot a wedding in Sunny Cyprus for a couple I met in the UK earlier this wear, does that make me an international wedding photographer?!

Anyway, it's a very early start so I'm going to keep this post short in order to get to bed and get some sleep.

I've been looking forward to this job for so long and now it's come around I'm so nervous it's untrue! I've shot umpteen weddings before, I think it's just the whole thing of going to another country to do it thats making me nervous.

Ho Hum....I'll update once I'm back.

What is it with August?

Over the last few months I've had a lot of enquiries for August, this week a lot have come back and I've ended up with 7 weddings booked in August, 7! I've still got a couple of couples who have to get back to me too.

The seasonal nature of the work is the biggest problem with being a wedding photographer. In Jan, Feb and March when the weather is awful your usually sat twiddling your thumbs and when it gets all sunny and nice and you want to get out your working like mad!

Flight details for Cyprus Wedding

My flight details arrived today for the wedding I'm photographing in cyprus. Getting so near now!

Remember the Haggler?

Well, he's been back to me 4 times now, which seems an awful lot of effort for something he tells me doesn't actually like.

Now he told me bought a package at another studio that was just unbelievable, and I mean I don't believe it. He told me he bought 200 prints, 8 canvasses and 15 frames. Who even takes 200 shots during a portrait session?

Bearing in mind the package he's just bought (yeah right) he only wants to view my images on a pc screen, not print them he's willing to pay about a third of the price, oh and can you confirm the resolution of the images on CD?

So why do you need to know the resolution of the images on CD if your just going to display them on the screen?

Why do people exist like this. I've basically just had to tell him I think he's haggling, if he wants the images he's going to have to pay for them. I've removed the images from my website. Move on.

Passport arrived

My new passport has arrived, getting very excited about the wedding I am photographing in Cyprus now next month!