Before your wedding

As your wedding photographers we have a lot of work to do before your wedding

Preparation is everything. We prepare ourselves, and our wedding photography equipment

If you are nervous, we can do a pre-wedding shoot to calm your nerves, and we have a few tips and tricks for you, to try before your wedding, to make you feel more comfy on the day. Feel free to ask us about anything - including: makeup for photography and coping with being camera shy etc. 

We will contact you and double check all of the wedding photography arrangements, the timings and locations. We make sure we have all of the relevant mobile phone numbers, and we give you ours

Often we go and check the church and wedding venue, and make sure that all of the boring things are covered off – where can we park, how long to drive between venues, where can our wedding photography equipment be stored on the day.

Always we speak with the venues and church beforehand. We familiarise ourselves with the ground rules. Because we have a very professional approach to wedding photography, we will have already spoken with the registrar or vicar before your wedding. This helps smooth out any issues like “No photography in the service”. We can’t guarantee that the wedding officiant will be 100% cooperative, but so far our track record is very good at getting them “on side”

We make a plan for your wedding photography in the event of poor weather or lighting. We scout the locations, and we will be going in with our eyes open, prepared for anything to happen

The day before your wedding we clean and test all of our equipment, including the spare kit we always carry. We charge up about 4 times the amount of batteries we need to cover your wedding.  We bring a complete set of backup equipment, and have enough empty memory cards on us to shoot for about a week solid! We get the cars filled with petrol, and ensure we are “ready to go” We have had a wedding where the timings changed on the morning!

If the wedding is a distance away, we will travel up the day before, and stop in a local hotel. This makes sure we are as fresh as we can be. We aim to be ready to shoot, and within a few miles of our first shooting location at least one hour earlier than we need to be

Its worth noting that we adhere to the dress code for your wedding - and dress accordingly. No one wants to see a scruffy photographer!

Professional wedding photography is so much more than shooting a wedding, preparation is everything

We would be really pleased to talk to you about your wedding

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