What to expect? Photographing your wedding

BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER OF HOW I CAPTURE YOUR WEDDING DAY

For many of you, you have probably been planning your wedding day for a long time. For me, it is very important that your wedding is YOUR day and that you spend that day celebrating with family and friends, not with me!

I will not demand that we go off and spend hours capturing your couple shots unless of course that is what your want.

I believe it is it is essential that you have a great relationship with me throughout. After all, I will be spending the day with you and your family and friends.

My role is capture your day, including the details, the love, the joy and all those moments in between. 

All weddings are individual, unique and mostly importantly it is YOUR DAY.

Before Your wedding

Following your initial enquiry, I will suggest that we get together and meet face to face over coffee or a gin (other drinks will be offered!) This is really important for both of us – we need to be sure that we click, we will be spending the day together and it is important for us to feel comfortable around each other.

I love hearing about your plans for your wedding day so we will chat about those, we will also look through some samples of my work, by going through a couple of albums and chatting about how I capture your day, my back up plans and anything else that comes up – don’t worry if we end chatting about holidays, books and films.

I recommend that you meet with other wedding photographers as we are all different – personality wise and we have different styles of editing .  

At the end of the day, the photographer you book needs to feel right for you.

BOOKING AND BOOKING FEE

Once you have decided you would like to book me, I will send over a wedding agreement containing the terms and conditions. a short initial questionnaire about your wedding and an invoice for the initial payment.

I ask for a 25% booking fee which is non refundable to secure your date.

Payment options are pretty much all of the standard types including bank transfer, debit cards, credit cards, Paypal.

You have ticked off another significant “to do” on your wedding plan.

 

PRE WEDDING SHOOT

The pre-wedding photo shoot is complimentary; I love this part of our time together and has loads of benefits. It gives us a chance to get to know each other ahead of your day.

All of the hand-edited images are yours to keep from the session.

VENUE VISIT

Before your wedding day we can make time to visit your venue. Exploring why you love it. Is it an amazing stair case or a quiet spot in the gardens? You could combine this with your pre wedding session. 

FINAL PAYMENT

The final balance is due two weeks before your day – this can be paid earlier if required or instalments and is under your control via your link to the online payment system. 

FINAL GET TOGETHER

Two weeks before your wedding day, we will get together. Go through final timings, chat about group shots and any other important images you want captured on the day.

WEDDING REHEARSAL

If you are having a church ceremony and my diary permits I will attend. I can have a brief chat to the vicar about where I can stand during the service.

At a civil ceremony, I will have a chat with the registrar on the day of the wedding.

Photographing YOUR WEDDING DAY

On your wedding day, I will turn up at the agreed time to capture bridal preparation, usually a bit earlier. I  will then be with you for the rest of the day and most of the evening.  I will be unobtrusive but always there to answer any questions, encouragement, lend  helping hand  and a big smile. Rest assured I will be working hard to capture all of the moments of your day.

On arrival I will start with any detail shots – the dress, the shoes etc.

If at any time you do not want me to photo anything just say and I will step aside until you are comfortable again.

At some point in the evening – after the first dance, I will come over to see if there is anything else you would like me to capture for you. If not then it is time to say goodbye.

Once home, my first job is to backup of all the photographs. I know how precious these images are and I take their safety very seriously!

AFTER YOUR WEDDING DAY

Editing is a large part of my work during the weeks following your wedding.

My first job, is to select some highlights from your day, edit those and send over a highlight slideshow to your inbox (I do not share anything online until you have seen them, your privacy is important to me).

Once the best images have been selected each one is edited. I go for colourful, natural images. I do some photoshop work as required, this is usually removal of fire escape signs and other distractions.

Once compete, the images will be uploaded onto your password protected online gallery ready for you to  share and print as you wish.

DELIVERY OF YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS

My aim is to deliver your password protected gallery around 2 – 4 weeks after the wedding day. The details will be emailed to you which you can then share with you family and friends.

I will also send you a USB with all of your high-resolution photographs for you to share and enjoy always.

ALBUM DESIGN

 If you decide you do want an album, the just contact me to look at options. I will ask you choose between 100 – 150 images. An initial layout will be shared with you and any amendments can be made.

If it is easier I am happy to do this process face to face.

Delivery of my handmade in the UK leather albums takes around 6 weeks from sign off of the final design.

Lastly,

I love sharing images from your wedding day either on my website or across social media. However, I also realised not everyone wants this, I will of course respect your wishes. I send will out a short questionnaire which gives you the option for this.

I hope you found this useful and of course I am more than happy to answer any questions, just drop me a message and I will get back to you as soon as I can. 

With best wishes

Kathryn x