Summertime is great for location portrait shoots, and to celebrate all our recent awards in portrait and fashion photography, we have two very special deals running. These prices are based on Caithness but if you have any friends interested I can do some shoots elsewhere.
Great value at only £40 – normal portrait pricing is £95! Teenagers, kids, families, couples, pets, all apply!
Book early as there are limited spaces available.
0800 0699169
Recent engagement or pre-wedding shoot with Diane Mackay and Grant Mackenzie, who’s wedding photography I am doing next month. We went to Dunnet Forest & Beach to shoot, and had an amazing time, despite the midges.
So you want to be a wedding photographer. You’ve spent £50,000 on every gadget known to man, and have spent 20 hours per day for the last few years on every anorak forum on the entire internet. What do you do next? Well our next lesson will cover this vital next step towards a career making big money.
Okay, you have to get a portfolio of amazing images together to wow prospective brides and grooms, but your photography is not good. Good enough to photograph the most important day in a couple’s lives, but not really good enough to actually show anyone, unless they are family, or other geeks who will be impressed by the f45 aperture or the HDR effects.
Well, there are a few ways to do this. We will cover some of them here.
Firstly, you could just wait until your photography ability is the right standard to do the job, then see if you can get some small weddings of family and close friends. Small intimate, low budget weddings, where the expectation levels aren’t so high. The pressure is less, and you have more time. Once you feel you are capable of taking on THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY IN SOMEBODY’S LIFE you can start to aim for slightly bigger weddings.
Another way is to hire some models, and shoot some images, but ALWAYS point out wherever the images are shown that this is NOT a real wedding. Otherwise you are fraudulently showing people work that wasn’t under normal wedding constraints.
Another option is to attend some workshops, but usually you are not allowed to show the images, as someone else did the difficult part for you. IF the person running the workshop has given permission to show them, you should ALWAYS indicate on any images used, that they were shot under supervision, using models.
Or, you could get a job working in a hotel, or join a band, maybe start a catering business or anything wedding related, that will get you at the weddings. Bring your camera along, and without asking the photographers permission, or the couple, take some pictures of the reception and put them on your website. Nobody will know you never actually did the wedding, and chances are the official photographer won’t even know you have used them. They probably won’t be cheeky enough to ask you to remove them, because after all, you own the copyright, despite whatever they have in their contract. Then you need to display these images, get some paisley pattern pyjamas, and hey presto you are an official bona fide PJ wedding photographer and ready to take bookings. The bookings will roll in, because you have a clever marketing trick of being cheap as chips. The fact that there is no marketplace for your business as it is already oversaturated should not put you off, as you are ‘different’. Nobody else is doing HDR shots of the reception, and nobody has thought of the clever idea of not even being at the wedding. You cannot fail. If it all goes tits up and people are unhappy, too bad as you still have the other job anyway. Seemples.
Lesson 35 “The right tripod for PJ photography” will be online next week.
Portraits with mood, feeling, drama and passion. That’s what we do.
Following on from the success in fashion and portrait awards recently, I am taking bookings for the coming months. If you want to have something special created, get in touch! Kids, teenagers, families, guys, girls, lets create some amazing images. Drama, mood, amazing locations etc etc
Shoot prices start at £95 which is amazing value. Shoot with the MPA Scottish Fashion and Contemporary Portrait Photographer of the Year 2011!
I was surprised to receive a letter and cheque today from the SWPP after winning the judges choice award for the February monthly competition. I had no idea my image had been picked from all the Gold awards that month so a nice little surprise. I have only entered the competition once in the last 16 months so very pleased with that. This was the winning image.
Portrait Photography Inverness and Scotland – we specialise in capturing powerful editorial images for individuals or teams. Contact us on 0800 0699169 for further details.
This was featured in both the P&J and John O’ Groat Journal last week.
Sixteen year old Ryan Forbes from Castletown is causing a stir in the karting world, after an impressive start to his time in the senior section. Ryan, who was a champion in the Mini Max category, skipped the next class, which is Juniors, and took the unusual step of going straight up to Senior level, where he is the youngest competitor in the Scottish Super Series. Ryan is sponsored by Gunn Builders, Castletown and Richards Garage, Wick.
Ever wanted a picture that really tells a story about your life?John Baikie of Captiv8 will shoot your portrait photography with a style unique to him and also unique to you.
Maybe you have a hobby or passtime which means a lot to you, maybe it is work related, maybe a portrait in a favourite place, which means a lot to you. Either way, if you want to be photographed properly it is essential to go to a specialist in that field. There are plenty people out there who will take your picture, but very few who will not only capture your picture, but also your personality and your soul. Lighting, location, posing, and genuine talent are needed to capture this. That is where we come in.
Does your business need an image that tells a story of what it is all about?
Do you have a product you want to sell?
Are you a musician or a band who need an image that is ‘you’
Do you have a special place you go when you want to relax and feel good?
Do you need an image for a press release or PR campaign that shows the world what you are about?
Do you want to create a piece of art to give to a partner or loved one?
If yes, then give us a call and see what we can do for you.
We are delighted to announce are latest portrait promotion for Spring. Our portrait sessions are very popular and as a result we regularly run special offers. Our portrait photography is shot on location and is natural, exciting and lots of fun. The images are ideal to use as artwork in your home, on canvas, metal, acrylic or framed prints. We also do a range of gorgeous albums. The spring promotion will run until the 30th of April.
Yesterday I met up with Jody Freer and Muir Morton in Dingwall for a pre wedding shoot. It was the most amazing day for early April. Beautiful sunshine, and very hot. We went to the Ferry area first where sunglasses were a necessity, but got some cool images there, before driving up into the hills to get some shots with Ben Wyvis in the background, which still is covered in snow. I think we all had a great time and some of the images are here to see.
Pre wedding shoots are included in most of my packages, and are very popular. They are a great opportunity for a couple to have a ‘practice’ session in front of the camera, and get used to working with me. I like to keep them quite natural, and fun, in the same style I shoot on the wedding day. It’s a chance to get to know each other and is a great way for me to show anyone who is ‘camera shy’ just how easy it can be when you have chosen the right photographer. It is also an opportunity to get some nice natural portrait images, which can be used in a number of ways on the actual wedding days. A large mounted print for guests to sign is just one of a number of products which have proved popular in recent times.
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