Wedding photographers talk about feeling, emotion and moments in posts they write. Same with bio's and introductions on websites. Whimsical words about feeling the moment, heartfelt emotion, capturing special times and all sorts of other stuff.
And that's a lovely sentiment, really it is.
The trouble is, or the pattern I've noticed is, the more words that are written, the soppier the paragraphs, the less the pictures actually match the words. Lovely long stories written eloquently only to be supplied with pictures of people looking out of sorts, a bit awkward or uncomfortable. Where are the pictures with smiles reaching eyes? The gracefully posed couples who look extatically happy? Where are the moments exactly? The ones that match the words written??
And that's sad, are we, as photographers masking our emotionless pictures with words, is that the trend these days? Are we so desperate for couples to like our work that we will say anything in the hope their minds are clouded by our writings and they don't actually study the pictures themselves? Do we care more for writing fancy verses and lines of love than we actually do about the pictures? The very things we should be caring about.
Please, please, please if you're a new photographer in the business, don't hide behind words and false promises, let your pictures tell the story, show the emotion, after all you're a photographer not a writer.
I really hope this trend stops soon, it's diluting the power of pictures, saying words doesn't make a picture great.
A selection of randomly chosen wedding pictures from relaxed weddings across the UK & Europe…
I certainly don’t want you to get your pictures back and think “What the shit are these” !…..
A lovely surprise baby shower at The Smoke Yard in Oldham. Absolutely loved being part of this wonderful celebration, topped off by a fantastic surprise. Here’s a few frames from the event.
It has taken me an incredibly long time to write this because I honestly don’t feel that I can put into words just how grateful we are for the photos Paul provided from our wedding…..
I got a lovely message last week from someone who’d been following me for over two years….
Andrea arranged a trip down memory lane around Cheshire as a wonderful surprise for Mike on his 50th birthday. A tour of all the places he grew up with appearances by people who played huge parts in his life.
A fantastic rustic themed DIY wedding in the Peak District at Hamps Hall & Barn party house.
A super wedding at the Weld Of Kent resort. This was a FUNNNN day, full of love, celebration and happiness - like all weddings should be.
I honestly never could have imagined how much I would love those photos, how much they would show the personalities of the people, the story and the very essence of the day and just how much they would mean to me…..
