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What
is your style of Wedding Photography? Traditional or Reportage? ...and
what does that word mean, anyway? |
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I try to
capture a range of styles, from traditional/formal, reportage (photo-journalistic, capturing the
events as they happen), and fashion (a more stylised, partly directed
approach to shooting the couple and bridal party). However, if
your preference is particularly towards one style of photography more
then another, it can certainly be arranged. |
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Will you
shoot traditional family groups? |
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Yes,
unless you really don't like them. We will shoot the most
common combinations by default, but requests can be included. |
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Q.
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What
happens if it rains? |
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Among the things I
will discuss with you, the couple, during our 'pre-wedding chat'
(approximately one month before the wedding) is wet weather options -
alternative (generally indoor) locations, such as for family group
shots. I have studio
lights and other equipment suitable for indoor work.
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Q.
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When
should I book
my photography?
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A.
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I'd recommend
booking a photographer as soon as the date of your wedding is certain.
As with most photographers, I work on a 'first come, first served'
basis. Once a completed booking form/contract is received, with
corresponding deposit, your date is safe.
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Q.
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Why do
you supply
two photographers?
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A.
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For many reasons.
For example, some combinations of shots are impossible to achieve with
only one photographer (despite my best efforts, it's simply not
possible for me to be in two places at once).
There are often also
some great 'alternative angles' on scenes to be found. It's often the
case that the bride and groom really like the look of these less formal
photos, as taken by a second photographer.
It's also a great
insurance. The second photographer is there to 'back up' the most
important shots in the very unlikely event of equipment failure,
accidents or illness.
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Q.
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Can I
order a CD
with all the photos on?
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A.
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You certainly can.
In fact, all DaveBulow Photography packages now include a CD featuring
all images. Please read on...
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| Q. |
Can I
make my own
prints from the CD you supply?
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Absolutely! You will
always receive a CD featuring the full resolution, fully edited &
optimised images. You will also find enclosed with your disc a letter
of permission allowing you to make prints, canvases, posters, or
anything else you like at your local photo lab. Most law-abiding photo
labs will ask to see such a letter before allowing you to print your
own photos from a professional source.
Services will vary from photographer to photographer, so a few things
you would be wise to check when booking your photographer and
purchasing a 'CD' of your images are these:
- Will I get all
good photos or just a selected few?
- Will I have to pay extra for the ones I
actually want?
- Will I get full, high resolution images (the
same as those the photographer keeps) or will he only supply smaller
versions, limiting me to smaller print sizes due to resolution
issues?
- Will every image on the disc be fully
optimised, ready to print? (Even some top photographers only edit
images if they
are to be printed, thus saving them time, but this means the images you
receive on disc are largely unedited and not of optimum quality).
- Will I have permission to print anything and
everything, or is this right limited or even completely withheld?
- Am I allowed to share these images with my
friends and family, and are they also allowed to print from the images?
You may be surprised at the answers you get. Be assured, though, that
with
DaveBulow Wedding Photography you will always
receive a disc of all images, fully optimised & post-processed, at
their full, high resolution. You have my full permission to print or
share any or images with family and friends.
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| Q. |
How soon
after the
Wedding will I get my photos? |
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All your images will
be ready, edited and supplied to you on disc, generally within one
month of your wedding. You, as the couple, get to see the photos first.
A gallery will be made available online via this website for you to
show your wedding photos to your family and guests. This gallery will
be password
protected (and the password divulged only to you). You can share the
password with whoever you wish. If and when you would like the password
removed, just say the word!
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| Q. |
What
is 'Digital
Darkroom' editing and will you do this to all my wedding photos?
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'Digital Darkroom'
is what I call the process all your photos will go through after the
wedding
date, and before you see them. It's so named because it's far more than
just tweaking a few colours, and turning a few photos black &
white. It more accurately
resembles the manner of work in which negatives used to be handled,
individually, in the 'old
days' of enlargers and darkrooms. Each
chosen negative would go through individual adjustments for
contrast and maybe colour. Some individual areas within images would
receive special attention, known as burning and dodging,
to lighten, darken, and selectively improve contrast, creating
beautiful prints. It was an artform
in its own right.
Thankfully these days the process is a little quicker, and there are
far
more possibilities than ever before! But with your wedding photos, each
image still
gets optimised individually by hand (on a computer screen), burned
& dodged digitally, and carefully edited until I'm
totally satisfied. No image goes untouched. You receive all the
finished, edited images on your disc, meaning that the photos you print should (if printed on a
decent printer), look just as good as those I could print myself,
without requiring any further work.
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| Q. |
How
can I reduce the
cost of my wedding photography?
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Please check the
prices page regularly for special offers & discounts on wedding
photography. Or, if you prefer, visit
my
blog
and
subscribe to either Email updates or the RSS Feed, as
news of any special offers & discounts will be posted there first.
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| Q. |
What
happens if there is an emergency meaning you can't come?
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While hopefully this
won't occur, there's unfortunately no way of ruling it out, hence it's
a valid question! Actually I'm part of a small and select network of
photographers. Should it ever
be unavoidably necessary to do so, I would contact
one of these photographers, all of
whom I would trust to shoot your wedding to a very high standard, and
they would, along with my already assigned second photographer, take
care of photography on the Wedding Day itself.
Should this hopefully very unlikely situation occur, all further work
of post-processing the images (photo optimisation) would still be
performed by myself, thus the overall look to your images would be in
keeping with the style you would expect from DaveBulow Photography.
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| Q. |
Where
are you based
and how far are you willing to travel for a wedding?
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DaveBulow Wedding
Photography is based in Ipswich, Suffolk, but I'm willing to travel
anywhere in the UK or even abroad in some cases. If your wedding is
taking place more than 100 miles (traveling distance) from Ipswich or
requires extensive traveling between venues then an expenses fee may
apply.
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Q.
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Do you
do Engagement
Shoots?
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Yes! An engagement
shoot is a great way for you to get to know me as your photographer,
and likewise for me to get to know you. Please check the prices page for details and occasional special
offers!
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Q.
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Do you
do 'Trash The
Dress' sessions?
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Yes. Going by
various names, such as 'Trash The Dress', 'Cherish The Dress',
'Treasure The
Dress', 'Rock the Frock' and many more, a post-wedding photo shoot of
the couple is a really fun way to make the most of your photography. If
you've paid for an engagement shoot but haven't taken advantage of it,
then you can turn it into a post-wedding shoot instead! Please see the prices page for details and occasional special
deals.
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Q.
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I
notice you're not
a member of the MPA (Master Photographers Association) or the SWPP
(Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers). Why is that?
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That's a very
interesting question. It's also quite a long one, which is why I'm
saving it until last. Even among photographers the explanation is a
matter of personal opinion.
I'll try to keep mine as brief as possible!
You've probably seen the logos of many different photographic
societies on many photographers' websites. In the past (in the days
before photographers had portfolios on their websites) these
qualifications were much more useful than I believe they are now,
since, without seeing a physical
portfolio, it was hard to get a real impression of the photographer you
would be booking. Would they disappoint? How could you know? Various
societies were set up to 'approve' photographers to help
with this issue. These days things are a little different.
While I would never criticise any photographer for joining one of these
societies, the reason I don't is this: Photographers are required to
submit a handful of photographs each year (and pay a regular fee each
month)
to be allowed to carry one of these 'qualifications'. The standards of
work required to join are understandably (considering these societies
are commercially run) not designed to be too
difficult to achieve, meaning it's not really (in my humble opinion) a
very accurate gauge of photographic skill. Instead, I personally
recommend couples
(including those not eventually booking with me) to look for a
photographer whose
style and standard of photography they particularly admire. These days
it's not so difficult to do, considering most good photographers have
portfolio websites.
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