As a Wakefield Wedding Photographer nothing upsets me more with so called ‘professional wedding photographers’ when they mislead the public or even worse potential brides and grooms and in this economic climate it seems to be happening more and more. What I’m talking about is the use of portfolio or training images to try and...
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It’s the most anticipated camera for Nikon users since the D700, it’s finally here, I’ve got my hands on one and now I’ve had it a while I thought it was about time to let you know if it is the holy grail of cameras for the wedding photographer. First off and lets get this...
Anyone how knows me will know that Tracy my wife is just about to give birth to twins. For us it’s our first and a very exciting time ahead. It also means the space we previously used for our portrait work has been converted back into two bedrooms in time for the twins arrival. This...
I often get message from the couples I’ve recently photographed but I thought I’d share this one that arrived in my inbox yesterday. Although wedding photography is my full time job it wouldn’t be quite so rewarding without this type of feedback! Good to know I’m doing something so right so THANK YOU! Hi...
For Martin Hillary Photography the season starts here with a fabulous pre-wedding shoot tomorrow afternoon and then next week full on into the wedding season starting with a wedding shoot at Oulton Hall and then over two dozen weddings before I get a weekend break! It’s going to be a brilliant ride watching and helping...
As a wedding photographer in Wakefield it”s not always easy especially during the summer months to get time to shoot something a little different. But you cannot turn down an opportunity to work with a professional model such as Sharlene especially on a day like we had in Whitby this week. The photographs speak for...
As a wedding photographer in Wakefield it’s always great to see new photographic kit, new albums and innovations to hit the industry. Well we’ve been busy recently and fresh back from the largest photographic exhibition in the uk, over the next few weeks you will start seeing some new additions to our wedding product range....
Wedding photographers – cheap? Expensive? Worth the money? When you look for a wedding photographer what do you do? Do you go to Google and type ‘wedding photographer Wakefield‘ or ‘wedding photographer leeds‘. Do you then systematically click down every photographer and if you do, what do you look at first? The price? The photographs?...
Ok, it’s around 6am on Saturday morning (probably will be much later by the time I post this). I can’t sleep as my head is full of new ideas for the business (it’s full of cold also which isn’t helping either), new packages, new additions to the website and generally how to improve the service...
When you employ a wedding photographer you should be confident that he has enough experience in the field of photography to provide you with some stunning images of your day. But, there is more to it than just taking photographs and I’ve put a ten point check together to help you get the right photographer...
If you’ve looked at our website before then you’ll notice that we’ve given it a bit of a face lift. I was looking for a brighter and cleaner look and wanted to stay away from the black for a change. Well we haven’t finished yet and part of the new website is an improved blog...
It’s caused a bit of controversy recently in the professional photography world but when you look for your wedding or portrait photographer and you look at their website and a gallery of images, are you really looking at the work they’ve undertaken for a client or a selection of images taken on a training course...
I had an interesting conversation on the telephone yesterday. As some of my customers will know as well as a undertaking wedding photography in Castleford and wedding photography in Wakefield I also photograph local gymnastics club competitions (you can see more about our group photography in Castleford and charity photography in Castleford HERE) and as...
