This is a very difficult question, every wedding is different and I genuinely love the buzz and the energy surrounding them, every couple is different so every wedding I have shot has a very memorable aspect to it.
Professional, Fun, Relaxed, Precise and Friendly
I am proud to have turned my passion into my way of making my living, every aspect of running my own business is a challenge which I enjoy.
Book the venue first don't get bogged down with all the small details, once you have your venue everything else will slot into place.
One of my Grooms, his father passed away 3 days before his wedding, he was terminally ill and had told my groom that he wanted the wedding to go on even if he wasn't there, they gave him a seat at the top table and placed a Wolves FC jersey on the seat (His dad was a lifelong Wolves fan), there were flowers in his spot and a little plauque infront that read 'Gone to the match'
A couple express interest and I will forward them the details of what is included either via email, over the phone or face to face. If the couple then decide to book me I send an invoice for my work and my contract, once this is accepted then we will either have a conversation over the phone or a face to face meeting to discuss the finer details. Once this has been done there isnt really much else to do, if the couple want an engagement shoot we will meet for that, but other than that I will email every month or so to make sure they are okay and see how everything is getting on. about a month before the event the balance is due and we will either talk over the phone or meet face to face (or email if the couple prefer) to go through the finer details to make sure that the photography coverage runs smoothly on the day.
The large group shot, It isn't always possible to get a photograph of everybody but at least if you get a large group shot you will have a photograph with everybody who attended.
A little girl once asked me to take a photograph of her while she was standing in front of the wedding car holding a sign in front of her face that read 'im cute'.
Umbrellas!
I discovered my love for photography whilst I was serving in the Army, I had always worked in professional engineering and I was dissatisfied with it for a long time but resigned myself to the fact that most people don't enjoy their job, I discovered my love for photography and the more time went on the more I yearned to be a photographer, the first time I shot a wedding I knew exactly what I wanted to do, now here I am.