It’s another wedding week and that puts a smile on my face which I’m told is a good thing.
Still finishing off editing the last wedding though and that takes the smile back off again, I have no problem doing the editing in fact I enjoy it, it’s just I’m a little behind where I wanted to be a this week and that’s not a good thing.
I do try not to make promises with my delivery times, but I certainly do set targets and dropping behind those targets can be frustrating. I have been so lucky so far with all my customers, as none of yet have been pushy or hassled me in any way to get there photographs quicker.
After this weeks wedding I will have twice as much post shoot work to do, as I have a second shooter with me and I’ll be editing all of her work too, luckily she also shoots with a canon so it won’t be too tricky, but I need the editing style to match up.
My second shooters name is Amber Partridge (@amberpartridge) and she is awesome, we worked together on the mad hatter’s tea party I did for the WI, I am a fan of her work so when she asked if she could help out on a wedding to see if it’s something she would like to pursue in the future, I jumped at the opportunity to have her with me.
Her portrait work it’s really strong and very candid, which I love & I think our styles do compliment each other, I think she will have no problems in the wedding environment once she finds her feet and knowing her that will not take long.
I’m not saying in anyway that I’m an expert or a teacher, but it does feel great to be able to try and help someone on there way to what will hopefully be in some way a career, although I didn’t second shoot for anybody I did have a load of help and inspiration when I started and these guys continue to inspire me now.
Tony Bell (@tonybellphotography) who used to shoot basketball regularly when my son started playing, gave me a load of advice in the early days of Rainywood, his work continues to be outstanding, he now works The Grapevine Magazine (@grapevinelive), mainly shooting live bands at which he is also great.
Lee Thornberry (@mr_thotnberry) landscapes are a thing of beauty, I promise his work will blow you away, what he says about his work will also put a smile on your face.
Please check these gents out and say I sent you they are both awesome!
Cheers Woody
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