FAQs

COVID has obviously had an immense impact ones ability to hold a wedding.  We’ve been right there with our current clients for the last 12 months, and have had to deal with many cancelled, postponed, and re-thought weddings.  We understand, and we’ve managed to facilitate necessary changes for all of our current bookings.  Going forward we’ll do the same, so rest assured that if you have to make changes to your booking, we’ll do everything in our power to facilitate those changes.

Generally, our clients have contacted us to say “hey, we’re going to have to cancel the original date and re-book later in the year.  Our venue has given us these dates, how are they for you?”  We can then confirm with you what dates we can do, and you can take it from there.

Nope.  We understand it’s out of your control and we want to help in any way that we can.

Yes, that’s a scary question, but one we’ve had to contemplate ourselves also.  Many wedding related (and other) businesses will inevitably go out of business as a result of COVID.

What we can say is that we’re not a big business, we’re a wife and husband team of self employed photographers.  We’ve shaved our outgoings down to the bare minimum over the past 12 months, and never had big loans to pay off in the first place.  Will we have to find different sources of income if this continues?  Maybe.  But it shouldn’t effect our ability to photography weddings.  We’re not going to go bankrupt and give our equipment away.  We’ve been photographing weddings for 15+ years and some years have been better than others, and we’ve had to adapt to be able to pay the bills.  It’s never prevented us from being able to photograph the weddings that we have had bookings for.

Probably.  So yes, don’t dilly dally.  But ultimately your guess is as good as ours.

We try to help out when we can, especially if you seem like super nice people that we’re going to enjoy photographing.  We know the last year has had a major economic impact on a lot of us.  An old guy, who was a customer at the video shop I worked at, once said to me “If you don’t swing the bat, you *won’t* hit the ball”.  So ask if you have to, we won’t hate you for it.  We’re both nice down to earth people.

Yes, we have specialist photography business insurance that covers liability as well as our kit.  To date we’ve only had to use it when we dropped a laptop 😬

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is one of our favourite movies.  It’s about not taking life too seriously.  Ferris knows how to create a day that Sloane and Cameron (and all of us) will remember forever.  We want your day to be the same.  We want to be Ferris and Sloane, but know that sometimes we’re a bit too much like Cameron. Pretending that we’re Ferris and Sloane helps us be a bit more like them – how we envision them to be as adults.  We want to help you make your day like Ferris’s.  One that’s fun and memorable, and full of hope, with a feeling that you’re whole life is ahead of you (even if it isn’t 😉 )

Hell to the yes!  Love is love and it’s beautiful in all its incarnations.  We’ve photographed both Gay and Lesbian weddings (and have gay and lesbian friends) and know from talking to our clients and friends that even in 2021 it can still be difficult looking for wedding vendors and knowing whether it’s an issue or not, and having to ask if it is – which must be really tough.  So, it’s absolutely not an issue, we welcome you, and you’re safe with us. 🥰🥳🌈✊

You’re not alone, though sometimes these days it feels like everyone knows how to pose for a selfie.

We’re experienced at making our clients feel comfortable – in fact I’d go so far as to say that at least 50% of our job is not the resulting photographs, but rather making sure you feel comfortable and happy on the day.  Happy people = better photographs.  We know that sometimes this means putting down the camera and talking with you and your guests.  By the end of the day you won’t have noticed that we’ve picked them back up and been taking photographs of you without you realising.

Yep!  We love tattoos and have a few ourselves.  Honestly, we’d both be pretty impressed if you could shock either of us with your weirdness – we’re pretty weird too.

Not everyone does, but, if you want both Bride and Groom (or Groom and Groom etc.) prep photos, or if you’d like both parter’s expressions when they first see each other, etc, then you’re going to want two of them.  Most photographers have the option of a ‘second shooter’ these days (and no, they’re not referring to the guy on the grassy knoll).  The benefit to hiring a duo like us is that we almost always shoot together so we’re used to that.  We’ve been married for 15 years and know what the other person is thinking.  We know when to get out of the other one’s shot, and when two is too much and to step aside so as to not detract from your or your guests experience.  We’re like a WWE tag team, if you’d like to think of it that way.

The name can be misleading.  The real reason to be interested in an engagement/couples shoot is to have a little practise being in front of the camera.  It can feel a little awkward at first and it’s a really good idea to get that awkwardness out of the way before your big day.  We get an opportunity to hang out a little in person and get comfortable with each other.  The more comfortable you are with us taking photos of you, the better the photos will be on the day.  (Ask us if we’re running any deals on these, and we may be able to throw one in for you).

Ah, yes – That old chestnut. Wedding photography is more expensive than you thought, and you have a friend or family member with a decent camera, so…  Yeah, it might seem like a good idea at first, however, we know how this often plays out because we often hear about couples who’ve done the same, and are now trying to arrange some photography after the event with ‘real’ photographers, because they’re really disappointed with the photographs they have.

Your friend can even be a great photographer, but not so good at wedding photography, so don’t think it’s that simple.  If you want great wedding photography you need to see that they can provide this for you. As with a lot of things in life, you get what you pay for.

Referred to also as ‘reportage’, documentary style means that we capture what happens naturally rather than orchestrating situations to photograph.  We don’t scream “cheese”. We try to blend in and capture the wedding as it happened as a photojournalist would, or as one of your guests would.  We don’t ask you to pause, or look into the lens, or make your guests feel weird that we’re there.  The best compliment we get is when guests assume we’re old friends of yours, as it means we’re doing our job well.

We prefer not to, but also understand that one or two portraits with the parents etc might be wanted.  We recommend no more than five.  This is more because wrangling a bunch of people at a wedding when they’d rather be grabbing a glass of champagne is a challenge and you’ll probably not enjoy the experience.   If you do want a few we will talk about them prior to the wedding and sort out which ones we’re doing, who’s going to be in them, and who will be in charge of getting those people – normally the best man or maid of honour – someone who know’s who is who and is able to grab them when they’re needed.