What is your most memorable wedding?
So many over nearly 20 years I cannot pick out just one.
Describe your style in 5 adjectives.
I am known for dramatic images, but I pride myself on my photographic Bournemouth Arts Institute education and am able to follow a brief of all styles.
What about your business are you most proud of?
My referalls, word and mouth is my main asset, doing a good job and getting on with guests at weddings and blending in.
What is your No. 1 wedding planning tip for couples?
TIME! Give yourself time to plan, short list vendors, set a budget. Thats three...whoops.
What is your favourite personal touch you have seen at a wedding?
Speeches that are from the heart mixed with a few true funny stories.
Describe your typical process with a couple.
Send them previous examples of commissions from their chosen wedding venue, meet up, book the date, allow clients to contact me any time with questions, two weeks before the big day get in touch with them and finalise all details.
What is the No. 1 photo that you think every couple should take?
Just the two of you all dressed up looking like film stars!
What is the most original photo you’ve been asked to take at a wedding?
That will be at the next wedding I do.
What do you recommend for a rainy day wedding?
Rain doesn't stop play, I have numerous secrets I can't explain here.
Describe how you got into photography.
My step father gave me a 35mm film slr back in the late 1980s and told me I had a natural eye for framing images, just under ten years later, off to adult ed Bmth Uni to study photography for 4 years.