It's always a bonus when you wake up on the morning of a wedding and find endless blue sky and sunshine - especially when it's a north east wedding! Daz and Andrea's wedding at
Hallgarth Manor was just such a day. To be quite candid, I don't even look at a weather forecast these days. I used to spend weeks poring over long term forecasts and worrying. Eventually it occurred to me that this was utterly pointless - there's nothing I can do to change the weather, so now I just turn up prepared for any eventuality!
The day started at the couples' house, which is conveniently situated about 30 seconds' walk from the church !
This was only the third wedding I'd shot with the brace of new Nikon kit. The two new cameras' low light performance is mind-blowingly good and has freed me top work in the way I've always wanted to. Flashguns are fantastic, versatile tools but I've always hated being 'forced' to use them. Big bursts of flash are not conducive to working in an extremely unobtrusive way. Everyone turns to the camera and gives it the big thumbs up - not what I'm looking for. Being able to pretty much shoot in the dark, with no flash makes the candid captures much, much more appealing. Working with the light in the room, rather than introducing it is a far more intuitive way to work, not to mention much quicker.
Anyway, enough waffle, here are the photographs. Enjoy and feel free to leave any comments or thoughts.
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Creative wedding photography with mirrors
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Little people at weddings - always fun!
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Just caught this reflection in the table top. I'm always on the lookout for creative angles - just enough to lift an image from plain documentary to interesting and elegant, without going overboard!
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Dress on, still calm, almost ready to go!
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Our groom and best man seem to have scrubbed up well too!
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Much as I love to work in black and white, sometimes you've just got to love a blast of colour!
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Even a documentary / reportage wedding photographer should be able to put together an elegant group shot - it's often a part of the job. Fortunately for me, these lovely ladies practically organised themselves!
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| Infrared wedding photography - use sparingly! |
My coverted infrared Nikon D70 DSLR made its first appearance ever at this wedding. Used here with the Samyang 14mm lens to produce something a little different!
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Someone was over the moon to have caught the bouqet!
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Quite honestly, some of the best speeches I've heard at a wedding. Genuinely heartfelt and hilariously funny in turns.
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The best fun at a wedding is usually to be found up a tree, under a table or in a revolving door. According to wee lads.
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As a documentary photographer, I'm not looking to capture lots of dull headshots of every single guests - I'm looking for interaction, laughter, the little sub-plots and side-stories.
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If you're looking for a wedding photographer working in a true documentary style, please do feel free to call for a chat - I love hearing about wedding plans! I'm on 07866127732, or you can reach me through the
Emerson Photography Contact page if you'd rather email.
Jamie Emerson, reportage wedding photography, north east, wedding photography hallgarth manor. Emerson Photography - Europe wide wedding coverage, based in the north east, between Newcastle, Durham, Sunderland, Northumberland and Darlington.
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