Author Archives: dmfoto
Carlton Mitre Hotel, Hampton Court (London Wedding)
I had the great fortune to be booked for a wedding in Hampton Court, London last October, this wasn’t a totally random affair as I’d known the groom for some years (I was actually the best man at his last wedding, but that’s another story). The booking did throw up a few things I had [...]
Trying to do something different.
Sometimes you just want to have a go at something new, push the boundaries a little. See what you can do with not only your camera, but with the technology that surrounds it, and you. I was commissioned to produce some product imagery for a wood flooring company a few years ago, and I thought [...]
Monkey Photographers
The term ‘Cowboy Builder’ is something we’ve come to recognise as a term for someone who possibly isn’t the best qualified to carry out work on your home, or who might infact just take your money and run, but what term could we use for the photography industry charlatan? I’ve a suggestion: ’Monkey Photographer’ Since we’re [...]
Location Location Location
I’ve been getting a whiff of rumours that because of my relocation to the North West, I now don’t cover the South East from where I originally started the business. I would just like to clarify this for the record: I cover the WHOLE of the UK & Ireland. Granted, there are some associated costs [...]
Back to Back – Weddings
Having just got through an amazing ‘Sunny’ weekend of photography, I just wanted to let you into a little secret at how easy it can be to keep on top of your image processing when doing back to back weddings. I’ve been a massive fan of Adobe Bridge since I first ‘discovered’ it in Photoshop [...]
QR Codes, what are they good for..?
I’ve seen them around, even seen one in the Daily Telegraph with something to do with Twitter, and I thought, how cool are those, but what the hell are they? They’re QR Codes (or Quick Response), which is a 2 dimensional specific matrix barcode, which can only be scanned by specific (there’s that word again) [...]
Dunadry Hotel, County Antrim
Having just posted the images up from my latest wedding photography commission this weekend, I thought I’d guide you through some of the more unusual details I found to be exclusive to the Dunadry Hotel in County Antrim. They have a very nice (albeit new) tradition of getting the bride and groom to sign the [...]
Wedding Fairs, The Pitfalls
It’s been suggested (mainly by those who run these shows) that wedding fairs are the best place to find all the wedding service providers together, in one spot, usually offering incentives to ‘lure you in’ (but mainly to keep you away from the other similar exhibitors). This is all when and good, when those suppliers [...]
Darver Castle, Dundalk
Last weekend’s couple who took the plunge to being married had their wedding reception in Darver Castle, Dundalk, which in my opinion was run as slick and smooth operation. Having attended a wedding there in the past as a guest, I was extremely impressed at how things just ‘flowed’, so I was very excited to [...]
Cowboy Photographers… Surely Not..!
During recession times, people try to increase their income by doing jobs that have previously just been their hobbies, trying their hand a wedding photography on the weekends is has always been one of those avenues. You’ve done your research already, and you know that some of those attractive cheap prices are ’Too good to be [...]
