Lynn and Robert - Part Deux

As always - natural light is king. I know I harp on about this over and over again but just take a look at these pictures of Lynn.

La lumiere naturelle est la plus belle !

Winter Weddings

There's a certain beauty and challenge in photographing winter weddings. Light drops off a lot faster - which means we start a little earlier with the house calls !

Extensive use indoors of the RAW file format - allows us to control light temperature to a tee. Keeping things - well, really cool !!!!!

Kate ?

Always thought that this young lady bears a striking resemblance to Kate Winslet

Treport & Abbeville - NW France

Always feel on a natural high when I am in France. The North West is a big favourite of mine, whether it is the beaches of Normandy or tripping around the Oise valley - there are no shortages of subjects to photograph.

Come hell or high water I intend going back at least twice in 2011 with my little boy. Happy days, la vie est belle et le ciel est sans nuages.

Devil is in the detail

Great details deserve their spot when it comes to graphically designing each page. Its a shame not to see the world on a micro as well as macro level.

Big thanks to Emma and Niall for such a great day out yesterday. You know, I'm not complaining but give me a nice overcast day any day (as was yesterday). Being an army wedding - well that's a big plus to start out with. Guys - you were a pleasure to work with and can't wait to sit down and do your preview ! Enjoy St. Lucia !

Let the light do the talking - not the flash

Take a quick look at the following image taking from Caroline's recent wedding. Notice anything ? Got it in one - no heavy handed use of flash, in fact no flash at all.

Thanks to investing in "L Series" Canon lenses we can generate highly atmospheric images like this without resorting to flash which very often washes out the glory of the natural light.

All too often wedding photographers (experienced and in-experienced) over rely on flash, which is in itself not a natural light source. At worst you finish with awful shadow balloons behind the subject and at best a clinical image with no warmth.

Not so at Alchemy Photography - we celebrate natural light whenever we can use it.