You want more than memories of your special day. You want interesting, well composed, photographs that you will enjoy looking at over and over again.
Please have a look through some of my photos on the "portfolio" page. I hope it gives you some idea of the style and scope of my wedding photography.
Bio
Andrew is an experienced wedding photographer based in Saddleworth, UK.
As well as photographing weddings at popular local venues (e.g. White Hart and The Saddleworth Hotel) he has enjoyed photographing weddings from Derbyshire to the Lake District.
With over 1000 hours experience teaching photoshop any retouching requirements can be accommodated.
I have just set up an online ordering system and while I was snowed in I uploaded over TEN THOUSAND images! Lucky that I have super fast broadband here!
All new galleries are going to use the new system.
There are some advantages for myself and for past and future couples.
1) ordering is simple and immediate, you can pay online and the order is sent to your door. Postage is currently £2.30 and prints start at 1.50.
2) As well as this system being for online ordering it is also an online backup. I don’t go to bed till images from a wedding are on two drives. I don’t reuse the camera cards until they are on a third drive which can be stored off site.
Now for extra piece of mind I’ll have online storage of all the images I use to create the box of proofs that couples receive.
3) You can now buy individual digital downloads. This means you can select and download your favorite images at much lower cost than having to buy a high resolution disk of all the images.
4) If you have a photostation your guests can download or order prints of their images. I got 6 orders the very next day after Rachael and Kevin’s photostation photos went online! I have some cards printed with the address to give out at the photostation.
5) The galleries look good, are easy to navigate and can be password protected easily.
The address is orders.photoluminaire.co.uk
I have many more galleries uploaded than are visible, if you would like your own gallery activating please get in touch and request a password if you wish.
If anyone has problems with an order, if the postman bends it or even if the dog chews it, please get in touch! Try to order all you want in one go to avoid more than one postage charge (£2.30 at the present time).
Rachael Harvey-Gallagher - This has been a great service, especially all the pictures from the photostation. All my guests were able to view and order what they wanted. Great feedback from all of them about this. And it made mine and Kev's life easier too. Thanks Andrew
Valentine’s day is a cool day for a wedding (in more ways than one). Rachael was brave enough to pop outside the V&A hotel for a few minutes:
A lovely gift from Kevin:
Rachael just before leaving the room and with a proud mum:
I like the expressions in this one:
The pretty table decorations:
The lit ceiling drapes above the dance floor made a great feature in the room:
I made an aperture disk the night before to be able to get a photo like this with the heart shaped highlights in the background. Interesting to me was when I look really close up (on the left) all the specular highlights on the decorative wire had also turned into hearts! If any keen photographers want to know how to do this just send me a message:
We had a photostation set up in the evening and it went down very well, especially with the children. They came back a few times and always said please and thank you.
The link is orders.photoluminaire.co.uk if you’d like to buy prints or digital downloads.
Here is the photostation slideshow in hi res (if you have a slow internet connection you can either switch to low res by clicking the HQ button or click play, then pause, go have a cup of tea, come back and press play again!):
Emily and Alex were married on the 28th December. So not only did I dodge the rain this year in the summer, this one fitted in nicely between snow falls!
I’m going to make a few posts, one for me, one for Martin and one for the photostation.
Emily’s dress and shoes. Moving the dress to the middle of the bed and lacing it up made the shot, the darker wood background adding contrast:
Emily’s best friend Lucy as a bridesmaid:
The ceremony was at St Anne’s Church, Lydgate.
Revd. Chris Halliday says he loves weddings and you can tell.
There was no stress when Emily had to be a little(!) late and delivered a personal service for Emily and Alex.
The church website is here
Coming down the aisle with Granddad, with Alex looking back:
Seated in St Anne’s Church, Lydgate with the candles in the foreground:
“With this ring…”:
Martin took the posed signing photos so I looked for some details:
Knowing I could get a lift back to my car later, I set off to the Clough Manor in the back of Emily and Alex’s Mini!
Very elegant shot at Clough Manor while waiting for the guests to be seated so the couple could be introduced.
Flowers and candles:
The room at Clough Manor looked great. Very creatively decorated by Ken a friend of the couple.
The Table plan was on the Christmas tree and the name on the tables were on Christmas decorations!
A theme of trees was explained in the speeches and it fitted in really well at this time of year.
The colour theme of the bride’s shoes and bridesmaid dresses was also carried through to the room.
If the well presented, very tasty food we received is anything to go by
I’d say things had gone up a notch or two since I had a meal there 18 months ago.
We both really enjoyed it. Stephan is always well organized and the rest of the staff were friendly and actively helpful.
They were very accommodating to the couple’s request that we had some room in the bar area to set up the paper roll for the photostation.
Congratulations Emily and Alex!
(comments welcome as usual)
Martin (Martin Sykes photography) specializes in modern family portraits and corporate event work.
Now and again we team up 50/50 for a wedding like this one.
While I was busy with dresses and shoes, Martin followed the groom, best man and ushers to the pub!
The girls outside the church:
One of many great shots from the back of the church:
Martin has been all around the country producing great work at black tie events for large corporations as well as for local fundraisers and parties.
These were taken in just over half an hour before the meal (and there are more!). Martin can be contacted on 07976 615 525.
And a couple (well two couples!) closer up:
This is a really good option, especially at a winter wedding.
Get in touch if you would like to buy a copy of your photograph.
by andrew
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