Monthly Archives: April 2013
Habits can be a good thing. This is a start of new habit.
At the end of every month from now on, I will be sharing my month, my life, on this blog for the world to see.
I’m always taking photographs, but hardly ever sharing them. I know I am a perfectionist and too ultra-critical of myself and my work. Sometimes you just need to put it out there, even if it’s not perfect. So here goes.
Here’s my April.
New Challenges | A vintage themed wedding album shoot in the forest.
New Friends | A meet up and chat about all things photography with Jen, who found me via Youtube.
New Sights | Actual Sunsets! Remember those?
New Things | Shiny new business cards. Yeah!
New Places | My first visit to Oxford. So many bicycles!
Plus the usual every day collection of interesting things, places, ideas and just random photographs I love to take, but never really share with anybody. Enjoy.
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Choosing your wedding photographer can be an extremely personal and tricky choice to make.
Notice how I said your photographer, not a photographer. It’s as much a personal choice as the colour of the flowers, the flavour of cake or the size of the venue.
A wedding photographer isn’t just there to turn up, act bossy, take a couple of snaps and chuck them on a CD for you. (unless that’s what you really, really want…)
If you really think about it, the photographer is the only person, apart from the Bride & Groom themselves, who will be there for every single minute through the day. No one else who you hire or attends your wedding will be there as long and be as involved as much as your photographer. You are allowing a complete stranger, to be closely and regularly interacting with your closest friends and family, on possibly the biggest but most personal day of your life.
It’s a huge deal, so you really need to make sure that you have a photographer you can truly trust, feel comfortable around and would want to interact with your friends and family. Oh, it it helps if you really love their photography too.
In order to gain that trust, and to feel confident about the photographer, there are few key areas to look out for. The points below are all valid, regardless of the budget or where a photographer places themselves in the market.
This my opinion, but these are the core areas; the bare minimum any photographer who calls themselves professional should be able to clearly and confidently explain to the client. Wedding photography isn’t a black art, and your chosen photographer should be clear, concise and open about every aspect of what they do and what they offer.
Experience
Experience is everything in wedding photography.…
I figured it was about time I did a feature on the beautiful, luxury wedding albums I include with my wedding package. These gorgeous albums are really my most favourite way of displaying my images. I completely fell in love with them. And my clients so far, seem to love them too.
There really is nothing like a professionally designed and handmade fine art, leather bound album. You really have to hold one in your hand to appreciate the quality, but I hope my photos below give it justice.
My wedding albums are carefully designed by me, using a traditional and timeless style, with an emphasis on telling the story of the day, not just a few handpicked images cobbled together. I spend as much time, care and attention on the album design as I do on the actual photography.
I usually create a first draft of the whole album, before then giving this to the bride and groom to look over and make any changes they would like. Once the layout has been agreed, I then send the design of to the fantastic guys and girls at Folio Albums.
The great people at Folio Albums really do something special, offering attention to detail and a level of quality that meets my already high expectations for a great wedding album.
The unique thing about Folio Albums is that they are hand made in the UK, using sustainable sources of paper, ink, leather and other materials to make their albums both supremely high quality, but also kind to the environment and 100% planet friendly to produce.
The square cut albums come a range of sizes, 8”, 10” or 12” with a variety options for the cover material, such as Leather, Canvas, Silk and Cotton. The cute, cotton canvas Mini Albums also available, make great gifts for family.…
ABOUT THIS BLOG
This is the blog of Chris Scuffins, a hardworking, creative photographer from Gloucestershire.
With years of experience in landscape and commercial still life photography, his focus now lies on capturing creative, natural and beautiful fashion and lifestyle portraiture, as well as a fun, relaxed approach to photojournalistic wedding photography.
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