Your Wedding Photography Memories

For most people their wedding day only comes around once in a lifetime and, for this very reason, it is vital that the memories from that day are captured professionally and presented to the happy couple after the event.  It is essential then that couples planning their wedding go for the best service that they can afford.  Some companies are able, through partnering agreements, to provide photographers wherever the ceremony takes place – even abroad.

How to choose a really good wedding photographer

A good option is to choose a company that has a number of photographers on the staff along with a comprehensive array of recording and editing equipment.  While the one-man operation can be a perfectly good option you might feel more confident about the whole arrangement if backup plans are in place.  Theoretically the larger the organisation the better chance you have of getting those precious memories faithfully recorded for you.  You have enough to think about on the day without worrying about the photographer’s equipment breaking down or that some technical hitch might ruin your day.

Choosing your wedding package

So, having decided to employ the services of a reputable wedding photography firm, what kind of package do you think you will go for?  Ultimately the choice is yours and wedding packages can be tailored to comply with your needs down to the smallest detail.  You will be asked for a few basic details, such as the location of the wedding and reception, what date it is taking place and some idea of the numbers attending.  The company should then come back to you straight away with verbal and written confirmation that photographers are available for that date.

A popular idea these days is where the entire day is recorded.  It starts with those joyful, maybe frenetic, early morning bridal preparations and continues as the bridal party sets of for the wedding venue.  Continuing with the arrivals at the venue then the wedding ceremony; then there is the reception, meetings and greetings, the speeches and cake cutting. Finally we get to the happy couple’s first dance and guests enjoying the occasion.  All of this can be captured for you in a variety of ways. A collection of still photographs, presented in a beautifully bound wedding album, is the traditional method but you can also have the happy day’s events on a DVD or memory stick or even loaded onto a tablet.  Video with full sound is a popular choice as well and this can be loaded onto digital media for you.  Hopefully you will find a company that is flexible in their service and competitively priced.  You just have to decide what you want and they will put it all together for you. It is as simple as that!

Whichever wedding photographer you choose, have a fantastic wedding day.

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Another Bride in the Headlines

In the news items on Yahoo today was news that yet another Bride had her wedding day ruined by a so called professional photographer. I am doing all I can to stop this kind of thing happening, but I need more help.

Please, please please point anyone you know that is getting married to look up out 9 tips on choosing a wedding photographer. With over 25 years professional wedding experience I know a few things on what to look out for. I want all brides to go into their wedding knowing that the choices they made were the best for them and fingers crossed, with good advice their day should be remembered for the right things.

The 9 tips on choosing a wedding photographer is on Blogger as a post and there is a video hosted on You Tube and also on www.portrait-wedding-photographers.co.uk

I and my staff can only do so much. A bride recently chose a photographer who was going to use her wedding pictures as his first sample album. He hadn't shot a wedding before. Really, come on. I can show you where the Crocodile infested river is, but please don't then jump into it head first!

In an effort to help more, because after all these are hard times and budgets are tighter and tighter, we have decided to introduce a new wedding photography package. Called Quality on a budget. It includes two professional and experienced photographers, full wedding coverage, a guarantee of over 400 images, website hosting and copyright free DVD's. All for just £695.

Were will we go. More or less the full length and breadth of the UK. The furthest reaches may attract a little extra for travel costs, but our aim to ensure as many brides as possible get lovely, beautiful pictures to capture the story of her wedding day. What does the Groom get - change from £700!

If you book us or not doesn't really matter to me, please read or watch the 9 tips so you know how to spot a bad photographer. Advice is always free and our phone numbers are on the website. Thank you.

Duncan Malloch is a professional wedding photographer and has been so since 1984. Graduated as an award winning master photographer in 2005. His company is Portrait Wedding Photographers and is based in Darlington but has bases throughout the UK.

Butterflies and Logos

It is a cold December afternoon and for once I am glad to be at home, nice and warm, tucked up next to my computer. As a businessman, there are lots of other things to consider, apart from wedding photography - and recently I have been concentrating on why I do what I do, and branding to get that message across.

Having enrolled on to a referral marketing course, by the referral institute, I have had my eyes opened somewhat. I have found that having a business and having your eyes open is a distinct advantage.

A few lessons in and Allison, our tutor is doing great in getting us to where we need to be. I say we because there are a few of us on the course together.

The reason I do what I do, wedding photography is that I know how precious photographs are, and sadly many people only realise this once it is too late. I discovered this fact for myself, when my Mum died at a quite a young age. Marriage is an important time of life and all I want to do is to show people how important this is. Hopefully then, they would love a top wedding photographer to capture their love and laughter for happy ever after.

On to the logo then.

I spent ages trying to think of some great icon, a nike swoosh, a golden M, or even an apple! Then the light came on, if using your company name is good enough for Coca Cola, then it's good enough for me. The logo is important to me, because as we spread our wings from Darlington to Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, York, Essex, Kent, London and Palm Beach Florida - I needed something to tie everything together. I want this to be the logo above. 
Most of the website are going to be a pure black and white design, with the accent colour being purple.

 The Butterflies are also important to the logo design. Butterflies to symbolise change and there's not many changes bigger than deciding to committ to marriage! Personally the butterflies symbolise the fact that they are there one moment and gone the next. So this ties in with my message of how important it is to capture the beauty, the emotion, the love and the laughter, before it has gone.

The beauty of wedding photographs is that they last forever. Even on a cold winters afternoon, you can re-live your wedding day memories by taking another look at your wedding album.

You can also see that the logo has two butterflies, showing that here at portrait wedding photographers we have balance. Balance to use our expertise as wedding photographers to match the needs and requirements of our brides.

If you have enjoyed our little blog and maybe come to understand the phylosophy behind portrait wedding photographers and want to get in touch this is our EMAIL

Thank you

Professional Wedding Photographers

You want a reliable service on your big day from all involved, but after the grand occassion, the photography probably takes on a greater meaning and certainly a higher value. So what are the advantages of hiring true professional wedding photographers for your marriage service.

Reliability. True professionals will have spent years building up their reputation. Do you think they would let all that labour go to waste by being unreliable? Of course not. Professional wedding photographers number one priority is to ensure they arrive on time, capture all the love and laughter and then safely store those memories for you.

Quality. If you do something often enough, whatever it is, you should improve, makes sense? The difference is where the starting point is. Your professional wedding photographers level of ability, at the start, should far out weigh the camera skills of Uncle Tom. Imagine then how much better they would be 10 years, 20 years, or even 25 years down the line.

Organisation. The most important skill your professional wedding photographers must have. You don't want to spend all day, away from your guests. You don't want guests complaining about the time the photographs take. By securing the services of a professional they should run through the timings with you and work out the most efficient route to obtain all the required images.

Friendly. Sounds obvious, sadly, even some professional wedding photographers fail at this challenge. It is far easier to get your guests correctly positioned by asking them nicely, rather than ordering them around. Getting to know the whole bridal party and both families makes it a lot easier to get natural photographs. Who wants to be told to smile all day?! A laugh and a joke, a funny story and people smile naturally.

Flexible. Having a trustworthy relationship with other wedding suppliers, such as album manufacturers means that the wedding professional can give you more options, is aware of new techniques to enhance your wedding day experience.

Guarantee. Because we have been Professional wedding photographers  for over 25 years, we can guarantee you reliability, quality, great people skills and flexible packages to suit your exact needs. There is only one reason not to choose us - Because we are fully booked. You can prevent this by having a look at our website and getting in touch to see how we can make your wedding day even better.

We look forward to hearing from you.

info@pwpuk.co.uk

The New World has been discovered





Beach weddings



Some wedding photographers think that the world is flat, some even think that the world stretches only as far as their Town, City or County Boundaries. Thats a strange perception to have in this age of the internet and Internation long haul jet flights!

Can you believe that here at portrait wedding photographers we had those same perceptions! Our target audience was within the County boundaries of Cleveland and County Durham. Then one day as I was talking to David the realisation hit! There is a big world out there, crying out for our quality of wedding photography.



UAE, Dubai weddings



Tentatively we started to spread our wings with North Yorkshire and Tyneside coming into the fold. Soon Essex, Kent and London followed suit. At this stage I think we realised the world was indeed flat! But then we thought what if the world is round? What if there are couple out there, in the new world who would love to know about us?

This is where it got strange. We were talking about possible locations with Europe, when I got a call from a local lady who is getting married in Florence, Italy, next year! This thinking can be dangerously productive! A few days later David got a call from an ex-pat who was living out in Italy with her Ferrari F1 engineer finacee. The following week David got another call confirming that we were needed to photograph a wedding in America. Here another link became apparent - because the wedding in Indianapolis, Indiana was for an Indy car driver and his wife. WOW.

So now, one week after our wedding in USA we are fully aware that the world is indeed round, and we have discovered the New World too.

Sunshine Weddings USA

As wedding photographers we are not stuck to one UK Town or County. Should you be hosting your wedding anywhere in the world, please do consider having portrait wedding photogrpahers there to capture all the love, all the emotion. And then to present those to you in a stunning album, so that you can remember, re-live and re-love those emotions over and over again.

As you can imagine, with our growing reputation, it is most important that you contact us as soon as possible to ensure that your wedding date is safeguarded. You can do that via email:

info@pwpuk.co.uk

Rushpool Hall Wedding venue

Hello everyone, here we are today outside a slightly windy Rushpool Hall near Saltburn.

Because of the immense popularity of our photographers with brides worldwide, you can imagine that our schedule gets filled up rather quickly. We recommend that you contact us as soon as possible for additional information or to request a consultation. Getting in first gives you the best guarantee of securing the best wedding photographer for your Rushpool Hall Wedding.

Duncan: 07795 681 507
David: 07980 412 752

Web: http://www.portrait-wedding-photographers.co.uk/

Email: info@pwpuk.co.uk

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wedding-Photographers/165183700160077

Gisborough Hall video blog

Always a pleasure to capture a couples love story, right here at Gisborough Hall

Location, Location, Location

If you are unsure what a particular wedding venue looks like, why not check out our Picasa photos. We are in the process of adding all the venues we have been to recently. So if its one of the popular ones around Middlesbrough, Darlington and the North East, come check it out.

Click Here to go to our Picasa Page 

You will also find some page designs put together for a GraphiStudio wedding album - more to come - weve designed nearly 30 albums in the last 6 months, so lots of material to choose from.

Heres another location you might want to go to. This is the link to our fairly new facebook page. We try to update this every couple of days so please, once youve clicked on the like button, do call back.

Click Here to go to our Facebook Page