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Posing in Wedding Photography

To ‘pose’ or not to ‘pose’…..that is the question. The client will always say, understandably so, ‘no posing, I want a Photo-journalistic approach.’ I doubt anybody wants a wedding photographed in the style of 30 years ago….’turn this way a little, turn your face towards me, chin up a little, move your hand to the left’…..and on it goes.
But, as I hope to illustrate below, creativity involves the tiniest bit of posing. Eventually, all wedding photographers move away from a...

Read full article Published September 29 2015

Good Wedding Photographs – A Professional’s Guide

Some friends and I were discussing how the Bride and Groom chose a wedding photographer when one of them asked me “how would you choose if you were getting married again.” I thought for a change I'd answer that question in my Blog. So, this is what I would look for and what I try to achieve in my photography:

1. Expression: Expression really is king. So many times I see empty expressions in photographs, blank eyes, the face saying nothing in particular. I would firstly look for...

Read full article Published March 02 2015

Pre-Wedding Shoot

Pre – Wedding Shoot of Michael and Zoe

I met up with Michael and Zoe at 10 am on a beautiful morning in a local Cheshire park for their pre-wedding shoot. This is an important part of the wedding service, allowing Michael, Zoe and myself to get to know each other a little better, and more importantly, it allows them to get used to being photographed with what appear to be big camera lenses and look natural at the same time.

This was a really fun session, my thanks to Michael...

Read full article Published April 16 2014

Window Light Revisited

Hi, I'm Steve May, a Cheshire Wedding Photographer, and this is the 5th post on my blog.

I am revisiting the topic of window light for this blog post, one of the most beautiful sources of light and one which can be used to create a light soft feel or a darker more moody feel, as in Rembrandt’s paintings perhaps.
This is a venue I visit quite often with my family as well as photographing weddings. The venue is in Cheshire. Whilst here socially I can’t help but watch other wedding...

Read full article Published June 19 2013

Something out of nothing

Hi, I'm Steve May, a Cheshire Wedding Photographer, and this is the 4th post on my blog.

I was out with the lovely Lou earlier this week and set myself a challenge, could I take a fairly nice photograph from a location that seemed to offer nothing at all. There are some parallels with wedding photography work here, such that, both are location shoots. With a wedding I leave nothing to chance and scout out the location thoroughly  3 or 4 weeks before the wedding – this ensures a...

Read full article Published May 25 2013

Using Window Light

Hi, I'm Steve May, A Cheshire Wedding Photographer, and this is my third post on my blog.

Rightly or wrongly, I never wanted my blog to be dedicated to wedding photography, after all I have four other pages which are purely dedicated to that. No, I wanted some of my own photography in here, but strongly linked to wedding photography. I’m using my camera throughout the week, testing new ideas, practicing and keeping perfect the skills I already have. I leave nothing to chance on...

Read full article Published May 11 2013

Family Photography

Hi, I'm Steve May, a Cheshire Wedding Photographer, and this is my second post on my blog.

Outside of wedding photography, photographing my family and those of my friends has occupied a lot of my spare time, when you have a four year old daughter it is very hard to put the camera down.

In the coming weeks I will be adding another gallery to my Portfolio as I advertise family photography on a professional basis.

With wedding photography, or photography in general, I am...

Read full article Published April 26 2013

Low Light Photography

Hi, I’m Steve May, a Cheshire Wedding Photographer and this is my first post on the wedding photography blog. I thought I‘d follow up from a comment I made on the ‘About’ page where I mentioned the latest high end cameras could work easily in conditions which were almost impossible a year ago. As wedding photographers we are called upon to take photographs in all kinds of conditions, the ability to work in low light is essential if we are to capture all the opportunities offered to...

Read full article Published April 09 2013