Welcome to my photography blog, ‘Behind the Lens’. I’ll be using this blog to go behind the scenes on different photos I’ve taken over previous years. Some will be related to my wedding and portraits work, while others won’t. The key thing is that they’ll aim to help you understand what’s going on in my [...]
The background In the spirit of the current season, I’d like to take you behind the scenes on a shot taken in a snowy landscape. I picked this one because it was recently chosen as a winner by Kata bags for their ‘Missing a Shot is not an Option’ competition. I hope to share some [...]
The brief The couple in this photo started their wedding ceremony at 5pm on a late October evening. Before the wedding day I spent time with them understanding what they wanted out of their photoshoot. This photo came under the catch-all request to ‘get some interesting shots’. The ‘real-world’ details Early evening weddings are a [...]
The brief “We’re getting married during the Bournemouth Air Show,” they told me. “We were wondering if you might be able to get a picture of us with the Red Arrows doing something in the background.” That was the basic request that resulted in the picture behind this blog post. It might sound simple but [...]