We had our first wedding workshop today in the beautiful setting of Crondon Park Golf Club and Wedding Venue (Crondon). We spent the morning talking through the details of a wedding day right from the point at which the booking is taken through to delivering the album. The emphasis of the workshop is to give photographers with a good understanding of their cameras all the information they would need to shoot a wedding as well as the confidence to do the job well. We didn’t sugar coat it at all and I think everyone had a good reality check as to how much work is involved in shooting a wedding let alone 50 of them a year! After the feast Crondon put on for us for lunch our models had arrived and we then had our Bride and Groom for the afternoon stint which is all about putting the mornings theory into practice and to spend the whole afternoon with the cameras out working hard!  Working right through from the ceremony, details, and formal group shots we then took the group around the venue looking for the interesting places to get some nice shots of the bride and groom. We talked through posing as well as using the natural light and features of the venue to get some stunning shots.

We had to battle with light showers and strong winds but this just added to the realism of a wedding photographers job and we used it to our advantage with flowing veils and windswept fields. We finished the shooting indoors with some advice on creative flash techniques both on and off camera.

Once the cameras were back in the bags we did some portfolio critiques over a fresh jug of coffee and all of the participants went away with a head full of new possibilities and a notepad full of useful information.

All the pictures here were taken on the day and a big thank you to Emily and Leigh, our models for the day