FAQS
"WHERE ARE YOU BASED AND WHERE WILL YOU SHOOT?"
I live in the beautiful city of Glasgow, Scotland and I’ll shoot absolutely anywhere I’m invited. I always love a good journey and I’ve shot weddings as far afield as Abu Dhabi and Spain and as close to home as just down the road and just round the corner so no distance is too much or too little!
"HOW MANY PHOTOGRAPHERS WILL BE THERE?"
I'm a single shooter over here and every photograph seen on this site is me. My style of shooting is to capture images from the inside out, not the outside in. I don’t ever want your photographs to feel like they’ve come from the perspective of a stranger but instead from a close friend. I‘ve found that adding a second photographer to the mix can change the dynamic and make guests far more aware that there are people with cameras creeping around. When I shoot weddings alone I am less obvious and I’ll never be part of a wall of lenses and flashes pointed your way. My couples really aren’t looking for that frantic paparazzi style coverage but instead just want to have an absolute blast whilst knowing that their photos will be a perfect reflection of the love, fun and madness they all had ... When it comes to one or two photographers, I firmly believe that less is more here guys!
"HOW LONG WILL YOU STAY AT OUR WEDDING?"
I’ll stay as long as you need me! A full days shoot covers from the mornings preparations right up until you and your best buds are killing it on the dance floor. This usually lands as somewhere between 8 to 12 hours of photography so when we approach roughly a month before the wedding and start working on your personalised timesheet for the day, this will become very clear. That’s not to say if (and when) things run over that I’ll simply drop my cameras and say “later guys”. Hehe, no way. You’ve got me for the day and I just keep shooting until we’re all happy! Of course if you’re planning on something crazy like sending your love to the stars by burning a 20ft effigy of you both at midnight and want me to stay and continue to photograph it then I’d charge an additional 180 pounds per hour. I’m more than happy to decide on this during the advanced planning stage or by just winging it on the night!
"DO YOU CHARGE EXTRA FOR TRAVEL?"
I don’t charge any travel costs for weddings throughout Mainland Scotland. If there were any ‘necessary’ expenses such as flights/accommodation then you would be made well aware of this right at the beginning. I always do my absolute best to keep these costs to a bare minimum and make a point to include my couples in any and all decisions. Hey, I just wouldn’t want to have to do an 8 hour drive back home after shooting all day or have to sleep in my car like a degenerate. Makes sense right?
"SOUNDS AWESOME, HOW DO WE GET BOOKED UP?!"
Just shoot me a message so I can check my availability (fingers crossed here). Depending on where you guys are, we can either sort out a meeting in person or a ZOOM/Skype/FaceTime call and here you can ask me any questions you’d like ... “How do you balance your shooting time during the ceremony?” “Have you ever photographed any really horrible brides?” “Do you believe in UFOs or worse ... BigFoot?” ???? All questions are on the table and it’s really just a chance for us all to sit down, shoot the breeze and get comfortable with each other. If everything feels good and you wanted to move forward then high five! All we’d do then is draft up and sign a very simple contract and have you guys pay a ‘Save The Date’ fee of 400 pounds (which is then deducted off of the final price) and that’s you ... Booked!
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