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This is a hot topic amongst photographers and it’s always one that really impacts upon inexperienced photographers more than experienced ones. Personally, I love shooting at new venues - they are more challenging…interesting…new…who wants to do the same thing every time? I certainly don’t. That said, I love going to some venues, particularly the venues where I am one of the preferred suppliers, because it means that those places share the same values, standards and a way of working as I do - like The Mill Barns near to Bridgnorth, where they put couples at the centre of everything, just like I do.

But anyway, when I am shooting at a new venue, I just arrive a little earlier than I say I will for you, and have a wander around, have a chat to the staff and see where the best places for pictures are. That way I will be basing my ideas for photos on the weather and the light on the day of the wedding itself.

Another brilliant and pertinent question. Photographers generally believe in Community Over Competition and so if I am poorly in some way and can’t make your wedding (and I would have to be dying or incapacitated to not shoot a wedding) then I would be onto the Facebook groups I am part of asking for someone who I know, and who is available to go and shoot it for me. They would have be of a similar or better standard to myself, and, like I say, I would have to know them and trust them, but I guarantee that it would be down to me to find you a photographer if I can’t make it to your wedding, not you.

Ahhhhhh, this is the big one…you don’t have to feed me, but it is greatly appreciated if you can and do provide me a meal, as it makes my life a whole lot easier and saves me having some sarnies in the car going dry and curled up, or even worse, having to leave the venue to go and find some hot food. As you will see on the day, I spend a lot of time on the go, running about, setting stuff up, taking it down, moving lighting, and all sorts of stuff. It’s tiring and the only real break I get on your wedding day is when you are eating so I try and make the most of it. I’ve even been known to nap. If you can supply a meal that’s brilliant and THANK YOU in advance, but if you are on a tight budget please don’t think you HAVE to. Oh, and no, I have no dietary requirements or fussy shit like that. You don’t get a body like mine by having dietary requirements…

This is a difficult one to answer as how many pictures I deliver sort of depends on how long I am there photographing your wedding and how much effort you guests put in to making it interesting! But generally, for my ‘Prep to Party’ package I like to deliver around 700 pictures. That way you have a good view of the day, but not too many that you can’t look at them all in one go. They are all in a high resolution JPEG format for ease of use by you, and you get them delivered digitally via an online gallery (without any watermarks or such shit). These you can share as you want and anyone who you give the link to will be able to download the images. You get a printing and usage licence meaning you pretty much can do what you want with them, because they are YOUR pictures of YOU and your guests. As long as you don’t sell them to the Daily Mail or The Sun then I am happy for you to do what you want with them.