NOW THEN!
HEY! WILL HERE! I'M FROM EAST YORKSHIRE AND I DO A THING AT WEDDINGS.
COMBINING AWFUL HUMOUR WITH FLORAL SHIRTS, I'M NO POSER AND FAR FROM SERIOUS.
MY BIG BELIEF IS THAT PHOTOS AREN'T THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF A WEDDING. YEAH THEY'RE MY PRIORITY BUT THATS NOT THE SAME FOR YOU. IT'S YOU BEING PRESENT AND HAVING THE BEST DAY, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED AND IM HERE TO LET THAT HAPPE. HORRENDOUS JOKES, AWFUL BANT AND PLENTY OF LAUGHS ARE KEY TO MY WORK. THE MORE YOU CAN SEE ME AS A GUEST AND JUST HAVE THE BEST DAY, THE MORE NATURAL PHOTOS THE CAMERA WILL GET!
BIT'A ME
FIRSTLY, THANKS FOR BEING BOTHERED TO ACTUALLY RESEARCH THIS BIT. IT'S GREAT TO KNOW YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR JUST THE PHOTOS OR PRICE. I'M A BIG BELIEVER THAT I'M NOT FOR EVERYONE BUT IF WE CLICK, I CAN PROMISE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BEST DAY!
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WHERE IT BEGAN
WE'LL SKIP THE BEING BORN BIT BUT HUGE SHOUT OUT TO MY MUM FOR PUSHING ME OUT ON NEW YEARS DAY!
ALSO NO THANKS FOR THE NEW YEARS DAY BIT, IT'S AN AWFUL BIRTHDAY...
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I FELL IN LOVE WITH PHOTOGRAPHY WHEN I WAS BOUGHT A CAMERA IN SECONDARY SCHOOL. BACK THEN, I WAS ALL FOR TAKING PHOTOS OF DUCKS, WATERFALLS, MY DOG AND THE ODD SUNSET. KILLING IT I KNOW!
I FIRST STUDIED PHOTOGRAPHY WHEN I WENT TO COLLEGE AND I CAN'T LIE, I WASN'T THAT INSPIRED. SORRY JOHN, YOU FAILED ME MATE... FAST FORWARD TWO YEARS AND I GOT ASKED TO DO SOME BAR WORK IN HULL'S OLDTOWN. BIG SHOUT OUT IF YOU CAN REMEMBER ME STUMBLING AROUND SNAPPING YOU WHILST OUT ON THE LASH! BUT TO SAY THIS WAS A LEARNING CURVE AS AN UNDERSTATEMENT! A VIBRANT, FAST PACED ENVIRONMENT, OFTEN WORKING WITH DRUNKS THAT SHAPED ME INTO WHO I AM TODAY.
SO HOW DID I GET INTO WEDDINGS? THE SAME WAY EVERYONE DOES TO BE HOENST! I HAD A MATE WHO WAS GETTING MARRIED AND I GOT ASKED TO POP DOWN WITH MY CAMERA AND TAKE A FEW PHOTOS. BEFORE I KNEW IT, I WAS ARSE DEEP AND FOUND A NATURAL LOVE FOR THIS CRAZY, BEAUTIFUL WORLD THAT IS THE WEDDING INDUSTRY.
WHY WEDDINGS?
TELL ME ALL THOSE YEARS AGO THAT I'D BE SHOOTING WEDDINGS AND I'D HAVE LAUGHED STRAIGHT BACK AT YOU. SO WHAT CHANGED? ONE WEDDING HAD ME HOOKED AND IT'S BEEN A LOVE AFAIR EVER SINCE. I'M NOT HERE FOR THE DOLLA, I'M HERE BECAUSE I LOVE EVREY SINGLE SECOND OF THIS CRAZY THING I CALL A JOB. IT'S AMAZING TO MEET SO MANY AMAZING COUPLES AND WORK ALONG SO MANY AMAZING WEDDING SUPPLIERS WHO I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO CALL MY FRIENDS. IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU, I WOULDN'T BE HERE AND PROBABLY STILL IN HOMEBASE. SO THANK YOU!
THE OTHER SIDE IS THE FACT I GET TO ATTEND WEDDINGS. THEY'RE AMAZING! THERE'S FOOD, THE ODD DRINK, LOADS OF BANTER AND EVERYWHERE I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO IS BEAUTIFUL. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ONLY GET TO GO TO A FEW WEDDINGS IN MY LIFE AND IN SUMMER, I'M HONOURED TO GO TO ONE MOST WEEKENDS. YEAH YOU MIGHT SAY I'M WORKING BUT TRUST ME, I ENJOY IT! I LOVE TO CREATE A RELATIONSHIP WITH MY COUPLES TO THE POINT THAT I FEEL LIKE A GUEST. IT'S RELATIONSHIPS AND FRIENDS I CREATE LIKE THIS THAT REALLY MAKE IT ALL WORTH IT!