Shooting wedding photography is a once only event - we only get one chance to get it right and therefore our choice of equipment and methods are very important. Its vital that wedding photographers use robust, reliable equipment that can stand up to the rigours of long shoots in difficult conditions.

Capturing the photographs is the bit everyone sees on the day, but it is what happens with those photos when we return to the office that really takes the time and greater care - selecting, editing and finishing every photograph by hand with the best possible tools.

For those of you who may be interested in how we do it here is some more info.

Stage 1: Capturing the photograph; We use cameras from the Canon EOS range such as the 1D and the 5D. These are professional grade cameras, built to last and built to work hard all day in all weathers & lighting conditions. Coupled to these camera bodies are the best possible ‘glass’ there is, Canon’s ‘L’ series professional lens. Typically we use the 24-70mm f/2.8L and 70-200mm IS f/2.8L but also the simple 50mm f/1.4 USM is really great for low light work and gives stunning results. We only use SanDisk Extreme memory cards which have proven time and time again to be a reliable means of safeguarding your photographs.

Stage 2: Processing Images; To get your photos from the camera memory card we use Firewire card readers. USB is just to slow when you have around 20GB of images from a typical shoot to upload to the computers. We use exclusively Apple Mac computers which are world renown for their reliability, speed and design with graphic arts in mind. Our Mac Pro is the main work horse, coupled to a 27” Dell Ultrasharp professional monitor we can examine each photograph in minute detail and their fine glory. The RAW files (think of Digital negatives in old fashioned Film terms) are all edited with Apple Aperture 3 or Phase One Capture One software providing an efficient workflow and many great features to make your photos have that ‘wow’ factor. 

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