Another cool military wedding to photograph. I love military weddings, they are so much fun to work in.

Looking forward to it guys. See you in the summer.

They have kindly picked me to photograph their big day for them in summer 2011 in the beautiful Caer Rhun Hall in the Conwy valley.

It`s always the biggest compliment when a client books me for their wedding because they were a guest at another wedding I covered. Katie is best friends with Tania who married Jason in December 2008. Katie saw me at work and their wedding book and said she new then who was going to cover her wedding.

I am very humbled that people like my work and always go out to make sure they want for nothing.

I`m so looking forward to creating some unique and stylish images for them.

Yep! He came third in his age group out of sixteen other children.

We are so proud and he couldn`t be any more chuffed if he tried.

Look out for him in the 2016 olympics!

He has another competition on Sunday so I`ll take a camera this time and hopefully he`ll do well.

Here are two pics of him with his medal. Woo Hoo!

So I am very excited to to begin looking for an extraordinary couple for my 2010 / 2011 wedding photography giveaway. If you are getting married between November 1^st 2010 and February 1^st 2011, send me an email and let’s talk. You could be the winner of a FREE photography package valued at over £800.

This year I’m looking for your story. I want to hear about your life… your love, your losses, your up’s and down’s. I want to hear about your wedding, who you are marrying, what he/she means to you. I want to be invested in your life before I even meet you. In a nutshell, I`m looking for a couple who cannot really afford a wedding, but is not letting that stop them from making a lifelong commitment to his/her soul mate. The story that moves me the most wins the package.

This offer is open to same-sex couples as well as heterosexual couples.

Here is what the winning couple will get:

-Up to six hours continuous photographic coverage by me.

-Up to 200 print-ready large resolution digital images on a disc

To qualify:

- The wedding must take place between November 1^st 2010 and February 1^st 2011.

- The wedding must take place within 50 miles of my home in Colwyn Bay, North Wales.

Good luck,

Tony

See you soon guys.

They have kindly agreed to me photographing their big day for them.

I love Caerhun as a venue, lots of cool places for interesting images. It`s always fun!

From their reaction I could tell that they loved their slideshow of wedding images and they went away smiling, which is always great to see.

Here is one image from their big day in St. Georges Hotel in Llandudno and there are some more if you scroll down this blog.

Llandudno wedding photographer

The wedding went well and the anticipation to see their wedding images was growing.

So, a short time after their wedding their images were ready, and the photographer delivered a DVD disc of images, not in a nice case but in a budget plastic floppy sleeve. The alarm bells were ringing!!!

Sitting in front of their PC, the disc was put in and the first of the images came up, silence from the bride and groom, as image after image of badly composed, badly exposed, massively over sharpened or out of focus, devoid of all creativity, photographs came into view.

To say they were gutted is an understatement.

This lovely lady phoned me, nearly in tears, to ask my advice. Short of saying “you should of had me”, I said I`d have a look at the images and see if I can help at all. I saw her today and took her wedding photography disc to my studio and was shocked at just how poor these images are. It really does show that not just anyone with a half decent camera can be a good wedding photographer. No wonder we are looked down on by a lot of people. I have a good mind to phone this Colwyn Bay company and demand this lady`s money back for her. I feel really bad for her that her big day, the chance for her to strut her stuff and be a princess for the day has been ruined by this charlatan of a photographer.

If I could name and shame them without being unprofessional or being sued I would.

I`m not even sure that I can salvage their photographs for them and create a nice album that I have been asked to do if possible.

Unfortunately, like most things in life, you do get what you pay for. So by saving a few quid this family member has totally screwed it up.

Sorry for the rant, those of you that know me know that I`m the most easy going bloke around but sometimes you have to let it out.

The moral of the tale is, If you have to cut the wedding budget anywhere, cut the flowers, the drinks, even cut the honeymoon from two weeks to ten days, but do not cut the photography budget! It`s THE one lasting reminder of your wedding. The photos that you will show your children and their children in years to come.

Do it right, do it once. Get a good photographer.

End of rant!

If you agree, click “leave a comment” and let me know your thoughts.

They have kindly agreed to me photographing their big day for them. With such a great venue, we are sure to get some awesome images.