Award winning wedding photography by Andrea Barrett

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Our Boudoir Superstar Workshop 24th April 2012

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Over the last 10 months I have photographed over 580 boudoir sittings, after previously shooting none. Its been quite clear to me that the secret of my success has been my ability to get the bums on seats and ”flatter” all the girls that come through our studio doors, using only light and classic “Hollywood” style posing. To be quite honest ( and those who have come to my seminars, you know I am) I have looked at some Boudior web sites and I have seen some absolutely horrific work out there, as well as some lovely work too. I spoke on the Graphistudio stand at Focus on Imaging in Birmingham this year and it seems certain to me that there is a lot of interest in genuine photographers who want to learn to shoot Boudoir the correct way , which makes sense. The better your work, the more referrals which brings in more work…. no brainer.

If any of my photographer friends out there are planning to venture into the “Boudoir” market and want to do it properly then you might be interested in a one day course that I will be running on the 25th of April at our studios in Leeds.

It is a full days course starting at 9.30 and finishing at 4.30pm or thereabouts.

This course is a practical one which will show you how to create those fabulous boudoir Images. Boudoir is very popular and more and more brides are wanting to surprise their new Husband with a stunning set of Bridal Boudoir pictures, which is a great add on or upsell to future Brides.

Most photographers make the mistake of been too technical and not listening to the clients concerns and worries, and a big part of Boudoir photography is getting the client to feel more relaxed and at ease, which make the whole job far more easier. I will demonstrate different techniques using “available” and some studio (Tungsten) lighting. Using easy lighting set ups and explaining how to “pose” and “direct” your models are the key elements when it comes to producing high end quality work. On the day not only will I guide you on how to market, shoot, and grow your business, i will show you how we sell our beautiful products.

A complete day course with all added course notes on a cd to take away

The price of the course is £295 although an “early bird” gets it at the “catch the worm” price of £250 by March 31st 2012. A maximum of 5 people only, and nobody who operates within a 35 miles radius of Leeds. Sorry.

If your interested in this course then please email me : andrea@andreabarrettphotography.co.uk or phone me on 0113 2575728

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Monday, October 31, 2011

Rob and Lynsey’s Wedding at Waterton Park Hotel

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Saturday and I was at Waterton Park Hotel, near Wakefield. The weather “Gods” were on our side and the sun shone for Rob and Lynsey, the trouble was it weren’t that warm, if the truth be known.

As always, I had a second professional photographer with me, his name is Mark and he just happens to be the man I live with, so thats handy! Mark has his own successful wedding photography business but as he was available and willing, I took the opportunity to utilise his skills.

We arrived an hour before the ceremony and met the lovely Pauline who is the “Waterton’s” wedding co-ordinator and one of the best in the business by far. In fact all the staff are a great bunch of people and are always there if you need a hand with “this and that”

A special “Thank you” goes out to Shane and John who are the resident DJ’s at Waterton and always help out with the music for the slideshows that we present in the evenings.

As mentioned earlier it was a cold October day and with the breeze coming off the lake, Lynsey and the Bridemaids suffered the most but were true professionals and never complained once, a few of the guys moaned but I ignored them. I just love weddings at this time of year, the dark nights and the autumn colours are fantastic and make for great pictures.

Below are just a few of the pictures we took at the wedding but I think it just catches the atmosphere, that was present on the day. A lovely lovely wedding.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Winner of the MPA “National Wedding Album of the year 2011″

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I was overjoyed to hear that I have won “The Master Photographers Association” Wedding Album of the year 2011. Not only did I get one of the highest accolades in the country but I was over the moon to get the runners up trophy too!! I love to win awards and have been lucky enough to win three hundred of them with my wedding pictures. Winning with “single” images is a great achievement but its extra special to win with a complete set of different images in a wedding album.

The winning album was shot at Oulton Hall near Rothwell Leeds.The wedding itself had a “1920s” theme to it. I thought about how I was going to shoot it long before I arrived on the day. I decided that, I didn’t want to use “flash” or rather I would use it only where absolutely necessary. I felt this would just ruin the look and feel of the images. Mark Jordan (my partner) suggested I use two video lights, so with his help and the help of two assistants holding two”video” lights we shot the whole day like this. I have to mention the B&G at this point because it was a massive bonus that they were brilliant on the day. Jurga (the bride) just got right into it straight away and she told me she just loved the experience. We took the decision to have all the images in the album black and white as it would have been in the 1920s.

The “Runners up” Wedding Album was an entirely different (as all weddings are) and was shot in the snow at Allerton Castle. We had to “race” around after the wedding ceremony as the couple married quite late in the day and we were losing “the light”. Once again the Bride and Groom were great especially Rachel who wore some lovely boots to trudge in the snow.

I would just like to point out that, I never went out to shoot these weddings to win an award. I have been shooting weddings for twenty five years and still have the same enthusiasm as I did when I first started in this industry. Jerry Ghionis is a Greek wedding photographer and in my opinion is the best wedding photographer in the world, and Mark and I were lucky enough to attend one of his seminars in Toronto last year, and I learnt lots and lots of wonderful things but one little snippet I will share here ( I know he won’t mind) He told me to “always try to do better than your last wedding” and I took little bit of advice onboard.

While I’m at the “Lectern” gushing forthwith, a massive massive ”Thank you ” for Mark Jordan who deserves just as much credit as I do, in winning this fantastic award. You always know when Mark’s at a wedding as he’s the loudest one there!!! His inventiveness, enthusiasm, support and sometimes annoying “set ups” that he tries at exactly the wrong time (which drives me mad) has helped me enormously. Respect Mr “J” xx

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