Thursday, November 29, 2007

Nicola & Andrew, 24th November 2007

Nicola & Andrew married on the 24th November at The Old Rectory in Crudwell, Wiltshire.

These are a small selection of photographs from their wedding.






http://www.pressphotography.co.uk/

Friday, November 23, 2007

Wedding Photographer steals photographs from my website

Today I received an email from a bride telling me my photographs appear on another photographers website with a different name for the couple. Unfortunately this sort of thing is not uncommon and it's not the first time parts of my website have been stolen.

Fun Photos (4un Photos) of Bournemouth (website http://www.funphotosonline.net/) have been using wedding photographs of mine in their portfolio. I network with many photographers around the world and have since discovered several other photographers from the USA whose work also appears on this website. Ironically they have set up a right click message which says "No copying!! copyright 4fun photos" . It seems the photographs came from the WPJA (Wedding Photojournalist Association) online gallery of award winning photographs.

Couples would have booked these photographers based on their online portfolio. I'm saddened that these couples would not have received the level of work they expected. When looking at photographers websites ask them to show you the complete weddings from the featured photographs. Genuine photographers won't mind you asking a few questions.

Update 29/11/07: My photographs have now been removed from the Fun Photos website.

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Online proofing. New features.

For the past three years clients have been able to view their wedding photographs online and order copies of prints.



I'm pleased to announce a couple of new features to the online galleries. Each photograph now has "favourites" underneath. Clicking on this will add that photograph to your favourites list. Use the back function on your web browser to get back to the full gallery. Once you have compiled a list of your favourite photographs you can view them as a slide show or send them to me as your album choices.



The second feature is the ability to view the entire wedding as a slide show. Each page has a link to the slide show in the top right hand corner. The photographs will load in the left hand box. To start the slide show click on the play button just above the ordering box.



The new features allow you to choose the photographs for your wedding album online, compare them, watch them as a slide show and email them to me.

To choose photographs for your wedding album start with the full gallery (from "view your wedding" at http://www.pressphotography.co.uk/). Add your photographs by clicking "favourites", use the back function of your web browser to navigate back to the main gallery. Once you have chosen the photographs for your album you have the choice of watching them as a slide show. Once you are happy with your choices you'll find the text "click here to send your favourites selection to Simon Atkins Photography" which is at the top of the page on the favourites gallery. For security reasons you'll need to complete your name, address and email details on the following page.



You'll receive an email to confirm your list has been received.