Jenny & Charlie's wedding in London on the 15th December

Jenny & Charles held their ceremony at Middle Temple in London followed by a reception at the Honourable Society of Lincolns Inn.

These are a few of my favourite photographs from their wedding.

Steve & Eleanor's wedding on the 7th December

Steve & Eleanor married at Swinfen Hall on the 7th December 2007. The Met office might not have forecast snow but that didn't stop them from walking out into falling snow after the ceremony. As a suprise someone had hired a snow machine.

Lighting your reception room

Let there be light. Without light photography is not possible and the quality of light is as important as the quantity.

At this time of the year many couples opt for a cosy candle light theme for their reception. Candle's give a lovely warm glow to the photographs. The key to getting great photographs is to have enough light and this is usually best achieved with a mix of both candles and other forms of lighting. This is especially true for dark venues with wood panelling, often the venue switch off the room lighting and place just a few candles on each table. Balancing the candle light with some room lighting gives a much nicer look to the room and photographs.


In the example above large candles are in the centre of each table and small spot lights have been positioned above each table. Uplighters have also been placed around the room.


This marquee uses a combination of floating candles as the centre piece of each table along with small tea light candles. Chinese lanterns hang from the ceiling and a spot light has been used during the speeches.


This was a small wedding with just one table at the wedding breakfast. Tea lights have been placed in coloured glasses and up-lighters in the corners add some extra light.

Tips for creating a lovely warm candle light look -

* Use lots of candles, a mixture of tea lights and large candles looks great.
* Leave some room lighting on, candles alone look too dark and make photography difficult
* During the speeches some extra lighting works well. I have seen venues so dark that the brides father was unable to read his speech. Turn up the room lights or use spot lights.
* Chinese paper lanterns look fantastic suspended from the ceiling of a marquee


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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.






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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.

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.