Randolph Hotel, Oxford, Wedding Fayre

On Sunday I did a wedding fair at The Randolph Hotel in Oxford, arranged by Amada at Prefect Days who is also a wedding planner should you be looking for one… Amanda arranges a very good wedding fayre with lots of suppliers and two fashion shows so I am always happy to attend.

 I find wedding fayre are a really good way of showcasing my work to a wider audience, it’s a hard days work from setting up my standing to talking to potential couples but it is always worth it to me to show off my work.

The Randolph Hotel is also a lovely venue for your wedding the team there are outstanding and the inside of the hotel is very traditional and welcoming, plus if your and Inspector Morse fan the bar is named after him!

There are always several photographers at fairs, which some photographers don’t like as they would like to have the sole attention of the potential couples. I however don’t mind as a little friendly competition has never bothered me.

Fashionmeets wedding

One thing I love about my job is the chance I get to be creative every day and one thing that is very important to me is to try something different, to get a shot that I haven’t before and a shot that is different to the norm.

With this in mind I spent Monday this weekend in Harrogate in the company of an outstanding fashion photographer Steve Howdle, Steve really is one of the experts in his field and luckily for me is happy to run a workshop giving out some of his secrets to fellow photographers.

There are a lot of workshops out there for wedding photographers so why did I pick to do a fashion workshop, well I revert back to my former statement I am always looking for a new angle, I am always looking to add more strings to my bow to enable me to get something different for my clients.  So for me the workshop was fantastic I have come away buzzing with ideas how I can transpose what I have learnt into my work, I can’t wait to put it all in to practice.

Here are some shots of the day of the beautiful model Lucy.