Real and RAW is the only way to explain this type of wedding training by Mark Cleghorn, as you get to see how a working photographer copes under the pressures of a real wedding day, nothing fake here, as even the images have only been touched by camera RAW in conversion, so no Photoshop, just conversion from RAW to jpeg with some of the images selected to Black & White or colour boosted

In this film, the first part of a wedding day series, Mark Cleghorn starts shooting at the hotel were the bride is getting ready and leaving from.

Initially Mark talks about his setup for the day as well as the equipment he will be using during the day including how he uses and sets up simple speedlite flash.

PT4U Master Wedding Photographers And Business Guru’s- Gary and Sue Williams

Gary and Sue run a very successful Wedding and Portrait business from their home, the husband and wife team, both photographers, have created their own magical way of creating a happy client and at the same time making a superb living from photography – which after all is not a sin but an essential skill in running a business

In this interview, Mark Cleghorn gets an insight into the life of Sue and how she got started in photography, her background prior photography and now her role in the very successful GASP Business.

PT4U Master Wedding Photographers And Business Guru’s- Gary and Sue Williams

Gary and Sue run a very successful Wedding and Portrait business from their home, the husband and wife team, both photographers, have created their own magical way of creating a happy client and at the same time making a superb living from photography – which after all is not a sin but an essential skill in running a business

In this interview, Mark Cleghorn gets an insight into the life of Gary and how he got started in photography, as well as his life prior to photography and now his role in the very successful GASP Business.

PT4U Master Wedding Photographers And Business Guru’s- Gary and Sue Williams

Gary and Sue run a very successful Wedding and Portrait business from their home, the husband and wife team, both photographers, have created their own magical way of creating a happy client and at the same time making a superb living from photography – which after all is not a sin but an essential skill in running a business

Every month using a combination of images and teaching films you will get to see the PT4U Master wedding photographers at work as well as an insight into their every day business skills and workflow.

In this 2nd of a part 4 part interview, Mark Cleghorn gets an insight into the lifes of Gary and Sue and how they got started in photography and then eventually went full time as photographers whilst juggling family life and a business in the home.

PT4U Master Wedding Photographers And Business Guru’s- Gary and Sue Williams

Gary and Sue run a very successful Wedding and Portrait business from their home, the husband and wife team, both photographers, have created their own magical way of creating a happy client and at the same time making a superb living from photography – which after all is not a sin but an essential skill in running a business

Every month using a combination of images and teaching films you will get to see the PT4U Master wedding photographers at work as well as an insight into their every day business skills and workflow.

In this first of a 4 part interview, Mark Cleghorn gets an insight into the lifes of Gary and Sue and how they got started in photography and then eventually went full time as photographers whilst juggling family life and a business in the home.

Real and RAW is the only way to explain this type of wedding training by Mark Cleghorn, as you get to see how a working photographer copes under the pressures of a real wedding day, nothing fake here, as even the images have only been touched by camera RAW in conversion, so no Photoshop, just conversion from RAW to jpeg with some of the images selected to Black & White.

The 6th and final part of Confetti & Lace IV features Mark Cleghorn discussing the wedding day overall. Mark chats about the wedding, the time management, location choice image variety, camera technique, how he uses flash as well as the general wedding day goals.

In this film you get to see a location location shoot of a winter wedding bride and groom, the Location Location session is a part of the couples wedding package and shot as soon after the wedding as possible. On a freezing night shoot Mark moves quickly through a variety of areas at a fun fair location including the Carousel, a Fun Fair Stall, at the edge of the Ice Rink andfinally using the Big Wheel as a backdrop.

Using both natural light and off camera flash, which today is the Quantum units, he shoots a variety of images to bring movement and a fun but romantic atmosphere to the photographs, in a quick succession of posing and locations in his usual real and raw manner, perfect on a freezing cold December night.

Unusually for Mark’s Phototraining4U films you get to see the finished proof images after post production. The images have a pre-set applied using the onOne PhotoTools plug-in Software for Photoshop, the pre-set gives a soft grainy glow.

Real and RAW is the only way to explain this type of wedding training by Mark Cleghorn, as you get to see how a working photographer copes under the pressures of a real wedding day, nothing fake here, as even the images have only been touched by camera RAW in conversion, so no Photoshop, just conversion from RAW to jpeg with some of the images selected to Black & White.

The fifth part of Confetti & Lace IV features the final images of the Bride and Groom before sitting down to the wedding breakfast. These images are shot on the hotel balcony inside and outside using natural light as well as and in the hotel bedroom suite with speed-lite off camera flash for a more holly wood style of lighting and then finally in a glass corridor.

Real and RAW is the only way to explain this type of wedding training by Mark Cleghorn, as you get to see how a working photographer copes under the pressures of a real wedding day, nothing fake here, as even the images have only been touched by camera RAW in conversion, so no Photoshop, just conversion from RAW to jpeg with some of the images selected to Black & White.

The forth part of Confetti & Lace IV features the group photography both inside for the informal drinks reception and the posed groups. When shooting inside you can see how Mark uses and assistant to control the flash position to illuminate the subjects as well as to help lift the light in the scene. In contrast the posed groups, which are never ending are shot outside in the bright sunlight andback-lit whilst using some off camera flash to help illuminate the subjects and control contrast.

Real and RAW is the only way to explain this type of wedding training by Mark Cleghorn, as you get to see how a working photographer copes under the pressures of a real wedding day, nothing fake here, as even the images have only been touched by camera RAW in conversion, so no Photoshop, just conversion from RAW to jpeg with some of the images selected to Black & White.

In this the third part of Confetti & Lace IV you see Mark Cleghorn shooting the bride and groom, the images that shot are posed on the board walk and feature a white wall and deep blue Sky’s on a sunny day, which is a great contemporary backdrop for any photographer. You will get to see how Mark remote controls the pose from a distance and interacts for the right expression between the couple and photographer.