Things are starting to move up a gear for the advertising for the next National Wedding Show at the NEC, Birmingham, October 8th-10th 2010. I’ll be exhibiting on Stand D19. My weblink is now live: http://tinyurl.com/2cam2vh I’ll also be unveling a new stand as I feel that I need to change a few things around....
Category Archives: Planning Your Wedding
Just had some great news: One of my images will be used for the front cover of the April issue of “West Midlands Your Wedding” bridal magazine. So look out for it in the shops soon. Once its published also I’ll post a link here for you to see it in all its glory!

Danielle and Marco are getting married next month at the Hotel du Vin in Birmingham so we’d arranged for their pre-wedding shoot in the grounds of an old hunting lodge, in Droitwich, where her sister lives. We had a great time just walking around the lodge, taking a few photos then walking and chatting about...
So following on from the “2 Enquries Dilemma” mentioned here, under what circumstances would I hold date? Imagine Bride A rang and said “I’d like to book you” There are 2 options available. 1) Secure the date over the phone by paying the Retainer Fee with a card, then I can send the Booking Form...
From time to time I come across the dilemma of 2 people interested in the same date. As I only ever book one wedding per day, I’d never attempt to cover both and I don’t employ another associate photographer to shoot for me. So what should I do? Imagine the situation: Bride A is interested...
Here are few dates for your diary. I’ll be exhibiting at the following confirmed wedding fayres over the coming few months: Wed 3rd March 2010 – Walsall Football Club, Walsall – 6:00pm -9:00pm Fri 5th – Sun 7th March 2010 – National Wedding Show, NEC Birmingham, Stand D15 – Fri & Sat 10:00am – 6:00pm...
What do wedding photographers get upto on their “days off”? When not shooting a wedding on the weekend do we lounge around living the rockstar lifestyle ? If only!! Here’s a bit of background info on what really happens: http://www.ispwp.com/the-secret-life-of-wedding-photographers.html What’s not included in the chart is my life outside of work and for me...
Well it’s that time of the year again to reminisce about what happened during the last year, and what a great year it was with some fantastic memories, not least of which included a wedding in the Caribbean!! Well here’s a 5+ min slideshow to show you just a few of the wedding highlights I’ve...
I’m always humbled when someone takes the time to write me a thank you letter to express their gratitude for my photography. That humbling feeling came again when I received the following note from Jo and Lee, who’s wedding I photographed last month: Dear Clive, well what an amazing day we had and we hope...





