Why Choose Martin?

With over twenty years of experience as a professional photographer, you are in very safe hands with me. Photography is (and always has been) my sole source of income. It is not a part-time hobby. I have a wealth of experience to fall back on - including twice photographing Her Majesty the Queen in the Buckingham Palace music room.

My many years as photojournalist serve me well when I am photographing weddings or corporate events, as my reactions are extremely fast. This is vital for true reportage photography. Also, I am a “people” person. I will be warm and friendly towards your guests and I think you will find me a good bloke to have around.

My time as a photojournalist has also given me the experience to know what style of photographs picture editor will actually publish. When I worked as a staff newspaper photographer, I saw lots of PR photographs being consigned to the bin as (although they may have been technically OK, i.e. in-focus with correct exposure), they were just of a style that would fit in with that publication. Even worse, they could have just been boring shots. Many people have digital cameras that will be technically correct photographs, but it is the eye behind the camera that makes all the difference! I will ensure that I produce visually interesting photographs that will get published. Much of what I do these days for my commercial or PR shoots is to make visually insteresting photographs out of fairly boring subjects. That is where the skill and the experience really comes to the fore.

I use top-of-the-range Nikon professional digital cameras, with back up cameras, lenses and flash units ready to hand in case of equipment-failure. I have full public liability insurance and professional indemnity insurance.

In order to achieve the highest quality photographs possible, I shoot in “RAW” file format. These are the digital equivalent to negatives in traditional film photography. As such, they need to be processed and they take longer to download, optimise and to convert to JPEG than if I were simply shooting direct to JPEG in camera, like many cheaper photographers do. However, the results speak for themselves, making the time spent on optimisation well worth it. When this time is taken into account, my hourly rate is a lot lower than many cheaper photographers, while still allowing me to produce far superior results.



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