Q - What was the very first wedding you photographed like? My first wedding was in 1989, and I can remember it like it was yesterday. By this time, I had a couple of grooms coverages and reception coverages under my belt as a freelance photographer. I had a friend who was getting married that insisted I do her wedding. I refused, as I didn’t want to ruin her wedding. Nothing was said until 3 weeks out from her wedding day, when she asked me, where will we be going for photos. I freaked, as I thought I had made myself clear that I wasn’t going to photograph her wedding. It was too late to find another photographer. I had asked my uncle to shadow me and shoot on 35mm film while I photograph on my Hasselblad. I was a smoker back then, and I think I had smoked at least two packets that day, and remember coming home, exhausted and vomiting from stress. Back in those days, labs would charge you extra for a quick turnaround for your proofs, which was still a week. It was one of the longest weeks I could remember. I picked up the bag from the lab drove to my uncles place, as I didn’t want to open the proofs on my own. We took everything off the kitchen table, made sure that it was clean and then ceremoniously began to unravel the proofs. They were 5in x 5in proofs in sheets of 12, one by one we would look at them and the relief was euphoric. Pictures were great and my uncle would be punching my shoulder out of sheer delight. Needless to say the Bride and Groom were very happy and I made a display album out of it, which I had for many years. Q - You’re wedding photos are a mix of capturing moments that are timeless and also high fashion art… and yet your albums flow cohesively. I guess what I’m saying is that some photographers either do “moments” and some try for the fashion look, you do both and it works. How do you make that mix work so well? How do you choose the “signature” photo? I love this question. Too many photographers choose one over the other, and invariably market themselves accordingly. When someone says to me that I am a photographer who just shoots moments and dare I say natural photographs, to me it usually implies that I lack the skill to pose or direct effectively, or just don’t care. There are many elements to a wedding day or even a portrait. After a while you get to know the pivotal moments and you position yourself to capture them. A good photojournalist seems to be consistent in capturing moments, and often people would say, how lucky was that. You make your own luck when it comes to capturing moments and the more experience you have the more moments you capture. Getting to know your client before is also an important part of not only capturing moments, but also understanding what type of photos that would most resonate with them. Then of course there is the high fashion art that you described, where skills of lighting, posing and direction come to play. Couples usually have locations in mind when it comes to their wedding day, and as a collaboration between the couple and I , we narrow it down to a few. So for example we might turn up to Parliament House as one of the locations, if I said I was a moment ( natural photographer ) only, do I say to them just walk around naturally and be yourself ? What does that look like? Couples 99.9% of the time turn to me and ask direction, what do you want me to do? This is when I would try and bring all the elements at hand, my tools of lighting, posing, technique and expression to create an art piece, that the couple would frame or put in their album. Choosing the “signature” shot has more to do with the couple, than with the photographer. Earlier on in my career, I would execute a photograph that would reap praise among my photographer friends, and accolades of how wonderful a photograph is. When I would show the same photograph to the couple, occasionally they didn’t have the same response. To them, it wasn’t a true reflection of either their personality or just wasn’t their cup of tea. I learned earlier on that a great signature shot is one that the client loves, not what I think is great. Q- You’re a Master <strong>Photo</strong>grapher, can you tell us what that means… I am a member of the AIPP ( Australian Institute of Professional <strong>Photo</strong>graphy ) and WPPI ( Wedding Portrait <strong>Photo</strong>graphers International ) And they both have milestones by way of competitions that you can achieve points towards being a Master. In both associations I have achieved the milestone of Master <strong>Photo</strong>grapher twice with AIPP and three times with WPPI. Q - And you’ve won a bunch of awards, what’s been an important moment in your photography life that you can share? From the moment you pick up a camera, there are many firsts, that come to mind. Whether it’s the first award you receive or the first image that is published. It’s easy to pin point one of these moments as being an important moment in one’s photography life. 44
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