Nikon D4 and Nikon D800E

One other good reason for choosing a Master Photographer for your wedding photography is that they will use professional equipment of a suitable standard with back up equipment ready and waiting if the need should arise.

My clients are assured of the very best image quality available, it has always been my policy to upgrade my cameras and lenses regularly with the latest professional flagship cameras from Nikon.  For 2012, I will be using Nikon D4 and D800E as my primary wedding cameras with a pair of Nikon D3s bodies as back up.  My new Nikon lenses for 2012 consist of the 35mm f1.4, 24mm f1.4 and the amazing 105mm DC f2.

I’m really excited by my new cameras and lenses and I have already used them at weddings in the UK and Ireland.  Wonderful image quality and peace of mind for my clients is the result!

Steve Walton is the highest professionally qualified Master Photographer in Leicestershire.  Contact Steve for availability and full details about your wedding photography in the UK or overseas.

00 44 (0) 116 2994901

www.stevewaltonphotography.com

steve (at) stevewaltonphotography.info

Professional Wedding Photographers in Leicestershire

Yet another distraught couple have had their wedding day ruined by a pair of incompetent ‘wedding photographers’:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2132578/Are-Britains-worst-wedding-pictures-Newlyweds-devastated-photographer-failed-couple-frame-took-blurry-shots.html 

Unfortunately, distressing situations such as this are becoming more frequent. Many inexperienced camera owners are putting themselves out as wedding photographers,  jumping on what they see as a money-making bandwagon to be exploited.  Currently in the UK, wedding photographers are unregulated and do not have to conform to any recognised standards of ability or integrity.

Anyone who owns a camera and a lens can enroll on a ‘workshop’ to build a bogus portfolio and website.  It is even possible to buy ready-made sample albums showing complete weddings, which of course were photographed by another photographer!

Most of these rogue traders have no formal training, no professional insurances and do not keep accounts. Think for a moment if one of your guests were unfortunate enough to trip over a tripod or camera bag and what would be your position if your photographer was unable to photograph your wedding due to accident, illness or equipment failure?

I am always surprised that most couples do not ask to see proof of Professional Indemnity and Third Party Liability insurances.  It should be one of the first questions asked when searching for your wedding photographer.

My advice to couples who are looking for a professional wedding photographer is to only consider qualified members of the Master Photographers Association or the British Institute of Professional Photography.  Ask to see their qualifications and insurance certificates and check with both MPA and BIPP websites to ensure that their membership is current!  If the photographer is unqualified by either association, alarm bells should ring and you need to ask them why they have no professional qualifications. The chances are they have failed to produce work of the required standard.  Do not be afraid to ask pertinent questions and do not be fooled by excuses, because there are none.

Until we have legislation for formal regulation, wedding photography is going to be exploited by unscrupulous rogue traders and incompetent part-timers such as Ian McCloskey and Nikki Carter in the Mail article I have linked above.  The real losers will always be those couples whose weddings have been ruined.  No amount of compensation will replace lost wedding photographs.

In the case of McCloskey and Carter, they will simply go bankrupt to avoid paying   compensation to their victims or repaying their creditors.  There is nothing to stop them from doing the same to another unfortunate couple.

Choose your wedding photographer wisely.  Make sure those on your shortlist are qualified and insured professionals and can prove it to you.  Take extra care to avoid part-timers who are not quailified by MPA or BIPP.  As things stand, this really is your only assurance of professional integrity.

Steve Walton Photography

With wedding photography from the Cotswolds to the Lake District at home and destination weddings further afield from Westport in Ireland to Alghero in Sardinia  and two exciting new projects to work on in the UK and France which involve my fine art landscape photography, 2012 and beyond is shaping up nicely for Steve Walton Photography!

Steve Walton FMPA FBIPP FRSA is the highest professionally qualified Master Photographer in Leicestershire.  Contact Steve now for his availability and full details.

www.stevewaltonphotography.com

0116 2994901

Quorn Grange Wedding Fayre

Steve Walton will be attending Quorn Grange Wedding Fayre on Sunday 4th March.  If you are planning your wedding, civil partnership or other event at Quorn Grange, please call in to discuss your professional photography requirements.  My new range of bespoke wedding albums and other products will be on display with special offers on all wedding photography deals at Quorn Grange.  The show is open from 11am-4pm.  I’m looking forward to meeting you!

Steve Walton is the highest professionally qualified Master Photographer in Leicestershire.  Contact Steve for his availability and full details to secure the very best in stylish, contemporary wedding photography.

Quorn Grange Wedding Photography by Steve Walton

Steve Walton Photography

0116 2994901

www.stevewaltonphotography.com

Asian Wedding Photography

Planning your Indian wedding and looking for a professionally-qualified Master Photographer to create the very best in contemporary Asian wedding photography?  Read on!

Leicester professional wedding photographer Steve Walton photographs Asian weddings.  Steve is experienced in the protocols and marriage ceremonies of all Asian faiths throughout the Midlands and beyond.

Contact Steve Walton now to discuss your Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Muslim wedding photography!

Asian Wedding Photography by Leicester Wedding Photographer Steve Walton

Steve Walton Photography

0116 2994901

www.stevewaltonphotography.com

Katjana’s 21st Birthday Celebrations at Fawsley Hall

I was delighted to accept a commission to photograph Katjana’s 21st birthday celebrations at a private event for her friends and family at lovely Fawsley Hall in Northamptonshire.  It was good to return to Fawsley, I have photographed weddings here in the past.  An outstanding venue, Fawsley Hall is worthy of it’s reputation for being one of the most exclusive in the East Midlands.  Katjana is a very beautiful young lady and it was our privilege to share her day.

With love and best wishes to Katjana from Steve Walton Photography!

Katjana's 21st birthday celebrations at Fawsley Hall

 Steve Walton Photographs Weddings and Events at Fawsley Hall.  Contact Steve for availability and full details.

0116 2994901

www.stevewaltonphotography.com

Bosworth Hall Wedding Fair

Steve Walton Photography will be exhibiting with a new and exciting range of wedding albums and other products at Bosworth Hall Wedding Fayre on Sunday 11th March.  If you are planning to visit, I’m looking forward to meeting you!

Bosworth Hall wedding photography by Steve Walton