I have recently had a number of people call, mail and Facebook me to ask my advice about getting into the wedding industry and to find out what it is like to be a wedding photographer.

These people have ranged from photography students to people who enjoy photography as a hobby.

My answer is always the same. Wedding Photography is an insane amount of work and to do well you need to be creative, adaptable, technically sound, good with people and skilled at running your own business. It also helps to be a little obsessive! People seem to think it is an easy job or a way to make a quick buck and unfortunately it is this attitude, along with the digital revolution, that has resulted in a lot of fly-by-nights and wedding photography disasters.

I have therefore decided to write this post on what it is really like to be a full time professional wedding photographer. Please note that this is written from my own personal perspective, and I tend to be a workaholic who is constantly pushing myself to be better, do better and create more ….. Sometimes to the detriment of everything else!

I know there are wedding photographers out there who have it all figured out and have successful businesses, take amazing images and have a balanced personal life. I bow down to those photographers and wish I could be more like them. (By the way … I don’t really know any personally! Except for, maybe, one!)

I also know there are those photographers out there who are happy to deliver sub-standard work. I am not one of those.

So here we go.

What it is really like to be a wedding photographer?

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We shot Sarah and Andrew’s wedding up in the Drakensberg Mountains and more specifically Giants Castle this weekend. It was muy bien!

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I have just got back from Hong Kong and have been downloading and backing up all my photos. This pic is a random one I chose from Laurie and Shane’s engagement shoot to open and check. Crikey I am excited to start editing this lot!

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You might remember Megan and Pete’s wedding which I photographed at Zulu Nyala earlier this year. It was the one with the tame giraffe and the zebra mask pics. Well, Leigh is Meg’s sister and although they are really close and similar in so many ways, they are also quite different. Leigh is an organised girly girl who loves pretty things and their venue suited them just perfectly. Leigh and Craig had their wedding at the gorgeous Makaranga Garden Lodge up in Kloof. If you have never been there I would thoroughly recommend a visit, the gardens are absolutely amazing.

A huge congratulations and lots of love to you Leigh and Craig. Wishing you a lifetime filled with love and happiness. Thanks for picking me.

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