2010 has been a little different to the general photographic business trends of the last few years. Without a doubt the economic downturn has had it's effects on the wedding market, with fewer couples getting married, but on the plus side the wedding season itself has got considerably longer. I therefore have continued to do the same number of weddings but over a longer season, having had as many weddings this year in October to what I had in August. I think that the weather as much of the economy is in part responsible for this, as for the previous 3 years the month of August has tended to be a total washout.
There has also been a squeeze on wedding photography pricing but my own emphasis has continued to be on the quality rather than price and fortunately I am still booking discerning clients who appreciate this.
There have been so many wonderful wedding highlights for 2010 that I do not know where to start and apologies for missing so many great weddings out here. I do have to mention James & Denise because their wedding was a first for me …not only the Bride drive herself to Church but so did the Groom and not by any convention wedding car but by tractor ..!!
My signature wedding image has for considerable some time now been the outdoor romantic night shot, which is the perfect last page to the wedding album. Not only do I my clients love these images, but as so few other photographers are able to do this it gives me a great competitive edge and this year I had some absolutely ones and here is just a few of them:
I have continued to support a few chosen charities and their fundraising events throughout 2010, by providing on the night photography and also a auction or raffle prizes of one of my all inclusive portrait photography packages and here are a few winners of this prize from 2010.
For me this year has been excellent in respect of some very interesting commercial work, in the areas of healthcare, beauty and fashion, with much ongoing work for 2011.
Finally one area where there has been much development this year has been through my personal projects and mainly with fine art photography, this has always been a really creative and motivational part of my work with much experimentation and fine tuning of my techniques. The “spill over” of this adds benefit to my paid commissions but now this work will be available to even more people with my first solo exhibition 12th March – 30th April 2011.
Wishing everyone a very good 2011.
Marc;-)
Labels: marc byram photography round up of 2010
