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2012 – A Photographers Summary

So 2013 is on the horizon, I’m sat awaiting my share of the wedding breakfast at the final wedding of 2012. What a year it has been. I am positive that in the future I will look back at 2012 as being one of those special years, although my third year as a wedding photographer, its probably the year I’ll look back on as the year I nailed what kind of photographer I wanted to be, and the year I really finished a portfolio, perhaps not polished, perhaps never polished in my eyes, but certainly completed.

Heads up, my starter of soup is here. They’re quick here at Buckland Tout-Saints.

Starter over and done with its time to reflect on 2012, My first ever and second ever destination wedding, firstly back in May in Greece and secondly at the end of November in Australia. I have been lucky that combined with shooting weddings for Harrera Images and under my only trading name as Barney Walters Photography, I have travelled not only abroad but the length and breath of the UK once again this year. Cornwall Weddings, Devon Weddings, Somerset Weddings, Dorset Weddings, Surrey Weddings, Herefordshire Weddings, The Midlands, Bristol, London, just about everywhere. I’ve been to my first Jewish Wedding with over 250 quests and also photographed my smallest wedding with just 15 guests. Also on the list of firsts is are my first Humanist Wedding and my first 2.0L car. :) (much better for all those motorway miles)

As well as travelling for weddings I have also been to Switzerland, France, Scotland, Spain & Singapore this year, with various friends and my beautiful partner. I have had the pleasure of meeting some great people both home and abroad, but particularly in Australia as well as all my wedding couples back home, past and present – its always great meeting so many different characters and personalities. Iv’e heard that as each year goes by you get wiser, I’m not sure by what quantity that can be measured, but if nothing else I’m 45 weddings wiser than I was this time last year.

As well as clients and couples, I have also been to a couple relaxed industry get togethers this year, meeting a few really inspiring people, some really friendly people and some people who have become good friends. One such event was in Spain, where I met some really keen enthusiasts and professionals alike who all grouped together to shoot two talented models in some beautiful locations around Murcia over a three day period. Good Fun!

Little break again. My roast Pork for main has arrived.

Roast well polished off and whilst I could continue writing all evening about the past 12 months, it would’t be very positive without looking forward at the next 12 months. Not so much travelling on the agenda – but I’m sure I will end up in a few places, not at least France and Switzerland for skiing in just two weeks with two of my best friends. My only real solid plan for next year is to focus more on my business and myself as a photographer, to continue to grow and move forward to meet my personal goals in the future. I have a couple exciting plans for additions to my repertoire – but not too much info on that for now.

By no intention of my own, I have managed to pick out exactly 100 pictures to sum up what 2012 has meant to me. Perhaps not completely – there are a few events more recently that I wont be able to include, likewise Iv’e kept out a few more personal things – but none the less I leave you with the remaining pictures as I do need to head back off to the wedding breakfast here and rig a light for the speeches, but before I do let me wish everyone I have had any meaningful contact with this year and anyone who is going to run in to me in 2013 as well as all those who simply follow my blog…

A Very Merry Christmas & Hopefully I will ‘click click click’ you soon :)

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& I wish you all the best for The New Year! – BW

Traditional Portrait Photography Cornwall

Its been a while since I have used my studio as much as I have recently. With the winter weather, darker evenings and the November Portrait offer that I was offering, I have been back in the studio and not out on beaches, parks, walks on the moors e.c.t. Not that I don’t enjoy doing all those things, in fact I would much rather be out than in, but in a way it has been nice to be back in a Studio for a short while. Experimenting with different things and in the case of this shoot communicating with people a little differently.

Brother & Sister, Jenna & Joe contacted me a couple weeks prior to our studio session and informed me they needed some christmas and birthday presents for friends and family and the shoot was to give them some simple, more formal than my usual style, portraits of themselves. The shoot itself was fairly simple in nature with a only a handful of suggested poses for the pair of them and one change of cloths half way through. It has never been my preference to direct people into a position, make/ask them to smile and then click my shutter, but I understand that at some points in people’s life, even with the new documentary and reportage styles that I openly embrace, the ‘old style’ posed pictures are still needed now and again. My job, as any of my clients would expect is to make what could be as boring as standing with a white backdrop and being blinded by studio light a little more fun and make the pictures a little more interesting, just giving the shoot a theme can really help.

Anyway here are a few of the pictures from my fairly short studio shoot with Jenna & Joe.

P.S Loved the thought of matching brown suede footwear they turned up with.

-BW

Browns Hotel Tavistock, Devon Wedding Photographer

My last wedding in the South West for 2011 was this very heartfelt and family warming wedding at Browns Hotel in Tavistock, Devon. (Website Link) I booked this wedding nearly two years ago, just as I was starting out, in fact, it was the first wedding I ever booked so I have been waiting a long time for it to come around. Several weeks before the wedding in December, I met Richard & Nicki for the second time on our pre wedding shoot which took place near St Cleer on Commonmoor in Cornwall. There was a little tension to start but soon they were pros and just leaving me to it and naturally creating moments for me to capture. A big thanks to Nicki for being very easy to communicate ideas with as well.

After meeting them 72 hours before the wedding I was getting excited both for there wedding and the mark of the end of 2011 for me. The wedding day held at Browns Hotel was my first and is an impressive little venue in the heart of Tavistock, and I have been booked for another wedding their next year, a summer wedding this time. The staff did an impressive quick change around of the rooms between the ceremony and the wedding breakfast and after several drinks under there unique glass roof it was time for there romantic fire side first dance.

All in all I am informed from the couple that a good day was had by all, now back from a lovely honeymoon in Iceland, the couple have seen all 400+ pictures and here are a few to share.

Hope you like. – BW

‘Documentary’ Wedding Photographer

You will photograph a few of our friends and family won’t you?

A recent question I got asked by a bride several times on their planning day, 48hrs before their wedding at Barclay House near Looe, Cornwall. For the majority of the weddings I photograph, documentary, candid, reportage wedding photography, or whatever you want to call it, is important to my couples. This is perfect for me and is often why couples choose me to photograph their wedding day in the first instance. Whenever I am not photographing the Bride, Groom, or couple together, then my time is spent flying around the walls capturing all those other moments that become the real reminders of their special day. Therefore I was happy to reassure the bride that all aspects were covered and quickly asked her to reflect on all the pictures they sore from real weddings when we first met.

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interview with: Wedding Photography Select

http://www.weddingphotographyselect.co.uk/wedding-photographers-featured/features/wedding-photographer-barney-walters/wedding-photographer-cornwall.html

Tell us a little about yourself?

My name is Barney Walters, and besides photography my passions are skiing, F1 racing, Apple products and above all, travelling the world.

How did you get into wedding photography?

I have been a wedding photographer for just over 2 years, I starting shooting weddings after I met another photographer at a wedding of one of my relatives. We talked and it went from there…