phil@philwebbphotography.com
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07580 946515
As a Cheltenham wedding photographer, I have photographed weddings at various venues and locations throughout the Cotswolds and further afield around the UK. From small family celebrations to larger gatherings, city centre registry offices, church weddings, civil ceremonies, to high-end country manor house hotels.
Some of the venues I have worked at are stunning. Manor by the Lake in Cheltenham, The Matara Centre in Kingscote, Gloucestershire and The Hatherley Manor Hotel. I am delighted to be a preferred partner wedding photographer at these three superb wedding venues. Everybody naturally loves a great venue to work at; however, for me, it is all about capturing the emotion and the special moments of the wedding day.
Every couple’s priorities are very different, and every wedding is different. When you trust me to capture your wedding day, I make it a point to understand your plans, so your day is captured exactly as you dreamed it would be. The finished photographs you receive will become the pictures you treasure and will recall for the rest of your lives and for generations to come. For most of your wedding day, I will take pictures naturally, completely blending in with your guests.
Following your ceremony, we can capture the formal group photos you would like. We can then go for a stroll together away from your guests to create some wonderful, relaxed bride and groom pictures. I can suggest various locations to shoot, a little guidance on composing the pictures and how to stand in front of the camera. The bride and groom photographs usually take around fifteen to twenty minutes, then back to your guests for a drink or two.
I have been a regional finalist (The South West of England) in the largest wedding awards competition in the UK. The Wedding Industry Awards (TWIA) in 2017, 2018, 2019 and most recently 2020.
My style of photography has been inspired by the use of light, emotions and capturing one-off moments. I love to capture the fun, love, laughter and emotion of a wedding day. For the vast majority of a wedding day, I am in “documentary mode” capturing natural, candid, unscripted, real moments as your big day unfolds.
Most of the wedding day, I will make use of the ambient light available to me to capture your pictures. I like to get more creative in the evening when I am able to add light into pictures, for instance, at the first dance, the party and creative evening portraits.
One of the most creative parts of the wedding day for me is when the sun starts to go down. This is when we can get some truly magical evening pictures. Together, we can capture one of my Signature Sundown Shots.
Attention to detail is very important to me. After your wedding day, I will edit and retouch all of your pictures individually in my unique style to ensure they are all absolutely perfect for both of you.
In brief, five words that sum up my wedding photography: Unobtrusive, Creative, Colourful, Relaxed & Professional.
When most couples and guests arrive at a wedding venue, they see what is in front of them, as shown in the picture below left. I see this too; However, I am also looking to see what I can create for my couples using the landscape and features available to me. In the example below, I explained my vision and plan to the happy couple, and they were very keen to collaborate. We needed to wait for sundown to make the picture work. While everybody was enjoying the wedding breakfast, I got to work to set up a couple of lights to make the picture work. I placed one flash with a green filter on it in the bushes to light the trees and other foliage. Then a second flash was placed in an area next to where the couple would stand, ready to light the couple when they came out. When the wedding breakfast concluded, the bride and groom joined me outside, they got in position, and we took a couple of test shots. Then we captured the shot. Both I and most importantly, the bride and groom were delighted with the result. All was completed in a couple of minutes. Want your wedding photos to be just as magical? Get in touch with me and let’s make it happen.
The length of time I spend with you on your big day will reflect on the number of finished images there will be. On average, you will receive approximately 1,000 colour images, each one individually finished and edited in high-resolution. I will also duplicate the finished pictures and convert those to Black & White so you have a colour version and a Black & White copy of each image.
The high-resolution digital images will be supplied via your own password-protected online gallery. You also have the option of having the images on USB in a presentation box as well. There are no watermarks on any of your images, and there are no copyright restrictions. The images can easily be downloaded from your gallery (you can download individual images or all at once). At the touch of a button you can also share your gallery with friends and family. All downloads are free and unlimited. For safety I keep two backup copies of every wedding I photograph on solid-state drives.
I take all the pictures in colour (in a “RAW” format). This is to ensure as much digital information is captured within each image. When all the colour images have been edited and finished I will duplicate each image so you have a colour and Black & White copy of each image.
Every couple will receive an online password-protected gallery. When you receive your gallery, it is just a simple button click to share your gallery with friends and family. Your guests like you, can also order prints, a canvas and or framed pictures as well as downloading images if they would like.
I always suggest meeting with all couples. This can be before you book and also six to eight weeks out from your wedding day. As your wedding photographer, I need to know what is important to you on your wedding day and any “must haves or any do nots”. Or it may be the case that you just want me to shoot away as the day unfolds. I take what I do incredibly seriously; in saying that, my approach to shooting your wedding is done in a relaxed and unobtrusive way.
The average turnaround time is between two and three weeks. During the very busy summer months, this can drift to three to four weeks. I will edit and finish your pictures as efficiently as possible, without compromising the quality.
If you did not include an album in your original package, you can arrange an album at any point after your wedding. Once you have received your images. Give yourselves a period of time to look through them and select the ones you would like in an album. I will then put the layout together for you on my computer, when complete I will email the layout across to you for approval or any amendments. After your approval, your album will be ready within 7 – 10 days.
To get the most complete story of your day, all day is best. It is completely up to you, you’re the boss. I can be with you all day or half a day. If I am with you all day, my coverage will include: the preparations through to your first dance, party pictures and evening/sundown pictures.
Yes, I am fully insured, and I have professional indemnity and general liability insurance.
I’m the sort of person who firmly believes that no one has ever made it, whatever they do and at whatever level. Whether that be in business, sport, or as a photographer. Continual education and personal development is a must. A year or so after getting my diploma in photography, I was awarded the qualification LSWPP with the Society of Wedding & Portrait Photographers. In 2018, that qualification was elevated to Associate (ASWPP). The qualification ASWPP is held by only the top 10% of wedding and Portrait Photographers who are members of the SWPP. I have also listed below some of the photography workshops, seminars and lectures I have attended.
The link below will take you to one of my blog posts. Some very valuable information that you may not even have thought of.
If you would like a copy of my GDPR, I will send it to you upon request.
