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Our First
Edition
 It’s
taken a little longer than we would have hoped, but finally we now have our
first eMagazine completed.
In this free monthly
eMagazine (or eZine for short) we plan to share with you some of the knowledge
we have gained from our years in the photography industry. To share with you
our entire catalogue of insider hints, tips and advice about photography
and the specific topics of weddings and portraits. We’ll also be taking a time out
to
introduce some of the team to you, as well as giving you fantastic hints
and tips for getting the most out of your own photography at
home.
Here is just a small list of
some of the topics we have in store for you: How to take better
photographs; special offers from Stancliffe Studios; an every growing
list of recommended suppliers by the brides and grooms we have worked
with; brides tip of the month, telling you the latest best tip we have
been told to share; website of the month and so much more...
This eMagazine will also
bring ever changing articles, such as the March Issue will be "Wedding
Day Special", packed full of great hints and tips for the bride and groom, as
well as a list of some of the best suppliers we have had the pleasure of
working with.
In conjunction with this
eZine, we will also be building a full list of recommended suppliers
into our website, so you and your friends can refer to the list anytime.
Along with each supplier, we will bring you their contact details and
the specific comments received about that supplier.
Until then, we hope you get
a lot out of this our first insider’s guide to photography. We also hope
you’ll take the time to give us your thoughts about ‘Click’. What did
you like? What would you change? What future articles would you like to
see? We always welcome your honest views, or information you’d like to pass
onto other readers. To send us your thoughts and ideas, either use our
feedback form on our website, or send
us an email to
feedback@stancliffestudios.com.
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Inside this issue
Our First Edition
Wedding Traditions
Famous Wedding Photographer
How it all began
Bride’s Tip
Website of the month
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“best man to
'kidnap' the bride from the reception and take her to a local pub and
drink champagne”
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Quick Links
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Gift Vouchers
Bride’s Tip
Every bride has a tip that
they would pass down to all other brides given the opportunity.
Sometimes this is something as simple as don’t worry, or a complex list of
what great suppliers they have used.
Each month, we will tell you
one of those tips passed down to us from the many brides we have had
the pleasure of working with over the years.
This month our tip is from
a recent wedding where the bride said the best thing they did was use
the services of a “Wedding Nanny”. She told us that this ensured
everyone could come to the wedding and no one had the worry of what to
do with
the children. Wedding Nanny services are becoming more and more available, and
offer a the peace of mind that everyone is kept entertained.
Website of the month
We all know of several
websites we use on a regular basis, but I have to admit the one that is
always over looked, yet one of the most powerful is Google. For weddings
we all know about confetti.co.uk and hitched.co.uk, as they are probably
the two largest, but they don’t have everything, and are very ‘advert’
orientated. So our advice this month is to use Google to search for
exactly what you need. They have recently improved the search engine
making even it more powerful, and able to bring you a more relevant return
for your search. Try using more than 2 keywords in your search to get a
much more accurate list of suggestions. Also, ensure you try several
different keywords, “location” instead “venue”, as this can return some
very different websites. Why not tell us which websites you use the
most? Do you have one that has saved you hours of searching for all
those wedding suppliers? If you have a particularly good one, let me know
and I’ll post a list on my blog for everyone to use...
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Wedding
Traditions
Here are just a few
wedding traditions, and where they originate from. For some, tradition is
something to be strictly followed, for others it is something to be
avoided. Whatever your preference, try to make a new tradition by making
your wedding unique to you...
Tying the knot!
One of the
oldest phrases associated with weddings is simply based on the Roman
tradition of brides wearing a knotted girdle for the groom to undo
later.
German kidnap
It is customary for the best
man to 'kidnap' the bride from the reception and take her to a local pub
and drink champagne until the groom finds them. The groom then has to
pay for all they drank! If you're planning on doing something “special”
then don’t forget to let us know in advance, so at least we can capture
the look on the groom's face when he finds out you’ve gone to the pub on
your wedding day!!!
Why the Third Finger,
Left-hand?
In ancient times, it was
believed there was a vein in the third finger of the left hand that ran
directly to the heart. Thus, the ring being placed on that finger
denoted the strong connection of a heartfelt love and commitment to one
another. Although during times of modern autopsy, this long held belief
was found not to be so, the tradition continues to this day.
Wedding Favours
Many brides throughout the
world have now adopted the European tradition of distributing favours to
their guests. The modern wedding favour can be almost any sort of small
gift or keepsake although originally, they were normally pastries or
sweets in little pouches or boxes.
The custom of giving
bomboniere is one that has become quite international where Five Sugared
Almonds, representing Health, Wealth, Happiness, Fertility and Long Life
are often wrapped in ornamental materials and presented to all the
female guests at the wedding. Those guests who could not attend would
also be sent a favour from the Bride. It is also nice to personalise the
favours by placing the guests name and the date of the wedding on a
small decorated card to be placed inside the favour box container. This
favour will be kept by the guest as a lasting memory of the wedding day.
If you are still stuck for
ideas of what gift you could give to your wedding party, then have a look at this website which has
a long list of ideas dependant upon who you are giving the gift to:
http://womentodaymagazine.com/relationships/weddinggifts.html.
A great gift for anyone is a lifestyle shoot or a more traditional
portrait shoot in a studio, both of which are available from our
website.
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Famous
Wedding Photographer
 American
Photo Magazine recently named Kevin Kubota as one of the Top 10 Wedding
Photographers in the world. Kevin's wedding and portrait images speak to
the heart - filled with emotion, joy, intimacy, and impact. His photos
have been featured on the covers and within the pages of many popular
magazines and photography books. He is a Nikon sponsored speaker and his
work with the Nikon digital camera earned him a spot in the Nikon
"Legends Behind the Lens" section of their website. Kevin is also a PPA
Photographic Craftsman.
Kubota is an internationally
recognized speaker and educator whose digital expertise prompted him to
create the popular "Digital Photography Bootcamp". These programs
consistently sell out internationally. Kevin loves to share his
beautiful and efficient Photoshop tricks and actions with a fun and
effective teaching style. He is a regular speaker at the WPPI convention
in Las Vegas, USA and at PPA National conventions. His current book is
entitled, "The Digital Photographer's Bootcamp", published by Amherst
Media.
Kevin Kubota has certainly
influenced Karl’s style of photography. His unobstructive style and
desire to capture the emotions of the day, is certainly how we work with
each of our couples.
Here is Kevin’s inspirational website.
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How portrait
photography began
As this is a photography
magazine, I can't not tell you how modern photography began. Whilst this
won't be a regular section in our magazine, I do feel this is
appropriate for our first eMagazine.
"Photography" is derived
from the Greek words photos ("light") and graphein ("to draw"). It is a
method of recording images by the action of light, or related radiation,
on a sensitive material.
On a summer day in 1827, it
took eight hours for Joseph Nicéphore Niépce to obtain the first fixed
image. but it would take another dozen years before they were able to
reduce the exposure time to less than 30 minutes and keep the image from
disappearing… ushering in the age of modern photography.
Louis-Jacques-Mandé
Daguerre, a professional scene painter for the opera, began
experimenting with the effects of light upon translucent paintings in
the 1820s. In 1829, he formed a partnership with Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
to improve the process Niépce had developed to take the first permanent
photograph in 1826-1827.
After several years of
experimentation, Daguerre developed a more convenient and effective
method of photography, naming it after himself -- the daguerreotype. In
1839, he and Niépce's son sold the rights for the daguerreotype to the
French government and published a booklet describing the process.
The daguerreotype gained
popularity quickly; by 1850, there were over seventy daguerreotype
studios in New York City alone. Thankfully today you don’t have to stand
still for 30 long minutes for every photograph, especially when we take
on average 1500+ images at every wedding...
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