I believe that photography is forever changing and that you need to keep learning if you want to progress in this ever changing and overly saturated industry. I got offered the chance to attend a wedding workshop by Matthew Lawrence, and thought I do need to take the plunge and tackle weddings sooner rather than later. At the start when everyone arrived I felt such a beginner, there’s me who has never shot a wedding and I was surrounded by photographers who were booked up all year. Every person there was lovely, all friendly and it made discussions easier. The venue Broadway Barn was a well-decorated BnB with lots of photography potential, many windows, mirrors, rooms, a great little garden area and a long passageway to the front of the building.

Now I didn’t really know what to expect when it comes to a wedding workshop. I haven’t really been on a workshop as such before in general, let alone in an area of photography that I have always been afraid of. In my opinion wedding photography is one of the hardest in terms of, you cant redo a wedding day, the pictures are suppose to capture the event in ways people want to remember for a life time, and it all comes down to being confident enough and lucky in some respect to do so. Listening about stories generally has made me want to shoot weddings, before its always been like if you want good money for photography get into weddings, but it isn’t just that, your basically the story teller for that couples special day. Generally made me open my eyes and given me the urge to want to second shoot over the coming year. I wouldn’t want to be the first shooter as I want to learn, its not that I doubt myself its that I want to progress.

I honestly learnt alot at this workshop. Playing around with prisming and free lensing, with techniques that I will use in my photography for a while, and not just in weddings. Matt did a great job and I would recommend his workshops to any photographer at any stage. I can safely say I would go again.

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- Charlie Bluck