Alex Kilbee Photographic gets up and running

Well, finally I've got round to setting up my blog and typing something in!

I'm very pleased to say that Alex Kilbee Photographic - Suffolk Wedding Photographers is now off and running.

I'm Alex and, as you may have guessed, I run Alex Kilbee Photographic, and specialise in wedding, portrait and commercial photography. Based near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, I cover the whole East Anglia region and beyond.

One of the biggest problems I come across in my day to day business is that people, on the whole, don't like having their pictures taken. Especially their wedding pictures!

This is understandable, after all, there are very few people in the world who are used to having a camera pointed at them all the time. For the rest of us, it's a pretty unusal event when someone is taking pictures of us specifically.

In my 10 years of taking pictures of people I've learnt that if someone is not relaxed and comfortable, then the pictures are going to look terrible. It's far better if you (as the wedding photographer) can create a connection with the bride (grooms tend not to worry so much!), and help her relax. After all this is her big day and she wants to look her best!





The most important thing in helping the bride relax is to spend time with her and her husband to be before the wedding.

I like to meet the couple a few times before the wedding so they get a chance to know me and I get a chance to see what inspires them.

Initally this meeting is to discuss what the couple would like, what sort of budget they have and how I can best accomodate their wedding photography plans. A lot of photographers will tell the couple how they are going to shoot their day - simply saying that currently, say, reportage is fashionable, so you'll get reportage pictures. I perfer to ask the couple what they want, after all it's their day!

I know of one wedding photographer who refuses to shoot any bride who wear glasses or 'won't win him any awards' (his words!)

Now what does that tell you about his relationship with his subjects?

By taking time to talk to the couple and find out what style images they like, I start to develop an understanding with them and already have put them at ease.

Closer to the wedding date I will shoot an engagement session with them. Not only does this give them some more 'normal' type portraits to keep, but it gives them a taste for the wedding photographs and allows them to relax without the added pressues that come from a wedding day. Usually by the time this session is finished the bride to be can't wait to start posing for her wedding pictures!





Of course then comes the big day!

It's natural for the bride to be nervous, after all, how much planning has gone into this day?

By using a professional wedding photographer such as myself, she can worry about one less thing. After all, she knows that a professional is capturing her wedding and that nothing will be overlooked. She by now feels relaxed infront of a camera and is simply beaming!

Rather than worry about her pictures, she now has more time to spend gazing into her new husbands eyes than trying to make a forced smile because she's nervous with a camera pointing at her. By now she isn't even noticing the photographer, but only her husband - and isn't that what the day is supposed to be all about after all?

Visit my website to see some examples of my work, or contact me so I can call you back and chat with you about how I can help you overcome those nerves and make sure you look your very best in your wedding photographs