DOCUMENTARY WEDDING GALLERY

Neale James is a full time professional documentary wedding photographer based in Berkshire, also referred to as a reportage wedding photographer, or wedding photojournalist, three phrases that are now popular descriptors for natural unobtrusive wedding photography coverage. Wedding capture as a genre has matured greatly in the past decade and in many respects that’s due to clients being increasingly more image literate. In a time where camera devices are more accessible than ever, image capture and immediate story telling has become part of popular culture; staid and staged photography becoming less relevant to clients seeking reality rich narrative pictures. The documentary gallery features stills that define Neale’s approach, and you can read more of his personal ethos here, or within the personal site almanac below.

STILLS FILMS (STILLS WITH SOUND)

Documentary wedding photographs presented as a stills film, set to the actual sounds of a day is an unusual professional offering by a photographer. An audio record of vows, speeches and the texture of background sound has to date been the sole domain of wedding video and cinematography. But for Neale James, former national radio programme maker with Radio 1 and documentary producer, the power of sound continues to play an important role in his creative professional life. Neale was the first documentary wedding photographer in the UK to bring these two sensory mediums together to present film shorts as movie albums. It’s a USP he is rightly proud of as it embraces skills learned and practiced within the corridors of the World’s most influential broadcast corporation. Click for sample films.

FEATURE MAY POST

Silchester House near Reading is one of four wedding venues owned and operated by Bijou Weddings. This Berkshire wedding venue has a reputation for excellent service. Coincidentally it’s also where I was married and this post from mid May explains how Silchester tugs on my own heart strings as a wedding photographer and former venue client.

CELEBRITY WEDDINGS

You may not immediately associate documentary wedding and portrait photography with a Cowell brand, yet 2012 sees a renewal of representative acquaintance with author and celebrity journalist Tony Cowell. Tony represented Neale as a managing agent at Radio 1 in the early 90s. This new photographic association is to benefit and service celebrity and public profile clients getting married who wish to either court the media or retain binding confidentiality.

WEDDING 365 FEATURE

Wedding 365 is a daily post revisiting the photographic back catalogue to showcase mainly reportage wedding photographs, discussing style, substance and camera shooting data. It’s a personal account of how images are constructed and documented. 365 is primarily written to help clients understand Neale’s personal interpretation of the genre of documentary wedding photography, and wedding photojournalism.