Category Archive: Kingscote Barn
Kingscote Barn wedding venue | Wedding 365#113
Get down low, assume a camera position that puts you on a plane with the subject. That way you live the story with that subject. That’s pretty solid advice I was given in my formative period as a social photographer, particularly when photographing children. That way you envelope yourself in the setting, rather than assuming a ‘spotlight’ Godlike position which sees you looking down on the scene, rather than being a part of it. I think this documentary wedding photograph achieves that stylised goal. Of course, this isn’t a golden rule, and what are rules if not to be twisted, broken and often generally ignored? But here, the composition is stronger for the chair height engagement in the moment being captured. I don’t recall exactly what was said to draw this reaction, and that’s the beauty of recording the speeches in audio terms, as I am often commissioned to do.
COTSWOLDS WEDDING VENUE: Kingscote Barn
SHOOTING DATA: Canon 5D Mk2, 180mm from a 70-200mm lens, F2.8, 1/200, ISO 5000, under exposed by a stop.
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Kingscote Barn wedding photographer | James and Claire
London cabs, red buses, The Tower, Windsor Castle, Beefeaters, the white cliffs, oh, and the view across the valley from Kingscote Barn in the Cotswolds. These are the seven wonders of England that Americans would consider quintessentially English. Okay, a little poetic licence, but you’ll get the idea when you click the ‘more pictures’ link below. Kinsgcote Barn is nestled in a valley which gives the most amazing backdrop for wedding photographs. It’s the first thing I see when I arrive at the venue. I’m drawn to this scene photographically, and I think that’s obvious by what I’ve included as a taster below. I don’t often include family portraits in my blog postings, but with the winding road rising through the valley to reach a remote farm beyond, well, why not? The groom, Jim, reads this blog pretty regularly, so it was my promise as I left for home tonight, that I would post a couple of memories from the day before my head hit the pillow. Jim, Claire, it’s nearly 1am, I’m guessing the party is at a close your end, so this is for the two of you as you awake later on today. Not many grooms will partake of my passion in Canon, but Jim mentioned the 5DMk3, a camera that is now a fixture in my kit bag. Once again, the images you are about to view have been post processed a little with some familiar house styling; vignettes and a little more contrast in the monochromes, but this camera is that good, that the reworking is subtle and an enhancement only from what appeared straight out of the body.
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Kingscote Barn wedding photographs | Chris and Kate
I received a very simple accolade during the week. It didn’t come in the form of an award or other kind of industry recognition. It came by way of an email, from someone enquiring about diary availability for their own wedding. It came by way of one word. The emailer proffered that my photography breathes ‘honesty.’ Of course that honesty is rather honed when the couples you photograph embrace their day so whole-heartedly, so my thanks extend to Chris and Kate for providing me with a charismatic wedding that equally deserves the description; honesty. My first visit to Kingscote Barn in the Cotswolds took me past Kelmscott, the home of William Morris. I feel the same inspiration artists such as Morris must have felt when the rolling hills and changeable cloud composition embrace my view as I approach this precious part of our country. Overtly romantic, maybe. But you have to love a great wedding set against the backdrop of the Heart of England. If this was to be my first introduction to Tetbury wedding photography, it was a good place to start!
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