CONTENTS ABOUT Q&A PRI CI NG ENGAGEMENT BOOKI NG
ABOUT ME Wel c ome I ’ m Mat tBowen,aphot ogr apher , as t or yt el l er ,al overofr omanc e andpeopl e,andt hei rl i vest oget her . Ibel i eveyourweddi ngphot ogr aphy s houl di ns t ant l yt akeyouof ft o anot herpl ac e,awonder f ulpl ac e wher ebeaut i f ult hi ngshappen,and t hat ’ st hei deabehi ndmy phot ogr aphy. Iwi l lphot ogr aphyourweddi ngi n ar el axed,s t r es sf r eewayl eavi ngyou t oenj oyyouramaz i ngday. Ther ear enof al s es mi l es ,noher di ng ofgues t sandnoover l ypos ed s hot s . I ns t eadIr ef l ec tt heenj oymentof t hedayandt hel ove,l aught erand happi nes st hati tbr i ngs .
Q &A Dowegett omeetupbef orewe bookyou? YesIwoul dl ovet o.Ial waysmake apoi ntofei t hermeet i ngc oupl es i nper s onoronSkypei faper s onal meet i ngi s n' tpos s i bl e.I thel psus t ogetaf eelf oreac hot herandf i nd outi fwe' l lgetondur i ngyour weddi ngdaywhi c hi ss uper i mpor t ant .Ic anei t herc omet o yourhous eorwe' l lmeetata ni c epuborc of f ees hop. Idon' tseemanyf ami l ygroup shot sonyourwebsi t e,doyou dot hose? YesIdo,t hey' r er eal l yi mpor t ant t oyourf ami l ymember s . Il i ket ogett hr ought hem asqui c kl y aspos s i bl eandr ec ommendt hatyou l i mi tt hem t oi mmedi at ef ami l yonl y s oi tgi vesyoupl ent yoft i met o s pendwi t hyourgues t s . W e' renotwhatyouwoul dcal l , ' t heposi ngt ype, 'does t hatmat t er? Idon' tt hi nkanyoft hebr i desand gr oomswhoIhavephot ogr aphed woul deverr ef ert ot hems el vesast he pos i ngt ypeandi tdoes n' tmat t erat al l .Af t eryourweddi ngyou' l lbes o happyt hatyou' l lbar el yevennot i c e met aki ngpi c t ur esofyou.
How manyi magesdoweget ? Us ual l yyougetar ound500 edi t eddi gi t ali magess entt o youonaUSBhar ddr i vei na l ovel ypr es ent at i onbox. How manyphot ographerswi l l t herebe? Al lmypac kagesi nc l udemeas t hemai nphot ogr apher .I fyou wantt oaddas ec ondt henyou c andos of orÂŁ300.Ius ual l ygo t ot hebr i dei nt hemor ni ngf or herpr epar at i onandt hes ec ond phot ogr apherwi l ls pendt he mor ni ngwi t ht heboys( orgi r l s ) ormeett hem att hec er emony venue,i t ' sent i r el yupt oyou. Havi ngt woofusmeansweget l ot sofdi f f er entangl esf r om t he dayandwec anbei nt wopl ac es atonc e. How l ongdoyoust ayf or? Thatdependsonhowmanyhour s youhavedec i dedt obookmef or . Youc angof orasmanyorasf ewas youl i kebutt heyar ec ont i nuous hour sandi nc l udet i meoverdi nner .
How woul dyoudescri beyour st yl e? I ’ m as har erofs t or i es ,t aki ngyour s t or yands har i ngi twi t hyouand yourf r i endsandf ami l yt hr ough phot ogr aphy.I ’ l lpaus emoment si n t i mef oryout or ememberf oryear s t oc ome. Al t houghyourweddi ngi s n’ tan ever ydayoc c ur enc eIl i ket of i nd beaut yi nt heever ydayandt heol d s odon’ tbes ur pr i s edi fIas kyout o s t andi nf r ontofar us t ypi ec eof met al ,you’ l lj us thavet ot r us tme t hatt her es ul t swi l lbewor t hi t . Iwi l lwor kwi t hyout ot r y andc r eat ei magest hatwi l l i ns t ant l yt akeyoubac kt oa momentoft heday.I ' ma hopel es sr omant i ci ns pi r edbyl ove ands ongl yr i c s ,booksandnat ur e. W hatnow? I fyoul i kewhatyouhave s eenandr eads of art hent he nexts t epi st ohaveal ookt hr ough mypr i c i ngandt hengeti n t ouc ht oar r angeaSkypeor Fac eTi mec hats owec anget exc i t edaboutyourweddi ngt oget her .
PRI CI NG Ofal lt het hi ngsyouwi l ls pend yourweddi ngbudgeton,your phot ogr aphswi l lc er t ai nl yl as t t hel onges t . Fl ower swi l ldi e,s hoeswi l lwear andmemor i eswi l lf ade. Yourweddi ngphot ogr aphsar e aper manentr emi nderoft hos e t hi ngs ,andl i keaf ami l i ars mel l t heywi l li ns t ant l yc at apul tyou bac kt oamomenti nt i me. That ’ swhy,whenI ’ mt aki ngt he phot ogr aphsoft het woofyou onyourweddi ngdayIas kyou t oc l os eyoureyes ,t akeadeep br eat h,l i s t ent oever yt hi ng ar oundyouandt akei tal li n. Thenwhenyoul ookbac katt hos e phot ogr aphsyouar et akenbac k t her ei nani ns t ant . I ft hat ’ showyouf eelaboutyour weddi ngphot ogr aphst oot henwe c oul dbeaper f ec tmat c h. Ic har geaf l atr at eof£1 30perhour andyouc hoos ehowmanyhour s youneedmef or .Anynumberof hour syoul i keasl ongast heyar e c ont i nuous .
£1 30PERHOUR / /Weddi ngc over agewi t hMat t / /Venuevi s i t / /500+i magesedi t edi nmyownuni ques t yl e.Thef oc usi sonqual i t ynotquant i t y / /Tr aveli nc l uded / /Onl i negal l er yhos t i nganddownl oadabl ez i pf i l e / / Pr i nt abl ehi ghr es ol ut i ondi gi t alf i l es / / As l i des howf eat ur i ngas el ec t i onofel i t ei mages
EXTRAS / /Book8hour sormor eandyouwi l lgetyourphot os onaUSBi napr es ent at i onbox / / Book1 0hour sormor eandyou' l lgetas ec onds hoot er s ot hatyougetl oadsmor ec over ageofyourday / /Fol i oFi neAr tAl bum handc r af t edi nBr i t ai n / /1 0x1 0-30pagel eat herbound£360 / /1 2x1 2-30pagel eat herbound£390
ENGAGEMENT I fi ti st hec as et hatyou’ r enots o c omf or t abl ei nf r ontofac amer a t henagr eatwayt opr ac t i c ei s t ohaveanengagements hoot . We’ l ls pendac oupl eofhour s t oget heri nabeaut i f ulpl ac e,I ’ l l getyout opl ays omef ungames whi l eIs napawayandyouwi l l har dl yknowIam t her e. Igeti t ,i t ’ swei r d,If el tt hes ame havi ngmyownengagements hoot done,butbyt heendwewer el ovi ng i t . Lot sofmyc oupl esus et hephot os asgi f t sf orpar ent soras Savet heDat ec ar ds ,s omeeven makeagues t bookwi t ht hem. Theyc os tj us t£1 50f oras hootof aboutt wohour sandyougetabout f i f t yi magesf r om t heday.
BOOKI NG I fyou’ r er eadyt obookt hent hat ’ s amaz i ng.Jus tdr opmeanemai l t el l i ngmeyouwantt odos oandI ’ l l s endoverabooki ngf or mf oryou guyst of i l loutandwe’ l lber eady t ogo.A£250downpayments ec ur es yourdat e. Wec anar r angeal ovel ySkypec hat aswel lt os ayhel l o. I fyou’ r enots ur eyetandyouwant t of i ndouts omemor et henwe c anf i xupac hatoverSkypeor f ac et of ac eandIc angot hr ough ever yt hi ngwi t hyou. Ic an’ twai tt ot el lyours t or y. emai l :mat t @mat t bowen. c o. uk I ns t agr am:@mat t bowenphot os
