Barrie Downie Photography

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So, a lady came in today to buy a camera. She was talking about her mate who was a photographer - one of the best in the UK.
We humoured her, asked for a website address, and chatted for half an hour or so before she left.

We had a look at his website, and we were stunned.
This guy is super, super talented.

His wedding photography, yeah, it's something a lot of people on here could achieve, heck, even I could do it with the right kit.
But the difference is, I would need days to plan it and hours to implement it.

This guy gets it all done within a shoot.
The ideas, the shots, the lighting, all come to create a photo that tells a story. I'd spend an hour or so just for the shot while he manages to get one, move on to the next, and have it all done. Fantastic stuff.

His wedding photography gallery is particularly special, his photos are something else.
His portraits are a lot more bog standard, but superb nonetheless.

http://www.barriedownie.com/

While we're at it, anyone else got any pro websites that are worth a look at?
Be it landscapes, cityscapes, portraits, soc doc, still life, you name it, I wanna gander!
 
Jamesbuk said:
Fantastic site and photos.

A good friend of mine is a well known (in his field) rock music photographer.

http://www.MickHutson.com

He was telling me the other day that very few of his portrait stuff is planned and he just comes up with it on the spot.
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When I go and do portraits, it is very much on the spot.
I think what makes a good photographer (not calling myself one, by the way) is the creative vision.

To see the shot, and to have the ability to create it.

Oh wow, Mick Hutson, I've heard of him. Looking through, he's done big names, and he's done them amazingly.
 
Yeah - the majority of the studio stuff I do is made up on the spot.. I havent done location shoots yet so it'll be interesting to see how much harder that is when I finally get round to it!

Yeah - its a shame hes only got a small selection up, Ive looked through alot of his stuff when Ive been round his house and its amazing the people hes shot and the variety of people too.
 
Both those sites are amazing. The gig stuff is unbelievable.

Andy
 
Blimey! That Downie couple are very good at getting people relaxed and natural and capturing them "being themselves". I wonder how much they charge - I can't work out if the £1500 they mention is for the whole day, or just a couple of hours ("from Bridal Preparations to the start of the wedding breakfast"). At £1500 they'd be well in demand from he trendy London crowd - my ex-g/f used to do flowers, and her minimum is probably twice that nowadays.

Out of curiosity, foodpoison, whereabouts are you based?
 
They're fantastic aren't they! but then for £1500 I'm not surprised. Having said that, I'd willingly pay £1500 for photography at my wedding. That would be my contribution to the wedding, the wife can sort everything else out till her heart's content (I'm 18, with no intention of getting married btw, just hypothetically speaking :p)

I'm based about half an hour from reading Strolls, why do you ask?
 
foodpoison said:
They're fantastic aren't they! but then for £1500 I'm not surprised.
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To be honest, for that quality, I think £1500 is quite reasonable. I'm not an expert, but I'd maybe even say that's cheap (especially if that was for a whole day).

I mean, I'm not into the whole idea of spending lots of money on weddings & all that, but I know a pretty average couple around here (in Milton Keynes) who spent £20,000 or so on nuptials (and who are now in negative equity on their house!) and so I can easily imagine well-off couples in London spending £100,000 on the day. Properties in Fulham are still going for £600,000 or £700,000 (I think that might even be flats) and that's the sort of area a successful jobbing wedding photographer might live, and they probably only get 30 weekends per year in which to make their money. There are probably rich stockbrokers & heiresses getting married every weekend of the summer, so you could easily that in some circles the going rate for a wedding photographer might be more like £4,000 to £6,000.

Like I say, I'm not an expert, but I thought those were great photos, and I can't imagine anyone asking for more.

foodpoison said:
I'm based about half an hour from reading Strolls, why do you ask?
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Just because there was mention of this London-based photographer & you mentioned working in a camera shop and it says "Pleasure Town" next to your avatar, I thought of the camera shop on Camden Town High Street.

Stroller.
 
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