Northern NSW and Byron Bay Wedding Photography

It’s hard to be the best wedding photographer in the world. It’s hard to be a great wedding photographer. It’s even hard to be a decent wedding photographer. In fact changing minimum acceptable standards make it hard to keep up in any field of endeavour.

Consider the world of freestyle motocross where motorbike riders risk injury and death to perform aerial tricks and stunts on motorbikes. Just over 10 years ago the first Superman Seat Grab FMX trick was performed. It is a trick that sees the rider completely abandon the motorbike, fly like superman, grab the seat and land back on the bike. He was the only person in the world to do this trick. Fast forward to the present day and the trick is almost seen as an entry level stunt. It has spawned variations that include performing spins while off the bike or doing it upside down in the middle of a loop.

In order to make the cut as an average rider you now have to be better than the level that could have won the world title only 10 years ago. Same thing goes for wedding photography.

The standard of wedding photography in Australia is incredibly high. The best in the world. The invention of high quality, low cost digital cameras has seen a huge influx of new wedding photographers to the scene. Some have low skills and super low prices that see them disappear quickly. Others bring a fresh perspective to photography and help to make wedding photography an even more vibrant art form.

For already established wedding photographers like myself, we have to constantly work to improve, to evolve and to embrace new ideas. Just like a motorcross rider this means taking time to experiment and push the limits of my gear and skills. Also to scout new locations, visit unfamiliar churches and check the routes to be travelled on the wedding day. Then, when your wedding comes along, the skills, locations and techniques are second nature. No-one wants to see their wedding photographer crash when doing a no hander lander back flip.

Come and see me next weekend (August 1st) at the Invercauld House Wedding Expo in Lismore. I’ll have my photobooth up and running for you to have some fun photos taken. It can be hired for weddings, functions, parties, corporate events, Christmas parties, school formals – whatever. You can see more details here.

This ad will be in a weddings feature in the Northern Rivers Echo and you can see more of my work on my website at www.davidfreund.com.au

I’m always on the lookout for new models for my stock photography. If you’d like to know more about the type of stock photography I do, check out the video below or have a look at my portfolio on either istockphoto or Getty Images.

Go to my contacts page and drop me a line to find out more.

I love Queensberry albums. They are extraordinary albums of absolute prime quality and they complement my photography beautifully. So I’m delighted that Queensberry are raising the bar with a new range of super exclusive albums. The Musee by Queensberry are albums made with the absolute finest of leathers and papers. They are designed to evoke prized museum pieces and be instantly treasured heirlooms.

If you are after the ultimate in wedding photography the Musee album is for you. As you can expect, these albums are not cheap. Go to my contacts page and drop me a line if you would like to know more.

The Musee album for the studio will be here soon. Until then, this is what the layout will be like.

To see more of my wedding photography, check out my website at www.davidfreund.com.au

Just realised I haven’t posted a slideshow of any wedding photography for a while so I have put one together of a recent wedding. The ceremony was held at the Lismore Uniting Church and the reception was at Summerland House / The House With No Steps. Kristen and Chris had a great ceremony in the church that boasted ornate woodwork done by generations of Chris’ family.

The reception speeches were enlightening to say the least. Chris and his brothers must have driven their parents mental as boys and teenagers. I think Kristen’s family have their share of fun times too with Kristen’s father and grandfather presenting Chris with the family heirloom tyre swan shown in a previous post here.