Oriel College Oxford Wedding Photographer

Jen & Ollie's Wedding At Oriel College Oxford...

Hello, and welcome to my wedding photography blog. For today's post, I am at Oriel College at Oxford University for Oli and Jen’s wedding.

About me...

If you’ve not come across me before, my name is James Fear and I’m a Cotswolds-based wedding photographer. I shoot weddings far and wide, from anywhere in the UK to all over the world, and I’m so glad to welcome you here to see some of my work.

Anyone who regularly reads my blogs knows that I hate this bit with a passion (i.e. the writing bit). I can't stand it for a few reasons, but mainly because it causes my dyslexia to go into overdrive. It’s important for Google though so I just have to bear it.

Today, however, I have a couple of things I'd like to say, so I'll give it a go...

photographing weddings at Oxford university in a hurricane...

The first thing I wanted to talk about is bad weather and poor light. No matter how beautiful or grand the venue, like this one at Oxford University, bad weather and poor light will always be a wedding photographer’s Achille's heel. Frankly, it's tough, and it does affect (or effect - I'll never know!) the photographs, especially in colour. So for today, I thought I'd post these full-colour pics of a wedding at Oriel College, Oxford University, where the weather and light were absolutely awful, but thankfully the backdrop was not!

Honestly, the weather really doesn't get any worse than this in the UK! But Oli and Jen chose a beautiful venue set indoors and had a stunning marquee, and if anything, I think the weather made it look even more quintessentially British. Nothing says England like an exemplar of a world-famous university and some rain. Everyone had a blast and Oli and Jen are insane together, in the true British spirit f**K the weather!

Wedding Photographers - attracting Clients...

The other thing I wanted to talk about is getting clients. This year has been crazy in terms of clients... I have shot some really well-known people; people I would never have dreamt of meeting, in places I couldn't have dreamt of going. Recently, I have spent time pondering how and why I have attracted some of these people... I can't be sure, but I think I have always been very honest with my work. I don't enter for any awards, I don't make it about me and I always try to give as much value as possible.

Over the years word has spread, and I have been very fortunate as to where that word has spread I suppose. It definitely isn't cheating though, and it certainly hasn't come overnight!

As always, thank you for your interest in my work and I hope you like the piccies!

James