Martin Crombie Wedding Photography

Silver Upgrade to Gold SWPP September Entries

1x GOLD in OPEN CATEGORY - September

A very quick still life created whilst at a wedding and enhanced alot in computer.

 

The Wedding of Paul & Claire - Ashton Memorial/ The Midland Hotel, Lancaster

A beautiful wedding at The Lancaster Ashton Memorial and Morecambe's Midland Hotel. It provided a great backdrop to Paul & Claire's lovely wedding. We had loads of fun taking photos around Ashton Memorial and both Paul & Claire were in great spirits to photograph. The weather started off cold and windy but got warmer up at The Memorial so we tried lots of different shots. 

Here's a few of our favourites.



Before Softner


After Softner

 
 









Some great moments captured by Debbie
 
  





Love this sequence by Debbie on the 70-200

Straight out of camera some contrast applied


Yesteryear filter


B&W

Love this one - soft focus & toned.

Great shot by Debbie

Pebble-dashed Bride


PhotoShop Treatment


Out of camera

Armageddon Filter

Inferno Filter

 
After coming back from the annual MPA Awards - filters have finally been embraced by the powers that be so we have gone full throttle on many of these images as we like to be different from the rest.

MPA/ Fuji Wedding Awards 2011 - Martin Crombie in the finals!

The MPA/Fuji UK Wedding Photographer Awards. It's seems this image is loved by everyone, hopefully it will winas I have very fond memories of seeing great photographers like Keith Thompson & Nigel Harper win it back in the 90's and early 2000.

We have this image also in The Mario Acerboni 3 in 1 final, surely it must win 1 ??.
UPDATE : Didn't win this time my image possibly finished up 2nd as it has now featured next to the winner Sandra Parris on The MPA 2012 Entry Form, but who knows. Will try again next year. Its nice to be in the mix for a big award.

   
Click on the link to see The MPA/Fuji 2011 competition from the 2 rounds of judging
My image is the 3 guys in the archway. 

Put October 9th in your diary & add me as a friend at Facebook to find out.
I must have spend 2-3 days in January working on this image if it wins I will post the original and take you all through how it was transformed.

Regardless of which wedding photographer wins  - a wedding couple will receive £1,000 cash :-)
 
  

Martin @ Wedding Fayre The Midland Hotel, Morecambe - Sunday 23rd October

Just a note to let everyone know I'll be attending 1 wedding fayre this year - The Midland Hotel in Morecambe.

What should make this a special event is that its being organised by The Midland Hotel people directly
(not a newspaper) so it should be more succinct.

Times I think are 10am -4pm, look forward to seeing brides to be. Debbie will be attending with me.

Martin

 

 

 

Mario Acerboni Awards - Martin Crombie - The North West Region Winner 2011

Being a BIPP member has its benefits, being able to enter The Mario Acerboni Wedding Awards is 1 of them.
 
After last years overall success UK 2nd place I felt I had more to give & wanted to really give it 1 more shot before baby Dominic arrives in late December this year. As my hands may be tied for a while after this year, we will see. I got the email just as myself & Debbie were going for the 6 month hospital scan so I had a GREAT day thanks MPA/ Mario Acerboni :-)
 
So I pulled my best image from last year (the yellow doors wedding in Lancaster) and found a couple of other images from that wedding I knew had potential. I had also entered 4 other sets of 3 this time as I really want to win the UK Title this year.

Here's the email from The MPA to say I'd won the North West Region again back to back, to now go through to the UK Final Awards presentation with the other Regional winners held at Gateshead in early October later on in the year where 1 winner is drawn from the 14 regional winners.
 
 
Here are the 3 images  (3 from 1) that won the NW Region Wedding Photographer 2011 title for 2nd year running.

These images were taken in Lancaster at St.Thomas Church just opposite KFC :-)
 
 
MPA Awards Night

Mario Acerboni wedding album link

Maxine & Neil's Civil Wedding at The Midland Hotel, Morecambe, Lancs

A very wet wedding day for Maxine & Neil's civil wedding at The Midland Hotel in Morecambe. The rain poured virtually allday with Debbie & myself looking forward to experimenting with the lighting equipment for some indoor shots.
The Midland Hotel in Morecambe has sooo many unique selling points to the interior design, making my job so much fun and interesting not to mention the art deco feel around the place.
Neil and Maxine are both involved in the film/tv world and had invited 1 or 2 famous faces along to the wedding.

AFTER PHOTOSHOP

 
BEFORE

    

   

Many of these images couldn't have been taken had it not been for Maxine being ready when I arrived.
So a big thank you goes to the bride for providing me with plenty of time in which to work effectively.

Touches of Art Deco with the angles.
    

    

       

  :-)

   

Neil & Maxine were both very easy to photograph & patient and this definately comes across in the photography. 
Have a great honeymoon!