We recently stumbled across a blog post by another local photographer.
It was clear from the specific content that the photographer had obtained content from our website.
No problem.
We had a few options.
Let the photographer know that we had come across the post(s)?
Well, we have a responsive business model and not a reactive one so decided that it was not necessary to make a scene - not even a passive scene.
To be fair, the general inspiration for the specific theme that they had pulled from had not been our original idea in the first place. Pretty important point.
We had originally come across it on the blog of a photographer friend on Facebook. We reached out to the photographer, Lauren, and let her know that we loved the concept and would she mind if we used it as inspiration to do some features in our local area?
Lauren was lovely and supportive and gave us permission.
The situation got us thinking.
We cannot be bothered policing other content and, as we have mentioned above, inspiration is typically drawn from others one way or another anyway. It is how a lot of the creative industry works.
We both love a good challenge and so we channelled our thoughts into a challenge.
Well, why not make our content harder to replicate in the first place?
Why not make it as unique to us as possible?
We shoot together.
It is one thing for us to tell you about our unique eye and how we each capture your day.
It is another to show you.
Here are 50 examples from a recent wedding: 25 images were taken by Pete and 25 by Em.
We both prefer different lenses.
We both shoot from different heights.
Sometimes we set up a shot we do not even see ourselves until we go back through the images to cull and spot the angle the other one took.
So here are some side-by-side examples.
In addition, we make a case for 2 photographers who are in each other’s heads. We often see cases made for one photographer (“I will capture everything you need; no need for another photographer who could get in the way”).
Clients do not know what images they did not receive if they never saw them in the first place: this reality is effective when making the case for a solo photographer.
However, you cannot physically be in two places at once. You cannot offer two unique sets of eyes. It is just not possible.
We hope that you enjoy!
