ROSS WILLSHER PHOTOGRAPHY

UNDERSTANDING/HOPELESS ROMANTIC/UPLIFTING

AS A NATURALLY QUIET AND PROUDLY GAY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER I GET IT.

LIKE YOU, APPEARING IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN IN MY COMFORT ZONE. I KNOW THAT BEING PHOTOGRAPHED CAN FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN WE AREN'‘T SOMEONE WHO CRAVES BEING THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION.

IF YOU’RE READING THIS, THE CHANCES ARE YOU ARE ALSO SOMEONE WHO IS NEURODIVERGENT. PLEASE BE REASSURED THAT I’M HERE TO TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN, UNDERSTAND AND WORK WITH YOU IN A WAY THAT FEELS ALIGNED AND COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD AROUND YOU.

HAVING OVERCOME SHYNESS TO BECOME A CONFIDENT BUT CARING WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAST THING YOU WANT ON YOUR WEDDING DAY IS A LOUD, OBNOXIOUS PHOTOGRAPHER WHO MAKES THE DAY ABOUT THEM, AND WHO DOESN’T ALLOW YOU TO SIMPLY JUST CELEBRATE ALL THE WONDERFUL IDIOSYNCRASIES THAT MAKE YOU SO WONDERFUL.

IT MAKES SENSE, THAT AS SOMEONE WHO MAY BE A LITTLE SHY OR SELF-CONSCIOUS, THERE ARE MOMENTS YOU’RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY. YOU MIGHT WANT ‘GETTING READY’ PHOTOS BUT FEEL APPREHENSIVE ABOUT A PHOTOGRAPHER COMMENTING ON OR JUDGING YOUR BODY. YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT LOOKING SILLY WHEN BEING SHOWERED WITH CONFETTI, OR HAVING TWO LEFT FEET DURING YOUR FIRST DANCE.

AS YOUR HOPELESS ROMANTIC OF A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER, I SEE LOVE NOT LABELS, CAPTURE UNIQUE FEATURES NOT SELF-PERCEIVED FLAWS AND FOCUS ON MOMENTS OF WONDER NOT MEASUREMENTS OF WAISTLINES. I’VE BEEN DESCRIBED AS ‘THE GOK WAN OF THE WEDDING INDUSTRY’ AND I KINDA LIKE THAT! IT MEANS I’M HERE TO UPLIFT YOU, HOLD YOUR HAND THROUGH ANY WEDDING WOBBLES AND REMIND YOU THAT YOU’RE AWESOME JUST THE WAY YOU ARE.

A LITTLE INSPIRATION …