A picture paints a thousand words...talk is cheap!

Yes it never ceases to amaze me in these digital days how much smoke some so called professional wedding photographers try to blow up the pants of their prospective clients. The primary weapon of the non Pro wedding photographer is the BLOG. Using this device they interlink with friends, family and other like (shallow) minded wedding photographers to ensure that the images they post have a stream of comments telling everyone how amazing and gifted they are a photographer. Many of the images are laughed at by the qualified pros and God forbid you try to post constructive critisizm…it never passes the moderation filter.

If the images are so fantasticly awe inspiring and amazing then they speak for themselves no? A picture paints a thousand words and talk is cheap, I believe these are common trains of thought.
To anyone considering wedding photography I send you a warning not to be sucked in by a stream of people posting praise on a blog…its maybe not what it seems!. You will see regular patterns of the same people posting on every photo and blog post with the same “Öh my God” kinda comments.

Obvously you have to like what you see but remember what you see is probibly 2% of what the client recieves and your probibly seeing the best of.. so you have to REALLY LIKE what you see to pursue that photographer.

The shameless photographers and BLOG posters know who they are and are welcome to comment here and throughout my blog. I feel they should respect the intelegence of the people looking for service providers and not play this game. It is the game of the non professional in this industry.


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Friday 29th Jan 2010 parcela Villa Alemana, Chile Wedding Photography

The day started with some preperation shooting at home where I managed to convince them both that a pre wedding ride on Hugos motorbike was a great opportunity for a very cool addition to their album.

Being the gentleman as always Hugo assists his bride to be

Hugos 2nd passion is his bike, kept spotlessly clean, gleaming in the driveway a reflection shot was too good an opportunity to miss.

Valeria and Hugo are a very romantic couple who planned there special day for a countryside wedding with a very natural feel in what used to be a functioning bodega. They enjoyed the romantic poses for the informal portraiture session.

The day was hot and the night was cool….perfect with the shade of the trees for the ceromony and the cool of the night for the dansing…A damn fine event. Only only little hickup…a wonderful high heeled shoe containing a guest planted itself on my left foot breaking my second toe. Another warwound from photographing weddings in Chile…

Family Portrait Session

So Christmas brought the usual enslaught of Family Portraits but this year the highlight was shooting the family of none other than Bruce Strong www.BruceStrong.com one of the the USA's top photo journalists. It was truely a pleasure to meet bruce and his family and an honour to be chosen as the photographer for this event.




Both Mauricio and I are familiar with Bruces work and enjoyed very much talking photography with him. Safe trip home Bruce and keep your finger on that shutter.
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Wedding Vina/Valpo

ok 8 hours sleep in 4 days and here i am ready to shoot again...This wedding was set in 2 awesome locations, Church on Salinas, Vina del mar and then the officers Naval Club in Valparaiso. Both locations were just beautiful, a great day and with full formal dress there will be some popping image coming out of this set or sure...I did a session with these guys on the beach...see posting from a couple of months ago...they were a little nervous and it payed off as they were great on the day...Only one image prepared just for the blog at this time...more later..i currently have 3 wedding sets and 1 commercial set of images to edit so i will be shckled to my MAC for the next 3 weeks.

Vina Wedding 21st Nov 2009

WOW...what a day...Beautiful day..great locations and a fantastic crowd !
I actually found the party of this wedding very hard to photograph as I was constantly laughing at the antics of the guests. This is definitely in the top 3 weddings attended this year, Thanks guys for making me and the team welcome.


Heres a couple of sample shots from the day.

Off to Pucon

So its confirmed, another Austrailian client conirmed. This time its a national destination shoot in PUCON. Truely a spectacular place for wedding photoraphy in Chile. Here's the deal !...2nd Dec 2009...Drive to santiago airport, park car, fly to Valdivia, bus to Pucon. 3rd Dec...Shooting. 4th Dec...bus pucon to Valdivia..fly to Santiago..Drive home to Vina..5th Dec..Wedding shoot Vina del mar. My question is...how Coffee will I have to drink?

I am hoping all the flights and connections run smooth, this being chile we never know right!

in the last few weddings I've encountered some unbelievable delays, for example, a full coach (bus) of 58 guests 45 mins late for a wedding as the driver decided to take a detour on route to get his particular brand of cigarettes in a specific store while on route to the wedding, this not only nearly caused the groom to have a stroke but lost ultimately 1 hour of available shooting light for me and my team. ONLY IN CHILE...well mabe PERU also..

Contacto
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http://www.weddingphotochile.com
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Fotografia de boda Pichidangui IV Region Chile

Wedding 14th Nov 2009
Pichidangui, Chile
So...a 2 hour drive north into the 4th region took me to my first meeting with Paula and Daniel. After flying in from Switzerland last week they have been so busy we did not get a chance to meet so all details had been done over the phone and email. This was such a unique event, A church carved into the rocks on the ocean front was the main stage for the ceromony..Very different. Then we took off to the beach for some informal shooting before hitting the beach front hotel for the rest of the day. These guys were great...Willing to get the feet wet makes all the different for a beach shoot...Good Job Guys!...I think you both look fantastic..Next week..Recreo and Vina...watch this space











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Gardner Hamilton
www.weddingphotochile.com
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Tel (0056-9) 9-992 9508
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Check your Date here for Availability

This link takes you to the calender system for Wedding photography allowing you to see if I am booked or free on your event date...If I am already working then I am sorry. Maybe i can help you find an alternate photographer anyway.....

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GRATIS FOTOGRAFÍA GRATIS de su matrimonio…… gáne sus fotografías de bodas en 2010!
www.WeddingPhotoChile.com se complace en anunciar a usted la oportunidad de ganar sus fotografías de su matrimonio en el 2010. El sorteo está abierto a todas las parejas en el mundo que estén planificando sus bodas y matrimonio en cualquier localidad de Chile, incluye Santiago y Viña del Mar.
La selección tendrá lugar el día 5 de Diciembre 2009 y el ganador será contactado el mismo día. Los resultados serán publicados en http://WeddingPhotoChile.blogspot.com

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Wedding Dresses

Great resource for wedding dresses.
www.noviasmariaegenia.cl
Very nice people and awesome quality...very original
Locations in Vina del mar and in Las Condes.

Also have a division for amazing quality flowers....great service

Fotografo de matrimonios santiago vina del mar

Price Wedding Photography / Precio de fotografia de boda

For a quotation click here
Cotizacion clik aqui

Looking for the finest wedding dresses in Chile...look here

http://www.lasadrianas.cl/

If your looking for unique and finely crafted wedding dresses..you need look no further. These people produce the best I have seen in Chile...in fact...South America...a few of my clients have had dresses from here and they are a pleasure to photograph.

Working with so many brides over the years, I to apprieciate the differences between nice and amazing wedding dresses. Thes are just flat out amazing...the materials are excellent as the light reacts perfectly with them for photography.

Locations for Weddings in Chile

Hi there,
So your thinking about getting married in Chile ??...well theres a few locations and companies Ive worked with lately and they really impressed me. I will list them at the bottom of this post.
If you already live in Chile then sourcing good locations is easy as you have the means to go and physically see the place to check it out. As a fotografo de matrimonios (wedding photographer) in Chile I also feel obliged to do the same and actively have been. For me it is very important to know the location before the event, know the hot spots and the pitfalls of each location to ensure I bring the best equipment to cover the shoot for the client and also to pre visualise how and what I will use on the location to create the images, ie backdrops, gardens, lighting, reflect, shadows, stairs, architecture etc etc.
It still saddens me that so many chileans have all these wonderfull scenic locations for weddings and choose to perform the ceremony so lte in the day missing out on so much good lighting...with summer coming soon that will change but the last 11 weddings I have covered have been after 7pm in winter...flash flash and more artificial light...if you have the choice brides to be...change the time to suit the sun!!!
So, where do I like to shoot and why.......well as you have probibly gathered by now, any location has its good points but for me...its all about daylight to make you look amazing... If I had to state some preferences for locatios in the Vina del mar city area then it would be

Castle Ross (Vina del mar)
Hotel Radisson (concon)
Sheraton Hotel (Vina del mar)

These three locations have amazing ocean views which also contain some landscape in the backgrounds creating great backdrops for sunset photography. Castle Ross also has the element of architecture within the building and some nice features in its gardens.
If you are looking for a very regal backdrop of a wonderfull old white stone building with mosaic tile floors and stairs and also beautiful gardenrs then, the fine art center in "Quinta Vergara" in Vina del mar has amazing architecture for wedding backdrops and can be availlible for wedding photography with a simple permission from the municipalidad de vina del mar. You can see some sample portraits (retratos) at this location in the Galleria at www.gardnerhamilton.com , select Portraits/Retratos. These images were taken from 2pm to 5pm and the lighting changes can be noticed.

OK Other locations I feel are special...other than the listed above you should look at "Sporting Club Valparaiso" it is actually in Vina del mar about 5 mins drive from centre of town. This old race track has a beautifull old building attached to it with several event rooms all very regal with magestic views and oak panelled walls floor to ceiling. i was photographing a wedding there a couple of weeago and was very happy with the results as the elegance of the bulding amplified the elegance of the event.

Prefer the countryside.....I have one thing to say http://www.indomita.cl/

This is without a doubt in my mind...Thee place to get hitched! the vew, the look, the service...oye oye oye...Located 45mins drive from Santgo and about the same from Vina del mar it is the greatest location no matter where you event. As you can see on their website the location is second to none, both for your event and for the purposes of wedding phontography. The sunset in the valley, the low light beaming down through the rows of vine rees, the mountains, the clean fresh air, the bloody amazing vino...beautiful....romantic...its everything a wedding photographer dreams of.

Event Planners in Chile.....well...its different from say USA for example but hey, their trying!!!...but seriously I ve woed on several occations with a company called CASA EVENTOS ( house of events is the nearest translation) www.casaeventos.cl These guys blew me away, after working in other countries over the years and seeing a lot of styles...these guys I consider to be the masters of their craft in Chile..there food is just down right great and with great presentaation and originality. The visual presentation is beautiful but most of all what stood outo me is something not much found down here at the end of the earth, attention to detail...these guys nail it wonderfully, and to me again this is important as photographs and more so wedding photography is all about details.

so in short here is my list for the Vina del mar area..I will post the same for Santigo soon although....Vina is way more picturesque to begin.

Location (City)
Castle Ross, Vina del mar
Hotel Radisson, Concon
Sheraton Hotel, Vina del mar

Location (out of town)
http://www.indomita.cl/ (I'm not giving you a choice here as I want the best for you lol)

Event Production
www.casaeventos.cl

Contact me if you would like info on other location and even from other cities in Chile and I will try to help you...thanks

Being a British Photographer in Chile

Being a British Photographer in another country means you have offer something special to stand out from the crowd. My proud membership to BIPP helps me to say to my clients that I have the qualifications and skils to serve them well. I am not a guy who just picked up a camera and decided to make some money but I am formally qualified in my field to do so, and will do so with professionalism.

Cotizacion SIN COSTO Fotografia de matrimonios bodas Santiago Vina del mar

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Visit this link to submit your information and recieve your estimation for your wedding
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FREE COUPLES PORTRAITS

This week I have decided to start the free monthly portraits for couples who are getting married. How does it work? ok...all the clients who book with me each month...their names are put into a monthly draw and one couple wins the chance to do a free photosession for couples portraits consisting of around 3 hours of phototime from which they will recieve a CD containing minimum 10 images all full size files, without copyright and ready to print and send. The final images will be fully edited in Photoshop and of full pro quality.

On average I get 8 to 10 weddings per month booked so theres a good chance of winning...Good luck and look forward to hearing from you.
Saludos
Gardner
www.weddingphotochile..com
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