distributors Parker Photographic, Graphi design is done in-house. Mark Seymour earned his MPA Wedding Associateship in 2008.
Mark has won the Central Region For the conventional albums, Poole For details of how to apply for MPA qualifications, and the next
title every year. pro lab Paul Williams makes Epson Associateship and Fellowship judging (August 18th 2009) contact MPA
In 2007, he won the overall title K3 inkset prints on Harman Photo head office on 01325 356555.
with a strong reportage set of Jew- Galerie FB Gloss, a heavyweight ar-
ish wedding images. chival result which looks and feels
Most valuable to him promo- like a traditional photo print.
tionally has been his 2008 title A typical wedding results in
as You & Your Wedding magazine three album sales – couple and
Bride’s Choice. This did not just both parents – but only limited re-
earn him a top consumer award at print sales, as the style of photog-
the national ceremony. It also got raphy is not aimed at ‘group shot’
him a full page in the magazine re-orders. As for the pricing, Mark
(worth a four-figure sum) followed wasn’t concerned about splashing
by a year as a Q&A panellist. His out on a Canon 1Ds MkIII kit and
photo appears with his answers to then switching to Nikon. “You can
bride-to-be questions printed in earn more from one wedding than
the magazine. the cost of one camera”, he said.
“You can’t put a value on that He was a digital pioneer back in
kind of exposure”, he told us. 2001 with one of the first Nikon
He’s also a good networker. He D1 systems, no small invest-
was asked to take photos at the ment at that time. “When Nikon
Family Portrait Week launch night, approached me to try the system
attended by a good few celebrities. again, they assumed I would want
Vanessa Feltz saw his work, found the 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. John
out about his wedding magazine said that this was the lens every
agony-uncle spot, and now he’s on wedding photographer ordered. Not
her list as a potential show guest me, with the Canon kit I had noth-
the next time weddings are on the agenda. ing longer than 85mm.”
So now Mark is all set for the
Tools of the trade 2009 season with a unique series
of high speed prime lenses and the
As for the final product, Mark uses DSLR with the best low light capa-
Jorgensen (Australian, expensive, bility of all. It seems like a match
known mainly by word of mouth made in Heaven… another perfect
amongst photographers) and Gra- wedding?
phiStudio (so well promoted that – David Kilpatrick
even brides ask for the brand). The null
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