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John and Gail Warburton

Both John and Gail were taught their craft by Magnum Photographer Martin Parr

Johns work has been exhibited in Art Galleries through out the U.K and Europe. John has consciously kept his style and applied it to his wedding work, in his unique and original documentary style. John spends the day soaking up the atmosphere in and around the wedding party sizing up the visual, looking for the emotional, a 1/60th of a second here,1/ 25th of a second there. By the end of the day he has photographed hundreds of lyrical moments from your day. This is the essence of his style, natural, quiet, unobtrusive, pure documentary.

Gail’s approach to wedding photography compliments Johns perfectly. Her photography is considered, intimate and original. Gail possesses the knack of being able to make people relax and smile, she is a people person. After leaving West Surrey College of Art & Design, Gail set up her own studio in Brighton and throughout the nineties produced wholly original portraits and still life images. It was during this time that Gail perfected her sense of composition and control of light and shade. In her spare time one would often find her browsing magazines or buzzing about London taking in the latest exhibition looking for the new and inspirational.

Now concentrating exclusively on wedding photography Gail captures the romance and beauty of you and your guests.

Preferring not to create her photographs in one big afternoon "Photo shoot", Gail likes to take the bride and Groom (and Guests) away to one side for periods through out the day. Constantly checking on Pre determined locations around your wedding venue when she sees that the "light is just right" she will whisk you away for a few minutes to get the perfect picture. One only has to look at her previous work and list of recommendations to see that she is a natural.

When asked whose work they are most influenced by, they happily talk of their admiration for painters such as Vermeer and Rembrandt or photographers such as Robert Frank and Andreas Gursky. With their personal projects firmly entrenched in the Arts, their influences naturally come from a broad fine art background.

Equipment

All equipment is of the highest quality, top of the range Nikon [Johns] and Canon [Gails] cameras and lenses. Using two cameras each and 2 back ups on every project, all situations and locations can be handled with ease and professionalism.

Photography in Cardiff

We are frequently asked by keen newbie photographers as to what to photograph around Cardiff and South Wales with the implication that there was no real subject matter to get their photographic teeth into. In answer i have jotted down a few ideas that may be of help to the budding photographer.

Cardiff has been named as one of the top 10 cities in Europe providing photographers with a broad range of subject matter. The natural Cardiff landscape to the north of Cardiff city is name up of rich countryside while Cardiff city centre is a tasteful mixture of the old and new. At the hub of Cardiff city centre lies Cardiff Castle where they hold special events throughout the year holding many opportunities for the photographer.

Spreading out from Cardiff Castle are the main shopping streets and famous shopping arcades that are beautifully preserved in all their 19th century style, juztaposed with the old Cardiff arcades are the newly developed Cardiff city shopping arcades perfect for architectural photography and people photography. Perhaps the most interesting addition to the Cardiff Cityscape is the rejuvenated Cardiff Docks area. Cardiff docks used to be synonymous with the industrial coal industry, but over the last two decades the Cardiff docks area has been rebuilt and redefined. Cardiff bay holds many photographic opportunities for the photographer, remnants of the coal days have been preserved alongside the new continental cafe style waterfront, from the worlds largest coal expoerting port to Europe's largest waterfront development Cardiff bay has been turned into a vast freshwater lake with the introduction of a barrage. The photographic landscapes and seascapes that can be created in Cardiff are amazing, whether you photograph towards the Bristol Channel or facing inland towards Cardiff city your photographic imagery will benefit.

Whether in Cardiff city centre or around Cardiff Bay there are numerous galleries and art centres to visit. Penarth houses Ffotogallery that showcases some of the best Cardiff talent alongside renowned international photographic artists. Along with exhibitions the cardiff Ffotogallery offers many photographic courses for the beginner thourgh to professional.

Cardiff with its history, its mixture of new and old architecture, the Cardiff people, Cardiff blues football team and Cardiff blues rugby team, the outlying Cardiff countryside, or Cardiff waterfront and Cardiff's bay area offers the photographer the opportunity to create some unique pieces of work for their portfolio.

Exhibitions and Events

2003
Photo Evolution established

2001/2002
Post Graduate studies 'The Photographic Document and The Construction of Meaning' University of Wales

1998
October - “On the road”, Side Gallery Newcastle

July – “An English Look at the English”,

June – “On the Road”, Open eye Gallery, Liverpool.

May - Curator at the Brighton Fringe festival. (Participants included: Marketa Luscakova, Tom Wood).

1997
December - North West Arts Touring Exhibition.

1996
October - Guest at the Houston Foto Festival, Houston, USA.

November – “New Contemporaries”, F-Stop Media Centre, Bath.

March - “Uberview”, Aytoun Gallery, Manchester and Chemnitz Germany

1994
July - “Solo Exhibition”, Watershed, Bristol.

1993
June - “Solo Exhibition”, Glastonbury Festival of the Arts.

July - Group Exhibition, The Mall Gallery, London.

1st Class Honorary Degree Fine Art Photography, West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham, Surrey.

1992
May - “Fresh Evidence”, Mai De La photo, Reims, France.