The Distributed Photography Project

Join us in this unprecedented and exciting venture, where we bring together our collective styles and tell the wedding story a thousand ways!

Do you really long to have some grizzled pro wedding photographer lining you up with the aunts for an overflashed shot? The way we see it, the richest images are going to come from the people who are there for us, care for and know each other. And given the unparalleled ease with which modern photography (digital or otherwise) can be processed and shared, it would be too dull to do otherwise.

So here is what we have planned:

First, everyone bring along your favourite photographic or video apparel (with adequate supplies of batteries & films). Anything goes, from home-made keyhole, pro medium-format and 35mm compacts to SLRs, pocket digital to the imperial EOS 1Ds MkII, Super-8mm film to pro cinematic widescreen (with Peter Jackson in tow).

Then shoot at whim. Impressionistic, expressionistic or journalistic style – just no rigid, posed stuff. Distributed means we get to see ourselves and our special day through your eyes and your style, and this is what we most look forward to.

Look at these pics on flickr.com for inspiration!

Remember, there will be no wedding photographer –you all get to have control, capture the moment and immortalise the people. As well as the sensible shots, use your feeling and your imagination, experiment, and see with new eyes. Take burst shots, black & white, shoot from the hip, paparazzi-style overhead or dizzy-style with drink in hand! Short videos (all digitals are pretty good at this too nowadays) can also be very interesting.

NB Non-Greek guests may be dutifully coy about shooting during the ceremony. Rest assured that it is typical for the Greek wedding photographer and guests to deliver a veritable barrage of flashing and clicking. Especially during the rice-throwing bit…

We will also hopefully have plenty of warm, natural sunset light and not much need for flash (get your settings right!) so be nice but don't feel too inhibited about shooting at this stage.

Then, before you go, you drop off the films or download your image files to our laptop (armed with an all-format flash memory card reader) that will be waiting in a corner. Don’t worry, kind help will be at hand if you are new to this. We will also have some NiMH battery rechargers just in case you run flat.

We will then process both digital and old-school photo film and upload the best pics onto a dedicated area on flickr.com (the best creative photography sharing site on the net) where all can have free viewing access and can download the pics.

Or, if you prefer, you process and upload yourself (dead easy – just create a free account on flickr.com and upload to the specified group – more details on this in due course).

Of course we don’t mean to have this take over to the point of anyone missing the fun; but remember that we will depend on you for posterity (no pressure…).

NB This is a blog-style website, so if this is your first visit, start reading from the bottom!