About Des
Des Rowan has been one of the top Wedding Photographers in Northern Ireland for the last fifteen years. After he studied photography for five years he started Northern Exposure back in 1990, since then he has covered over 1500 weddings. The wealth of experience gathered over this time has created wedding images with maturity that are self supporting with an effortless relaxed style, one of the major benefits of using a seasoned wedding professional.
He was one of the first wedding photographers in Northern Ireland to shoot weddings in a reportage documentary style using digital technology. Before digital cameras up to 15 rolls of 35mm black & white film were used at each wedding. Everything was done by hand in his purpose build darkroom, processing the films through to hand printing all the images for the final album. There has always been a focus on quality and excellence.
This is still relevent today even in the digital age, great wedding photographers get images right in camera rather than relying on editing programmes later. ‘Shooting film teaches you all about exposure and light, if you do not see light you will not take great wedding photographs, no editing programme will rescue a badly lit or exposed image.’
This is also true of the camera equipment used by Des, the professional lenses and camera bodies are all made by Nikon and are serviced on a regular basis. The cameras used are D3’s with a vast array of professional zoom and prime lenses, without these the images would sill be good but lack quality.
His clients are generally professional people who place a strong emphasis on premium quality wedding photography, they want some family groups and images of themselves but don’t want to spend all of their wedding day standing around taking static over posed pictures, they want to enjoy the day with their guests and family and be captured in an unobtrusive manner being themselves. They understand that exceptional quality costs a little extra and there is more attention to detail in finished product.
The exquisite wedding albums used by Des are some of the best available, every album is designed in-house at the studio with every client being included in the process. The design is a tailor made process for each individual client and they receive a proof of what the finished product will look like at every step in the design, the covers are also bespoke, so clients can make their own choices to the type of material that suit their needs.
Once a client books Des they get a handmade website page all to themselves, this is where they and their friends and family can view the wedding images, post their own images of the day, leave messages, view slide shows, choose their favourites, pick their wedding album images and much more. The website is very user friendly and makes the post-wedding work easier and enjoyable, it also saves time in the workflow for his clients with busy lives or live abroad.
You can also view my wedding photography showreel by visiting the following links-Youtube or Vimeo.
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