Paul Rogers of Rogers Pictures is a UK documentary wedding photographer. Before wedding photography, Paul was a photojournalist with The Times newspaper in London where he photographed a full range of subjects – from royalty, celebrities and world leaders to war zones and natural disasters worldwide.
His Instagram bio sums up his current approach nicely… “UK and Europe based Documentary Wedding photographer working with relaxed couples who love photography but don't want a photoshoot on their wedding day.”
This episode of the Photography Xperiment podcast is sponsored by the super talented digital editors at The Image Salon… more about them in the show.
Here’s some of what we cover:
What is your big takeaway?
Following this interview, I’d love to read your feedback and comments. Was there something from this interview that struck a chord, inspired or motivated you?
Will you take any kind of action after hearing what Paul had to share?
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I’ve made all those mistakes out there and you know, you don’t intend to make them the second time; or there’s maybe a second time but not a third – Paul Rogers
If you have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Paul or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them below too.
When you are confident in what you’re doing you can get to the point of shooting the images that you know you need a lot quicker than when you’re faffing around, experimenting, trying something out that doesn’t work and you’re not quite sure you end up overshooting – Paul Rogers
I knew that I needed to do something in the field of documentary photography to do the kind of work that I wanted to do – Paul Rogers
Things change and this is who I am now – Paul Rogers
We will never stop learning and I just want to push myself every single wedding. Every year, I want to get better at everything – Paul Rogers
Links to people, places and things mentioned in this episode:
I suppose what I’m trying to do is explore other people’s vision of how they see – Paul Rogers
Equipment
Canon EOS 5D Mark II Full Frame DSLR Camera (Body Only) (OLD MODEL)
Thank you!
Thanks again for listening to the show and thanks to Paul for coming on and experimenting with a new and different format for this photography podcast.
Also, a big thanks to The Image Salon for sponsoring this episode of the podcast and making the show possible. If outsourcing your editing is something you're currently doing or considering, please put the guys at The Image Salon to the test… I think you'll be blown away!
If you immerse yourself around people that have a philosophy in the way that they work it could certainly rub off on you and it can change the way you start looking at the world and that’s just the beginning. It’s now up to you to develop that and to look for other influences and to develop your style and to find out what works and what doesn’t – Paul Rogers
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That’s it for me, hope everything is going well for you in life and photography!
Thanks and speak soon
Andrew
Another great interview and wonderful listen. Nice to hear Paul is not afraid to shoot a burst of frames to capture a special moment. The pants story was hilarious. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Rob, no matter how bad a day I’m having I’ll always know it can’t get more embarrassing than that day in Windsor…
Thanks Rob! It was very cool to hear how he “works” a scene while shooting a burst too.
I felt so relieved that Paul has problems with his focusing! I thought it was just me! The old saying; ‘a bad workman blames his tools’ has been in my head the whole time I’ve had my Canon 5d mk3 so I never told anyone, incase I got blasted as a prat who can’t use their camera properly! I quickly learnt to shoot with my primes the way Paul says he shoots, to get around having such a poor in focus/out of focus ratio.
What a great guy! I really enjoy these informal interviews. Keep up the excellent work Andrew!
It’s a common issue Alex, especially with fast primes wide open. Shooting at 2.8 and above means the issue isn’t noticed as much.
I’ve been waiting patiently for the 5D4, and while it sounds like Canon missed the opportunity to leap-frog the competition in some areas, I think the AF and high ISO performance are worth switching. I pre-ordered 2 on the day it was announced!
Haha, isn’t it good to hear someone you admire also has difficulties. Sounds terrible but it’s true.
Thanks for adding your comments and love that yore enjoying this series and style of interviews… Theres’ more to come!
Hi Paul, thanks for the reassurance!