Photographing Trinity Church in Honley, West Yorkshire

Trinity Church Honley, personal brand photography Huddersfield

Mini brand photo shoot in Honley

A couple of weeks ago I headed over to the fabulous Trinity Church in Honley, Huddersfield to create a few pictures for their community listing on the Honley website. Having read the fantastic copy that Jeanette from Copy Write had written I knew what kind of pictures I required.

Have a plan.

After reading the copy, it mentioned that Reverend Helen was often seen walking her dog Gabi around the village. I knew instantly that I needed this picture. As Honley is a local community and everyone knows everyone it’s important to get across the personality of the people in the community so having pictures of Reverend Helen I knew was the main thing.

Be flexible

It’s great having a plan, but sometimes we just have to be flexible and change things. This was the case with this shoot. In my head I had lots of ideas of capturing lots of pictures of a beautiful empty church with Reverend Helen doing her thing with gorgeous light beaming through the windows. In reality due to a certain global pandemic, things had been changed slightly and there were tripods, projectors and a massive screen in the way, so I just decided to work with what I had. Once I had put the screen to the side, I found a place where Reverend Helen could fake her service.

Know when to stop

Once I had a few pictures of Reverend Helen in the bag, I knew it was time to move on. I looked around the church for details to capture and it was obvious that I needed to take pictures of the amazing stained glass window, but this was a nice break to pause the shoot as I knew I needed some pictures of Reverend Helen and Gabi outside. We headed outside to overcast weather, which was ideal conditions to capture a few pictures of the two of them. Less than five minutes with them and the shoot was done.

Sometimes you have to make that extra effort

I knew I needed some pictures of Trinity Church for the listing, however the church wasn’t looking it’s best in flat light. In the past I may have tried to create something. Having had years of experience of doing this I’m a great believer in getting it right in camera. I only live 5 minutes away from Honley and I pretty much go through the village most days so I decided that I would just wait for another day to capture some exterior pictures. A couple of days later, I was on my way to a shoot and I just stopped off and the light was lovely. It just goes to show, sometimes you do need to make that extra effort.

Trinity Church Honley, personal brand photography Huddersfield
Trinity Church Honley, personal brand photography Huddersfield
Trinity Church Honley, personal brand photography Huddersfield
Trinity Church Honley, personal brand photography Huddersfield
Trinity Church Honley, personal brand photography Huddersfield
Trinity Church Honley, personal brand photography Huddersfield
Trinity Church Honley, personal brand photography Huddersfield
Trinity Church Honley, personal brand photography Huddersfield
Trinity Church Honley, personal brand photography Huddersfield
Trinity Church Honley, personal brand photography Huddersfield
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