Today is the 100th day of lockdown.
For 2 million+ #ForgottenLTD businesses, including One Minute Briefs LTD, that's 100 days of little or no work, no income support and no grants from the government
So today, we are dedicating one of our One Minute Briefs social campaigns to one of those ForgottenLtd businesses affected in order to give them some help with their promotion & create lots of great quick-fire content and reach during this difficult time.
Together, I hope we can really help the chosen business with a much-needed morale boost in typical creative style, at the same time as sending a message to the Chancellor to ask him, once again, to not forget about them, OMB and millions of others.
We NEED the OMBLES to help make our voices heard!!!
Please tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs @IamChrisBarber and @ForgottenLTD with the hashtag #ForgottenLTD
You can also mention @commonstreasury and @RishiSunak in your tweets in order to make sure the message gets to them.
Today’s chosen LTD business is Chris Barker Photography. I chose this as the business really stood out with it’s distinctive style, and with weddings being one of the things not happening during the crisis, Chris has been badly affected by the lack of government support and has very limited options of work in the near future. It would be great if the OMBLES could help get his name out there and create loads of fun content that matches his unique outlook on what he does. And, when the time is right, hopefully it will help business get back to normality.
About Chris Barker Photography:
Style + Approach For Relaxed Wedding Photography.
I photograph “love” a lot (like… a lot) so my definition of it is important because it inevitably contributes to creating relaxed wedding photography.
I’m not gonna pretend my work is for everyone. It really isn’t because every relationship is completely unique. But the people I work with + I share the same ethos. To us… “love” is laughing till you snort at yourselves. It’s vedging out on the sofa together on a Friday night, binging on Netflix + not wanting to be anywhere else in the world. Humans are designed to communicate, socialise + engage with other humans so it’s inevitable we feel a connection to portraits of people where we can sense a genuine energy or element of their characteristics. I create images that my couples, families + friends connect with – beyond simply creating a visually ‘pretty’ photograph.
To me, choosing to spend your life with another human being isn’t a unicorn, crapping heart shaped confetti glitter, over a perfect double rainbow (although it would be kinda awesome). Instead, I choose to focus on a raw, genuine + less posey side of relationships. I mean… you *might* pose romantically together all the time (you lie) but I rather understand your little ‘in’ jokes + get to know you guys on a real level than just brute force a bunch of cliche poses for the sake of convenience + tradition. My work avoids anything stylized, glazed over, or artificially sweetened. It’s not driven by themes, it doesn’t try to be ”vintage”, quirky or feature the latest fad. It is what it is. You being you.
You can’t pose laughter.
I only work with a limited number of couples every year so I can focus on a small group of people in a way that allows me to take the time to get to know you guys better + create genuine portraits, full of life, character + authentic expression.
Looking for fun wedding photos that aren’t posed or cheesy?
Check out my Top 50 Fun Wedding Photos
(Feel free to use these photos in your OMB entries)
Find out more about Chris here and check out the full website at chrisbarberphotography.co.uk
“Wedding photography is inevitably seasonal work with most weddings taking place between May + September. The pandemic has left couples with no choice but to postpone their weddings to next year. Within a few weeks, I went from planning to photograph around 30 weddings to zero, along with any expected income. These weddings have now filled my calendar for 2021, which now makes it very difficult to take any new bookings for next year. As a limited company, I’ve only been offered loans (no grants, no SEISS etc) to sustain my business, thus making the possibility of a ‘bounce back’ highly unlikely. The impact of the government’s decision to not fairly support all businesses will have a long term impact on this seasonal industry. We’ve had our pleas for any kind of support repeatedly shrugged off + we’re left to sacrifice our own businesses, our own ambitions + dreams to fulfil our couples plans for the best day of their lives.”
