I tried to think of words to describe David when he first agreed to be a guest writer for the blog. He is, to my mind at least, at the forefront of wedding and social photography; not just on account of the beautiful images that he produces, but also on account of his holistic approach to photography. His images are as much about connecting with the people that he is photographing as it is about technique.

Ultimately, I tried to cobble together some words by way of introduction, but they seemed lacking, so I refer you to the words from David’s own website:

David A Williams has been involved in photography since the age of sixteen. His father, Colin Williams, was a photographer from 1929 until just before World War Two, so David’s tuition has been long and diverse – from flash-powder to digital.

In 1992 he achieved the very rare distinction of Associateship and Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (FRPS) on the same day. Through the annual Australian Professional Photography Awards’ system, David has demonstrated excellence in his craft and achieved the level of Master of Photography (M.Photog.) with two gold bars, the equivalent of a triple master.

In 2003, he was awarded the “Accolade of Lifetime Photographic Excellence” from the American Wedding Portrait Photographers International organisation (W.P.P.I.)

Competition results include over sixty awards for excellence in wedding and portrait photography in Australia, New Zealand, Austria, America and England. He has won the Grand Award for excellence in portraiture at the American Wedding Portrait Photographers International convention in Las Vegas 1997, 2000, 2002 and ‘Grand Award – Wedding Digital’ in 2003 – always from a considerable field of world-wide entries.

He was chosen by Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd. as the Australian ‘Mentor’ for the testing, devising and shooting of the advertising, promotional and comparative photographs for Kodak Professional. He has done likewise for Fujifilm Australia, with their pro-digital cameras. He continues to work with Epson promoting the ProGraphics printer series.

As well as lecturing extensively to professional photographers all over Australia and New Zealand, Canada, America and England on Weddings and Portraits, he has completed a series of Kodak sponsored lectures to professional photographers in the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and India.

David is unashamedly a maker, as well as a finder of photographs. His aim is the creation of precise images, with clear messages. Background Studies of artists have a great influence on his portrait work. Creating different, heart-warming and humorous photographs are his passion and what he is becoming known for.

His portrait work, especially of families explores the relationships within, and the ‘minds-eye’ details that are often forgotten in our later memories.

In the 2001 Australian Institute of Professional Photography Victorian Division Print Awards, David has won the title “Victorian Professional Photographer of the Year”. He repeated the win in 2003.

Oh, …. And he’s also a nice guy.

David’s website can be found here. For any UK people who are interested, David is shortly to be running his “Almost Alone” workshops in Norfolk, Omagh and Fife. More details can be found here.

David has kindly provided us with two articles for the blog. The first, on wedding photography, will follow soon.

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