It’s the most discussed topic in wedding photography facebook groups and often the same sorts of answers – ‘stick in there’, ‘blame Brexit’, ‘it’s not you it’s the industry’… so […]
By: Adam Johnson
4 months ago
Thanks a million to Ray and Sarah of Ray McShane Films for filming the NineDots Gathering 2019! This is the second time they’ve filmed the Gathering for us and […]
By: Adam Johnson
7 months ago
Added value? What the eff is that then?! When the three of us got into wedding photography between 2010 and 2012 it was relatively easy to differentiate yourself. Not a […]
By: Adam Johnson
10 months ago
The coronavirus pandemic is a huge issue for wedding photographers especially in this limbo state we’re currently in. Adam Johnson, Andy Gaines and Rahul Khona discuss some tips for you […]
By: Adam Johnson
4 months ago
Adam Johnson, Andy Gaines and Rahul Khona talk about some recent workshops and conferences they’ve attended, why we go to them, and what nuggets we’ve learned lately. Andy briefly discusses […]
By: Adam Johnson
4 months ago
In this episode, Adam Johnson and Rahul Khona talk about motivation during the off-season ‘downtime’ we have as wedding photographers. Including to-do lists, finding your headspace, getting started and embracing […]
By: Adam Johnson
4 months ago
In this episode, Rahul Khona talks to NineDots Gathering 2020 presenter Rocio Vega about off camera flash, Rocio’s favourite modifiers, shooting one handed with a monopod in the other and […]
By: Adam Johnson
4 months ago
Following the announcement of the Canon EOS R5 as the newest kid on the mirrorless block, Adam Johnson and Rahul Khona discuss the camera, their switch to Sony, whether they’ll […]
By: Adam Johnson
4 months ago
NineDots Award Winners // January 2020 Here are the winners of the latest round of NineDots Wedding Photography Awards from our amazing community of NineDots members! Each month these awards […]
By: Adam Johnson
4 months ago
Pricing in wedding photography is often a contentious subject. It seems you’re either too cheap and annoying the rest of the industry, or too expensive for every enquiry that comes […]
By: Adam Johnson
5 months ago
The latest episode of the greatest wedding photography podcast around – The NineDots DotCast! Rahul Khona is back! And along with Adam Johnson and Andy Gaines, the three of us […]
By: Adam Johnson
5 months ago
The latest episode of the greatest wedding photography podcast around – The NineDots DotCast! In this DotCast Adam Johnson and Andy Gaines, fuelled by recent discussions in the NineDots members […]
By: Adam Johnson
5 months ago
The latest episode of the greatest wedding photography podcast around – The NineDots DotCast! In this episode Adam Johnson and Andy Gaines debate the connection between photography quality and business […]
By: Adam Johnson
5 months ago
The latest episode of the greatest wedding photography podcast around – The NineDots DotCast! In this episode we welcome the amazing Nadia Meli to the DotCast! Nadia is a presenter […]
By: Adam Johnson
6 months ago
Time for a brand spanking new episode of the greatest wedding photography podcast around – The NineDots DotCast! In this episode we discuss the craze of delivering ultra-quick edited previews […]
By: Adam Johnson
6 months ago
Here’s your freshest podcast episode of the greatest wedding photography podcast around – The NineDots DotCast! In this episode we are without Rahul Khona but Adam Johnson and Andy Gaines […]
By: Adam Johnson
6 months ago
We’re proud to bring you the latest episode of the newest and greatest wedding photography podcast around – The NineDots DotCast! In this episode we talk about how you should […]
By: Adam Johnson
6 months ago
We’re proud to bring you the first episode of the newest and greatest wedding photography podcast around – The NineDots DotCast! Available currently on Spotify, TuneIn and Iheartradio and coming […]
By: Adam Johnson
7 months ago
NineDots Award Winners // November 2019 Here are the winners of the latest round of NineDots Wedding Photography Awards from our amazing community of NineDots members! Each month these awards […]
By: Adam Johnson
7 months ago
Best Black Friday Deals for wedding photographers 2019! Hey NineDotters! We’ve scoured Amazon to find the best Best Black Friday Deals for wedding photographers this year! Most of these will […]
By: Andy Gaines
7 months ago
For the fourth year in a row we asked NineDots Gathering ticket holders to submit three images each into the Gathering Print Competition sponsored by our friends at Loxley Colour… […]
By: Adam Johnson
8 months ago
NineDots Award Winners // September 2019 Here are the winners of the latest round of NineDots Wedding Photography Awards from our amazing community of NineDots members! Each month these awards […]
By: Adam Johnson
9 months ago
NineDots Award Winners // July 2019 Here are the winners of the latest round of NineDots Wedding Photography Awards from our amazing community of NineDots members! Each month these awards […]
By: Andy Gaines
11 months ago
Wedding Photographers! We’ve scoured Amazon to find the best deals for you all on Amazon Prime Day 2019. Most of these will be available until midnight Tuesday 16th July. Though […]
By: Andy Gaines
12 months ago
NineDots Award Winners // May 2019 Here are the winners of the latest round of NineDots Wedding Photography Awards from our amazing community of NineDots members! Each month these awards […]
By: Adam Johnson
1 year ago
Photos of the 2018 NineDots Gathering by Chris Barber and Alline Beatrici Thanks a million to the amazing Chris Barber and Alline Beatrici for capturing the NineDots Gathering 2018 […]
By: Adam Johnson
1 year ago
Adam recently caught up with NineDots Wedding Photographer of the Year 2019 Ash Davenport of Miki Studios to present him with his trophy, ask him some questions and find out […]
By: Adam Johnson
1 year ago
NineDots Wedding Photographer of the Year 2018-19 We conclude the first year of NineDots awards by proudly announcing the first ever NineDots Wedding Photographer of the Year as: ASH DAVENPORT […]
By: Adam Johnson
1 year ago
NineDots Award Winners // March 2019 Here are the winners of the latest round of NineDots Wedding Photography Awards from our amazing community of NineDots members! Each month these awards […]
By: Adam Johnson
1 year ago
We are proud to announce that we’ve beefed up our long-time partership with Grizzly Bear Design to launch a brand new discount exclusively for NineDots members! As well as designing […]
By: Adam Johnson
1 year ago
NineDots Award Winners // January 2019 Here are the winners of the latest round of NineDots Wedding Photography Awards from our amazing community of NineDots members! Every second month these […]
By: Andy Gaines
1 year ago
NineDots Award Winners // November 2018 Here are the winners of the latest round of NineDots Wedding Photography Awards from our amazing community of NineDots members! Each month these awards […]
By: Adam Johnson
2 years ago
For the third year in a row we asked NineDots Gathering ticket holders to submit three images each into the Gathering Print Competition sponsored by our friends at Loxley Colour… […]
By: Adam Johnson
2 years ago
NineDots Award Winners // October 2018 Here are the winners of the latest round of NineDots Wedding Photography Awards from our amazing community of NineDots members! Each month these awards […]
By: Adam Johnson
2 years ago
NineDots Award Winners // September 2018 Here are the winners of the fourth round of NineDots Wedding Photography Awards for our amazing community of NineDots members! Each month these awards […]
By: Adam Johnson
2 years ago
NineDots Award Winners // August 2018 Here they are! The winners of the fourth round of NineDots Awards for our amazing community of NineDots members! Each month these awards are […]
By: Andy Gaines
2 years ago
The Sony A7iii isn’t a new camera. It was released in the UK in March 2018, but it has grown massively in popularity since then and recent announcements by Nikon […]
By: Adam Johnson
2 years ago
About The Shot This was basically waiting for the right moment once the little flower girl decided to walk around in the brides shoes after the bridesmaid put them on […]
By: Adam Johnson
2 years ago
NineDots Award Honorary Mentions – by Jenn Nauss // July 2018 For the July 2018 NineDots awards, we were delighted to be joined by one of NineDots’ best friends, the […]
By: Adam Johnson
2 years ago
NineDots Award Winners // July 2018 Here they are! The winners of the third round of NineDots Awards for our amazing community of NineDots members! Each month these awards are […]
By: Adam Johnson
2 years ago
Wedding Photographers! We’ve scoured Amazon to find the best deals for you all on Amazon Prime Day. Most of these will be available until midnight Tuesday 17th July. Tho some […]
By: Andy Gaines
2 years ago
NineDots Award Honorary Mentions – by Anna Ambrosi // June 2018 We are super grateful that one of this year’s Gathering speakers, the fantastic Anna Ambrosi was our guest judge for […]
By: Andy Gaines
2 years ago
NineDots Award Winners // June 2018 As ever, we are very proud to present you with the winners of the 2nd NineDots Awards for our wedding photography community! Each month […]
By: Andy Gaines
2 years ago
If you were at the 2017 NineDots Gathering you might remember us announcing at the end that we would be inviting applications from within the NineDots community to present a […]
By: Adam Johnson
2 years ago
Earlier this year we ran a one day masterclass on Documentary + Storytelling in York, UK. In the specialised masterclass, Andy Gaines and Adam Johnson cover all the tools and […]
By: Adam Johnson
2 years ago
Header image by Liam Shaw, York Place Studios (UK) “Well I can’t do this job forever…” – Can you really be too old to be a wedding photographer? We hear […]
By: Adam Johnson
2 years ago
NineDots Award Winners // May 2018 We are super excited to share the winners of the 1st NineDots Awards for our wedding photography community! The NineDots wedding photography awards are […]
By: Rahul Khona
2 years ago
NineDots Workshops presents The Masterclass Series 2018 – 12, 13, 14 March 2018, York UK NineDots started with a unique workshop back in February 2015. We wanted to bring something […]
By: Adam Johnson
2 years ago
For the past two years we’ve invited NineDots Gathering ticket holders to submit three images each into the Gathering Print Competition… The four of us (Mick, Andy, Rahul and Adam) […]
By: Adam Johnson
2 years ago
20 of the best images of 2017 from NineDots co-founders Adam Johnson, Rahul Khona, Andy Gaines and Mick Shah along with a few words about each one, why we chose […]
By: Adam Johnson
2 years ago
(As with most things, this is best read in the voice of Morgan Freeman) Don’t make resolutions. Have dreams. Make plans to achieve those dreams. Be open to inspiration. Don’t […]
By: Adam Johnson
3 years ago
