Nancy Lisa Barrett

Nancy is a professional wedding and commercial photographer who often works with her husband Andy Phillips. Their images have been seen in magazines like Professional Imagemaker. See www.nancylisa barrettphotography.co.uk DESCRIBING her style as ‘quirky’, Nancy Lisa Barrett shoots weddings in a candid way, adding formal shots as and when required. She loves getting to know her clients before their big day, and limits the number of weddings she shoots to 20 a year. ‘Good communication is key in wedding photography and having a pleasant and calm personality is very important,’ she says.

Most of the time Nancy uses a Nikon D750 paired with either a 16mm, 35mm or 85mm prime lens – she is often faced with low light and appreciates the wide maximum apertures they provide. ‘I use natural light 90% of the time,’ she reveals, ‘for the other 10% I use off- camera flash.’ Nancy keeps her ISO on Auto, but sets everything else manually. ‘I shoot raw files as each image is given my personal treatment in post-processing,’ she explains. ‘I use the dual memory card slots, allowing one card to act as a backup.’ Nancy composes through the viewfinder, and doesn’t typically check exposures using the live histogram. She is often faced with high- contrast scenes, and likes to use spot metering for ultimate accuracy. When focusing she uses the One Shot mode and selects a single point manually.

When space is tight and light levels are low Nancy uses a prime lens – in this case a 16mm Nikon D750, 16mm, 1/125sec at f/4, ISO 800

Nancy prefers to use prime lenses and takes advantage of natural light as much as possible Nikon D750, 35mm, 1/800sec at f/9, ISO 640