Literally Escalation Storybooks™

on Monday, 18 March 2013. Posted in Derek's Diary

New Überpackage now available

Derek Pye is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a new Überpackage - The Literally Escalation Storybook package. Lesser photographers may advertise so-called unlimited all day coverage packages with two so-called photographers and promise they’ll tell the story of your so-called special day but we say ha!. How can they? Who is photographing the guests as they prepare for your massive day? What did your florist have for breakfast? Just how many free glasses of champagne did special Uncle Terry drink? Was every guest laughing during the speeches or did some of them look a bit sad?

You’ll never know unless you book my Literally Escalation Storybook package - with the LES™ we literally assign a photographer to literally cover each guest and supplier as the excitement literally builds. Don’t miss a millisecond of what is literally the biggest day of your gigantic life.

Literally hundreds of thousands of images are taken by our slightly trained toggers and 3 years later once they have been literally individually edited, using the very latest pixellation protocols, we literally supply a bespoke storybook album covering the day from the point of view of each and every guest and each and every supplier - Literally!

New Photo Editing App - The AisleAvaGram

on Wednesday, 13 February 2013. Posted in Derek's Diary

Remember the days when photography was harder than Jimmy Saville in a hospital waiting room, when taking awful pictures was an effortless click of a button. Thanks to to the merciless onslaught of technology captured from robots sent back in time to set up photo booth businesses, it's now more challenging than ever to capture those charming images of yesteryear fearuring heads chopped off, totally out of focus flash misfired dark masterpieces or those charming flash too close total whiteouts.

aisleavagram - the photo editing appThat's why we've been working round by round on our new photo app - The AisleAvaGram with InstaShit™ Filters. Now you can relive that classic bygone era when no one except top photographers like Derek Pye could take good pictures by using our revolutionary app.

In conversation with top wedding photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson

on Friday, 24 February 2012. Posted in On Photography

on my mindA while ago Henri Cartier-Bresson had the great pleasure of meeting one of his heroes. Me. In this never before seen interview I spoke to Henri about his life and work and my influence on him. 

 I travelled to meet Cartier-Bresson in Paris, taking with me a box of pickled onion Monster Munch as a gift. Legend has it that he loves them but they are impossible to find in France. We meet in a cafe in the Montparnasse area. He greets me like an old friend. It's all hugs and backslapping and little punches and neck locks. We wrestle on the floor for half an hour like Oliver Reed and Alan Bates in Women in Love. Eventually, after I land a nasty rabbit punch, a waiter comes over and separates us.

 I order a large bottle of Absinthe and we settle down, two giants of the medium, and begin our conversation.

Difficult 3rd Rock 'n' Roll wedding! LOL!

on Thursday, 12 January 2012. Posted in Weddings

rocknrollwedding1LOL Rockin’ wedding OMG!!. Like bonkers, Derek Pye and his assistant, Muktar have just finished shooting their difficult 3rd rock ‘n’ roll wedding. Sneak peak tweeps on the blog.

 Arriving early at the fab venue to meet the gorgeousness that is the bride [actually my friend Katie], Derek and Muktar trashed the bridal suite and drove the white Bentley into the hotel swimming pool. LOL. We put the bride’s mum in the boot for extra rock 'n' roll ROFLS.

 We absolutely love shooting weddings and loved shooting this more than any other photographer could possibly have loved it. Love it, love it! Gorgeous, Hon!!.

 How did I get into photography? My Grandad probably gave me my first fab camera when I was just ever so little and I, well, just loved it!!! My Grandad was a twat LOL but the lovely camera was just WOW!