Buttercross Photography

capturing unique moments

Nottingham wedding portrait commercial press PR and landscape photographer

Malcolm Sales QEP, ABIPP, ARPS

Anne Sales LMPA LBIPP

News

Malcolm wins prestigious award with the British Institute of Professional Photographers.

Taken during the wedding of Tracey & Martin Knowles, this picture won for Malcolm the prestigious Merit Award at the recent British Institue of Professional Photographers annual print competition.

"It's a great feeling to find that your work is appreciated by some of the country's most proficient photographers" said Malcolm shortly after that award was announced.

Buttercross Photography at local Wedding Shows


We exhibited at the recent wedding show held in the popular and prestigious Newstead Abbey.

Here we are at the Gateway Hotel wedding fayre in Nottingham	Our display at Scalford Hall, Leicestershire

New Wedding Albums

We are pleased to announce that we have sourced a new range of top quality wedding and portrait albums from Italy, the home of style and craftsmanship.

The I NOBILI range of albums are all handmade, no mass production; most of these albums are finished in real leather with a small portion in bonded leather.

They are individually made by craftsman and are supplied with a bag and in a case or box where appropriate. Albums have gilded or silvered edges on which the couples names can be etched.

The I NOBILI range is exclusive in the UK so you will not see them everywhere!

These albums are quality not quantity! Your pictures will be presented in the best album so wedding pictures will stand out from the rest; these are the albums for you!

Anne wins prestigious award with the Master Photographers Association

This picture of the cross dedicated to St Cuthbert, looking over the small village of Alnmouth won for Anne the prestigious Award of Excellence for Anne at the recent Master Photographers Association annual print competition.

The picture was taken whilst Anne & Malcolm were researching the area prior to a wedding at Alnwick Castle.

"I'm really excited the the MPA judged my picture to be so good" said Anne shortly after that award was announced.

Buttercross Photography exhibit at the National Wedding Show February 2007.

We exhibited at the February 2007 National Wedding Fair in Birmingham's NEC. The picture (taken before the show opened and the crowds rushed in!) shows our stand featuring 6 2x3' images from our weddings. Our presence proved very popular as we were kept extremely busy for the 3 days.

Quote of the show "Wow clearly you are upmarket photographers" Bishop of Coventry!

Buttercross Photography stant at the NEC

Malcolm joins the BIPP Board of Directors

At the BIPP (British Institute of Professional Photography) AGM in February Malcolm was voted onto the new Board of Directors.

Before becoming a full-time photographer Malcolm spent 30 years in Sales and Marketing for various FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) companies. Redundancy gave him the opportunity to kick Buttercross Photography into a full time business. It is his Sales & Marketing experience that he hopes the new Board of Directors will find beneficial as they guide the BIPP through the coming years of change faced by our industry.

Buttercross Photography exhibit at the National Wedding Show

We exhibited at the October 2006 National Wedding Fair in Birmingham's NEC. The picture (taken before the show opened) shows our stand featuring a massive 1x2m image from one of our weddings. Our presence proved very popular as we were kept very busy for the 3 days.

Malcolm & Anne with Gordon McGowan FBIPP FMPA

Gordon McGowan demonstrating his top techniques

Both Malcolm and Anne recently attended a wedding photography seminar run by the Midland region of the BIPP.

Lead by the world leading Scottish wedding photographer Gordon McGowan FBIPP FMPA, the seminar was attended by some of the best photographers in the Midlands.

Gordon demonstrated some of his techniques which have won for him awards and clients from all over the world.

Malcolm presents digital workflow to the midland region of the BIPP

As a skilled digital photographer Malcolm was asked to present his techniques to the midland region members of the BIPP (British Institute of Professional Photography. Malcolm demonstrated his workflow with RAW files to the audience of professional photographers at their meeting in May 2006.

Photography Gift Certificates

We are aware that many of our wedding clients have already established a home and so don’t need yet another toaster or kettle as a wedding gift.

We are also aware that this will be a unique day in the families’ history when everybody will be assembled together in their smartest clothes. So your pictures will become a treasured part of family history – lasting long after the reception, flowers, honeymoon or even the dress.

So on your wedding day your photography is most important. For these reasons we’ve introduced “Photography Gift Vouchers”. Your guests send us a cheque (made out to Buttercross Photography) for your wedding gift. We send them a Photography Gift Voucher to present to you on your day, to save embarrassment no value is shown on the voucher. When you return from your honeymoon we’ll tell you the total value of all the vouchers and you can then choose how to spend your Gift Certificates - Album, Wall Picture, Prints.

NEW Picture Library service

Malcolm has been taking landscape pictures throughout the UK for many years. Now he has started to put them into a Stock Library and make them available for advertisers, graphic designers, publishers, and multimedia producers.

Click here to see a selection of my Stock Pictures available

If you can't find what you're looking for do send me an e-mail listing your requirements. We may just have not uploaded that image yet.

Personalized Training in digital Photography

As a professional photographer with many years experience with digital techniques Malcolm is now is able to offer personalized training. Malcolm will come to your home, office or club room to give the training you want to improve your digital skills, be it using a digital camera, editing your pictures on your computer, or getting satisfactory prints. E-mail Malcolm with your query. Sessions cost £75 for half a day (morning, afternoon or evening) plus travel costs.

Malcolm wins awards in the prestigious BIPP annual picture competition

Hoster Leaves Winter Lane

These two pictures from Malcolm's "fine art" collection won for him a Pictorial and a Landscape award in the BIPP's Midland Region annual image competition. This competition attracts entries from the very best photographers in the Midlands, so it is indeed some achievement to win these awards.

Buttercross Photography exhibit at Grantham Marriott Wedding Fair

In our continuing campaign to keep meeting potential clients "face to face" we exhibited at Lincolnshire Life's wedding fair at the Grantham Marriott hotel. This hotel is strategically close to the A1 and so easy for guests to find.

Anne gains her Licentiate distinction

At an adjudication panel meeting held at the Focus on Imaging exhibition Anne was unanimously awarded her Licentiateship of both the British Institute of Professional Photography and the Master Photographers Association.

Click here to see her panel of pictures