I would like to introduce to you a new direction we are currently going in with our wedding photography storytelling.
The key word here is baby steps. This is one of the first attempts of mine at using multi-media to tell a better story. I have always felt that the combination of still photos and audio to be quite powerful and have wanted to really explore using that technology to further our ability to tell our couples stories. I have even tried a bit of it at some wedding this past year. To those clients that are reading this, thanks for letting us experiment and I promise you will see the end product soon! This stuff just takes time.
Here is the wedding story of Kelly and Pete. I need to give you a bit of background on this one as I just love this couple. Kelly came to me with a rather unique story. First and most obvious was that she was pregnant with their son Augie. Second was the way they planned their wedding to be. See Kelly and Pete are both very established folks with a ton of wonderfully tight friends and family. Plus they just do not like to be “normal”. I connected with her immediately and her no BS, take life by the horns attitude. I loved it. I got to spend a lot of time with Kelly as I did her maternity images, Augie’s newborn images and then the wedding which took place over two days. I had not met Pete till the week of the wedding when we had our final meeting. He was the same as … Read the rest
Hey photographers!
Wanted to share a really cool thing happening on Wednesday Jan 27th. that I am a part of. Most of you have heard me talk about the Foundation Workshop I teach at down in Dallas every year. Well the on-line forum I am a part of that is associated with that workshop is hosting a benefit to help the people of Haiti next week. We wanted to do something to help as a group and we came up with this-
The Mentor Marathon 4 Haiti will be held on WEDNESDAY JAN. 27 to raise money for charitable organizations that provide relief for Haiti earthquake victims.
For a $100 donation, photographers receive unlimited access to a day-long online mentor session by the industry’s top photographers. Mentors will be conducting portfolio reviews, image critiques, answering questions, etc. Of course, the amount of 1-on-1 interaction depends on the number of photographers participating.
Mentoring schedule for Wednesday (all times Central USA)
7 am – 10 am : Sergio + Critsey Rowe
10 am – NOON : DQ Studios
NOON – 2 pm : David Murray
2 pm – 4 pm : Tyler Wirken
4 pm – 6pm : Ben Chrisman + Anna Kuperberg
6 pm – 8 pm : JVS
8 pm – 10 pm : Brooks Whittington
For more details : http://www.fwforum.com/showthread.php?t=8077
I will be on-line doing what I can for a couple of hours that day along with some of the best in the industry to do our part to raise money to help with the earthquake victims.
Help make a difference by clicking the link to learn more. It will be a lot of
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Emily and Johnny and I got connected through mutual friends, David and Holly, who’s wedding I photographed two Decembers ago. Last night these two came to the studio and we watched their warm winter wedding slideshow for the first time. At the end of the night, I felt the same way that I did about them on the wedding day. That they are beautifully certain about what they like and who they are, and also that they always leave me happy and wanting more of them.
Emily’s favorite wedding photos are the classics- Princess Grace, Jackie Kennedy, any large semi-formal, but wierdly informal family photo from over 60 years ago. We connected on our love for nostalgia and the elements of classic style. Johnny admitted that he had a thing for the look of lights in the distance- out of focus and dreamy. Hey, me too Johnny. And, happily, beneath these surface compatibilities, we also connected on what we held most dear.
To start…Emily dealt with her leaning cake with a refreshingly casual attitude.
The dress arrives…she loooves the dress!
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I had the best time photographing Ash, Jer, Micha, and Tyler on a lovely December morning at their home.
Inspiration was around every corner and in every laugh line. I love you guys!
See the beautiful work of the Parsons here
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Our dear friends Seth and Holly have a beautiful new baby boy named Drew Asher, affectionately known to Mark and I as “the smallest human”
We love you guys and we love you little Drew!
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