Wedding Photography in Crested Butte Tip #8

Wedding Photography in Crested Butte Tip #8

I started to work with a company, Evolve Edits, who does a host of things including choses your photos and creates unique and creative photos from your RAW files. I really like the techniques they use to make an ordinary wedding photo looking special. They also cut down tremendously on my time editing and working in Photoshop. Of course the trade off is it cuts into you profit a little, but I think my time is worth it.

Wedding Photography in Crested Butte Tip #7

Wedding Photography in Crested Butte Tip #7

It is all about meeting with the client, making a personal connection. You are not just selling your portfolio, you are selling yourself. you are going to be photographing an intimate and very special day in your client's life, so getting along is beneficial to both parties. I suggest sitting down and having an hour to 2 hour long meeting with your potential client not just to sell your work or to even sell yourself but to make sure this is the right client for me and I am the right photographer for them. 

Wedding Photography in Crested Butte Tip #6

Wedding Photography in Crested Butte Tip #6

Don't be afraid to pose your couple. I directed this shot all the way down to the kiss. It looks great and still has emotion and passion. Sometimes the moment right before the actual kiss is more passionate than the kiss itself. As for posing, telling the couple to stand in a certain place or how to hold each other helps to ensure you control the lightening, background etc. I often tell my couple where to go and then tell them to have fun with each other, have the groom whisper in the bride's ear, spin her, dance together, tickle. This creates moments between, relaxing them and their body language. Its a good way to start the shooting process because it loosens everyone up. 

Wedding Photography in Crested Butte Tip #5

Wedding Photography Tip #5

Be impulsive. I was walking with my bride and groom from one location in town to another when I saw the sun gleaming through the trees. I thought to myself that this was a great time to create a sun flare and get a good shot of our main street, Elk Ave. with the bride and groom. I saw the light post and knew I wanted to use it to help relax the pose of the bride and groom. First I only had the groom hanging off the post but the bride looked uncomfortable standing next to him so I had her jump up there and got this shot. With my fisheye lens the sun flared nicely behind the tree. I darkened the edges to focus on the bride and groom and cooled the tones. I also erased the no parking sign above the bride's head and typed in their wedding date and name to make it extra special. 

Wedding Photography in Crested Butte

Wedding Photography in Crested Butte

Tip #4

I like to use a fisheye for the dance shots at weddings. It's a great way to get the expressions of the other guests around the bride and groom or get the bride and grooms expressions while others dance. I also like to use a slow shutter speed to create movement with the lights. A flash bouncing off a wall or ceiling works well to freeze the motion of your main subject while you blur the background. 

Holiday Portraits in Crested Butte

Thanks for some great Holiday Portraits! There will be more to come over Christmas week! It was really fun exploring new ways to highlight the personalities of my new clients and trying out new poses on everyone! The images turned out great! Thanks again!

Mini-Portrait Session

I am offering Mini-Portrait sessions and I would love to book you for a time slot on Saturday between 12-2pm. You can pick any 30-minute segment. The Mini-Session includes a 15-30 minute photo session and a Standard Digital CD with all your images printable up to 5x7. You will also receive a Password protected Web-album for viewing and sharing. From the web-album you can print larger prints or chose form any one of the many merchandise items including Holiday Cards, greeting Cards, Photos-on-Canvas or Gift Items. This Package usually runs $410 but is only $125 for this Saturday sessions. Call me to book- 914.548.8078. 

Iconic Images of Our Capital

Iconic Images of Our Capital

I spent a week photographing Washington DC this Spring. It was an amazing experience. I had been to Washington before but I had never seen it so intimately. We woke up every morning at 4am to get to our location before the sun rose. Finding the location was mostly easy at that hour, traffic was very light and I had a wonderful Guide book that helped with directing us to the perfect spot. Then it was back to the hotel for a late morning name and breakfast and back out around 3pm to fight the traffic and find the sunset location. It was a really fun trip.