Venue: The V3 Ranch Catering: Ridge Street Kitchen I have to say, I really like Jim and Lindsay right of the bat. We had a lot in common. For starters, just like my wife and I, Jim and Lindsay are also from the Chicago suburbs. Jim is a chemical engineer, and Lindsay is a school[more…]
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Laura and David’s Breckenridge Wedding at Ten Mile Station Venue/catering: Ten Mile Station Videography: Elegant Productions Florist: Petal and Bean David and Laura traveled all the way from Omaha, Nebraska to have their wedding in Breckenridge, Colorado. They chose to hold the ceremony and reception at Ten Mile Station. Most people who visit Breckenridge[more…]
Chris and Heather’s Vail, Colorado Wedding Hometown: Frisco, Co Venue: The Donovan Pavillion Caterer: All Seasons Catering Videography: Susan Metcalf Video Heather and Chris live in the next town over from me. They had a gorgeous wedding at the Donovan Pavilion in Vail. I loved this couple’s laid back attitude, while still managing to do a lot[more…]
Using Models for Portfolios and Creativity There are a lot of apparent catch-22’s when it comes to wedding photography. How do build a portfolio to get jobs before you have any jobs for the portfolio? How do you experiment and grow while you are working for a client? In both of these cases, models are[more…]
Craig and Yvonne’s California Wedding I met Yvonne when I was in high school nearly 20 years ago. Unfortunately we lost touch after graduation, but as so often happens, we reconnected through my Facebook page. That is where she discovered that I have spent the last decade or so as a photographer. She mentioned that[more…]
I was one of the early adopters of digital photography, way back in 2005. It was a simpler time then. A new Batman movie starring Christian Bale was about to be released. George Bush was president. The U.S. was involved in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. A new invention called the iPod had only been[more…]
I get asked a lot about how I pack for a destination wedding. In order to have the proper back up equipment, I am usually packing at least two cameras, two flashes, multiple lenses, batteries, memory cards, and I need to make sure everything fits on the plane under the seat in front of[more…]
How to get along with guests with cameras Without fail, every wedding I am hired to shoot is going to have at least one self proclaimed unofficial photographer. In the business we have names for these people like “Uncle Bob’s,” “Fauxtopgraphers,” and a laundry list of names I dare not mention. The wedding photography blogosphere is filled[more…]
I took a wedding photography workshop with my favorite wedding photographer, David Beckstead, last year to try to learn some new techniques. One of the things we focused on was finding reflections in compositions. At the time I thought it was opening my eyes up to a whole new world, but then I went back[more…]
Benefit for the American Cancer Society For the past two years, Timothy Faust Photography has been a proud Platinum Level sponsor for Hope on the Slopes Benefiting the American Cancer Society. Each year, hundreds of skiers and skiers and riders descend on Breckenridge from around the world to raise money for the fight against cancer. Cancer is[more…]