Recently I was thinking back to my first time at the WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) in Las Vegas back in 2008. I had only been photographing for a few years, and it was my first time at a conference with thousands of wedding and portrait photographers getting to meet and listen to long[more…]
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Venue: The Splendido at the Chateau, Beaver Creek, Colorado Flowers: Hot House Flowers of Vail Dress: David’s Bridal Menswear: Men’s Wearhouse Rings: Jared’s Galleria of Jewelry Hair and Makeup: Spa Anjali at the Westin Jared proposed to Kristin on trip to Paris when they visited the Isle de Cite. They planned the perfect Fall Colorado wedding[more…]
Sometimes I like to try new ideas or create images that might be a little to abstract or unusual for most couples. For these ideas I like working with friends and models to try to create more abstract images. As many of you know, I spent many years as a professional nature and landscape photographer.[more…]
Creating Dynamic Images I am going a slightly different direction with this Anatomy of an Image post, because I am sharing 14 images from seven different weddings. The idea occurred to me when someone in a wedding photography forum noted how all the images photographers post seem to be very different then what you[more…]
Photographing with Invisible Light: Infrared Our eyes are capable of seeing only a tiny fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum known as visible light. Yet, we can use instruments to help us detect invisible light like x-rays, radio waves, and infrared light. Infrared light is the same light that night vision goggles use. It was[more…]
Venue: Loveland Ski Area Coordinator/Florist: Karin Novotny, The Garden Path Dress and Veil: Pronovias from The Bridal Collection Mens Formalwear: Calvin Klein Hair and Makeup: Keri Winters Bridal Amber and Aaron met on a set up ski date at Arapahoe Basin in Colorado. They hit it off on that first chairlift ride, and have been together[more…]
We recently had the first guided photo walk of the year. We spent two hours in Breckenridge learning about the history and photography. During the walk, I helped the group find a mother fox and her four kits who practically posed for our photographs. All in all it was a great experience for[more…]
Can you name a single photographer, alive or dead other than Ansel Adams? That is a question I ask my photography students. Often they can name one or two because they are studying photography, but if I posed that question to the general public, I wonder how many could name a photographer. I wonder how[more…]
Portraits in Alma, Colorado These are a few sample images from a portrait session I did near Montgomery Reservoir above Alma, Colorado. Alma is probably best known as the location where the Comedy Central show, South Park, is loosely based on. We did the portrait session at the west side of the reservoir around[more…]
What makes one photographer different from another? To be sure, a large part of it is our imagery, but there is more to it than that. Successful businesses excel at being able to get the message out to consumers what it is that makes their brand different. Professional photographers tend to be very bad at[more…]