I love combining light, props, and scenery to construct a perfect image in front of the camera, but my real passion is wedding photojournalism. Its about finding and capturing the emotional moments that people will remember for years. Sometimes with a little luck along with the ability to anticipate when a moment is going to[more…]
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[pull_quote_right] When a couple is choosing a photographer, they don’t always understand that a more experienced photographer is going to deliver a lot more images in the same amount of time. Asking them to hire by the hour is not conveying to them what they are actually getting. [/pull_quote_right]One of the most common questions I[more…]
I love weddings. I know a lot of photographers that get burnt out on photographing weddings, or only do them because “they pay the bills.” Personally, I can’t get enough. All weddings are cultural events. Often the weddings we attend share a culture similar to our own, and the best we can hope for is[more…]
<== Read Part 1 The concept of a love marriage versus an arranged marriage seems to be of a lot more interest to foreigners than it is to Nepalis. One person I talked to accused American parents of being un loving for not trying harder to find the right spouse for their children. I had[more…]
Someone wrote to me today and asked me why I watermark my images. They asked if just limiting online posting to lo-res images was enough. I guess the answer depends on knowing why I watermark images in the first place. If you aren’t familiar with the term, watermarking refers to putting the copyright symbol and[more…]
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[dropcap color=”” background_color=””]I [/dropcap]think one of the biggest pitfalls we, as artists, can encounter is to become trapped by rules and convention. We spend a lot of time an energy learning and eventually mastering classic techniques. We get wrapped up in concepts like the the “rule of thirds,” getting perfect exposure, and trying to produce[more…]
Never in my life did I expect to see so much debate over something as simple as a filter, but if you pardon the pun, the argument over whether or not a UV filter is necessary has become quite the polarizing topic. Back in the day, a UV filter served the purpose of preventing UV light from[more…]
Recently when looking through a photography forum, I came across the following post: I’m in school for photography and it’s been my passion for awhile now, but I’ve been feeling a bit discouraged lately when I look at professionals’ work. If you’ve ever been in this position, how long did it take you to not[more…]
I was recently answering some questions for people in a photography forum when I came across the following rather painful question from a recent bride: Is it possible to professionally fix blurry, poor resolution, flat digital wedding photos? My wedding pictures are a disappointment. Some are really blurry. The ones that aren’t blurry lack detail[more…]