Anatomy of an Image I decided to start writing a serious of blog entries describing the thought process of what goes into a single image from a wedding shoot. I want readers to understand where I was coming from creatively and what went into the image technically. My goal is to explain an image every[more…]
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Venue: Copper Station at Copper Mountain I love weddings that are a little out of the ordinary. When Ben called me and asked, “I have a question about wedding photography. Can you ski?” I was pretty intrigued. Having to ski to photograph an event is nothing new for me, but I have to say I was[more…]
Carin and I have sure been getting in a lot of skiing this season. If you don’t already know it, two of our favorite activities involve skiing and travelling. a few weeks ago we were able to do both. We had a little time off so we decided to take an impromptu trip out to Lake Tahoe[more…]
My wife, Carin, and I really enjoy traveling. I wish I was one of those cultured individuals that could carry on a conversation in dozens of languages as I traveled the world. Sadly, that just isn’t the case. What I can do is go is order beer in Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, German, French, Tibetan, Spanish (both[more…]
One of my favorite things to do is to photograph the weddings of friends. I met Karen over ten years ago when I was in graduate school at Northern Illinois University. At the time, I was the graduate assistant for the Outing Centre, the university’s outdoor adventure program. I hired Karen to work as[more…]
I’ve had a lot of people ask me what I like to do in my spare time when I’m not photographing. My wife Carin and I really like to spend as much time in the outdoors as possible. We hike, climb, ski, and especially bike. In addition to riding bikes, I also like[more…]
I recently received news from Intrepid Travel that my image, Toroweap Point Sunset, won the 2012 Annual Photography Competition for the Landscape category. I made this image a few years ago while spending several days camping at Toroweap point. Most of the images I shot were pretty disappointing. The one exception was this evening when there was[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…]
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…]
Location: The Ice Castles, Silverthorne, Colorado Model: Renee Neward Bartnick Earlier this winter, I went out to the Silverthorne Ice Castles to work on some ideas I had. When I am trying out new techniques or ideas, I will often practice them on models instead of experimenting on actual wedding clients. This is particularly true[more…]