Neil December 14th, 2007
Display preferences don’t change how we shoot…but good communication from you can free us up to do our job the best way we can!! For example, this is the front of Tanya’s thank-you card:
To get this shot I had Tanya sit on the diving board of the pool and Erik jumped in to get some hugs and poof the picture was made. I had communicated with Tanya about her picture preferences and she didn’t want anything too posed and didn’t want to spend precious time away from her wedding posing — and that desire was balanced by the somewhat traditional need to produce a representation of herself and her husband on the thank-you card. So in this shot she enjoyed the mood - as well as the representation - and was freed from any expectation to go all out on the back:
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Neil December 8th, 2007
So it’s been a while since I’ve discussed a picture, and I thought this would be a good one to talk about. I shot this image at a recent November wedding with it’s bride only counterpart. I enjoyed creating this image in an empty lot next to Christina’s (the bride’s) parent’s home where she prepared for the wedding. The enjoyment came from being able to create mood and style easily in the early evening that comes in November. The frame above was made at 5:03:22PM between the ceremony and reception. The early sunset gave me the chance to control the lighting in the image by using my strobes instead of relying on the mood of the natural light.
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Neil July 31st, 2007
I spent an evening with Heather and Dave at Letchworth park for their engagement photos.
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Neil March 5th, 2007
Save the date postcard front^
Beth & Wade helped me finalize their save the date postcards today, and I thought since you probably don’t have the privilege of being on their guest list - I’d give you a peak no less.
That’s putty and Olive prancing in the picture, it was imperative that they get their moment in the spotlight.
Beth and Wade’s display preferences tended toward the organic and natural and they represented those preferences in both the choice of shoot location and the toning and retouching of the images for their save the date cards.
Here’s a few more images from their engagement session.
I also helped Beth and Wade put together a simple website.
