easily one of the best parts about what i do is being a part of a new beginning
i’m watching/documenting/experiencing and freezing time.
i had been dying to try something new and different for this session.
i wanted to get out of orange county and try something a bit more simple.
i threw the idea out to brianna, she said she’d be happy to let me experiment!
little did she know i’d be having them meet me at 4:45 am to get to our destination by sunrise
it was freezing, beautiful, quiet, and perfect.
exactly what i was hoping for.
thankfully we shot these photos last week as brianna had reagan on saturday !
i’ll be sharing those photos soon.
in the meantime here is their maternity session
i couldn’t decide if i liked it in color or black & white, so here’s both.
i’ve had several inquires for another Basic Photography Seminar which i may do again
BUT
in the meantime
why don’t i share some basic information about photography here.?.
first:
lets get you to stop photographing everything on AUTO. scary, I know. but trust me IT WILL GET EASIER and you may even thank me later ( i didn’t say NOW, but later: wink wink)
when i first started interning for a wedding photographer i was told to shoot on aperture priority or shutter priority (while this was helpful to start) it became more of a “crutch” than anything else.
i didn’t take the time to learn all of my camera settings- bad idea! i relied completely on the camera to think for me.
it’s a camera. it can’t think for me.
i put my camera on manual mode and have never looked back.
Soooo, what do you need to know when you shoot manually? a lot.
BUT
let’s start with the basics.
your camera has a dial at the top of it (this is a photo of mine)
for the sake of this lesson lets just look at 3 of the letters and what they mean
M= Manual Mode ( you control all of the settings on your camera)
AV= Aperture Priority (you control the aperture of your camera, while the camera controls everything else)
TV= Shutter Priority (you control the shutter of your camera, while the camera controls everything else)
this is rob & marnee’s
feb. 25. 2012
wedding.
classic, elegant, timeless.
have i mentioned how much i love, first looks?
marnee’s face is a good example of why!
special thanks to big canyon country club and staff for going over the top for this wedding! what a friendly, beautiful, and classy location!
Sandy from Sandy’s Candy made the beautiful candy station
Roger’s Gardens out did themselves on the flowers & reception center pieces
and
rick howard music for keeping the party going!
i was trying to do something different for this blog.
i wanted to pick 1 picture from each important part of the day: getting ready, first look, ceremony, etc.
guess what happened?…
i couldn’t do it.
so here is the small/large version of their blog.
small in that it is less than i normally post
large in that i couldn’t not post some of these photos.
so here is scotty and lisa’s february wedding in southern ca.
aaww the sweet little flower girl… just wait she became much more animated through out the day!
it’s one of my favorite things to capture… the guys getting ready vs the girls getting ready.
night and day difference, night and day.
i love that lisa had her twin brother walk her over to scotty for their first look.
my favorite grandma, ever… you’ll see why when you get to the reception photos. and she may have offered me a shoulder rub and a glass of water during the reception for all my hard work
lisa and her brother taking a shot or two. their faces are priceless.
make it rAiN!
grandma wanted a better angle for pictures
tim from California Dj’s did an amazing job keeping everyone on the dance floor ALL night!
scotty and lisa’s 300+ guests all fit comfortably in the ballroom at Pacific Hills Banquet & Catering
nicole & sean will be married this summer in north carolina
she, a southern belle
him, a southern californian
and “them” together couldn’t be better.
since the wedding will be in nicole’s home state of north carolina they chose to have their engagement photos taken here in southern ca
we headed out to villa park in orange county (sean’s alum) for their engagement session
it turned out beautifully.
don’t you agree?
see you in may!