Category Archives: How To

Wedding Tips :: Formals

Formal portraits don’t need to be stressful! I’ll take frame worthy photos of your family and we’ll get it done quickly! The first thing I need from you is a list of portraits, including peoples names. Try and keep the list short! Sample List : These are the groups most people want. – B&G +...

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Super Fun Print Pricing

I’m happy to announce I’m changing my print pricing for 2008 weddings. The new prices are “at cost” to encourage guests to make as many prints as their hearts desire. The inspiration for the change is the amount of fun I’ve had ordering prints of my little niece who lives in Seattle. I’ve loved being...

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Photo Editing…

I read a great Q and A this morning on Canon Professional Network with Mary Anne Golon the director of photography at Time magazine. If you are interested in the whole article it is here. Here are a couple of the parts I found most revealing. So a lot of that editing process has shifted...

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Photoshop Actions + Wedding Photos

Photo by David Hill Austin photographer David Hill wrote an interesting blog entry about post processing in wedding photography. I’m guilty of some of his complaints.Many of my photos are vignetted because I use a 50mm f1.2 lens with a hood in dim environments. And sometimes I vignette in Lightroom. I use canned Photoshop actions...

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Low Light

I’ve been testing the new camera in ambient darkness. It does very well with converting color temperatures. The tungston lights all look like they’ve been geled. Its wonderful. It will save me tons of time in photoshot. It is also amazing how it deals with reciprocity failure. The exposures are more acurate than they would...

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