Well, if you're familiar with my work, you know that, for the most part, I shoot weddings, environmental portraits, and random "artsy" stuff. But, guess what, I can get down in the studio. I would like to thank Meg for playing along and looking so damn good in the corset.
So, after quite a while, Meg and I had a day off in common again, which doesn't happen nearly as often as we would like. So I spent the day with her babysitting her and my soon to be nephew Matty, who is about a year and a half old and one of the cutest, kids you will ever meet. Here are some photos from the day.
So, I've been a bit absent from posting for a couple weeks. I appologize I have been fairly busy, ut I do have some cool stuff lined up. Based on my shooting schedule, it became impossible to make it to my parent's house for Thanksgiving this year, which sucks, so I decided to head up there two weeks early. After all, who says you HAVE to celebrate Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving. As always, when in upstat NY, I drvie around and shoot photos, so here are a few from my trip up there. Expect another new post very shortly.
I recently got my hands on an infrared digital camera... only for a couple days, but still, all sorts of fun. Back in college I shot a few rolls of infrared film, but this was my first time using a digital infrared. Now keep in mind, there is no photoshop trickery here, this is is a standard Nikon D70 with the sensor converted to infrared. I have the camera till Thursday, so expect to see a few more of these.
Ok, so this is going to be a little nerdy for most of you, but screw it, I'm a nerd. So the PDN Photo Plus Expo is a huge deal in the photography world, one of the biggest photography trade shows on the planet. Lucky for me, they hold in NYC, so this morning I jumped on the bus and headed in. I was overwhelmed by all the toys, new gear, and great speakers, not to mention about 8,000 other photographers. I got to check out some new products in the wedding photography world (albums and the like) some of which I was really impressed with.
Aside from that coolness I was able to meet a couple of my heroes in the photography world. People whome you may not be familiar with, but I was a little giddy to meet. Zack Arias, Joe McNally, Scott Kelby, and Ryan Brenizer. I was good though, I managed to keep my cool and not freak out like a 13 yr old girl at a Jonas Brothers concert. I'm also happy to report that all these guys were really nice, and seemed genuinly happy to meet a fan. Anyway, that'll do it for this post. Have a wedding tomorrow, so check back soon for some images from that.
Being a wedding photographer... I read a ton of other wedding photographer's blogs. There is one thing I hate on them. There seems to be some sort of a blog post template that way too many use.
"I shot _______ + ______'s wedding. It was an amazing day with an amazing couple at an amazing location and everyone and everything was just amazing!"
That gets old very quickly. So, onto Kara and Cory's wedding.
They got hitched at the Skylands Manor in Ringwood, NJ. It seems that everytime I shoot there it rains and is unseasonably cold. But Kara and Cory are no wusses, they sucked it up and still had there ceremony outside... to hell with the guests if there uncomfortable. Aside from that they tolerated the weather outside for us to shoot for a lot longer than they had to.
As I've mentioned before I want my wedding images to be epic and dramatic, these definitely are. Thanks for kicking ass Kara and Cory
This is my favorite image from the day. Nothing like old school dramatic stair spiral stair cases with great light
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I always enjoy getting a call from Brian at the Bleu Studio, asking if I want to help out and 2nd shoot a wedding for them. 2nd shooting is great because you can play around a little more and there is less responsibility.
Anyway, onto the wedding. Anthony and Marissa were married on Long Island, which is geographically close to me... but in terms of driving it's a hike, having to deal with things like the G.W. Bridge, The Bronx, and the Long Island Expressway, that being said, it was totally worth it. After the ceremony at a gorgeous old Catholic Church, we headed to The Vanderbilt Mansion (if you watch Crocodile Dundee 2, it's the crazy huge house he breaks into) for photos, then onto The Hamlet Country Club for the reception. Long day, but a good one.
Something I have been trying to do with my photography is make it Epic... make it insane... make each wedding I shoot better than the last, I think I'm getting there. Here's some of the Epicness from Marissa and Anthony's wedding.
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