I’m shooting some of the wedding chapels of Las Vegas for wedding dress shop owner and friend Diane Schiller.
Here’s a couple shots from last week.
Giant thank yous to my couple, the beautiful and gracious Constance and Brandon. Huge props, too, to the talent of Mark & James at the Glam Squad for hair, makeup and [...]
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Chelsea & Jayse are two of the hottest photographers – and coolest people – in Vegas – they work all over the world, and they are in very high demand. Occasionally, when they are already booked, I have been honored to receive referrals from them.
I am happy to link to one of their recent trash-the-dress [...]
I just realized that folks may think the lights that I put up are big hot lights on stands like they might see used in a movie or a TV show. I have posted “behind the scenes” shots of the formal fantasy portrait work I do, where I do use studio strobes. So I see [...]
This great video treatment / teaser by my friend Ary Dalton is just top notch. We shot Judith & Kenneth’s beautiful wedding last April. I’ll post some photos here soon! Great job Ary!
Judith and Kenneth from Ary Dalton on Vimeo.
That jarring headline is a quote from “Tropic Thunder”, where Robert Downey Jr.’s character advises Ben Stiller’s character to pull it back, never go all the way.
Tropic Thunder : Film Clip – Nobody Goes Full Retard – watch more funny videos
Throttle back your Photoshop effects. Or better, use none at all. Photoshop actions can be [...]
Move Around. Crouch and look up. Stand on a ladder & look down. Put your subjects above you. Put them below you. Get real close. Provide your viewers a look, an angle, different than the one they see in everyday life.
Look around at a wedding. 99% of the people with cameras are either standing or [...]
If you don’t have off-camera strobes or don’t know how to use them [see #4], turn your subjects’ backs to the sun, shoot in manual mode and expose for your subjects’ faces. Your photos will immediately be better than any point-and-shoot civilian who tries this. Their photos will be dark and underexposed.
Yours will be high-key, [...]
I’m shocked to learn how seldom people say “Thank you.” I recently moved my family to Las Vegas from out of state. Many people made time to meet with me as I was scouting Vegas, and I tried to send thank you notes, and often little gifts, to all of them. Once I moved here, [...]
Offer to help those around you with your photography. Venues need good photography of their rooms, their gorgeous landscaping, their events in progress, their food. Friends need headshots. Friends need family shots. Spread the love (i.e., do these things for free) and the love comes back.
I’m embarrassed to remember how many of my mentors I’ve disrespected by being a know-it-all around them. Photographers by nature are independent risk-takers. But displaying your own vast knowledge instead of listening to someone with something to teach you, who is willing to teach you, is to squander a gift. [Sorry Derek! Sorry Brian!] Find [...]