One question a good wedding photographer is always trying to answer is what do my clients want? Why did they hire me and not another photographer? Well one of the reasons, I believe we have been booked for 7 years is we are always trying to give our clients something a little different. Trying to think just outside the box to create something unique. It’s also one of the reasons we have been asked to speak and teach at places like WPPI, WPPA, PPoC, PUGS, Mile High Photographers and our own wedding workshops the “woodshops”.
Here is an image we setup at a recent Woodshop. Taken at around 3:00 when the sun was still almost overhead. You can run for the shade and get the safe shot or you can create something different. Personally, I think the choice is simple. Go create something fun.
It’s so hard this time of year to do a full a blog post. So we try and find images that we are working on or have at our fingertips. If you have never blogged you probably won’t believe me when I say a full Engagement session or Wedding could take an hour or two.
I love this image and can’t wait to share the rest when we get some time. I love the colors in this image and the passion that these two have for each other it makes for an epic image.
Contrast is an important element of photography. The definition is The state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something in juxtaposition or close association. This image has a few elements of contrast. The one that is interesting to me in the image, is the girl and the tailored dress against the old rags and rusting metal. Contrast can help make a very interesting photograph.
As a photographer there is a formula, if you will, for an interesting beautiful photograph. Two of the elements we are always looking for is color and texture. Beautiful old worn trucks with a lot of character are an opportunity most photographers can’t miss. I love the simple elegant white shoes with the old blue texture and color. The film handles this scene very well keeping lots of of information in the highlights.
Contax 645 and portra 400
