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Find out if you see color like a pro

andy — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:36:34 +0000

Pro’s have an advantage taking this test because most of them are working on color calibrated monitors to make sure prints match their labs. Those of you that don’t though can still play. I thought this might be fun for those of you that want to see how you stack up. Feel free to leave your scores as a comment. Click on the picture to take you to the test.

It’s not about the gear

andy — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 06:37:28 +0000

I get a lot of emails, and we got asked a lot when teaching classes at the College, about our gear. I always felt like I was somehow misleading people though, because its not always about the gear. It doesn’t allways take thousands of dollars of gear to take a great photograph. My case and point for saying this is a story about fishing. My family regularly goes fishing to Wyoming. The best gear is not a prerequisite for fishing. Its a nice thing to have. It may help you land the fish faster. It may help you with precision casting. Its a nice thing to have, and makes your life easier. You can catch fish with cheap gear. The same is true with photography gear. With experience and knowledge of light and how a camera operates, you can make beautiful images with just about any camera. Here are some images from a recent gallery show made with a 30.00 dollar holga camera, which I think are pretty cool. Any camera even pinhole camera’s can take beautiful images. A camera is just a box with a hole that lets light in. It can be made out of a dixie cup, and get images that can inspire.

I wanted to share this video I ran into which shows a fashion shoot done with an Iphone. The video is both funny and entertaining. You can see the finished images at Fstoppers

“The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You” Chase Jarvis

For the love of it, our wish for you

andy — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:26:27 +0000

A few weeks ago a friend called and asked us to go watch the World Cup Soccer game that was on. He was excited because he played soccer back in high school and wanted to support the USA team. We met him at a neighborhood restaurant/bar and when we walked in it was abnormally quiet. When we found our friend and sat down everyone around us had their eyes peeled to the 20 televisions lined up on wall with the game on. Soon after we had sat down and ordered something happened in the game and the once very quiet room became loud as everyone was shouting, cheering and throwing their hands up in the air.

There was so much passion in the room for this sport and the team all of these people were loyal to. It got me thinking about the things different people love and their passion. For these guys it was obviously soccer and they were there to support their team until the end. Of course we did not share quite the same excitement as they did; we haven’t ever really watched soccer and certainly didn’t know the rules. But just watching them slamming their glasses down, yelling, jumping up was fun and it is exactly how we feel, not about soccer, but photography!

I wanted to write this post to kind of talk about a philosophy Andy and I have had since we started this business. If we ever felt like our passion for creating imagery was gone we would move onto something else. We have worked hard keep that feeling, we had when we had that first amazing image, that first award. For those that are not photographers, its basically the same feeling you got on Christmas morning with all the anticipation for what would be waiting under the tree. For sports players its the thrill and rush of hitting a home run, finishing a race. If that feeling is no longer there its time to do something else. Why?

There are masses of people that want your job, and brides deserve the best photographers in the nation to capture their special day. The minute you are not feeling the thrill of chasing that next beautiful image, you are about to endure a slow death. People in all walks of life who have stopped “living”. We all know someone that fits this “walking dead”. Its not a life we want. I am writing this post both to let brides know that we are still chasing that next beautiful image and to help photographers who might be feeling burn’t out to think about “for the love it”. Take that feeling you had when you first picked up a camera and use it at the next wedding, I know we will.

I put the lyrics below to show that this happens in other creative industries as well. I hope you find “the love of it”, help someone rediscover “the love of it”, or teach someone “the love of it”.

BOB Airplanes Lyrics

Somebody take me back to the days
Before this was a job
Before I got paid
Before it ever mattered what I had in my bank
Yeah back when i was trying to get a tip at Subway
Back when I was rapping for the hell of it
But now days we rapping to stay relevant
I’m guessing that if we can make some wishes out of airplanes
Then maybe oh maybe I’ll go back to the days
Before the politics that we call the rap game
And back when ain’t nobody listened to my mixtape
And back before I tried to cover up my slang
But this is for decater
What’s up Bobby Ray
So can I get a wish to end the politics
And get back to the music that started this

Think about it……is there something you get so excited about your heart races, you will slam your glass on the table and jump up and down?

Who is your Hero?

andy — Mon, 17 May 2010 01:03:24 +0000

Check out this video I made for angie. It was well worth seeing her face when I showed it to her. It takes a few minutes to load but its well worth it. Here’s to my hero.

Meet Angie

andy — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:04:53 +0000

Spring is here, wedding season is upon us. It was so nice out yesterday we decided to take faith our jack russell out for a walk. I grabbed a camera on the way out the door hoping to take a few pictures. Well I got to take some pictures of my favorite subject (Angie). Here is a sneak peak shot. I will post a few more later this week if we get 5 comments asking to see the rest. Trying to get you lurkers into the light, come out and play.

Exciting changes for Denver Wedding Photographers

andy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:04:40 +0000

We are always trying to make things more efficient with our business. Adding new products, collateral, websites, blogs to help maintain and strengthen or brand. We have been hard at work and over the next month or so we will be unveiling some of the new additions. Coming very soon.. A new website and much.. much… more.

I wanted to share these new business cards. We can never make our mind up when it comes to picking a picture so we decided to get 10 new ones. Along with 10 different pictures they each have a different color scheme. Kind of fun… enjoy, Maybe they will become collectable.

We are on Ebay

andy — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:33:32 +0000

We talked about the Thirst Relief mentor auction last week and what a great cause it is. I was floored to learn how many people go without clean water and how much this organization helps. Well it’s finally live and you can bid on us as well as some really awesome photographers.

We are donating of course our time but also a lunch with us, paid for by us. We can talk about anything you want to know. On top of lunch we are also offering a One Day- private Woodshop. We will custom tailor the instruction to exactly what you want. Want to go out and do a shoot? Learn studio lighting. This is for you and one other person if they are from the same studio. So free lunch + (800.00) Woodshop.

You can find the ebay auctions http://thirstrelief.shootq.com/join.php

Happy Bidding,

Andy and Angie Wood

GO|BEE

andy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:06:20 +0000

Our friends Lauren Hillary and Sara France have a wonderful bag line for photographers that we wanted to share. There is a womens version and a mans version since we know that they have different needs. The Card Holster has 8 card compartments and the Hip Clutch for the women has 12. They are super stylish, and something that the photography companies have overlooked. Not everyone wants something that plain-black made with backpack material. If you want more information you can get it on the GO|BEE bags website. When we were in Nashville these things were flying out of their booth.

Lauren was nice enough to give us a code to share with you. Maybe it will save you a few bucks and you can go out to dinner.

GO|BEE bags Promo Code for 15.00 dollars off any order aanda77

Flosites Photography Blogs

andy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:27:22 +0000

We launched our new blog just a few weeks ago and the response from clients as well as other photographers has been amazing. We truly lucked out getting Flosites to design our new Blog as well as our new website that will be up very, very soon. It only runs through today the 15th so if you are looking for an amazing blog check it out Flosites.

> Custom Blog – $2400

- Custom layout and Design as a blog site in a blog or site layout

- Sneak peak image viewer + Social Integration + Voting

- Gallery Setup with sub content pages

- Wordpress setup and installation

+ A Free 2 concept logo package for branding

Astronauts using Twitter in Space

andy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:18:39 +0000

I read an article last night on the USA Today website I thought was pretty cool. It is about Astronaut Massimino sending twitter updates back from space. You can read more about this at USA TODAY. Technology is really helping people share what they see, whether its the internet or social media. Peoples photography and vision is much more easily shared with those around them. It is an exciting time to be a photographer.

“The one regret that I have when I look out the window and I see how beautiful the Earth looks … is that you can’t share it with everyone,” Massimino said during a news conference Wednesday. His twittering “is just an attempt at doing that.”

I just wanted to share this because I thought it was so cool that you can twitter from space and follow these guys.

Here is a list of 5 Astronauts that are using Twitter.

@Astro_Tj – TJ Creamer, NASA

@Astro_Soichi – Soichi, CNSA

@Astro_Mike – Mike Massimino, NASA

@Astro_127 – Mark Polansky, NASA

@Astro_Naoko – Naoko Yamazaki, CNSA