Entries in wedding photographer (5)

Thursday
31Dec2009

Tips For Hiring A Wedding Photographer

1. Meet Your Photographer

2. Look At Their Previous Work

3. Testimonials/Referrals

4. Engagement Session

Tuesday
01Dec2009

Video: The Benefits of a Second Shooter

Having a second shooter in your wedding photographer's arsenal can be great addition. It can only add to the number of images that will be shot during the day and will give you multiple angles of the same events and many more of the little things that happen that the primary photographer may miss.
Monday
05Oct2009

15 Questions For Your Wedding Photographer

I read an excellent post on mydeejay.com about the process of hiring a wedding photographer. They interviewed the top wedding photographers in the Washington DC/Baltimore areas a bunch of questions that anyone who is looking for a wedding photographer should ask. I took it upon myself to answer the questions in the form of a post on this website so that my potential clients will know more about me and a little insight into the world of wedding photography.

Continue after the jump for 15 questions for your Wedding Photographer...

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Monday
17Aug2009

Second Shooting with AbiQ

Back in July, I had the opportunity to be a second shooter at a wedding with AbiQ

I had a blast. She probably couldn't tell but I was super nervous and could have easily freaked out if it weren't for her calming presence. She was awesome. I learned a lot from Abi and wanted to share a little about the experience.

This was Patricia & Curt's wedding day. The ceremony was at Saint Oliver Plunkett Catholic Church in Snellville, GA.  I had to meet Abi at Noon that day and I left my house at 10am and just barely made it.  Atlanta traffic was horrible.  She showed me around the church and we went over the plans for the day.  My first assignment was to shoot the guys getting ready.  

The ceremony started at 2pm and we had a few moments beforehand to plot out our strategy.  Actually, Abi was plotting and I was listening.  We found out at the literally the last minute that we had to shoot from the back of the church and we were not going to be allowed to be down front.  Minor set back.  We set up and fired away as the wedding party entered and during the ceremony.  At one point, I think Abi even went up into the balcony.  

The ceremony was beautiful, of course, but the real fun happened after the ceremony.  The wedding party graciously was up to going to downtown Norcross to get some fun shots.

The fun continued on to the reception, which was held at the Hilton in Norcross.  I brought a couple of strobes and I asked Abi if I could set them up to try and get some cool backlit dancefloor shots. A few of them turned out pretty good.  

It was a long day but it was fun.  I hope I get the chance to work with Abi again.  I learned a lot, especially the limitations of my camera in no flash/low light situations.  I'm so accustomed  shooting with off camera flash and I was definitely taken out of my element inside the church.  But the experience was invaluable.  

Check out Abi's blog at abiqblog.com and her website is abiqphotography.com.

 

Friday
19Jun2009

Book a Wedding, Get an iPod Touch

I recently finished restructuring my wedding packages.  You can download a PDF price list HERE. One of the most exciting things about the new packages is the Preview iPod Touch.  What exactly am I talking about?  Well, about a week after your wedding, I will deliver to you an iPod Touch loaded with 25 photos from your wedding day.  This will allow you to get a little tease for what's to come.  You still have to wait to get the rest of your photos, but you will have an iPod Touch of your very own that you can take with you and show off some of your awesome photos. I am including this will every package.  Also, don't forget to sign up for my Newsletter and get a free 8x10.