Photo of the Week

It seems like there's always something going on at wedding. With this seemingly never ending series of moments to be captured a photographer can never let his guard down and become lazy. Even though dinner was being served these two young girls were having a wonderful time on the dance floor. It's important to photograph kids at there own level, which in this case meant crawling around on the dance floor with them! They had a blast and so did I. Lighting was from a bounced on-camera flash in addition to a 2nd light triggered via radio frequency to light the background and provide more depth and dimension to the photo.

Photo of the Week

It's always important to photograph the details of the wedding day. The basic rule of thumb for any photographer is if the bride and groom spent money on it take a picture of it! The big three of course are the bride's dress, ring, and the wedding cake.

I normally photograph the rings while the bride and groom and their guests are eating dinner. This gives me time to experiment and to provide the rings the proper treatment they deserve. For this shot I always use my Nikon 105 micro lens with lighting from an off-camera SB900 flash wirelessly triggered by the on-camera flash of my Nikon D700. This combination always produces stunning results.

Photo of the Week

I love taking photos at wedding receptions because all the main formalities of the day are mostly done and it's just a party at that point. I really love capturing all the emotions of the bridal party, family, and guests as they dance the night away. It's always a challenge to remain relatively low key as a photographer but still aggressively capture all those great moments. This was a particularly lively reception and I really like how this photo captures the spirit of the couples happiness and joy.

Photo of the Week

A special moment between the bride and groom in the courtyard outside the church. Instead of heavily posing the couple I just let them have a quiet moment together while I shot silently from a distance. The tenderness between them and the beautiful glowing light makes this a very special picture.