I recently booked another wedding shoot for this August! I'm very excited about this one as the couple is a friend of a friend. They didn't want anything over the top photography wise and I love being able to help out friends. It's also nice to know that what I do is appreciated and liked.
I'm also excited about the location. It's a university/college student bar that has been used for weddings before and I've heard great things about it. What's so neat about the location is the two floors, ample floor space and the great ambiance.
The grounds of the school are expansive and is surrounded by wooded areas meaning some great wide shots can be created. More romantic and seemingly secluded images can be created in the wooded areas.
Can't wait!
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Showing posts with label weddings. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Engaged!!!
You may or may not have seen me mention a little something about a ring in my Twitter feed a couple of weeks but I'm engaged!
My boyfriend proposed to me on the Friday of the Thanksgiving long weekend in October. We've decided that we would do as much as possible ourselves, from designing the invitations to the table numbers to the centerpieces. We've also decided to enlist the help of friends with creative talents such as my friend Jess who'll make jewelery and any other baubles we may want.
My Dad's best friends have already offered to make our cake for us!
We've set a tentative date in October next year so there will be a lot of work to do from now until then.
Let the fun begin!
My boyfriend proposed to me on the Friday of the Thanksgiving long weekend in October. We've decided that we would do as much as possible ourselves, from designing the invitations to the table numbers to the centerpieces. We've also decided to enlist the help of friends with creative talents such as my friend Jess who'll make jewelery and any other baubles we may want.
My Dad's best friends have already offered to make our cake for us!
We've set a tentative date in October next year so there will be a lot of work to do from now until then.
Let the fun begin!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Vin & Jen's Wedding Part Deux
Finally finished the wedding pictures. Final photo count was 372. Many of them are multiples with an image in colour, a colourized/colour fade and a B&W. I also made a handful of triptychs and a larger multi-image collage.
Can't say that I won't do another wedding. In reality, I'd love to do another wedding. I had such a blast with the wedding party and their families.
My next project is a baby shower at Thanksgiving.
Can't say that I won't do another wedding. In reality, I'd love to do another wedding. I had such a blast with the wedding party and their families.
My next project is a baby shower at Thanksgiving.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Vin & Jen's Wedding
I shot my best friend's brother's wedding last weekend and I had a blast!!
They were so easy going and happy to be photographed that I forgot I was working!
I should have their pictures done by the weekend but I just had to post some of them now.
They were so easy going and happy to be photographed that I forgot I was working!
I should have their pictures done by the weekend but I just had to post some of them now.
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| From Jen & Vince |
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| From Jen & Vince |
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| From Jen & Vince |
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
A watermark and a "backwards" compliment
My best friend (we'll call her Nicole) was married in August 2007 right around the time I got my first digital SLR.
She had enlisted her uncle, a photographer with 30 years experience, to do her wedding. I was asked by Nicole and her uncle to take the bridal shower pictures as well as some photojournalism-style photos at the ceremony to help round out his staged portraits and ceremony photos.
Two years later and Nicole still hadn't received more than the 30 or so photos in an album where her uncle had chosen the pictures for and the layout of the album, and a few prints of a handful of the dozen portraits he took that day. The reasoning was to protect his rights as an artist.
After much chagrin and going back and forth and no hope in sight, yesterday, Nicole received a couple of CDs filled with her pictures!!!
So Nicole called me at work and she was gushing over the great pictures he took and all the portraits, ceremony and reception photos she never got to see - especially the one of her grandmother who passed suddenly the following year. So she ooh-ed and ahh-ed over her pictures describing the ones she liked the most and said how surprised she was that he was there to take this picture or that picture and how great this picture was and that one was. She was finally happy!
Ten minutes after we ended our conversation, she called me back and said "You know, he didn't send me all his pictures."
I said "How do you know?"
She said "Well this picture and that picture was taken after the dinner, they were gone by then. And this picture was taken before they showed up."
And then it dawned on me, they had given her my pictures mixed in with his without so much as giving her a note explaining what they had done!
Now Nicole doesn't really know if she has all her pictures from her uncle, or if he padded the CD with my pictures!
What I learned from this experience.
She had enlisted her uncle, a photographer with 30 years experience, to do her wedding. I was asked by Nicole and her uncle to take the bridal shower pictures as well as some photojournalism-style photos at the ceremony to help round out his staged portraits and ceremony photos.
Two years later and Nicole still hadn't received more than the 30 or so photos in an album where her uncle had chosen the pictures for and the layout of the album, and a few prints of a handful of the dozen portraits he took that day. The reasoning was to protect his rights as an artist.
After much chagrin and going back and forth and no hope in sight, yesterday, Nicole received a couple of CDs filled with her pictures!!!
So Nicole called me at work and she was gushing over the great pictures he took and all the portraits, ceremony and reception photos she never got to see - especially the one of her grandmother who passed suddenly the following year. So she ooh-ed and ahh-ed over her pictures describing the ones she liked the most and said how surprised she was that he was there to take this picture or that picture and how great this picture was and that one was. She was finally happy!
Ten minutes after we ended our conversation, she called me back and said "You know, he didn't send me all his pictures."
I said "How do you know?"
She said "Well this picture and that picture was taken after the dinner, they were gone by then. And this picture was taken before they showed up."
And then it dawned on me, they had given her my pictures mixed in with his without so much as giving her a note explaining what they had done!
Now Nicole doesn't really know if she has all her pictures from her uncle, or if he padded the CD with my pictures!
What I learned from this experience.
- Make a watermark as soon as possible!
- Experience doesn't always mean business sense.
- Don't underestimate yourself, the simplest pictures can mean a lot to your clients.
- Take the compliment, the uncle providing the bride with my pictures shows that some were good enough to potentially pass off as his. ;)
- Be up front about what I'm providing to people. Nicole thought she was getting a package comparable to other professional photographers, but her uncle's old school view of client/photographer expectations disappointed her terribly.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Wedding Season is upon us!
You can smell it - spring!
And like every other spring before this one, it's wedding season. At the moment, I'm not engaged, but I have many a friend who is engaged or has recently taken the plunge into marriage.
What is it about the change of season that gets everyone on the wedding train. Bridal shows, magazine editorials and gown sales are just everywhere. For one, most weddings take place in the summer and spring is the most logical time to make reservations, send out invites and make purchases. My other guess is it might have to do with a more animal instinct.
What ever it is, good luck to all the ladies and their gents taking the plunge this summer and congrats to those who have recently become betrothed.
Here's a picture from a wedding I was at last June. The triumphant look on the girl's face afterward was enough to make her boyfriend run in the other direction. All in jest, I hope.
And like every other spring before this one, it's wedding season. At the moment, I'm not engaged, but I have many a friend who is engaged or has recently taken the plunge into marriage.
What is it about the change of season that gets everyone on the wedding train. Bridal shows, magazine editorials and gown sales are just everywhere. For one, most weddings take place in the summer and spring is the most logical time to make reservations, send out invites and make purchases. My other guess is it might have to do with a more animal instinct.
What ever it is, good luck to all the ladies and their gents taking the plunge this summer and congrats to those who have recently become betrothed.
Here's a picture from a wedding I was at last June. The triumphant look on the girl's face afterward was enough to make her boyfriend run in the other direction. All in jest, I hope.
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