Photography has filled me with purpose and joy, and taken me places I never thought I'd go. I have covered three U.S. presidents, been blessed by the Pope, and been stared down by Muhammad Ali. I've shared a laugh with Smokey Robinson, and had a picture I took of him used when he received a lifetime achievement award. I've photographed a 110-year-old woman as she told me what it was like to climb onto the torch of the Statue of Liberty. I was chosen as the only independent photographer allowed near Obama and McCain in their last meeting before the 2008 election. I'm the only photographer in the world to have been officially represented by the three largest photographic retailers in the Western hemipshere. Heck, I've even had a photographic technique named after me (which is crazy).
But I have never felt so blessed by photography as when I am photographing a wedding. At weddings, we are most visibly ourselves -- the walls we walk around with come tumbling down under the forces of joy, anxiety (and sometimes a bit of alcohol). To document that experience, the relationship of friends, families, and a couple launching a new stage in their life, is an incredible feeling. When a client says "This is the first picture I've seen of my parents that actually looks like them!" I feel like I've done something with lasting value. After years of shooting and more than 225 weddings under my belt, I still find each one to be more exciting than the last, and try to make each one the best one that I've ever photographed.
In addition to a staff of photo assistants, I am so happy to have my partner Wendy as a full-time studio manager to make sure that our clients' needs are met at every stage from the first inquiry until years after the wedding. Wendy is the hardest worker I have ever known, and she makes my clients' experience as stress-free as possible.
Maximiliano Barros - Masterpiece!
To start the pic is awesome and second incredible that you could do a flash bokeh panorama!
sam hurd - really really love the balance of ambient to flash…
Emily Porter - Love this…. Even though I’m on my phone & I’m sure that does this even less justice…. Gorgeous all the same.
Sully - Sam said exactly what I was thinking. Incredible balance and very soft. Fantastic image
Brett Symes - stunning in every way. I love the boldness of having the couple in the centre of the image, it gives the image such strength. Some beautiful honey coloured light in there as well which provides just that little touch of warmth that lifts the picture.
Many many congrats, would love to see the other pictures.
Brett
Ian Kreidich - Nice. I did notice there are about six dark lines in the sky that could be blended in better. Probably not as noticeable when the photo is larger.
alex ho - very nice!
rich - BEAUTIFUL!
Albert Palmer - Aw wow – very powerful!
Holly - This is gorgeous, Ryan.
Alan Langley - What a fabulous picture – the way the light catches the couple is stunning.
Dennis Pike - this is insanely awesome. I am curious how a brenizer method AND flash composite work together. How do you manage to shoot that?
Jerzy Modrak - Love the format. And the lighting as well as the light balance are so suble here!
Anton Chia - Love the Brenizer MethodS combined, flash and bokeh panorama-composite.