Here is are some more from my session with Stephanie. We wanted to just have a little fun in the warmer weather and get some new looks, including some fitness looks for her book. And of course I had to get a palm tree in there. We don’t see much of those in New York.
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Portraits: Stephanie in Pasadena
Photo of the Day: When Irish Eyes Aren’t Smiling
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, here’s a photo I took of Jim Fisher, author of On the Irish Waterfront. A photo for this session was later used for the book’s author flap.
The clouds really looked like that. The only editing this photo has had is a white balance shift.
Photo of the Day: Stephanie, West Coast Girl
If one of my favorite subjects — actress and friend Stephanie Danielson — had to move to California, at least she did it a week before I headed out there, so we could finally shoot in warm(ish) weather. I love bringing out the color of the crazy lighting you can find at night. I love...
Photo of the Day: When a Boy Eats a Lemon
I spent last week in the Los Angeles area for a Malibu wedding, which gave me opportunity to spend time with my brother and his awesome family. Here my nephew Dougie (voluntarily!) chomps into a lemon.
Photo of the Day: Multitasking
There will come a day when only the professional photographers know how to put the camera down and enjoy themselves unrecorded.
Photo of the Day: Depth of Feeling
Photos like these are why I am a “moment junkie.” This is a cheerful hug between the bride, her father, and her grandfather, right after Viviana and her grandfather had a featured dance. Is it envelope-pushing art? No. Is it a picture that will have meaning for Viviana for the rest of her life? I’d...
Wedding: Viviana and Henry at Fordham University
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The wedding was at Fordham. The groom went to Fordham. I went to Fordham. My assistant went to Fordham. I shoot for Fordham.
(Sorry, Viv. Penn State is a good college, too.)
I knew Henry a bit when we were in school together, and I’d been looking forward...
Photo of the Day: Make Your Own Limbo
This one is all about the expressions to me.
Photo of the Day: Shoes and Stripes
I shoot detail. I don’t really show a lot of it, especially on the blog, because … I don’t know, it just seems so easy, at least the way wedding photographers do it. Awesome things are presented before us, and we make them look the way they are. Not the hardest part of the job,...
Engagement: Karen and Kamil
Here is another case of “We just did the engagement shoot, and I’d better get the images out because the wedding is tomorrow!” It does have a certain efficiency to it.
Karen and Kamil have flown me out to California to document their Malibu wedding, and if I thought I was excited before, I’ve reached Ludicrous...
Photo of the Day: A Very Apple Preparation
The bride, reflected in an iPhone, checks her iPhone. Hey, Steve Jobs, where’s my royalty check?
Photo of the Day: Party with the Ram
As I’ve said before, with flash composites (like most wedding photography), it’s not what you can do, it’s what you can do quickly. This was four shots, composited together for optimum lighting, and the whole thing was done quickly enough that you could stand on snow with open-toed shoes.
Maybe I’ll do a speed challenge at...
Photo of the Day: Bring the Drama
Given that Viviana and Henry met in dance class, I knew they could be up to making their presence felt in a big scene. Adding to the drama is a backlight from the Sledgehammer of Light, each strobe at half power.
Photo of the Day: Reflections on a Ceremony
This week, while I am in California to visit family, teach a bit, shoot some portraits and document an awesome Malibu wedding, I’ll be using the Photos of the Day to tease the next wedding I’m processing, the union of Viviana and Henry.
Keep in mind that I say the following as a go-to photographer for...
Wedding: Emily and Myles
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With their engagement shoot still fresh, I was thrilled to start my 2010 wedding season with Emily and Myles. I knew from experience that not only were they passionate and fun, but boy do they know how to throw a party. I have never before seen...