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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...
Author Archives: Ryan Brenizer
Wedding: Viviana and Henry at Fordham University
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...
(Story) of the Day: Moments, My Dad, and Me
An interesting thing happened the other day. I was on a forum where wedding photographers were talking about their favorite images from their own weddings. The vast majority of these were cute, quirky moments that captured the personality of beloved friends and families, not the amazing portraiture that we photographers tend to focus so much...
Next Workshop! April 16-17th, 2010
Our first workshop was a huge success (you can read reviews here), and so we’re going to get one more done before the season starts in earnest. This will be the last weekend workshop I’ll be able to offer for a loooooong time.
It would be great if life were always fabulous, if the light were...
Photo of the Day: “You SAID ‘Swing Your Partner…’”
One of the questions I got on formspring was “How do you get people to do such crazy things at your weddings?”
I don’t.
I don’t think my clients are much crazier than average (well, some of them are, and they know it). For example, this shot was taken at a wedding that had very little dancing...
Photo of the Day: Moment of Seclusion
A quick portrait before the ceremony of Emily and Myles, in the beautiful St James the Less Church in Scarsdale.
Photo of the Day: Fabulous, if Freezing
As I teach in my classes, there is nothing new about the idea of compositing images so multiple subjects can be perfectly lit — it’s pretty much the standard in big ad campaigns, editorial shoots, you name it. But the important thing for a wedding day that will let you do it FAST. And that...
Five-page feature on me in What Digital Camera magazine!
I feel incredibly honored to have a five-page spread featured on my work and photographic history in the magazine What Digital Camera. The spread was in the August 2009 issue, but since it primarily sells overseas I didn’t see it until now! There is an extensive look at the gear I use and a nice...