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,...
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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: 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...
Photo of the Day: Launched into Marriage
God I love the Horah. But they should probably develop some specific chairs for it. Lightweight with a good base that you won’t feel like you’re falling out of. Maybe velcro. Or a seat-belt.
Clearly I’ve found my first wedding product to sell. Who needs actions when you can sell chairs?
Photo of the Day: Red, White, Blue, and Us
A nice moment of a wonderful Australian couple who came to New York to elope. Hey — the Australian flag is Red, White, and Blue, too!
The fill light is from a Lowel ID video light.
Photo of the Day: “Who, Me?”
Sometimes expressions tell the whole story.
Feels Like Falling in Love
I know the veil-over-the-head-thing is a bit old hat at this point — I generally do it only if the wind actually does blow it over both their heads — but I tried to give it some new life here with the “Brenizer method” bokeh panorama. This is a panorama of 22 shots with the...
On Timelessness
Someone asked me recently, “Why are some people focused on creating ‘timeless images?’ Everything has a time and place. Weddings dresses get dated, hairstyles place you, so what is timelessness?”
It’s a fair question. Why avoid the major fads in wedding photography just because someone could look back at it and say “Oh, that was taken...
D3s testing with Stephanie
Generally, camera reviewers get brick walls and test charts out to test new cameras. I’m a bit more distractible than that, so I took the fantastic actor Stephanie Danielson out for a shoot. Shooting actors is different than shooting for Photoshop-crazy magazines — they need photos that show how they actually look, and aren’t about...
On Hometowns
Like most of my ruminations, this will be largely populated by iPhone photos. Like so many other photographers who think in exceedingly technical ways for their jobs, I find something freeing about a camera with no settings at all, and no hope of true technical excellence. That said, even shot through a train window you...
Quoted in WIRED
I’ve been quoted extensively in a WIRED story on video functions in DSLRs. It’s a good read, so check it out!
Jessica and Matthew’s wedding featured in ESSENCE!
I’ve been so busy doing what I can for my wonderful clients that I’ve never submitted my work to a single publication — probably what led to the DWF feature on me last month hailing me as a “hidden treasure.” Given that, it’s always exciting when someone else does it for me! Jessica and Matthew’s...
Getting excited…
The Grand Opening soirée of my new Upper East Side studio is in 90 minutes! More to come…
Gothic Wedding, old-school-style
…and not just because they’re not wearing facepaint. The bride is wearing an unaltered 109-year-old dress!
Over at End User, I have done a review of Nikon’s new 35mm f/1.8, which I took this photo with. No vignetting was removed from this photo in post. Find out what I think!
WPJA Awards!
I don’t generally enter contests, but the Wedding Photojournalist Association was one of the things that inspired me to get into wedding photography in the first place, so I’m thrilled to participate. The images the site regularly put forth in its contests showed me that the era of stilted poses was over, and that the...