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destination wedding photography ..

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destination wedding photography

A few times a year I'm fortunate enough to photograph a destination wedding, where I fly out to a more glamorous location than New Jersey.  The Bahamas, Aruba, Jamaica, and even locations within the USA are choice destinations for couples who are looking to have their weddings in an exotic locale. The choice of equipment to fly out to photograph a destination wedding, as well as the way to transport them becomes a real concern.  You have to have a flexible selection of gear with you, with a certain amount of redundancy in case something goes wrong  Read more inside...

wedding photography – and some homework ..

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Some of the questions that I'm most often asked about here, relate to wedding photography.  Advice on a whole range topics such as posing people, business advice, album design .. and sometimes even lighting.   Amusingly enough, I sometimes get asked this a few days before the newbie wedding photographer is going to shoot a first wedding.   Regardless of the photographer's experience level though, my advice is usually fairly succinct ... that it is indeed time to do some homework.  Read more inside...

gear for destination wedding photography (Canon)

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gear for destination wedding photography (Canon)

I enjoy photographing destination weddings- and I've been fortunate to photograph weddings in Aruba, Bahamas, Miami and Las Vegas. These are weddings are often in exotic locales.  (Well, nearly everything will seem exotic outside of New Jersey, but I digress.)  Even even though it sounds exciting to photograph in faraway places, there is a challenge that comes along with that -  packing enough of my gear and getting it safely to my destination.  It is even more of a challenge with restrictions placed on air travel. Since I  Read more inside...

Photography basics you need to know

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Photography basics you need to know

I would say that 90% of emails that I get where people are unhappy with their cameras, have to do with not understanding the basics of exposure metering. This also means they don't quite understand how shutter speed, aperture and ISO settings inter-relate.   "What general words of advice do you have for new photographers ?" The first steps in getting to understand photography would be: Know how to use your camera's light-meter more effectively. Your camera's meter is accurate, but do need to be interpreted some times. Get  Read more inside...