The bride and groom at last night's wedding are veteran burners - people who attend Burning Man - and several of their guests are fire performers. Later the evening during the reception, four of the guests showed their skill in juggling and dancing with fire.
Wedding day portraits – Simplifying composition for effect
Wedding day portraits - Simplifying composition for effect
With this article I want to reinforce the idea from a few recent posts about being very specific about your composition. By simplifying the image, we have greater impact. We include only what we need to include in the frame to enhance it. Just as important, is what we exclude: Read more inside...looking for the light
photography technique - looking for great light
This afternoon I walked around the Princeton campus with a couple, Renee and David, looking for cool spots to photograph them. I noticed the spread of light on a wall coming through an entrance way ... Read more inside...favorite recent images – portraits of a bride
I frequently post a favorite image from the past weekend. This time, I'd like to post a few images. All are portraits of the bride, Denise, on her wedding day. This might show some of my approach and style in wedding portraits ... Read more inside...
favorite image from the weekend
Often seen in wedding portfolios, this is always a fun setup to do with groomsmen - the Reservoir Dogs style walk towards the camera. A great group of guys, good light with a nice background, and you have the ingredients for a photograph that the couple will just love. I fired off a rapid series of shots to make sure I have at least one image where the motion and expression of everyone worked. I didn't need flash, and it would've been difficult to set up properly with a large group of people walking towards the camera. So the light depended entirely on the shot being set up like this, Read more inside...