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Photoshop and the Decline of Western Civilization
I can still recall my first experience with this thing called Photoshop. At the time, the image in question had been manipulated on a Scitex imaging workstation, which is now so ancient it’s hard to even find info if you Google the term. I believe they were room sized machines that cost something like $600…
Read MorePhoto Crazed Guests, iPhones and the unplugged wedding
You know, i’ve been wanting to write a long winded blog post for sometime about how intrusive wedding guests and their iPhones, cameras and yes, even iPads have become. ( I even have my own name for those guests: iPadders – fell free to steal that, btw ) They stand in the aisle, block the photos…
Read MoreSo, you want to be a Wedding Photographer?
My friend Krista Guenin posted this very insightful blog article today which I felt was a good follow up to my last post about “wedding weekend warriors” In fact, MY post was inspired by a facebook posting SHE had made ( it’s a long story.) The general gist being that, while we all started somewhere,…
Read MoreThe Wedding Weekend Warrior and the Wal-Mart Effect
some comments on the wedding industry There was an article today online at DeviantArt.com called “Photography Is Dead” that caused a bit of a stir on Facebook which got me thinking : something that happens every third week of the month. In a nutshell, it spoke of the idea that the quality of “photography these days”…
Read MoreThe Problem With Wedding Blogs
There are hundreds of them. Lists to review of which the ‘top 100 are’. Many brides will know them by name. They have for many, become the main modern source of bridal reference. It’s the popular Wedding Blog. In CONCEPT there is nothing wrong with them, and I know they act as inspiration for many…
Read MoreStaying creative while recovering from surgery
It may or may not be a surprise to many of you that I’m having some surgery I’ve put off over a year now in about a week. At the risk of a little too much information and full disclosure, this will basically make me house-bound for the next six weeks provided all goes well.…
Read Morethe daunting task of choosing wedding favorites
Nobody said this was easy: the 2012 edition SO I sit here in my office the sunday before Christmas Eve and find that it’s an extremely quiet day – little to no email, ringing phone, messages…and even very little facebook activity! I decided then, with the brief pre-Christmas peacefulness, to go through all of my wedding…
Read MoreThe Luxury Of Time
As I was working through images from this wedding today, I felt that this image was one that illustrated a point I often make about needing adequate time for photos on the wedding day. I normally don’t post ‘wedding previews’ on the blog (they usually end up on facebook) – but wanted to share this today with…
Read Morethe Business of 'Wedding Blogging' discussed and revealed
I cannot begin to express how satisfying reading this post has been, as this person has hit upon a nerve in the wedding biz these days. This is one of those things we photographers probably THINK but nobody really talks about. ‘Super-Pretty’ wedding blogs have become a rampant virus in the wedding world, creating unattainable…
Read MoreGround Zero – 11 years/365 days later
For the past 4 or 5 years I’ve had the fun job and great experience of photographing the Brunswick School Prom , which is held on World Yacht around NYC. We have usually had the good luck of great weather, so most everybody could enjoy time on the upper outdoor deck taking in the views.…
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