wedding photography

Had the pleasure to photograph Jeremy and Elizabeth's wedding this past weekend. I started out with Jeremy and the guys at the hotel. I like to use natural one directional light source whenever possible. So was the case here. I took all the photos of the guys in this spot.

I met the girls and Elizabeth at the A La Carte Pavillion in Tampa after finishing up with the men. Again I looked for a one directional light source. All this natural light would lead you to believe that I never use flash. Oh contrair, I use flash extensively. The photo below of the dining room was taken with 3 flashes and available light. Thank goodness for radio controlled flashes. One was on camera to light the tables in the front. One was held by my assistant to the left to light the tables near the background. Another was on a stand to the right of the room.

The dining room photo was taken with a fisheye lens. Love my fisheye.

Bridal show

Rusty Pelican Bridal Show and new web site.

Just got back from the Rusty Pelican in Tampa. There was a bridal show with different vendors and services represented.

I just uploaded a new website for the studio. If you would like to see it click the link on the right of this blog. I created it myself which is a miracle since I dislike being in front of the computer and prefer to be in back of the camera.

Orlando photography workshop

So far it looks like we are holding the Orlando Photography Workshop at The Westgate Resort called The Lakes.

It is located on Turkey Lake Road In Orlando.
We got a 3 bedroom ,Living room , kitchen, apartment. This is great cause unlike a hotel that charges $3 to $6 per person for a can of soda we can bring our own refreshments. The grounds are great and the living room allows us to set up our studio lights and backdrop. We also picked this place in case of bad weather. We could do everything here. BUT, I already put my order in for good weather. So...

Our first day starts at 10AM. We'll meet here to start everyone on studio portraiture and lighting. Although I always say portraiture the lighting everyone will practice really applies to anything. For example, still life and product photography. We'll have coffee, soda, and doughnuts. So we don't have to leave to get something except lunch which is included. Not sure if we go there or it is coming to us. We'll finalize that soon. If we go there it will be at The Afghan "Spice Cafe". I'm hungry already! At night we break at 6 for dinner and we meet back at about 7:30 for night photos mixing existing light from street lights and buildings with flash. This is where we take the studio knowledge and apply it outdoors. Bring your tripod and flash. I do have a few extras just in case. Bring a laptop if you got one. If not we'll download to mine. We are going to shoot RAW files and adjust and convert to JPG, and then crop to 8x10 format. I can project what I am doing with my computer using the data projector. The night time location is pretty cool. Looks like a town in Tuscany. I can't wait to see it at night! We'll wrap it up at 9PM.

Next day we meet at sunrise at the apartment, have some coffee, more doughnuts and head out to Turkey Lake Park. Take photos till lunch time. Can you tell I like to eat? Don't know yet where but it will be included. Download the photos to our laptops and adjust, convert and crop. Then we are off to Rawlings College in Winter Park. If we have 9 attendees or less we will have a model. If 10 to 15 we will have 2 models. While one photographer poses the model a second one will take the photos and then alternate. We'll repeat that till everyone does both at each location and each set. Maybe we'll raid a Starbucks in the end so we can download the photos adjust, convert and crop. We want to finish at 5PM for everyone that has to travel. I will stay later for those that might have questions and can stay a little longer.

Please note, these are preliminary plans and they can change a little. We are still waiting to see if Rawlings College will let us go there. If not, Winter park has other locations. We checked out this other one just in case. I forget the name but it is a art gallery/museum. Ken and I have gone to Orlando twice so far to scout out these places. We will finalize everything in a week and have an actual schedule for each day. Whatever you do don't miss this one.

Please remember, this is a Master class open to anyone who has attended one of my seminars or has purchased the DVD's. We want to hit the ground running and not have to explain the Dominant Subject Rule. Also, don't be intimidated. If you forgot things it's okay. I have found that a 15 second explanation will jog the memory. You will find, as others have in the past, that this is the most exciting, fun, and fruitful class ever to come your way. You'll get lots of dynamic shots to fill your sample portfolio.