This wedding had to be one of the most originally decorated wedding’s we’ve had the chance to shoot! Even though everything looks like it was from anthropology, most of it was actually picked up at different garage sales and thrift stores (now that’s thrifty)!
Shooting at the top of Mt. Nebo definitely helped with pictures! Thanks Barrett and Lindsey for letting us be a part of your wedding!
Here are just a few images from their day…
My wife and I had a great time shooting Aaron and Melanie’s wedding a few weeks back! I’ve actually known this couple for quite a few years so it was an honor to be a part!
Thanks guys!
(oh and I have a the new facebook “like” button at the bottom of the post…so…”like” it!
It’s not often I get to take pictures of family but my cousin Jordan called me up and asked if I could take a few shots for her senior pictures. Of course I said yes and we had a great time getting to hang out! I’m sure you can easily tell by these pictures…she’s pretty fun!
Caitlin made this photo shoot a breeze! Thanks for driving up and letting me shoot for you!
Talk about a fun couple! I had an awesome time hanging out with Jake and Allison and I can already tell their wedding is going to be a blast!
Thanks for letting me hang out with you guys for a couple hours this weekend!
Katherine Grant opened her salon a few years back and recently moved to a new location (Park Hill area in North Little Rock). Since she got a new place and expanded her business, she thought it was time for a new website and some new pictures. Luckily, we’re friends and so I got to be the one to take pictures for her.
Thanks for letting me shoot your new place! And if I had hair I would totally get it cut here…
Our first family to help us out with our trip to Peru was our good friends the Evans! This couple have been good friends of ours for many years (even before they were an actual couple!) so you can imagine how stoked I was when they asked us to take pictures for their family and for our trip.
Here are just a couple of the images from this weekend! Thanks again guys!
Lately, I’ve started to realize the more and more I take pictures, the less and less I take pictures of the daily events in my own life. I’ve decided to challenge myself to take pictures when I’m with family, friends, or whoever, because honestly, they’re probably the only pictures that will mean a lot to me years down the road.
So I’m beginning a “Life” series (no not like the Discovery Channel). It will be pictures that consist of my life and those closest to me. It won’t be an everyday thing but hopefully it will be fairly consistent (which will be tough with wedding season coming up).
The first is a dinner I had at my parents’ house yesterday. It’s not normal for all of us to be able to get together, especially outside of major holidays, so we decided to eat dinner. Of course, in normal motherly fashion, my mom made way too much. .
we recently sold my grandparents’ house so we’ve been spending a lot of time looking at old photos
my wife assisting…
When new photographers ask for advice on their images (don’t worry…it doesn’t happen that often) I tend to say the same things. So I decided to just write a quick blog on those specific areas. Now this is brief and may be elementary for some, but if you want to go more in depth or have some questions just shoot me a message on my contact page!
White Balance
(This is assuming you are shooting in RAW) Whites are supposed to be white! If your client’s white shirt has a hint of yellow, blue, green, or any other color than white, adjust your tones. This will fix your issue of people’s skin tones looking a little off and will help the image look like it suppose to look (this is of course assuming you want people to look as natural as possible…I understand some people may want to get a little artsy).
Exposure
9 times out of 10 I find that a lot of new photographers don’t expose their images enough. Don’t be scared! Bump it up…make the image pop! It will turn your flat image into a great picture…
Shoot Like It’s Film
Sometimes it’s easy to get click-happy or look at an image and say “Oh I’ll just fix it Lightroom”. Now unless you like spending a bazillion hours in PS or LR editing photos, fix the image on the front end. If you have a perfectly exposed, focused, and white balanced image from the camera, you’ll spend no time editing. Act like you can’t fix it later and this is all you got. Believe me…it will help you become a better photographer (oh and please please please shoot in manual…it might be tough at first but it’s worth it).
Photoshop Actions
Don’t do it. No really. You don’t learn anything by clicking a “play” button. Believe it or not, everything that action does that you just paid for, you can do yourself. If you want to spend time in Photoshop, learn what it can do and do it yourself. Then every image will be unique to you and it will be just the way you want it. But really…don’t.
Timeless Images
People want their images to look good ten years from now. It’s what they are going to have their whole life! So even though certain hues and tones may be “in” right now…it might not be “in” a few years down the road…just something to think about.
So that’s about it! Now this is, of course, my own opinion and others may disagree totally. But if you just want to some good, clean images, take this advice for what it’s worth and keep shooting!
everything’s better in the snow…
(can you tell I haven’t shot a wedding in a while? I generally start taking pictures of everything else until the wedding season starts…so I hope you enjoy the blog for a couple more months!)
