Mia and Scott and I got togehter at Pitt in Oakland for some fun engagement photos for their save the date cards. They both attended Pitt and it’s where they met. It just so happened we were there on a Sunday morning between semesters so the campus was just vacant. Other than seeing one groundskeeper and a couple of tourst types we had the place to ourselves.
Sarah and Matt tied the knot last Saturday and it was a great day – a very happy couple and it showed in their pictures. Zoe is the flower girl and was oh so cute all day and at the reception she ‘passed out’ in the hallway. It was adorable!
The DJ was excellent (you can see my other posts on how last year went with DJs). It was Otto Productions and his lighting was spectacular – it really made the scene a fun one and the pictures special and unique.
So I know you want to see some of the pictures, and here they are. Mindy did a lot more shooting at this wedding and soon she’ll be shooting on her own!
Mindy got this shot at the reception
One of Mindy's from the ceremony
Zoe and Sarah at Franciscan Manner.
The weather was outstanding all day long!
We did several large family groupings after the ceremony.
Matt's still getting used to his new jewelry.
Now this is love (and the purple in the backgroud is thanks to Otto).
Lisa and Bill came by on Saturday for a few engagement photos and to check out invitations. Having spent a week at Triangle Institute inspired me to try a few things and so I sorta taked them into letting me apply my new found knowledge.
Wedding Dress, $895
Cake, $495
Reception for 150 at $45/plate
Memories from your wedding day – priceless.
Unless you hire the wrong photographer then you have memories you’d rather forget. The Video (a video of Judge Joe Brown, a bride, and her photographer.)
Don’t ruin your wedding by picking the wrong photographer. Read this. Call us.Lets Talk.
Since Joe brings up camera gear, here’s a list of what we bring to your wedding. Two Canon 5D2 cameras, one Canon 5D, one Canon 40D (backup for the backup); Canon L zoom lenses – 16-35 2.8, 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8, 24-105; Canon L Prime lenses – 50 1.2, 85 1.2, 135 2.0; The other canon lenses we bring – 15 fisheye, 28 1.8, 85 1.8, 100 2.8 ;Two Canon 580 flashes, one canon 550, one Metz 54; Two 300ws studio lights and battery power; Plus a long list of sundries like batteries, cords, wireless remotes, tripods, monopod, 20gb+ of memory.
We are state of the art, constantly updating our equipment, our techniques, our style. We use the best tools available.
We don’t make compromises – and neither should you.
Here’s some images from our last wedding, January 9th, Erin and Tony.
We started at Erin’s Parent’s house in East McKeesport with a Ceremony at her church nearby. We stopped at The Pennsylvanian in Pittsburgh for some fun pictures (it was very cold and windy but the bridal party was full of antifreeze so everyone survived). The reception was in the Grand Ballroom of The Fez.
It’s like I’m in college all over again! See, back then I was on the newspaper and after taking photos I’d spend a few hours in the darkroom making prints. It was great fun.
Digital has been phenomenal in many ways and photoshop is often called a ‘digital darkroom’. I suppose that’s true, but there is something magical to using a chemical darkroom and seeing a blank piece of paper come alive with your image.
If you’ve been following the blog you know that a few weeks ago we got a large format, lab quality printer, a Canon imagePrograf 6100. It’s absolutely amazing!
So far I’ve printed a few things as a test, to get the color right, the workflow, learning how to cut prints two feet wide and 3 feet long and the like. It’s like being back in college and watching the image appear on the blank paper. It’s a lot more fun that I thought it would be. I’m young again!
One of the cool things this printer can do is to print on all sorts of things – photo paper is just the beginning, and there’s 15 kinds of that, plus art and rag, banner materials (indoor and out), film that can be lit from behind and lots more. Like canvas.
If you’ve been to the Studio or seen one of our displays then you’ve seen our canvas gallery wraps. I love them. It makes a photo into a work of art, something special. It’s a fresh, exciting alternative to a matted framed under glass image. Well, thanks to the new printer we can now make Canvas Gallery Wraps in-house!
This means we can offer faster turnaround, lower costs, better quality control and a wider array of sizes. I’m really excited with what we’ve got to offer you this year.
It’s almost as much fun as it was back in college – the only thing missing is taking a coed into the darkroom to see what develops!
I am very excited to announce that we are now offering StylArt and Carlson Craft invitations and products!
StylArt products can incorporate your photos on your invitations for your bridal shower or wedding!
With Carlson Craft products you have a very large selection of styles from classic and traditional to trendy and edgy and everything in between. In addition we’ll also have a variety of personalized products such as napkins, cake cutters and thank you gifts for your bridal party!
Of course if you choose us as your wedding photographer you’ll receive a discount on your invitations. If you’d like more information drop me a line!
OK, it’s not like we’re celebrities or anything, but you are invited to come and meet us (me and mindy) at The Bridal Experience at The Fez on Sunday January 10 and on Sunday and at the Times Bridal Fair, January 31 at Seven Oaks Country Club.
We’ll have candy, our newest album which is really cool, gallery wraps, prints, Save The Dates and all the good stuff! We may even have a surprise or two – we’re still working on that in the back room, all very hush-hush at this time.
We’ll have some special deals for those that come out in the January weather to make the trip worthwhile!
Here’s a recent shot Mindy took at Nicki and Skip’s wedding last month.
I have to ask about this because it’s pissing me off. Perhaps I’m in the minority, I don’t know. I think it comes down to this – Can you drink (alcohol) at work? While working?
I’ve never had a boss or job that allowed that. I never tried, but I’m guess if I pulled out a beer I’d end up in the boss’s office in about 2 seconds flat. I’ve had some jobs where that conversation would be very shot – “get out, you’re fired”.
I suppose the main reason you can’t drink at work is well, you’d f-up your job. I know many of you may think that’s not going to happen, but I tend to think it would based on my experiences this year.
This has been the year of bad wedding DJs. Guys that can’t play music successfully, don’t have all the basic gear (like a microphone), leave the building to smoke and the music stops, cutting off songs in the middle or starting them in the middle, and more such incompetence. Yeah, I’m calling it that…or could be that every time there’s a bad DJ there’s alcohol in his hand. I counted what one DJ had, and I’m assuming I missed a drink or two as I’m working too, but he had 6 drinks – some wine (or champagne maybe), beer and a mixed drink. At another wedding the DJ was complaining to the bartender that they ran out of Captain Morgan.
Now don’t get me wrong – I drink. I drink at weddings – IF I’m a guest. But the couple of dozen times a year I attend weddings it’s to work there as their photographer. I don’t drink at work. I don’t know anyone else that drinks at work either.
So if your boss won’t let you drink at work, and your the boss when you hire a DJ for your wedding, why would you let him drink? I’m curious because I just don’t get it.
I work with a lot of good, no, great DJs, some don’t charge enough IMO, and they’re not drinking for 4 or 5 hours at work. And it shows in the way they sound.
OK, that’s the end of my rant. I’m going to go have a beer now.
This was a very fun wedding and once again, the weather was very cooperative just when we needed it to be!
Alysia and Bobby had big wedding – nearly 400 guests! That filled the Grand Ballroom at the Fez. And they had a couple of nice touches at the reception too – a photo booth, a DJ and a band! The band was great too – The Earthquakers, a kind of amish hard rock quartet – yeah, I know what that sounds like but they were fun and good too!
While the wedding was on October 31 it wasn’t a halloween themed wedding, but well, it was halloween afterall.
