Are you a photographer? Would you like to join in on a group shoot sometime? Let us know! We are actively looking for some good locations and some local talent to do a little winter shootout! I already have some ideas brewing but haven’t made any plans yet. Drop us a line giving us your availability in February and we’ll make a go of it. Hope everyone is staying warm!
We are always fine tuning our post processing methods and I thought I’d take a second to share what we’ve been doing. I have been found guilty of spending too much time on one photograph trying to tweak it to perfection. When there are sometimes hundreds more photographs to go you quickly realize time is not going to allow you this luxury. What we’ve been doing are very simple adjustments that bring the photograph up to a state of good contrast and exposure. We’ll also throw in our secret recipe for sharpening and within 30-60 seconds we’ll have a photograph that is perfect to our eyes! Here are a couple of examples of some before and after shots that were around a quarter to half a stop underexposed. After a quick “curves” adjustment in photoshop and a little sharpening I’m ready to send it out.
Lana will be our beautiful example from a wedding we shot back in September for my good friend Kevin.
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Once again we ventured out to Hy-Vee Hall for our second (ever!) bridal show. It was a great time! I enjoyed meeting a few new faces as well as seeing returning vendors from the September show. We didn’t know what to expect with the first show and so we approached this second time around a little differently. We wanted to just make sure we said hello to as many brides as possible and get our information in their hands.
Bridal shows can be chaotic, hectic and pretty overwhelming. Not the most ideal environment to book a client. So we designed our booth this year to be bigger but minimalistic. We got one of 6 premium booths that was 12 feet wide and 6 feet deep. I thought this would better allow traffic to flow into our booth and give a good surface area to display lots of larger prints. We also had a small seating area to look at albums. That was it! No obtrusive tables, no collage of prints on easels and no massive LCD TV slideshow on a constant loop. Just tangible prints at sizes no smaller than 16×20. We got some great feedback! We were also able to meet a few of our brides that have already booked us for 2010 and 2011! It was great to see everyone and we can not wait to shoot your wedding!
Quick snapshot of the booth:
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This was our first shoot at the capitol building for a set of engagement pictures. It turned out amazing! Unfortunately, Iowa weather will often turn crummy and we’ll have to shoot indoors. This was such a perfect spot. It is very ornate and has all sorts of areas that allow for some fun shots! Here is 2 shots we took while getting ready for Christina and Tray:
Beautiful place isn’t it? The capitol + the couple was a great afternoon. “…cause everybody dips in the library, right?” Chris spoke these words while we were shooting inside the library. It was just a blast! We are anxious to photograph the wedding! Enjoy!
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