Francis-Hurt Wedding

A small preview...

My first wedding! It's a whole lot different from portraits, because I don't have any of the control over shots as I normally do. It's all about preparation and anticipation, catching that "window of opportunity."

It was a VERY cute wedding, and I got a bunch of great pictures out of it. Hopefully, I did a decent job of staying out of their way the whole time...
Congratulations to the happy couple!!!

Session: There are certain rules that one must abide by in order to create a successful sequel

My next photo session was at Hermann Park again Saturday morning. I had my trusty assistant Crystal with me again helping me out with lighting/setup. As soon as I showed up at the park that morning though, I worried about creating a variety of shots that weren't just imitations of my last photoshoot. We were shooting at the exact same locations as my last customers, so I wanted to avoid taking the same pictures as last time but with different people.

GQ Style

I try to come up with as many different shots as I can, but I think the key is just hanging out with the subjects, getting to know their personalities, and figuring out how to incorporate it into the photographs. It's also great when families like this one can give their input on photo ideas, most of which I would've never thought of.

Brotherly Love

Some of the best shots come 10 seconds before the "actual" shot (see picture below). I'm a big fan of natural/candid photography and personally find it WAY more interesting than those 15 minute studio portraits. They have AC but I have better pictures :P.

Sharing a laugh during set-up

Session: Summer Lovin'

Sillohuette

I owe the idea of the framing of this shot to the nice asian tourists who asked me to take a photo for them a few minutes before.

Yesterday was my first photo shoot done without an assistant, and the lucky guinea pigs were the happy couple John and Jill. But I'm happy to say the photos turned out terrific. Here's a small preview for the two of you as I organize all the photos...

Piggybacking in Hermann Park!

We had the shoot at Hermann Park, which I probably haven't been to since the field trip days of elementary school. After going around the roundabout a few times, I parked by the Museum of Natural Sciences and toured the area an hour before the shoot. Hermann Park is HUGE! A great place for photos (I already scheduled another one there) and as I was waiting, I saw at least 3 different brides do their bridal shots there.

I definitely credit their chemistry for the pictures turning out this well.

John and Jill were very easy to work with, and we had fun time experimenting with a bunch of different shots/angles. I'll be getting those photos to you ASAP!