Tiffany

 I love the work of George Hurrell, I know I’ll never be a ” George Hurrell,” but it sure is fun trying.  Mr. Hurrell would say either you have it or you don’t.  The picture of Tiffany on the couch was my first attempt.  In the next few months I hope to have some more skill building shoots.

George Hurrell want-a-be

I have learn a lot from Monty Zucker and Clay Blackmore

Yesterday, I went to Kansa City for a class by Clay Blackmore. Who is Clay, you may ask? I enjoy many things in life some of which are family, my faith, music, math, and history just to name few. What does this have to do with Clay Blackmore?

Clay is one of the wedding photographers that you can point to and say that he bridged “old school” to “new school,”  just as Mozart bridged the “old school” composers like Haydn to “new school” composers like Beethoven. Beethoven was on his way to study with Mozart when Mozart passed away before Beethoven arrived, so Beethoven did the next best thing and studied with Haydn.

Clay has studied under some great old school photographers like Monte Zucker, Don Blair, Rocky Gunn, Joe Zeltsman. I’ve studied them as well, but only in books and tapes which are not the same as in person.  Sir Isaac Newton once said, “If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants.” I look at Clay like this; he stands on the shoulders of these Titans.  Most of these Titans were from the film era, which means they had to get in the camera on the front end because there was no Photoshop.

I know that posing and lighting are evil words to many, but their work is beautiful; men look like men and women look like women.  Those old school guys had a plan and tons of talent. (Yes, I said guys. During this era the cameras and equipment were heavy and most ladies could not carry the massive amount of equipment.)  I hate to say it was a small group of about thirty at Clay’s class.

I’ve been to Clay’s classes  before, but I still learned some cool stuff.  I even won some software and music.

Learning and keeping up to date is an ongoing task , I know if you stay in one place to long you get passes by.  Please look for me updated site and more weddings getting posted.

Also, I’ve been shooting weddings, seniors, and went to see David Ziser again.
I’m still planing to redo my Looking Glass site and Omaha wedding Photographer site, I’m also doing more with videos.

I have two more weeks of weddings, than I hope to get to the site and posting on the blog.

Trash The Dress

Well I  finally did a trash the dress session.  It was really more  like trash the dress meets Sports Illustrated Bridal issue. Which I’m sure would be a big seller. I have a pool and been trying to do this for over a year now. What was nice is the control of the light that I was able to implement.   I loved it!

The brides wedding it not until September and this was  a old dress that she had and wanted to have some fun with. I’m not sure who had more fun the bride or myself. After her wedding I’ll post some more from this. 

I think another reason that I liked this was, we did not trash the dress as in it needs to be hand washed but that it. I know I’m a softie, but the wedding dress something special and deserves more respect than rolling in the mud and I’ve see some were they set it on fire.

I do hope to do some more Sports Illustrated Bridal issues.

Sports Illustrated Bridal issueTrash the dress

Trash the dress

Beautiful wedding sunset in Omaha

Afterglow pictures

I’ve had this idea for some time now, but this was the first time I shot one. If the reception location is not ideal or if on the wedding day the couple is running behind, would it be nice to take some sunset wedding picture the day after the wedding? The groom still has the tux and the bride is as beautiful as ever.

Afterglow pictures are photographs of the couple taken the day following the wedding day from 10 minutes before to 10 minutes after sunset. These images are ideal for romance images of the couple and of the bride alone. They also make great thank you cards.

There are many beautiful sunset locations in and around the Omaha area. I’ll be adding this as an add-on to my wedding packages. To encourage couples to take advantage of this, I’ll be offering these free for anyone booking this year and only fifty dollars extra for anyone booking next year.

These were taken on a Sunday evening/night and the couple made a small investment of twenty minutes for memories that will last a life time. If you have ANY questions please fill free to call, email or skype me, I look forward to hearing from you.

romantic sunset wedding picture

Enjoy

I love this job

Man want a day, It was VERY warm when we took these images at Mahoney State Park.  She was great, and I’m happy with the images. It was overcast so I didn’t get the blue sky I was looking for, but you get what you get.  All in all it took about an hour for the whole shoot.  Again I just LOVE bridals, you can do evrything from playful to sexy and have fun doing it.

Love is grand

Black and red mask with feathers

Hello,

I had some ideas and some free time.  I was just trying to sharpen my skills a little.  I’m happy with the way they turned out. I need to get back to work, I’m working on a wedding from last week.  So, in a few days I’ll post the wedding images.

White flower Bride