Recent content by Sharkbait

Okay, without getting onto the analyst's couch, let me just confide in you all that for pretty much my entire life I've had something of a self-esteem issue. I've always thought I could do anything...just not do it that well. Anyway, I know we've gotten much better at photogrpahy in the time...

bw all the way

I absolutely LOVE my 100mm macro for portraits.

Lessee... Talk to a CPA about setting up your business, probably as a sole propriator (sp?). Then you'll get your TID from the state. The wedding photography business is not profitable, at least not starting out (unless you already have about 10K in equipment and are related to a CPA, a...

Gotta say...I just don't get it. Sorry.

Ugh, we had one last weekend that nearly brought me to tears. She just had it in her head that she was the reason that everyone was there. There was space in the limo for one extra person beyond the bridal party. Rather than ask the couple if they wanted a photographer or videographer (or if...

The outdoor shots are definitely the winners...much more natural posing than the others. The top-left is very pretty, but you can tell that it was also very posed.

We flash the formal portraits and the processional, but I always turn the flash off (whether it's allowed or not) during the ceremony itself. Just found that it's a lot less distracting to the service. Then the flash is back on for pretty much everything else. We shoot flash for fill when we're...

True, but these machines have a much faster read/write capability, and magnetic media will last a LOT longer than optical media.

They really needed to cut to a video of a hamster running around in a wheel with some wires coming out of it. Maybe with a dozen of those little clear hamster-boxes in the background.

Okay, so maybe only cool if you're an IT geek like me, but check this out... http://zdnet.com.com/1606-2-6110331.html It's about smugmug's server and SAN system. Very, very slick!

When we meet with clients, we give them a folder imprinted with our logo that has a copy of the contract, business cards, and a multimedia presentation that I designed and built that covers all the aspects of how we shoot and why we're the best. :)

Way underexposed and way too much red saturation. Crop in a lot tighter. The pose and expression are great though, which is the true heart of the image. The rest is just post-processing.