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Wedding Moments Before the “Moments”

cbloor — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:30:44 +0000

I think that many of us that do wedding photography are always looking for those little moments that are not part of the ceremony. Those moments that capture what really the mood of the day and the story behind it all. Yesterday I had the chance to work with two wonderful people who gave me a lot of those chances. I always feel amazed at what I get to see as part of my “job”.

Before the guest arrived, before almost anyone was there, the bride walked her 83 year old father from Poland down the asile, talking to him telling him what was going to happen. In my opinion, you don’t need to see their faces to know what they are sharing.

Hap and Jean Marie get Married!

cbloor — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:31:20 +0000

Every once in a while you meet people who are just fun to work with. They are open to your ideas and are willing to be as creative as you are. Hap and Jean Marie are two of these people. I am not sure the night could have gone any better. Everyone was fun, easy and wanted to have a blast as much as we did.

Hap and Jean Marie, I hope that you have a wonderful life together. The party is only now really starting……

This is a cool new plugin for CS5 from Adobe labs called Pixel Blender. For some shots, I really like it. Can do a lot of things, but the one that I like best os the Oil Paint.

It was so dark where the reception was that I needed a VALS (Voice Activated Light Stand). Thanks to Nat for making it all happen so well!!

Celtic Wedding at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center

cbloor — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:32:49 +0000

Last Sunday I was fortunate enough to be able to photography Stuart and Amy’s wedding. While they are fun just by themselves, they made this event spectacular with the detail in their wedding planning.

To be honest, I have never shot a celtic wedding; But I am not sure how many people have either. I knew there would be a lot of color; and boy was I right. Everywhere I looked there was red. Red red and more red. Just amazing. To boot, they picked a perfect place, Callanwolde Fine Art Center in Decatur. The planner at Callanwolde, Khadijah, was so great. She just made my life so easy.

It will take me a bit of time to go through everything, but I wanted to share a few images from the day.

Before I do that, I owe a ton of thanks to Nat Guname. I don’t think I would have been able to do what needed to be done or capture the essence of the day without him as a 2nd shooter. Thanks Nat!

Each of the groomsman wore a kilt and appropriate attire. Just amazing in the detail.

Nat and I were doing some portrits of Amy before the ceremony. We had lights at the top of the stairs and at the bottom. For one of the shots, I ran upstairs to adjust the lights. As I looked down, I saw the below. I yelled down (I know, not polite, but that is what I did) and asked Amy to stand still. And the results speak for themselves.

Stuart has 3 amazing children from a previous marriage. All were part of the ceremony and participated. When we were doing some portraits of Stuart, one of them placed their hand on Dad’s shoulder. And I had a vision. This is the result. I love this shot.

Without question, this is my favorite shot of the day. All of the groomsman getting ready for a shot and there was Stuart’s son looking up at him. Just perfect and so touching.