Justin and Mary Marantz wrote up a list of tips for photographers documenting the bride getting ready, and it completely changed the way I approach the beginning of the wedding day. I used to think that the reason awesome photographers had stunning photos of the bride getting ready were because they were shooting really expensive [...]

I posted a teaser from my wedding in New Hampshire on Jenna Cole today. I thought you guys might like to see the SOOC (that’s straight-out-of-camera if you’re new to the term) shot, and then click over to see Jenna Cole to see the final image after a little bit of time in Photoshop. Also, [...]

Yesterday’s session was good. Really good actually. But I’m still feeling a little frustrated because I know it could have been better. I’m not sure if it’s me, or the equipment, but yet again I’m left wondering why anyone would want to deal with the frustrations of off-camera-lighting on a regular basis. I understand the [...]

I’ve discovered a new photography technique that I’m loving. It’s called Freelensing and I don’t even need to write a tutorial for it because the always-amazing Ryan Brenizer has already done that for me. Essentially Freelensing is detaching your camera lens from your camera body (just barely) which changes the plane of focus and the way the [...]

I stumbled across this list of 143 Fearless Award winning photos and my mind is officially blown. Something about these photos simultaneously makes me want to give up (how could I ever match up to this?) and get out and shoot like mad until I can do what these photographers do. I’ll post a few of my [...]