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Dearborn Michigan Wedding Photographs of Stephanie in Vintage Form

I photographed Stephanies wedding in August of this year and I'm currently working on her wedding. They had a gorgeous wedding way North of here in Lake Orion at an old restored historic catholic church that still had ancient rafters supporting the ceiling. It was awesome. I just wanted to share a few of her bridal portraits that I shot in the parking lot of old Tiger stadium. The bridal party paid it a visit on the way to down to Lovett hall in Dearborn. I thought these were beautiful because they have the quality of reversal film from the famous Holga camera. They have that look of a quick snap from 1973.  

  

West Bloomfield Wedding Photography - Lauren & Sean

I photographed Lauren & Seans wedding at the end of July. They had a beautiful day and held their ceremony and Reception at Knollwood CC in West Bloomfield. DeeDee Hoffman the wedding coordinator scheduled the Ceremony for right at sunset and the light was beautiful. I love the shtos of their parents and the expression on their faces during the beggining of the ceremony. I love the shot of their chuppa as well - I think it looks like the garden of eden. Oh and the creme brulle was just amazing - if you wondering why you didn't get any you may have to blame me. It made it into this collection for its sheer tastiness. Here are a few of my favorites starting with the rings and invitation.

It was madness and chaos - I don't know how I got this close with my fisheye!

Is it just me or did this Kid learn to dance from Elvis?

Wow so  good.

Love the layering here and the ability to see Sean and Laurens expression during the speech.

Love the lens flare - Makes the frame that is filled with perfect expressions just move.

Lauren & Sean both met Via an internet dating service so they decided to put up their profiles for all to read. So cool!

The warm welcome of a gorgeous reception.

This was the perfect cake for their wedding. Flowing and elegant.

Yes!!

I just thought the colors of the dress, tuxedo and flowers really blended well here.

Their Adam and Eve shot.

During the vows.

Right after Sean walked down the aisle.

Another emotional hug.

This was the gorgeous light I was talking about. What a great time for a ceremony.

I like this shot of the chuppa just because of the way the trees move. I photographed the scene off the reflection of a window. The screen and distortation of the glass created the movement.

On of the most intense moments during the day. Sean and Lauren both promised themselves to each other before the ceremony and this right after Sean teared up. I'm an emotional guy to so I understand.

Love the just natural expression here before we took a few photographs of the wedding party.

While this photograph is not the typical I like it because Lauren and Sean had a very formal wedding. I see this a throw back to the regalness of ages past blending with the new.

During the make up session - I love this shot. Lauren is just beautiful.

I love this shot of one of DeeDees assistants helping lauren with her shoes.

The Shoes - Love the simple shapes that make this shot work.

I grabbed this gorgeous shot while lauren was having her make up done. Don't ask me how I got above her like this. Long story.

Detroit Wedding Photography of Katie & Rob

I finished Katie and Roberts Engagement session around the same time as Jon and Tinas but I didn't want to post them both at the same time (no show stealing) So finally with much anticipation here are a few of my favorites from their downtown detroit photo shoot. Do note there was a Tiger game that night - big mistake considering we planned to meet in front of Fox Theatre. It worked out though because I got some great shots of some tigers ticket scalpers and fans. Enjoy!

Christian The Lion

Oh man Do I love youtube. Countless hours have been wasted watching youtube videos. They suck me in almost as much as MSN.com's "todays picks" A fried of mine just recommending to me this actually quite touching youtube story of Christian the Lion. Check it out.

Ann Arbor Wedding Photography - Engagement Photography of Jon & Tina

Just finished editing the photographs of Jon & Tina. They had quite a few of their friends do engagement sessions in Downtown AA so they wanted something a little bit different. Both UM alumni decided they still wanted the AA feel but to have the look be a bit more natural. The Arb was their final choice. One of my favorite shots of the of summer is the pose of them lying down on the ivy. It feels like such an amazing foreshadowing of their future and commitment to each other while at the same time seeming dark and beautiful. Also note that we met with a really ferocious dog that was thankfully behind a fence. I got as close as I dared and snapped a quick shot! After shooting at the ARB we went to campus near the engineers arch where they had their first date. Rumor has it if you kiss under the arch one your first date you will get married. They both actually made this gamble and kissed that very first date under the arch. They are getting married this September. Finally, on my way home I took a self portrait of myself walking down S. University.

HoneyMoon!

  Lisa and I in Paris and Italy. Both were set up on Timers with my Sweet Canon Digital Elph!

New Website!

Enjoy its Fluid Moving beauty!  Also on a small sidenote...I AM GETTING MARRIED THIS WEEKEND! I will be honeymooning in France and Italy for two weeks! Can't wait! Tomorrow is the big day. I will be sure to post some photographs!

Detroit Wedding Photography Website - I'm getting a New one! Yeah!

My new site is almost done! I expect it to be up June 4th!  For clients inquiring about pricing and wedding availibility for 2008-2009 Please feel free to email me at blaine@siesserphotography.com

Or feel free to give me a call at 734.845.6512

If you are interested in seeing more of my work please feel free to browse my blog or to visit

www.siesserphotography.com/slideshows/

Birmingham Wedding Photography - Celebrate! Jewish News

Just got the March 2008 Issue of Jewish News Celebrate in the Mail today. I was really happy to find that they published a few of my images from the Hiller Hughet Wedding along with the Golden Bat Mitzvah. I love the image of Laurie Hughet walking in front of the Cranbrook Art Museum. Emerald City Design did an awesome job with their wedding and DeeDee Hoffman did an amazing job sprucing up Tam O'shanter Country Club. Here are the photographs from the magazine.

West Bloomfield Wedding Photography - Thank You Notes -

Hello Everyone - ok I'm not going avoid the obvious. I humbly admit I'm not one of the best bloggers ever but I have heart to do better this year. The move and my new house has really swamped me this fall winter with all sorts of extra cirriculars but now that thats done I should have more time to keep up this spring/summer. I've had so many great clients this last year and so many great photographs. So many great photographs I wish I could share - One thing that amazes me is that I can't even remember all the photographs that I take. Last night I started sorting through wedding pictures for an album project that I'm beginning and I was like...wow...good work Blaine. I guess its so easy to get bogged down with so many different projects and life that sometimes its hard to remember what your really doing. This last couple days I have been organizing thanks you notes from the past few years. I have so many they are all so special. I am thankful to have a job that is so valuable to people and that provides people with something that will last for so long. I take so many pictures of guests and events that I know that I don't even know how many people I've blessed. I'm attaching a link to download my "official" word document of thank you's but I also wanted to scan one that I really liked. Thank You Link

Its a papyrus thank you note. I am really impressed with that company personally and am always pulled in to look at their different textures and colors for their cards. Here is one from a client I had in October of 2007. The wine bottle on the front is actually a thin wine bottle with little notes inside.

Phuket Thailand - Trisara Resort - Pnang Nga Bay -

From Viva Las Vegas heading out to Fiji to do a Trash the Dress bridal shoot I wanted to give a little taste of one of the highlight weddings of my spring. Sharyn & Peter were married in Phuket Thailand in Late April and their weddng was gorgeous. Trisara Resort is one of the premiere resorts on the whole Island. Their ceremony started right on the beach and lead to the reception held on one of Trisaras 4000 square foot residences. Two days after the wedding Sharyn Peter and I took a longtail boat out to Pnang Nga Bay to do a day after shoot. All of it was like a fantasy for me and I'm sure Sharyn and Peter felt the same. Take a look at their highlight slideshow.

Here are a few of my favorites -

Grand Rapids Wedding Photography - Grand Rapids Bride

Just got the latest issues of Grand Rapids Bride and Lansing Bride and you can see my images on the cover each! Take a look -

Yeah! Summer!

Awwwe yeah! Its summer time! Happy memorial day! Its time for weddings, golf, the beach, and summer concerts! I definately plan on seeing Dave Matthews and hopefully Nickel Creek. The best though is that me and one of my good friends are thinking about crashing the Def Leppard concert. Yeah 80's! Make sure you check out the summer season in Detroit - www.palacenet.com

- Better Business! -

A while back I was ripped off by a false yellow pages company from florida parading and deceptively advertising themselves as "the" yellow pages! I actualy never gave them any money but they continue to send me invoices. I don't expect to ever pay. While doing research on this company I stumbled across a site known as the bad business bureau or rip off report.com

Basically consumers are allowed to share about false or bad dealings with any business. Not only is it interesting to read about all the scams that are taking place in every realm of business but it is a great place to do research about businesses. All reports are openly shared as well. One very interesting part about this this site is the sheer number of reports - I would guess into the 10s of thousands. The BBB or better business bureau is even reported! Apparently companies are simply paying them lots of money to stay on their good side and not on the consumers.

If I ever come across any shady businesses in the future that I will be paying any significant amount of money, I will definately be typing their name in google along with "rip of report" to see if anything comes up. I highly suggest using it as means to protect yourself.

Rip Off Report

Plymouth Michigan Wedding Photography - Kristina & Michael

Kristina and Michael were married this early Spring at St. Johns. They had a gorgeous wedding and she was such a gorgeous bride: so elegant! I wanted to share a few of the photographs that I really liked and that I think really all the effor that was made for this wedding.

Gone Thai!

Hey! Hope all is well. I'm sitting here in Chicago O'hare waiting to board a flight to LA that will eventually lead me to Thailand to cover a wedding for two Australians. I'm so excited to shoot this wedding for the couple. Pete works for a records label in Perth and Sharyn for a marketing company. I can't believe they aren't getting married on the gorgoeous coastline of Western Australia (Perth is one of the most coolest and most beautiful cities I have ever been in). That said, their wedding in Phuket is going to be stunning - at the finest boutique hotel on the island I can't wait to see what they have put together. I will post pictures soon! In the mean time here is a photograph of some star trails I did a week or so ago from 12-2am. This is the most patient form of photography I have ever experienced, also cold!

I will be a little harder to get a hold but feel free to email as that will be the quickest way. Much love to everyone!

The Blujays vs The Tigers

While shooting the Time Lapse I took a few moments aside to do a sequence of one of the Blue Jay Pitchers. A 1D Mark II shooting 8 fps. I shot about 27 photographs of the pitcher to only use roughly 7 in this photograph.

Detroit Tigers

Monday this week was Opening Day for the Detroit Tigers! It was exciting as it was depressing to seem them loose. They had a great game until the 10th inning when The BlueJays scored twice to win 5 - 3. The experience wasn't all fun for me though. I woke up at 415 am to do a time lapse for Anheuser Busch of the stadium filling up with people. I shot for about 10 hours and took 1500 pictures of the exact same thing! Pretty boring. But in the end it produces a really cool movie of the sun rising over the stadium with thousands of people eventually packing it out. You will see this in AB's local bud commercials that will run of Tigers baseball in Detroit. You may have also heard me being interviewed on WWJ detroit radio because All the news crews wanted to know what I had been doing there since 5:30 AM. Here is a link to the video.

Anheuser Busch

Infrared

Wow - Its been a long time since I posted last! Wedding Season is about to Kick into full gear and I photographed my first of what looks like 30 weddings for the season. I'm excited for the season to come and to be able to try out some of my new gear. I just bought a video light to do some crazy fashion stuff with my brides and I think I'm going to have a ring flash for some serious fashion looks. Lately I've been working on personal projects and some commercial projects for Ad Agencies. Monday Is going to be opening day at Tigers Stadium and I will be shooting a Time Lapse sequence of the stadium filling up for Anheuser Busch. You can't ask for a better job! Today I've just been surfing the web and came across some really beautiful colored Infrared Photographs that another photographer had created so I decided to try my hand. I had taken this photograph from a wedding I shot last summer in San Diego California. I will defiantely be doing a better job posting this spring and summer so look out! Can't wait to share more of my work with all you my friends, family, and clients!

South Haven Wedding Photography - Michigan Bride

In the latest Michigan Bride you can see my photography as one of the featured weddings! Corin and TJ Got married and held their Reception and their Parents Lake House on Lake Michigan. They had an amazing Ceremony and The reception began as the sun was setting over the South Haven Lighthouse. Wow. To top that they had a string quartet play for the ceremony, and Marachay Band to kick of the Party, a Cover band Following them and an Acoustic band in the basement Bar. Most importantly Corin and TJ were a great match!

Kalamazoo Wedding Photography - Blaine Siesser Brides - Published!

For the 2006 year on the west side of Michigan I was published in all three of the Major Wedding Publications! Kalamazoo Bride, Grand Rapids Bride, & the Lansing Bride. Many of you may have seen my work in these Magazines and decided to hire me...so I'm very thankful that the editors like my work. I'm pretty excited about this and I know so many of my clients are too. I hope to be as successful next year and to continue to submit my wedding work to these magazines.

Been A Long Time

Hey All - Hope everything is well! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I'm sorry Its been so long since I posted last time but a lot has been going on in my life that I've just needed to keep up on. I've had dreams of posts about my trip to Chicago and about Past weddings but I just haven't been able to keep up. I try to make it a point to finish weddings/shoots before posting for fun. Business before Beach.
Hopefully over the next month I will be able to post about some of my recent engagement session and weddings so keep checking up because I'm sure there will be some new stuff. Its funny if you saw what I photographed today you would not be interested at all. Basically the last two days have been photographing this lamp on my wall in order to test out all of my lenses to make sure they are sharp and in working order.

Its a BOY!

A couple of my previous wedding clients from about about a year ago recently gave birth to their first child. Cindy and Joseph David came back to have me photograph their newborn baby boy in Ann Arbor Michigan. He was amazingly good and it was so great to be able to see Cindy and Joseph again. Such a pleasure to see my couples happy and loving one another in Marriage. I always hope that my wedding images will encourage and remind couples of their love and commitment to one another. I don't take credit at all for their love, but it is nice to know I get to play a part in the romance in some way.

Jardin - Cabernet Sauvignon 2004

Wow I've been busy lately - Hope everyone is well and enjoying the Holidays! I have been! I wanted to post about this bottle of wine I photographed last week for a local Wine merchant in town. Sod, of Tiffany's was kind enough to actually gift me a bottle after the shoot and it was as amazing as he says. According to Sod, this wine should be rated around a 94 - which is extremely high. This is his wine of the year and I can certainly see why: amazingly smooth with rich flavors. I would recommend it to all of my clients. Enjoy!

Fushion Runway

Last Weekend I got the oppurtunity to shoot the annual Moda Fashion held in Kalamazoo MI. I was blown away by the designer Talent and of the event coordination. Kristina Moellering took charge of the show this year and she did an amazing job with the lights, coordination, planning, and communications. Best wishes to all the Models and Designers!

Cpl Gary A. Koehler

Yesterday evening I received the news that one of my clients to be Married this coming spring was killed in Iraq. My heart aches for his bride. Please give your prayers and thoughts out to Hillary and her family. I also wanted to take the oppurtunity to Honor Cpl Gary A. Koehler of the United States Marine Corps.

West Bloomfield Wedding Photography - Caroline & Steve

All week long everyone worried about the weather for this wedding. Michigan saw cold rainy days the week leading up to Carolines Saturday. That morning however everyone woke up to a beautiful brisk fall day. Everyone was so thankful. Caroline and her girls were getting ready in Birmingham at Todd's Room and Bashar. Amazing Salons that I would highly recommend. Caroline got married at the Franklin Community church to Steve around 4. It was a beautiful ceremony and full of love. The reception was at the Lavish Orchard Lake Country Club and was absolutely stunning with a quartet, live band, and an unforgetable guest appearance by an unbelievably talented Neil Diamond lookalike to sing, "Sweet Caroline." Caroline and Steve are a great couple and have been such a pleasure to get to know - I hope you enjoy some of their photographs!

Waiting to photograph the bride.

Caroline is so Loved. Look at those eyes.

Inspired by John Michael Cooper who Shoots out of Las Vegas - He is Famous for his not so typical wedding shots.

Enjoying the Speeches.

The First Dance.

Kara & TJ

E- Session : Lansing Michigan : Yes I did shoot by Sparty and No I will not show that photograph ;)
These were all done on Campus at Michigan State - Kara TJ and I had a great time enjoying the sunset and the beautiful falling light on Campus.

I like this one because its rockin the Adam and Eve Vibe.

Trash The Dress!

Ok Girls...If you loved my work for your wedding I've got a proposition for ya! Its called Trash the Dress! In the last couple years wedding work has gone a little fashion across the country and a lot of brides are doing some really intense stuff in their dresses...even on their wedding days. However, Most do the crazy stuff post wedding. Don't believe me...check out Trash The Dress They get sandy, Muddy, dirty. I think its sweet and I say, who cares, along with them. If you aren't up for this on your wedding day - plan a shoot with me to trash your dress. You get to look gorgeous in your dress one last time and we have way more freedom to take amazing shots- you could even bring the new hubby along for the intimate stuff.

VideoCrafters

I just wanted to put in a little plug for Mickey Howell from VideoCrafters. I very rarely recommend any other vendors, but for this company I feel comfortable and even excited about recommending. He does some of the best wedding Videography I have seen. My clients who have used him to shoot have been amazingly impressed too. Him and his wife are amazingly creative and put their Heart into their work. They truly put a massive effort into each wedding and you can tell. Make sure you check out his site and the video wedding samples on his site!

Katie & Adam!

This couple Got Married Down South! Well Mendon that is. This is a little town east of Three Rivers - yeah I bet that helps;) Married at the Mendon country inn - it was a wedding that was full of love and character. They both are vets so they love their animals. They actually had their Dog take part in the ceremony. That was a first for me. Adam Katie and I actually got to take off for about 45 and do some shooting out in this beautiful field and around a water Mill. I got to shoot some great stuff and Adam and Katie got to spend some intimate alone time together.

Daneen & Jared

I had a blast shooting this engagement! They were such a fun couple and we totally just enjoyed ourselves in downtown Kalamazoo. We had a few Martinis at the Union before we went out and that livened things up a bit. And if your not totally sure, that is blue steel;) Here some pics and a quick slideshow I made for them. www.siesserphotography.com/slideshows/jd/

Third Day!

Last week I got to see Third Day and The David Crowder Band in Conert! They are both amazing bands to see in concert - they are not only talented but do an awesome job of pointing people to Jesus. Naturally I brought my camera and it was an awesome concert to photograph. The light crew did an amazing job which made it the concert awesome to photograph. Here are a few:

Ricardo Photographer

Hey All - Hope all is well and I know I've been a little slack on my Blogging. I have so many things I want to blog But I just run of time to share. I've been wanting to talk about my assistant Ricardo for a long time so this is his spot light. I believe the very best way to cover a wedding is with two photographers. Prior to the ceremony there is no way to cover both the groomsmen and the bridesmaids completely w/out two photographers. During the Ceremony there are many moments when multiple angles are necessary too. For instance, I always want to get the bride coming down the aisle but I don't want to miss the look on the grooms face. Finally, I need someone to take care of the details for me like my bags and equipment so that I'm freed up to shoot. Ricardo is my core assistant and he does amazing work. He hopes to one day have his own studio and to shoot families, weddings, and children. I was so impressed with his coverage during a ceremony about a month ago that I wanted to show what he got. So here ya go - This is Ricardo shooting mostly B/W photojournalism at Peter & Courtney Odlands Ceremony in South Haven MI. He does a great job seeing the light and timing his frames for that decisive moment. Cheers to you Ricardo! Well Done!

Caroline & Steve!

Engaged!!! Well a while ago...We shot these in Downtown Birmingham with their wedding being only a few weeks off. I met them at Forte and we loosened up a little at the Bar and then shot around town before I had to run off again to another appointment. Their wedding is going to be at the Franklin Community Church and the Reception is going to be at Orchard Lake Country Club in Bloomfield Hills. I'm really excited to shoot their wedding! It is going to be so beautiful and I know Caroline is going to look so stunning. Here are a few shots of Her and Steve and and some of Caroline alone - In my opinion she has another future in modeling.

Matthew is 2!

This weekend my Nephew Came to town. He turned 2 over the weekend and we threw a little party for him. He'd smile and laugh and say "tu" for his age. I don't know if this is just baby fever (Its not baby fever I'm sure) but I firmly believe he is one of the cutest looking two year olds I've every seen too. Me and him had the greatest time this weekend especially with the camera. I love his curious expression in these. He is learning so much right now and you can tell.

Kalamazoo Romance

Evan and Erin. I've known Evan since I was kid We grew shooting beebee guns together so he tells me. Finally this summer his high school sweethart and him got married. She just finished her degree from the University of Michigan and Evan is Now working on his PHD At UNC Chapel Hill. They were married in Crain Park and Had their Reception on Campus at Western Michigan University. I got to spend about 45 minutes with this couple downtown and we had a blast!

47-21

Well For all of you who didn't know, I am a Michigan Graduate. I Double majored in English and Philosophy. Who would have thought I would turn out a photographer;) Why am I telling you this though?! Because this weekend past was the Michigan vs Notre Dame Game! I am a football fan, and every year the passion for my Ama Madar ( is that how you spell that ) and football seem to grow. This year one of my best friends and I spent about $400 on two tickets that we bought just outside the Notre Dame stadium. We slightly posed as Notre Dame alumni to keep the prices down ;) check out our sign though - its not like we lied;) We were Alums. Thats the last time you will prolly see us wearing green like that though. Anyway, the Game was unbelievable! We won 47-21 and the first half was an emotional roller coaster! We made the Notre Dame Fans feel their shame too! There is nothing like being a winning team in your Opponents stadium! I'm so thankful to have gone down there to make those memories with my good friend Tony. I know neither one of us will ever forget that Saturday. Here is a shot of us In Green before we drove down. I love this picture because that blurry pasty thing in the bottom is Tony's wifes finger covering my Camera Phones lens. It makes her a key part of the image I think. Good thinkin Riah!

The Gear

It seems there are always people and photographers interested in my gear and what kind of equipment I shoot with so Here is the down low;) Clients Beware It could get pretty Nerdy Below.

I truly truly believe that awesome photographs can be taken with any camera nowadays. Whether it be a fuji S2 S3 or a Nikon D2x D2h D2hs or take any Canon body. Its truly not about the camera just like it has never been about the fiddle. I used to think this mattered quite a bit - I would surf www.dpreview.com and look at all the pictures from each camera on www.pbase.com. If you understand photography fundamentals meaning how to use your camera and its light meter along with how to understand light then you can take great photographs provided you are patient, have you camera with you, are in the right place at the right time, etc etc. Yeah yeah yeah so many people say that this camera has great color or great dynamic range. Folks they are all so close in Dynamic range that is doesn't matter espescially with the use of raw which can give so much dynamic range. As far as color, if you look at any goodphotographers work the color adjustments are so a part of their workflow or effective final product. Color out of camera is important but not the end all. Again using software like Photoshop is what matters. Once a file is in this software then one can begin to adjust colors to their liking. Really noise and resolution is the only factor now and I think that resolution is really becoming insignicant. Look at this quote from Dennis Reggie in 2001 as seen in one of Philip Greenspuns reviews.

Back in the US from my 10 days of travel (Atlanta to LA, Honolulu, Fiji, San Francisco, then back to Atlanta..ouch.) with the new EOS-1D... I reluctantly had to hand over my test camera to the Canon rep, but not until I had 4 wedding assignments (yes, four... on October 13, 18, 20 and 21) under my belt with the 1D (along with a couple of D30's as backup). My camera was apparently one of 4 that Canon issued to working pros to shoot, one was in Afghanistan, another was being used by Doug Kirkland... Canon is looking for feedback and images for advertisements and brochures. I was thrilled to be in the bunch.

My read of the specs is a little different than Phil's. I actually thought that Canon's decision to go with a 4 megapixel camera was, well, brilliant. It seems that their camera line now handles consumers with their array of digital cameras, the prosumer/photobuff/enthusiast or photographer who works with slower moving targets -- like products, still lifes, even portraits -- with their very popular D30, and now, the 1D which seems near perfect for news and sports (two huge Canon markets) and surely to be a huge hit in the wedding photojournalism world (that's my area).

Going to 6 or more megapixels would have

Been overkill for my world given my primary need of images in album print sizes;
Surely have slowed the camera with a more limiting buffer for burst sequence ability
It would mean far fewer images on todays CF cards.

As you can see for one of the most elite photographers in the world only 5 years ago 4 Megapixels was enough! That said my main bodies have at least 8 megapixels with one going up to 13 if case any of my clients are worried, even though it really doesn't matter that much and big camera companies have marketed megapixels to death. Even more I believe that noise is awesome. I have even been adding noise to my color images a lot lately and I think it looks sweet. Naturally noise in Black and white looks sweet because it gives images that timeless feel.

That said, Awesome photographs can not be taken with any lens. I mean they can but they might not be as sharp or as contrasty and clear.

Finally, I understand too that certain cameras do do things better. Some handle noise better and are faster and these are many of the reasons I chose my current bodies for my specialty - wedding photography. I really want the best for my clients as far as quality and as far as my ability to work during a wedding a day with speed and precision. Because of this I have three different main bodies - they are Canon because I shoot almost 90% available light and I believe that they handle noise the very best. Each of my camera bodies has a different multiplying factor so they make my 4 primes effectively 12. I currently just love my new 5d because it lenses look so good doing what they were made to do. On a full frame a 24 1.4 and 50 1.4 looks so fresh. I can't get enough of them. I still love my Mark II because its fast and handles low light well and has a big buffer but I also love my 20D because it makes my lenses so long when it multiplies them by 1.6. I have also never had a problem switching between the use of these three bodies along with a dedicated IR 300D. They are all very intuitive and using them one to the other during a wedding day is not a problem. Finally I have not had any real problems with the 5D's large files. Barely noticable processing slow downs on my computor. Having these three bodies is well worth it for me and my clients.

Finally, I totally believe in my specialtly lenses that really add that salt and pepper to my final collection of images from a wedding day. the 50 1:1 sigma which is incredibly sharp is great for ring shots and the Fish is awesome for the ceremony and reception.

Finally the LIST:

Bodies: CANON
5D
1D MARK II
20D
300D dedicated to Infrared
REBEL XT (Assistant Body)

LENSES:
70-200 2.8 ISL CANON
85 1.2L CANON
50 1.4 CANON
24 1.4L CANON
15 SIGMA FISHEYE
50 2.8 1:1 SIGMA MACRO
50 LENSBABY 2.0

LIGHTS
580 EX CANON
550 EX CANON
SUNPAK READYLITE 20

MEMORY 50 GIGS
7 x 4GIG HITACHI MICRODRIVES
2 x 8GIG RIDATA FLASH
1 x 2 GIG LEXAR FLASH

Inspired

I've been so inspired by fasion photographers lately. They put so much thought into their work. It seems my work is so much reaction to whats going on around me when I'm shooting weddings. Seeing the light and anticipating reactions and emotions. I love shooting a vogue style with models or with brides though. I really want to spend more time thinking about a theme or idea and trying to put together ideas that for a shoot on location somewhere with a model/bride that is just very different. I'm going to have find a camel or giant great dame just something outlandishly crazy with crazy props. I want it to be more than crazy though I want it to say something. Well maybe I will be satisfied if it just looks sweet;) It did this headshot tonight that was inspired by a fashion photographer named Sacha Dean Biyan who is amazing.

Saturday in St. Joe

Been working all morning on Keith and Rachaels Wedding. The were married in St. Jospeh near the beach at the Shadowland Pavillion in St. Joe.  It was the Hottest Saturday of the year and the Ceremony was Outside. Needless to say I was shootin in my BR gray T but it was all good.  Don't know how many mini-water Bottles we went through but it was worth it for the amazing location.  The reception was the the historical Heritage Center.  All I can say was...Air Conditioning...

The Couple: They have an amazing relationship and it was great to work them. Both were down to earth and relaxed, I know that God will use them so much as the Both Grow old Together.   Here are a few photographs from their wedding.

Here is Rachael putting on some last minute make up.

Vintage...lovin it

Can't wait to Share my Work!

I just finished processing Ben and Kates Wedding.  Summer turn around time has been about 1 month in waiting for final proofs. Its been worth it for everyone though.  Kate was married South of Lansing in the grounds of a beautiful mansion to her Military Husband.

Up and Bloggin!

Finally! My blog is working and I can keep you my lovely clients up to date on my Business

and my Art!  This summer has been so hectic I started this Project in June and haven't been able to finish until now the End of August.  I'm excited to be able to post so that you can see my recent work and weddings as well as my most recent engaged clients!  Look forward to being able to share more of my life with all of you.  May this Blog be Blessed!