Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Lori and Donald


Lori and Donald, originally uploaded by joel9778.

I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Lori and Donald this past weekend. They are a very unique, genuine, nice, and thoughtful couple - I had a blast. My sister-in-law, Ashley, spent the day with me as my assistant and second shooter. Her contribution can not be overvalued - I couldn't have done it without her. These few pictures of Lori are to show the lighting effect created by my home-made beauty dish. My D700 ISO is set to 1000, F-stop is 4, shutter is 1/60th - handheld with a 20-35mm 2.8 lens - in order to capture the ambient back ground. Ashley has the dish about 6.5 ft high and to camera left.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Jordan and Kristen


Jordan and Kristen, originally uploaded by joel9778.

I made Flickr "EXPLORE" for the second time in a month. This picture of Kristen and Jordan was selected for the honor of gracing the main page of Flickr.com - the largest photo hosting/commenting site for photographers in the world - quite an honor, but as you can see, quite a cool picture! This was on Oval Beach in Saugatuck, MI.