Showing posts with label Utah Wedding Photographer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Utah Wedding Photographer. Show all posts
January 11, 2012
Hi, everyone.
This will be the last post on this blog at this location! I've moved my blog onto my own server and given it a bit of a makeover. If you haven't already made the move with me, the new address is http://jonwoodburyphotography.com/blog. You can subscribe to the Jon Woodbury Photography blog with google reader here.
Frankly, I'd love your thoughts on the new digs, both look and feel. Blogger's been a great home but it's time to move to Wordpress so there's a bit more room to grow. Catch you on the flip side!
I am excited to announce that I will be putting on an all-day workshop on October 12!
I have a bride who has graciously consented to allow me to use her actual wedding as a teaching situation. We will be shooting photos outside a temple in the morning, followed by an early afternoon bridal shoot (This shoot will be with models, not the actual bride) then finishing off the day with the evening reception.
The cost will be $500 and I am limiting the workshop to just four people so there will be oodles of very personal attention throughout the process.
Topics of discussion will include:
Posing
Natural lighting
Off-camera lighting
Dealing with less-flattering light
Working the crowd
Tips and techniques for shooting the details
Photojournalism vs. set-up situations
General wedding ebb and flow
How to find/define your style
...and anything else you'd like to learn!
The workshop also includes one hour of one-on-one editing/workflow instruction, (your place or mine,) my custom personal collection of Lightroom presets.
If you want to be fully comfortable with the arduous process of shooting a full wedding, this workshop is for you.
The basic theory and workings of your camera will not be discussed in depth so you should know your camera and basic theory. Obviously questions and clarifications will be discussed in the process but there won't be time to lay out basic theory or camera functionality in a classroom situation.
Bring any gear you'd like to learn to use and we'll go through it.
Email me or call me at 801-949-2044 for availability or with any questions. One spot is gone already!
Yes, I suck. I am slow posting anything this summer, I've been so busy with weddings I haven't spent much time on the old blog. I've had project after project that has kept me from doing much here. I aim to repent.
Lori and I went to U2 at Rice Eccles Stadium and it was the best U2 show I've ever seen. I loved the set list and their stage is always an act in and of itself!
With the obvious limitations of my seat being so far away and the fact that they won't let you in with a professional level DSLR, I like these images a lot. The Canon G11 performed like the incredible point-and-shoot camera it is, even at high ISOs. The image stabilization worked VERY well, allowing me to get clean, sharp shots at speeds as slow as 1/6 sec. A main reason for buying the G series from Canon is the exposure compensation dial. I used it a bunch here because if left to its own devices, a camera meters the entire scene and inevitably overexposes the subject at a concert. I shot almost all these at -2 stops which helped out with shutter speed. It worked very well. I think it's important to occasionally shoot with inferior equipment, it brings out the creativity and allows a photographer to test their ability to get good images within limitations.
We had a fantastic time. Here are some images from the point of view of an every day U2 fan with average seats.
Lori with Andrea Hanks. We met John and Andrea before the concert for dinner.
Everything I need to know I learned at the U2 concert.
This is the look you get when you have a screen that flips around and you can see what you're shooting. Bad idea.
The crowd at a concert is almost as interesting as what's going on onstage.
I've been MIA for a month or so and haven't posted anything! I'm working on some pretty amazing projects (you can see the genesis of one here: http://www.furiousjourney.com) including a new home for my images.
I wanted to share this short instructional video from Adorama with some good tips on how to frame better portraits. There are some good tips.
Ryan and Andrea are that couple that I really love as clients. They have their own style, their own vibes, and their own opinions but they trust me as an artist. With that combination, great things happen!
Their beautiful day started with some of my favorite getting dressed photos ever--helped out by the beautiful mirrored furniture in the brides room at Lomond View Gardens.
They did their First Look and we spent some time shooting the formals, and let me tell you, these two can shoot some formals! Ryan looked every bit as studly as Andrea was ravishing.
The wedding party joined us and we shot the whole group. They wanted classic, timeless posing for the group shots but the bridesmaids and groomsmen were so much fun that the images are far from traditional.
The ceremony took place in the beautiful pergola jutting out into the pond. It was short and sweet.
Since the wedding party was all done, photographically, following the ceremony we only had to shoot the families and then the bride and groom were ready to pile into their vintage Corvette Sting-Ray and head over the the luncheon and reception.
..and what a reception it was! Simply put, it was a party! Funny toasts, great food, a tender first dance, and they were ready to dance the night away.
All in all, a fabulous affair. Thank you to Andrea and Ryan for making me a part of their day!
Here is the info straight from the bride on her choices, vendors, and feelings from her day:
I was trying to go with a more fall themed wedding, even though it was still summer time. I love the fall colors, so I wanted to use them in my wedding. I used branches, twigs, and grasses to keep with a more nature type of theme. I used reds, oranges, greens and yellows as my colors. I wanted to keep everything very naturey (if that is a word), so we got married outside by a waterfall and all of our pictures were based in the garden area. I brought the tall branches inside to go with the nature theme inside the reception hall as well. I wanted a low light feel, very comfortable and calm for all of our guests to feel like they could relax and let loose. So we turned the lights down low and lit all of the candles on the tables to make a better mood for a conference room. The chocolates on the table were a little something for the guests to take home, and everybody loves chocolate. Again, with the candy in the vases and the candles on the table, we stuck with a fall color scheme.
Lomond View Gardens was the perfect place because of the scenery, the location, the individual rooms for the bride/groom, and the price.
The major decorations were all made by me and my family. We had centerpieces that we made with vases, bird seed, twigs and big fake flowers. The shorter vases had bird seed, candles and photographes of ryan and i in them. We also wrapped tall branches in white icicle christmas lights, put them in paint buckets filled with gravel and wrapped them in a deep red material. Everything else was candles, vases with candy, and branches.
Jennifer was great. I gave her an idea and she came up a few sketches for me to look through. From those sketches I could pick and choose what I liked best about each and she made my cake from that. She was amazing and had great insight on exactly what I was looking for. I would recommend her to everybody!
The bouquets’, boutonniere’s, and corsage’s were all Burnt Calla Lilies, green's for accent. The kissing balls that the flower girls held were orange roses. The kissing balls that were hanging above the gazebo were made from white and green carnations. Ashlee was pretty good to work with, and she did a great job...her prices were reasonable, she used beautiful flowers and her designs turned out really good.
Crayton did an awesome job. He was very easy to work with, his prices were very good, and he really caught everything that we wanted from our wedding day. We really liked him because he did interviews with our guests and we thought that added a lot to our video. I would recommend Crayton to everybody!
We loved him! He got every angle and shot that we were looking for. We absolutely loved our pictures and couldn't have asked for any more from him. Pricing was good, pictures were amazing, our book was great, communication was awesome, and we loved that our guests could sign our canvas picture!
Dress: Crushed organza, pearl white, by Maggie Sottero from The Bridal Corner in North Ogden, UT.
Tux: They were just a simple black with a double breasted vest with white shirts, and Claret vests and ties. The pattern was paisley. We put Ryan in a black shirt to distinguish him from the groomsmen.
Bridesmaids: The bridesmaids each picked their own style of dress to fit their body type. The color of their dresses were Claret, each cocktail length, tube top but with some differences to them. They were all Alfred Angelo dresses.
SLIDESHOW
{PHOTO IQ: I think with how long this post already is, I'll write a separate Photo IQ post on it in the future.}
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