Its been awhile since I posted on my blog, but its for good reason. I have been busy! Busy with my kids and busy with photography. I hope to keep this update more but time will tell. Here is my latest photo from an engagement shoot with an amazing couple.
North Texas Wedding - Summer 2022
Dallas, Texas - Art District
The reception is a magical time. The party is a time where not only do the guest feel ready to party but the bride and groom do as well. This is a time when I tell my clients I will be doing strictly documentary work. I love to be in the middle of the dance floor getting the action and emotion, while everyone takes part in the fine art of drinking. One technique I love to practice is what I call the “BEER GOGGLES”. I shoot a beam of light to a person dancing, drag my shutter, and spin the camera around in a clockwise motion. This type of shooting is really fun and you get some amazing pictures out of it.a
I cannot tell you how many times I would first meet a couple, and their faces read, "I am nervous." Nerves happen 70% of the time when I have couples in front of my camera. Over the years, I have learned how to relax and photograph people to get authentic moments and feelings. I always tell my clients this will be easier than they think; how can that be? Well, I am creating pictures of you, and I want you to be yourself. I set you in a pose and then just let things unfold, let you hold, kiss, cuddle each other. I started to play music again with a speaker; I play what I call "romantic tunes" just to let you get comfortable together as we create photos.
Hello, and welcome to my wedding photography blog. This blog will allow my clients and future clients to take an actual peek into my work and my feelings on photography and photojournalism. Here I will share some of my favorite moments during assignments, any new news with my work, and my photography behind the scenes.
In this post, I take you to a wedding deep in the rural lands of North Texas, a place where as soon as you enter the dirt road that leads to the venue, you are surprised by its beauty. This wedding focused on family and love, guests embraced each other with open arms, and children ran around with smiles and laughs. During this wedding, I focused on the relationship the Bride and Groom have with their families and children. I wanted not only to show the wedding but how the children were during the day.
At this wedding, I shot mainly natural light, I did use a couple of strobes during the reception, but I primarily went natural. When I arrived, I knocked out all the formal stuff so the bride could relax and focus on the critical things. I feel this helped with nerves and made the day go by easier. These are some examples of the work I created this past weekend.
