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Finally, a photograph from a weddingMonday, February 22nd, 2010

Looking at some of my recent blog posts I have talked about a rabbit, Denny’s Free Grand Slam, and some lenses. I haven’t been blogging as much about wedding photography. So here is a photograph from a Wolf Creek Canyon wedding.

I was second shooting at this wedding and the bride and flower girl were taking a break while everyone else had their photos taken by the main photographer. And this relaxed pose was just too perfect. It was a gorgeous day as well.

Every flowergirl dreams of growing up to be the bride

Every flowergirl dreams of growing up to be the bride

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Wedding GiftsWednesday, February 3rd, 2010

When planning a wedding the last thing a bride wants is a surprise. Surprise rain, surprise dead flowers, surprise whatever. But sometimes the surprise is awesome like these pearl earrings from the groom to the bride.

Wedding gift of pearls for the new bride

Wedding gift of pearls for the new bride

And being prepared I grabbed my macro lens and took a few photographs as the bride continued to prepare for her perfect day.

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Second Shooting Means Odd Angles SometimesThursday, January 28th, 2010

I will confess – second shooting can be a lot of fun but sometimes you don’t get the best angles. The place the second photographer should not be is right behind the main photographer. You don’t want a bunch of over the shoulder photos – that is just a lot of duplication.

So I try to pick an angle off to the side and I try to use a different lens than the main photographer. And this can mean a lot of the time people aren’t looking at the camera when I press the shutter. However, it means I get a cool photograph like this – the groom is fully thinking about his new bride. The bride is looking towards the main photographer – but the angle makes it look like a Calvin Klein model looking away from the camera. Very cool – and I approve.

A moment with the bride and groom

A moment with the bride and groom

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Who Says Grooms Can’t Carry Wedding Bouquets?Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Ok, ok, this groom is being quite the gentleman and is holding his new bride’s wedding bouquet. I had to take the photograph because I thought it looked hilarious – and the groom played along perfectly. Candid moments like this are fun and make wedding photography unique and quirky.

Groom holds a wedding bouquet

Why don't more grooms have bouquets?

And some people have argued that wedding bouquets are pointless and just get in the way. You spend more time putting the bouquet some where and having someone hold it for you – but I think they are a critical part of any wedding. And for photography it gives you hands something to hold – it is the perfect prop for any photograph.

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Dang flowers get in the way of a cake cuttingTuesday, January 19th, 2010

This photo could be perfect – the bride and groom are cutting the cake – you see their faces – you don’t see the knife… The darn flowers are in the way. I was second shooting at this La Caille wedding – and hopefully the primary photographer had another angle without flowers. The important part is to get the bride and groom’s faces.

What I should have done was to move the flowers off the table before the cake cutting began but I still like this photograph. Not every photograph comes out perfect – but hopefully most photos capture a story.

Bride and groom cut the cake

Bride and groom cut the cake - flowers block the knife

And the bride isn’t wearing a wedding ring – I zoomed in and didn’t see one. Maybe the main photographer had borrowed the rings for the ring photography.

Photographers can drive themselves nuts looking at the little details. Sometimes while looking at the little detail you miss the big picture.

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Wolf Creek Bride and GroomTuesday, January 12th, 2010

I love being a second shooter for other wedding photographers. Don’t get me wrong – I love being THE photographer at a wedding. But I love the more the merrier philosophy. I also try my best to stay out of the way of the main photographer. Some of my basic rules – some of which I learned the hard way:

  1. Don’t shoot over the shoulder of the main photographer – they don’t need more of the same shot
  2. Don’t interrupt the flow of the main photographer
  3. A fly on the wall uses a different lens than the main photographer – if they grab a wide angle lens then grab a telephoto lens
  4. If they ask you to do something – do it!
  5. Ask the main photographer if you can try something different – like shoot an HDR

These photographs were taken at a Wolf Creek wedding this summer – and I was using my second camera to take these. My primary camera was sitting on a tripod for some HDR photographs. I will share those in another blog post. The main photographer was shooting with her fisheye lens – so I had my telephoto camera and was grabbing these amazing photographs.

Golf course acts as a backdrop to wedding photographs

Golf course acts as a backdrop to wedding photographs

Golf course acts as a backdrop to wedding photographs

Golf course acts as a backdrop to wedding photographs

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Cake smash!Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Every time I look at these photographs I hear the voice of the Incredible Hulk yelling “Cake! Smash!”

I was helping photograph this wedding as a second shooter and I had the perfect angle to see the cake smash unfold. And this is the one time I will claim the title of wedding photo journalist. I was able to take about 6 frames a second with my Nikon D300 – and capture every critical moment of this cake cutting gone messy.

Wedding Cake Cutting

Sharing wedding cake

There are trends in weddings – for a long time you would never see the groom smashing cake in the bride’s face – and brides were happy – because they do spend some time on make up and looking perfect. But lately the number of cake smashings is on the rise.

Cutting wedding cake

The groom begins a cake smash

And it helps to have a camera like the D300 – it has a “sport” mode that lets me capture six frames per second at 12 frame bursts. And sometimes weddings are like sporting events – if not World Wide Wrestling events.

Bride gets revenge

Bride gets revenge

Groom with cake on the face

Groom with cake on the face

Groom with cake on the face

Groom with cake on the face

And as long as there is a kiss at the end – life is good.

kiss and make up

Kiss and make up

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Looking forward to the Newport Beach WeddingThursday, January 7th, 2010

It is weird to think that my first big wedding that I photographed was 2 years ago in Newport Beach, California. My cousin, Angelina married Nghiep Dang in the Newport Beach Temple in California. It is fun to look back at some of my old weddings – especially since my next wedding is in March and is again at the Newport Beach Temple.

In two years I have grown as a photographer – my skills have improved and developed – yet I always get nervous and excited about an upcoming wedding.

So it will be fun to compare the photographs from 2 years ago with the photos I will capture and create in March. And of course it’ll be fun to be back in California – I love California.

Newport Beach Temple Wedding

Angelina and Nghiep's wedding in January 2008

I will be driving down to California – I thought it would be fun to have a bit of a road trip. I can stop in Vegas for a few photographs and I can explore spring along the highway. I am sure that if I travel more and more to other states to photograph weddings I may save time and fly. But when driving I can enjoy the drive and I can also bring more camera gear.

It is going to rock!

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