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Spring is a Time for TulipsMonday, April 25th, 2011

My next wedding is just around the corner – May 10th I will be photographing at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. This is a spring wedding and at times it isn’t feeling very spring like. The weather in Utah has been slowly warming up – but there are still days of cold, cold, and cold.

Even though the weather is a bit nippy and damp – the flowers are out in force and I wanted to blog a photograph I created at lunch. Near the Utah County Courthouse there are a number of spring flowers – and these are the red and yellow tulips that I happened upon this rainy spring day. I figured I would share this photograph – hopefully it will give you something pretty to look at this gloomy rainy day.

Red tulips in a sea of yellow tulips

Red tulips in a sea of yellow tulips

As the wedding season picks up I hope to blog some more wedding photographs and some engagements. I still have a huge supply of old weddings that I have helped photograph – they are lurking on my hard drive and I really should show them off someday.

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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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Hiding Wedding Rings Among the FlowersFriday, December 18th, 2009

It has been a little while since I have featured wedding rings on the wedding blog – and I have been looking for some macro accessories for my camera equipment – so what better moment than this evening? Especially on a Friday – when I should be out and about having a fun time watching movies? So instead here is a photograph of wedding rings I photographed at a wedding hosted at Rose Sachs outside of Salt Lake City.

I photograph details like the wedding rings with my macro lens – there really is no other way to properly photograph wedding rings. You want to get close and then get closer. You can only do that with a macro lens (maybe if you use a bellows or double up on lenses).

Finding wedding rings hidden in the wedding bouquet

Finding wedding rings hidden in the wedding bouquet

And to photograph this close with a macro lens you have to master off camera flash. I usually shoot through and umbrella – although I just picked up a small softbox that I will use a ton in the future. And I think I will always photograph the rings set on the flowers and florals.

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Rose Wedding Bouquet – Don’t Put Your Camera AwayThursday, September 17th, 2009

The wedding bouquet was just laying there, ready to be photographed

The wedding bouquet was just laying there, ready to be photographed

As a wedding photographer I don’t put the camera away until I am in my car. You don’t want to miss a shot. You never know what you might encounter on the way to the car.

As the wedding ends people are still in a celebration mood. Or in the case of the bouquet it has been placed there by the bride and I just dropped to one knee and took a quick photograph. I bounched the light on the wall to the left of the camera and BAM! cool photo!

So don’t assume the photographs are over as soon as the wedding is over.

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