Sneak Peak-Jenn and Greg San Diego Wedding
September 2, 2010 - 10:32 pm - These look beautiful! I can't wait to see more. I have enjoyed hearing about your selection process. Thanks for taking the time to share.
September 3, 2010 - 8:46 am - Wow. What a shot. And I have serious hair envy from this guy.
September 3, 2010 - 9:34 am - Jen! you are beautiful!
FAQ- how to chose final pictures part 2
So after re-reading the post I wrote last night I realized I left some stuff out. I forgot to mention how I actually go about selecting the pictures. I use adobe bridge for my work flow and bridge allows you to rate your pictures. I go through and star or rate my favorites. I only go through them once. The hardest part about rating my pictures was for me to learn how to not be wishy washy about a picture. Either the pictures is good enough to keep or not (this is where my rule of thumb comes into play) I also want to re-emphasize the fact that I only go through them once. In the world of business time is valuable so anything I can do to save time will benefit. After I have stared my favorites I sort them by rating and delete all the ones that were not selected. I took a screen shot pictures of this process below. By the way I did make it to bed just a few minutes after 10pm last night. My goal has been to work out three times a week and be in bed by 10pm every night. So far so good. I often fall into the bad habit of staying up really late when I have lots of pictures to edit so this time around I am going to make sure I take care of myself better. I have found that I am actually more productive when I go to bed earlier and work out.
FAQ- how to choose final pictures
It’s 10:08 and I made a goal this week to be in bed by 10pm every night so I am going to make this fast. My fingers are typing away as fast as they can so maybe when you read this post you will whizz through it because I just said that. Tonight I was trying to finish narrowing down the pictures for Kristen and Brett’s wedding and remembered all the questions I have had from aspiring photographers and curious clients about how I go about doing this. I could probably spend a good hour on the subject but here is the condensed version. When I first upload pictures from a wedding I go through them all and immediately chose my favorites to post on my blog. I only chose any where from 20-40 pictures to post. Here is the kicker about this, if I go through a set a pictures and chose my favorites and then do the same thing the next day my choices may change a bit. It kind of depends on my mood. But the way I choose my favorites is pretty easy I usually gasp or sigh because I love it THAT much, then I know it’s a keeper. You really don’t want to be around me when I am looking at a wedding right after I have shot it because I get pretty excited. After I have chosen my favorites I edit those and post them on my blog. Once I have done that I finish narrowing down the rest of the pictures. Here is a little rule of thumb I use: 1. If it is blurry delete it, although some blurry pictures are actually creative and I will keep them but most of them are not so they go 2. Some one walked in front of the camera or any disruption it goes 3. weird looking faces or eyes closed 4. Way over exposed or under exposed 5. really poorly composed 6. Duplicates chose the best. What I mean on that last one is if I have taken some family pictures and I took 10 all together I will choose only 1-3 of the best out of the group. Something else I think about when I am narrowing down pictures is, does this picture help tell the story of the day and is it meaning full? Maybe a picture of grandma hugging the bride isn’t composed very well but because it helps tell the story it will not get deleted. I know this is a mouth full and not at all well written but the bottom line is try to end up with a set of pictures that looks professional and also helps relive the wedding day and experience the emotion and fun that was felt through out the day. To get me in workshop mode I will try to post some more FAQ’s. And just to let you in on my recipes on the pictures below I used all TOTALLY RAD actions on them: Lux soft, Get faded winter, Botwell Magic glasses and Vignette and blur. I am not sure what opacities on each but they were not 100% on any one action.
September 1, 2010 - 8:44 pm - So cool to hear more about your process. Thanks for sharing!
“H” Family
There have been very small, as in very short amounts of time where I have had just a twinkling of a thought that it might be fun to have twins. Then I went to nursing school and that little twinkling disappeared. Then I remember being in a doctors office and a beautiful young mother had a double stroller with the two most adorable baby girls all dolled up with pink bows and pink little matching jammies and blankets and I think I maybe wanted twins for about a whole minuet straight. After taking these pictures and then spending time looking at the pictures afterward I am sure I wanted twins for the longest I ever had before. It had to been at least 5 minuets before all the horrible thoughts about the no sleeping during the new born stage and how huge and stretched out my stomach would get before I decided that no, I really would never wish to have twins. I think mothers who have twins are special to be able to handle such a task. Although I never wish to have twins of my own, or at least not for more than 5 minuets at a time I DO wish to take more pictures of twins. I love capturing the special bond between the two. I will leave you with that but also a little surprise is the announcement of my next WORKSHOP!!!!!!! I will give you all the details in an up coming post but seriously get excited because it is going to ROCK and I am going to teach you so much if you come.
August 30, 2010 - 9:35 pm - What cuties! (BUT, my mom always tells people that the first 6 months were horrible, but after that we entertained ourselves. Now THAT might be worth twins, eh? Plus, she said my brother who came after us did way more damage to her stomach than the two of us combined ever did :) Heh. Great shots!
August 30, 2010 - 9:52 pm - Maybe that would be worth it. I think more so that what twins would do to my body I am scared of all the possible complications (that is what I get for going to nursing school) I miss you and Lena misses Elizabeth. Some time in the near future it would be fun to come see you.
August 31, 2010 - 6:56 am - I actually want twins, and now I want them even more after seeing these pictures. Adorable!!
August 31, 2010 - 2:17 pm - Breathtaking pictures! I love the first one . . . and pretty much every single one of them after that. :)
Kristen and Brett
There are certain couples who you know, just belong together. Kristen and Brett are one of those couples. You can see it in the way they treat each other and the way they look each other in the eyes. It was so fun getting to know them better during their engagement session and in working with them up until their big day. Both Kristen and Brett were married in the LDS Seattle Temple and reception was held at the Overlake Golf and Country Club. Julie Stevens did a fabulous job on make-up and the country club and staff were wonderful through out the entire reception. Rebecka Chapman helped me out for the second time and was able to catch some amazingly creative shots. Once again I had the most wonderful clients to work with. I had a recent comment on this blog from a friend saying that I always have the most beautiful adorable models. I can not say how true this is. All my models have been not only beautiful in every way but also so friendly and fun to get to know. I wouldn’t be in business with out you all so THANK YOU!
Before the ring ceremony Kristen and the girls spent time primping, Brett and the guys just goofed off-so typical
First dance
i loved Kristens dress on the hanger but it looked even more pretty on her.
one of my favorites
A shot from Rebekah that i liked
Kristen's mom helping her with the dress
Kristen's maid of honor caught the bouquet!
Brett and his sisters
August 27, 2010 - 2:02 pm - Kali, Brett and I absolutely love these pictures! You did such an amazing job! I especially LOVE LOVE LOVE the one in front of the temple! The lighting and everything is just stunning!
Sneak Peak- The Hahnl Family
It doesn’t get any cuter than this!
August 25, 2010 - 8:58 am - What pretty lil' things!
August 26, 2010 - 9:27 am - You always have the most handsome/beautiful/adorable models!
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