Interesting post about how bad wedding photos can be

http://usagani.com/blog/2012/12/our-bad-wedding-photos

The Secret To Looking Great In Photos

“Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.” – Don McCullin

Here’s an article I wrote published in PolkaDot Bride’s Blogsite:

http://www.polkadotbride.com/2014/07/wedding-photography-looking-great-in-photos/

FashionBoy

Heres an impromptu fashion-like photo of my son taken at night in World Square in the city. It shows a beautiful photo can be taken at any time, and even with a very difficult back light. If you are due to have photos taken and it rains, is at night, the lights go out, it doesnt matter because its the skill of the photographer that will make a great photo, not the environment or lights or anything else.

Blake at Central Station

This portrait was taken just after getting off the train at a busy station. It took about one minute to take a few photos and then we were on our way. You dont have to do a huge production to get good photos, they occur in the mind, and using your creativity you can take great photos anywhere. It’s not the camera, it’s not the location, it’s not the light – it’s your mind that makes a good photo.

Wedding Day Advice for Brides and Photographers

This video offers excellent advice for brides who want to look their best in the photos.

 

The Unjustified Blame of Photoshop

Photoshop is innocent. In this example that’s been posted all over the net, its not a question of Photoshop, its two entirely different lighting setups. The final shot has a contrasty light setup, the “un-photoshopped” image was probably taken with the studio’s normal lightbulbs turned on during a break. We all look different under different lights, such as midday sun and sunset. The arrangement of lights can soften skin, change contrast, or even skin tone. Photoshop has nothing to do with the difference between these two images, its all in the lighting. Sure Photoshop has been used, but just to hide a few blemishes, like on her knee, and probably on her facial skin.

Candid Portrait

Timing is the critical element in photographing people. Without a finely tuned sense of timing you will miss the fleeting moments that define the soul. Practice timing.

Camera Doesn’t Matter

Its not the camera that takes the photo. It’s the mind. This mind-shot was implemented using an iPad.

If I was using an SLR would the image be ‘better’? Maybe a tool with more functions would give the user more choices, but for a user who’s mind is trained to ‘see’, camera doesn’t matter.

 

Here’s a youtube vid where I talk about it some more: