Caroline and Jeff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recently, I experienced my first opportunity to be a second shooter for a wedding held at the Benson Memorial United Methodist church with the reception at the Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley Hotel.  Congratulations to Caroline and Jeff !  You and your families and friends are a great bunch of people!  Your wedding was a blast!

I would like to thank Brian Mullins from Brian Mullins Photography for my providing me this great opportunity.  As I progress in my photography, one of my goals is to do some wedding work.  Recently, I joined the wedding photographic society to network and share experiences with other wedding photographers in the Raleigh area.  I was hopeful to work with and learn from experienced and well respected wedding photographers.  One of the first steps of my plan is to work as a second shooter with these types of photographers.  Well,  besides being one of the founders of the wedding photographic society and his work is amazing, Brian definitely fits the bill.   I really appreciated the direction, useful suggestions, and valuable information he provided all night long. 
Check out Brian’s  work and let him or me know what you think.  

Here are some of my shots from my first wedding plunge.

  

The newly married couple takes a moment from the wedding formals.

The bride and grooms  first dance with paparazzi in the background.

 

Sharing a laugh with with the bridal party during the first dance with Brian in the background.

 

The father of groom provided a wonderful and humorous best man toast to the couple.

 

A moment with Jeff and Caroline on the dance floor later in the evening.

 

Doing the “electric slide” with the bride….

 

The  bride making her escape with the groom at the end of the night.

As continue to go through the images,  you will probably see more of Jeff and Caroline and their guest in the future on this blog. 

Take care and see ya soon!!

WPS Photo Shoot - Amber

 

Recently,  my friend and extraordinary photographer Frank Myers mentioned a local wedding photographers group called the wedding photographic society(WPS).  This group was founded by some the best wedding photographers on the east coast.  

According to the  WPS website, “We're a network of professional photographers who come together to collaborate on photographic ideas, thoughts, and information in an attempts to elevate the artistic, technical, and business standards of the wedding photographic community.” 

Recently,  one of the founders of the WPS, Brian Mullins arranged an photo shoot that involved 21 photographers and 5 models with 8 wedding dresses.  Four other photographers and I were assigned to a wonderful model named Amber.  We walked the streets in downtown Raleigh sharing ideas and getting some great shots. 

Here are some of my shots, I took of Amber:

I love the mixture of the ambient light and flash in this one.

 

One of the photographers Kevin Seifert in my group scouted and setup this location. It was a curved glass block wall in front of a local  business.  I love the reflection of her face in the glass block.

 

Kevin and I each pulled out our pocket wizards and speedlites and lit up the curved glass block wall  through two side entry doors on its side. 

 

 

  Ed from Dark Lighting Imaging  scored this 50s style thunderbird by stopping  a driver that was about to leave in this gem.

 

 

If interested, you can find the rest of the gallery here.