The Wedding Photographer

Sorry I haven’t posted much the past few days, but I was stressing out because I was gearing up for my first wedding shoot. Needless to say, the stress wasn’t all that warranted, and I survived relatively unscathed! I rather enjoyed it actually, I rented a 24-70 f/2.8L lens from Pro Photo Rental - I HIGHLY recommened them, they are US based but had no issues sending me the lens across the border into Canada. FedEx on the other hand - they need to get their act together.

Anyways, I shot the wedding with 2 Digital Rebel XTi/400D’s. One had the 24-70 f/2.8L on it, the other I slapped on my 75-300 f/4-5.6 USM. Managed to snag a 430EX from the maid of honor so both XTi’s had external flashes as well which made a huge difference. Also took my laptop along, was a great idea - offloaded one card after the shooting at the bride’s residence in the morning, and then some from the afternoon shoot in between the ceremony and the reception. Good thing too because all said and done I ended up taking 1897 images, I’ll keep you posted as to how many I show the bride and groom in a week or two. I’d love to show you some of the shots but I told the bride they’d be the first to see them, and I think that’s the way it should be. So that’s why you got a shot of me above with that sweet piece of glass… I don’t want to send it back tomorrow!

Oh yeah, here’s the MOO cards I had made up from the pre-shoot which were placed at every setting at the reception. Great little piece of MOO-vertising if I must say so myself!

Tags: 24-70, 24-70mm, B&W, black and white, canon 24-70 f/2.8L, L series, moo, photographer, photography, self-portrait, wedding

Jury Clears Photographer Who Refused to Stop Photographing an Arrest

Some good news over at Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection:

I was pleased today to see an article about photographer Nick Adams being cleared by a Galveston jury of misdemeanor charges of interfering with police while photographing an arrest at a Mardi Gras celebration in 2007.

What gets me is this:

Conveniently, and not surprising to me, police deleted some of Adam’s photos while they had him in custody which would have proved he was outside the perimeter established by the police. According to Adams’ defense attorney, the digital index from his camera showed that these photos were deleted.

That’s gotta be some sorta crime in itself!

While not an arrest, I’m sure these guys would have had something to say had they turn around while I was snapping the shot…

Check out the rest of Thomas’ Jury Clears Photographer Who Refused to Stop Photographing an Arrest post, and hit it up on Digg!

Tags: arrest, digg, jury, photographer, rights, Street Photography, thomas hawk

If You Put That Picture On The Internet I’ll Call My Lawyer

Saw this image via Thomas Hawk on Flickr.

Photo taken by Jeremy Brooks
Uploaded to Flickr by Thomas Hawk

Seems his friend Jeremy Brooks, had a minor run in with this guy while out shooting some photos.

However, Mr. Angry Overreaction Man decided that he now had a problem with me. He confronted me, demanding my camera. Of course, I refused. He got in my face and started threatening me, telling me that I cannot take his photo without his permission. I told him that yes, in fact, I can. He then walked up and bumped into me, trying to act tough. I told him that one more touch and I would call the police.

As I mentioned on Thomas’ photostream, it is well within our rights to photography in public places (unless you live in Quebec)… ask me nice and I’ll be inclined not to post it - or send me a cordial e-mail if you see an image of you that I’ve taken and I’ll likely remove it at your request - be a jerk or worse and it’s going to go up for sure.

Check out Jeremy’s accounting of the incident on his blog.

Digg Jeremy’s original blog post.

Tags: anger, flickr, jeremy hall, photographer, Portrait, rights, thomas hawk

99 Remarkable Photographer’s Portfolios

This guest post has been submitted by Martin Gommel (Flickr) from the blog KWERFELDEIN.There are many many thousands of photographers showing their work online - but those, which stand out with high quality against the masses are only a few in number.

To give you a list you can use as reference I collected 99 online photography portfolios, which I consider inspiring, refreshing and remarkable. I hope that you enjoy them.

Get the list over at DPS.

Tags: DPS, photographer, portfolio