Posted in Michael Steinberg photography, Nuts and bolts of photography, The business of wedding photography, cleveland weddings, coffee table books, the art of photography, tagged Natural History Museum in Cleveland, photoshop effects, phototography, Retouching on April 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is Junelle at the Cleveland Natural History Museum. Lets do a conversion to sepia and see how that looks.
Now lets desaturate the background only, kind of like a spot color but a lot cooler and not as cheesey.
Now lets use the original and gaussian blur parts of the background.
And lastly, lets just enhance the [...]
Posted in Nuts and bolts of photography, Photoshop, Retouching, The business of wedding photography, cleveland weddings, wedding, tagged brides, Photoshop, special effects, Weddings on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Let me preface this blog by saying that even though I have strong opinions of what looks good and what looks bad, I still consider myself hired help. This means I let the bride choose what she wants and it’s my job to deliver. I still let her know what I think (I consider this [...]
Posted in recent weddings, the art of photography, wedding on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In this post, I speak only for myself. There are actually 2 kinds of lists and sometimes you get both in the same wedding.
The first
is a list of posed shots, mostly family shot, but sometimes a variety of shots of the wedding party itself, that the photographer needs to know about and the bride [...]
Posted in Nuts and bolts of photography, The business of wedding photography, best photographer, the art of photography, tagged photo journalism, photography styles, wedding photography on April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A photographer defines himself primarily to give the bride a general idea of his approach to photography, not necessarily how the pictures will actually look (and both are important). There are 3 styles of photography that most modern shooters fall into.
1. Photo journalistic-This philosophy is to cover the wedding as an observer and to capture [...]
Posted in Michael Steinberg photography, Nuts and bolts of photography, The business of wedding photography, cleveland weddings, photography, the art of photography, wedding, tagged photography costs, professional wedding photographer, wedding photography on April 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Again, I am not dissing amateurs, every one starts out as one. And I know that not everyone can afford a pro and thus an amateur is certainly my 2nd choice too. But, and there always is a but, this is what a pro gives you that amateurs don’t.
1. Backup equipment in case something breaks.
2. [...]
Posted in 4707885, Nuts and bolts of photography, The business of wedding photography, cost of wedding photography, wedding, wedding photography on April 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A lot of brides have questions that they want a professional photographers to answer before they hire them but how many have questions that should be asked of anyone doing their photography. I am not critical of brides who ask friends or relatives to shoot their wedding to save money. I understand how expensive the [...]
