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The Inn at Erlowest – A Destination?

Josh Lynn — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:35:04 +0000

While most people may not consider Lake George New York a destination wedding location, I certainly do!

I just recently returned from a weekend trip to The Inn at Erlowest in Lake George NY. Two full days of photographic coverage with an amazing couple, great family and some awesome vendors.

The threat of rain came just as we were wrapping up photos by the lake..

Finishing the night off with some fireworks!

Some more images can be found on my facebook page, or more will be coming to my personal blog soon!

Josh

Loving the light.. :)

Josh Lynn — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:55:33 +0000

David’s earlier post about “how come you don’t call yourself a photojournalist” is great! I am similar in I don’t consider myself a pure photojournalist photographer, but I find it amusing that some photographers I have met over time DO call them photojournalists yet they do more posing then me. So getting ready, ceremony and reception – I have a Photojournalist attitude.. shooting as it happens

However I love playing with light.. capturing moments and having a good time at weddings. Is that so wrong?

The following images were all taken at the Grand Colonial in Hampton NJ.

Josh

www.joshlynn.com

Josh Lynn — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:23:14 +0000

I know I just posted a few weeks ago, But I just finished what I jokingly call an engagement session marathon! 5 couples in 3 days. A variety of locations starting in Hoboken after sunset, Central Park, Newark, Belleville ( Branchbrook park for the cherry blossums) and wrapping up in Sandy Hook at sunset.

Later!

Josh

www.joshlynn.com

Let the season begin!

Josh Lynn — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:03:00 +0000

Being a wedding photographer we are often driven by the seasons, Just like the opening day of baseball we look forward to our first “wedding weekend” Sure I had a few weddings in January-March but April is really the start.

Last Friday I started with a pretty awesome wedding at Terrace on the Park in Queens, T.O.P has an awesome view of the location of the world fair.

The groom (who admitted he only uses an electric shaver) asked me some tips on using a regular razor.

Tons of great details at this wedding.

Belly Dancers

Let the season begin! I am looking forward to some amazing weddings all over the east coast

Josh

www.joshlynn.com

Favorites from the past few weeks.

Josh Lynn — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:30:48 +0000

I had this entire “message” post thought up.. But I don’t think its ready just yet so you’re just going to get a bunch of recent favorites!

Who needs backup??

Josh Lynn — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:29:35 +0000

Topic for the day is BACKUP

I started to notice that not only is this blog being read by brides & grooms but its also being read by photographers. So this goes out to all the aspiring photographers who are looking here for some ideas, inspiration and some general tips.

As we here are all working, full time wedding photographers we all need backup of pretty much everything we have, use and or own. No I don’t have two fisheye lenses but I do have backups all my cameras, main lenses, strobes, batteries, memory cards and ME (that is actually one of the purposes of Group of 10 so we all have peers to depend on in the event of an emergency)

Images photographed at events are backed up immediately in the event of a hard drive failure as ALL hard drives fail eventually.

Within my camera bag is a reserve of memory cards.. My backup in the event something happens to my main source of memory.

This photo was taken at a recent wedding when the power went out for 2 hours, the location shall remain nameless. But I was amazed that this was all they had for a generator. Better than nothing I guess as It was enough to give electric for the DJ. However without Air Conditioning the room became pretty hot after an hour with 200 guests and a ton of candles! My personal opinion is that they failed the backup test. They did pass the “make it work” test as the couple was very happy with the night.

The point.. All equipment WILL fail.. everyone will have technical issues at some point. Its how you manage it when it happens that makes a difference.

Who needs backup? Well, if you’re a working wedding photographer you better have some!

Seeing one another…

Josh Lynn — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:16:54 +0000

A common question couples will hear when planning a wedding is “are you seeing one another before the ceremony?”.

Now really the only time I really think its a definite benefit is when the ceremony and reception are in the same location. That would mean in order to get a large variety of images would be to do them during most of the cocktail hour.

So last week I had a wedding at the Jumping Brook CC down in Neptune NJ, when I initially met the bride she was pretty certain that they did NOT want to see one another before the ceremony that was also taking place at the Jumping Brook CC. At the same time however she also wanted to spend some time on the beach.

Granted, Jumping Brook is not far from the beach but In reality I knew it would be very difficult to come up with a huge variety of images and only 20 minutes to do them in.

A few months before the wedding the bride contacted me with a “change in plans” They had decided to see one another and with that single decision I knew how it would pay off for them.

More time + a fun group = fabulous images

Josh