Category Archives: Philosophy

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After Dark, Finding Light

TweetOne of my small pleasures in life is my, all too often brief, perusal of the New York Times with my morning coffee. Despite the daily gloom and doom, there are usually some outstanding examples of great photography from all over the world to be found within its pages. I especially enjoy many of the [...]

The most important hat I wear

TweetAs a photographer and business owner, I wear several hats. Artist. Salesman. Graphic Artist. Accountant. Webmaster. There are many others as well. But the hat I think matters the most is of Historian. We record history with our photographs. It could be a wedding, portrait, landscape, newspaper assignment or a walk in the park. All the photographs [...]

Memories and photographs

TweetI think these two go hand in hand. Great memories are best remembered through photographs and photographs allow us to remember great memories. As a photographer, I’m fortunate to be doing this for a career and for my clients. But as a dad, husband, son and brother, I’m even more fortunate to do this for [...]

Scenes From a Wedding

TweetBy Steve Burns We put a lot into our days, both wedding photographers, as well as the families of the bride and groom.  When it is all said and done, we all look forward to unwinding for a few moments. I recently  had the pleasure to photograph the wedding of Eileen and Jason at New York City’s wonderful and [...]

The Curse of the “Uncle Bobs”

TweetSo who is Uncle Bob and why is he cursed? For the uninitiated “Uncle Bob” is the name given by wedding photographers to any wedding guest, male or female, who appears at a wedding with either with a bigger, fancier or even Lord forbid, a newer camera than the actual hired photographer or someone who [...]

Professionals and their equipment

TweetFrom time to time, I get asked at weddings, in consultations, on assignment for a newspaper, etc. which camera am I using. I kindly tell them the make and model. Then I say ‘It is just a tool that helps me take a photograph which I created with my vision (light, angle, composition, etc.)’. My [...]

It’s the details that count… or is it?

TweetBy Steve Burns It’s confession time friends; I like food, good food. In another life, I’ve worked in several kitchens, and in this life I still enjoy cooking. I have several friends whom through the years have enjoyed sharing with me their expertise in cooking, and I truly enjoy sharing in their meals. I’ve learned [...]

Who needs backup??

TweetTopic 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 [...]

The Calling

TweetBy Steve Burns The “Calling”. It was not so much a calling, but a revelation. It was a revelation that happened along my journey in photography. Many start careers in photography as wedding photographers, only to move on into other areas of photography in a short period of time. Fewer start photography careers in other [...]

Photographing for clients…but also for myself

TweetI started in photography doing it for myself first. Even though I have come as a professional to photograph weddings and portraits for clients, or newspaper assignments for editors, I still shoot for myself. I constantly push myself to try a new technique, lighting, post-processing, different camera formats, etc. Most of my ideas come from [...]