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Something I find myself doing quite often on days when I photograph in the sun, is to seek out the sun purposely in the frame of my camera .. and allow the sunlight to flare as a burst of light streaking across the image. I find that if I can place it carefully, it adds a cinematic [...]
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 areas of photography to move [...]
by Zlatko Batistich
Weddings have their big moments, such as the ring exchange, the first dance and the cake cutting, and these all make for important photos. I also enjoy finding the little moments and details that make each wedding unique and personal. While the whole day presents such opportunities, lovely moments and details are often [...]
Let me say this out straight - I hate gazebos. I hate gazebos and fountains and I especially hate having to photograph a couple at whatever landmark/feature that a reception venue has, where every other couple from the last five years has been photographed. There, I’ve said it. I feel better now, with that weight [...]
Each day, and at every wedding I am inspired by the capacity of love. What amazes me is how different wedding day celebrations can be, yet the commonality is always the strength of love, honor and family.
A part of what I understand is this:
The heartfelt pride and mixed emotion of a daughter getting married, and [...]
I don’t really know how many weddings I have photographed in my life. I never really counted them. I do have a record of each one, an entry in my calendar and of course copies of all the images taken. My rough estimate, based on how often I was shooting during the past seven years [...]
Paul Gauguin, one of the most prolific 19 century painters, at some point in his life in his longing for savage and unexpected beauty, made a conscious choice to escape the sufocating world of European civilization for South Seas. He settled on Marquesas Island in French Polynesia where he created some of his best works. His [...]
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 [...]
The Joy of “Bandwich”
While there may be some truth in the old adage “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach” there is also almost universal agreement amongst photographers that better photography is seldom gained through use of “bandwiches”.
What’s a “bandwich” ?
A bandwich is the universal term applied to MWS (Meals Without Sustenance) [...]
There have been times when on the bottom of the Groom’s shoes the words “Help Me!” have been written by one of his groom’s men. Instead on the bottom of Erica’s shoes were the words “Together, Kisses, You & Me, Passion, Love, Inspire, Fun, Us, Blessed, Happy.” These words described exactly the personality of the [...]
