Editing is the silent hero of good wedding photography. Shooting gets all the glory, but after the event, it’s editing that makes or breaks a photographer.
We shoot somewhere around 2000 frames at each wedding we photograph. Each monday, we spend the entire day editing a single wedding that we shot the weekend before. Very carefully,...
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Editing: what we do
Sneak peek: Amanda and Wayne, St Mary’s at Mount Angel
I admit I had the wrong impression of the Church at Mt Angel. As we were driving south towards Salem, I was expecting a rustic church in the country. John and I were both astounded at the sheer beauty of St Mary’s. If not for Amanda and Wayne, we would have never known about this...
Color inspiration: red
This time of year, I hear that many brides are planning fall or winter weddings. Thinking ahead to November or December, I can’t imagine anything more romantic than red as a color inspiration. Here’s some pics from a late fall/early winter wedding. Besides the romance of it, there are other good reasons to choose red as...
Surprise!
I was bored last night so I googled John’s name just to see what came up. Surprise! I discovered that one of his images from 2007 won a WPJA award at the end of last year. And we never even knew it…. Here’s the photo and a link to the WJPA website.
Sneak peek: Melissa & Scott
It’s a first for us that our favorites from a wedding just happen to be black and white. (don’t worry, Scott and Melissa, there are scads of color images in your set.) Based on the huge thunder and lightning in the evening, I can’t believe how lucky we were to be treated to a rainless...
Color Trend: Apricot for Fall
Maybe you’re planning an autumn wedding. For me, there’s no better time of year than September or October in Portland. There’s that one morning in September when you first feel that crispness in the air. At once exhilarating and melancholy–it reminds me that our part of the world is moving away from the sun–but also...
