Tue - June 2, 2009

vasquez wedding....part 2


Here's part two of carlos and violet's wedding! there were so many cool images from this wedding, it's been hard to narrow down which images to post, i've tried to show a variety of the events of the day....check it out....

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Sun - May 24, 2009

vasquez wedding...(part 1)


here's a very looooong overdue post of one of three weddings we shot at the end of last season. there's so many cool images to post from all three that i've decided to divide the posts into several pieces....here's carlos and violet, part 1.



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Mon - April 27, 2009

gomez wedding


a few weekends ago we shot jorge and jemina's wedding in pasadena......it was a beautiful day and we captured a bunch of awesome images of these two! check them out.....

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Fri - April 17, 2009

eric+leslie=day after


Here's a few portraits of eric and leslie's day after session we photographed a long time ago :)

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Sun - April 12, 2009

F.I.X.E.D.!!!!


I think by silly blog is working again! For some reason, a photo I had posted awhile back seems to have been causing all the trouble. I'm not sure why though. Good thing is, now I can post a bunch of recent work that was waiting for the blog to work again.....

Here's a preview of Jorge & Jemina's wedding....

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Tue - March 3, 2009

jorge+jemina....wedding


Here's a quick preview of jorge and jemina's wedding from this past saturday.....

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Sun - January 25, 2009

weddings....more portraits...berenice


ok, here's a quick little collage of a few different portraits of berenice. like i mentioned before, the schedule this day was running a little behind, so we didnt have too much time with berenice. so, we quickly got to work. once again, some awesome, soft back-lighting really helped out. berenice was very relaxed actually, so it was easy for her to just "roll with it" when it came to our "directing". like i've stated before, we try to keep it to a minimum when "posing" or setting up an image. all we do is ask her to stand or sit in an area that we see good, great, or interesting light. once there, and with check of our settings, we mostly just snap away, chatting it up to distract her and keep her at ease (hopefully). i think she did great, especially "under the gun" of the schedule!!

as you'll notice, i tried a couple of different approaches to the "processing" of these images. i probably wouldnt use them as a set like this, but i mostly wanted to show a variety of post-processing techniques/styles......

feel free to comment on which you like more and why :)

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Thu - January 15, 2009

wedding....portraits...berenice


here's a couple of amazing captures from german and berenice's wedding.....

tomorrow i'll post a bunch more portraits of berenice that we took that day and a detailed explanation of how/why/where we took them the day of the wedding!

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Sat - January 10, 2009

wedding--quick portraits


ok, i've been a very bad blogger. im so behind on so many posts that shouldve been on here since so long ago. between trying to get the new and improved blog up (coming soon), taking a vacation to europe, dina having surgery (she's fine now), this poor blog has almost been forgotten. but i will not give up! instead, i'll try to blog little by little until i catch up. so, instead of having a big long wedding post, i'll share a few cool portraits of german from back in august. if you are a photo enthusiast, i hope these tips might help a little next time you shoot a portrait of someone.....

here's the scenario: its like 120 degrees, were falling behind schedule, the bride is waiting, so we only have a few minutes with german. literally, we have about 8 to 10 minutes before i had to get going. as i enter the room, i notice the great empty space with a big window and no curtain. im always looking for natural light, so this will be great. then, the blank walls give me the idea to do a few quick "studio" style portraits of him. obviously, he's a bit nervous on this day, so i just ask him to finish putting his shirt, tie and jacket on in front of this wall. as im shooting, im also trying to converse with him, joking around, just trying to make the client feel less awkward in front of the camera. i snap away until he relaxes a little, his expressions ease up with every shutter click. then, as i now only have a minute or two, i stop, look around and try to think of a few different compositions with the same space/subject. thats when i tried back-lighting him against the window for a little more of a dramatic effect. then, i backed away and tried to capture the mood of the space. and thats when i captured my favorite image of him. the last photo in this series reminds me of the "calm before the storm".

ok, i hope all that info might help someone out there take nicer photos :)

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Mon - January 5, 2009

getting married?


were getting ready for an exciting upcoming wedding season! we're only shooting a limited amount of weddings this season and there are still a few dates open. give us a call or shoot me an email abe@macpd.com if you are looking for some awesome wedding images!

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Sat - November 29, 2008

one year ago....


one year ago, on the saturday of thanksgiving weekend, we had a great time shooting marcos+nataly's wedding. the camera loves these two......here's a couple of my favorite portraits of their day......

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Tue - September 9, 2008

the medina wedding


we were really busing in august with four weddings in three weeks. the medina wedding was the first of the four. it was hot, it was fun, it was full of looooooooooove. thats the way we like it :)

i wont talk too much, i have three more weddings to continue working on! but i do have to say that gilberto and nora were so in love that it hurt. ouch!

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Thu - August 21, 2008

kupo-liciousness


the kupolos wedding was #2 of last weekends weddings........here's a sneak peek of michael and cassie's super-fun wedding....

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Sat - August 16, 2008

busy weekend


we have a two-wedding weekend this week. here's a sneak peak of wedding numero 1......congrats carlos and violet!

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Sat - August 9, 2008

i should be asleep....


we arrived home about an hour ago from german+berenice's wedding and we are soooooooooo tired. but of course, i'm paranoid and i cant go to sleep no matter how tired until i've downloaded all the cards, backed them up and done a look over all the pics.....here's a few that i liked right away....

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