I have stared at this post for days realizing that I really need to hit the publish button, but also realizing that what I say may not fall on welcome ears. Sometimes though, your conscience just eats at you and you realize that you will probably think about the post and it will bug you like someone tapping the same piano key over and over again. Did I mention I have an out of tune Baldwin in my house? Last week I got a phone call from a woman named Faby. The conversation started out as …
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Monday Morning Ramblings: Virginia Wedding Photographer
I was at a wedding recently and I had a guest come up to me with one question, "Are you shooting in manual mode?" It wasn't a question I was expecting him to ask but it did get me thinking. I was shooting in manual mode and it's just how I feel comfortable being able to manually manipulate all of my settings, especially when working with an off camera flash. The guest went on to say that he was himself photographing a wedding in Richmond the following weekend and that he was going to try out …
Jumping puddles and other lessons: Virginia Wedding Photographer
The other day it was raining so hard I decided I should pop my kids in the car and wait at the end of the driveway with them to make sure they didn't get on the bus all soaked even before they got to school. Living out in the country means long driveways which means when it rains you will get soaked if you have to wait for the bus. As my two boys climbed out of the car there was a virtual "seasonal" stream at the end of our driveway. The bus came and stopped. My older son quickly jumped …
Newbies v. Oldies: Northern Virginia Photographer
Are you a web surfer? I'll admit I am a bit of a web surfer, especially when it comes to my industry. I love to search the web and see what's relevant to photography right now and how it might affect or influence my business. There is an increasing trend in our industry that kind of mimics the political discourse going on in our country right now. It's like class warfare. On the one side, we have photographers that have been in this industry for a long time and have seen a lot of changes, …