So, I mentioned that I shot my first wedding reception a couple of weeks ago, right? Well, the pictures turned out pretty painful for me to look at to be completely honest. I didn’t have the equipment I would have wanted, nor did I have much warning that I would be helping out the bride (who is a really close friend of mine) by getting my camera out at all. All things considered, it was a fabulous experience! I learned a lot about the do’s and do NOT’s of these types of events, and I certainly learned a few tricks in Photoshop to help with the out of control ISO noise most of my images have.
Anyway, the wedding took place in Manti, UT at the LDS Temple there (I snapped only a couple pictures outside the temple since I was there as a guest and not the photographer):
The reception was held all the way up in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah Alumni Center:
I’ll probably get some more images up from the reception, but these were needed for a second reception up in Othello, WA so I made sure I had them done in time.
Congrats to Crystal and Adam!
I was recently at a conference up in Dallas/Ft. Worth with some friends. As we were waiting for one of the speakers I made my way through the crowd and found some friends and took a few quick pictures. No real posing, just told people to smile and I did the best with what I had. These aren’t necessarily anything super special in quality, but I feel like sharing. 8]
Also, a couple weeks ago I was in Portland and Seattle for a college roommate’s wedding. It was an absolute blast to be out there, and one of the many great moments was taking my first ever highway ride in a convertible. I know, I know – it’s sad that I have never done that before, but now I can say I have. Not willing to waste an opportunity, I had my buddy in the backseat hand me my camera and I took the following image with a shutter speed of 1/10th of a second. Not too shabby, eh? I didn’t have much of a “rig” to keep the camera steady, so 1/10th of a second is about the best I could do while still keeping myself relatively sharp and in focus. Let me know what ya think! 8]
There is a niche within photography called Photo-Journalism. It’s pretty straight forward, the idea is to be able to tell a catch the essence of a story with one or two pictures just as you might see in a newspaper article. This weekend I participated in two different events and I figured it would be a fun opportunity for me to see if I could compose some shots that would accurately tell the story of what was happening. I think one of the keys is to take a lot of different pictures and sift through them to find the ones that have the most character and emotion.
4.24.2009 – National Volunteer Week (@ Northeast Houston YMCA)
We had a blast serving at the YMCA, and I’m glad I took the camera. I think we got some fun shots that will be good memory joggers for the future. It was seriously a fun day.
4.25.2009 – BEEFriending BBQ (@Tanglewood Park in Houston, TX)
Anyway, hopefully these images tell a bit of the story… I thought it was fun taking the camera around, but it’s certainly hard to convince people to ignore you when you’re standing up so close sometimes. I really could use that telephoto lens… But I also want the wide-angle lens (just below a fisheye would be sweet), so I guess it could potentially get pricey to have such a fun hobby. 
