Archive for April, 2010

We used to do the needle trick when we were young. I used to get twins a lot. Well at least I married a twin. Maybe my prediction was somewhat on course :) Gorgeous wedding. And I absolutely love the one of her putting on her heels.

What a great place to have your wedding! Walt Disney is my “happy place” and you captured everything beautifully!

Ooh – I love it! I guess there’s not much more to say. Wonderful job, you two!

Beautiful! She is stunning and so happy! That photo of the two of them staring at each other is so loving, they made me smile too.
Looks like an incredible day. Can’t wait to see more.
That photo of the wedding pavilion is amazing! So bright and airy.
Makes me sooo impatient for our vow renewal there in February! Eeeeep!

Gorgeous job guys! What a sweet wedding!

LOVE this wedding! :D Gorgeous pictures, and makes me excited to visit Disney in October to shoot a wedding.

@Andrea OOOOO Thanks for that, I’ll check it out.

@Melanie MMMMM, that may be a plan, let me do some researchyness ;)

@Brie 7 months pregnant and camping? You may be superwoman! :) Nate and I are wanting to do more camping, thanks for the recommendation, we’ll definitely check that out!

This sounds divine! We are doing something similar this July, camping near the Waynesville area of western NC. I just love the Smoky Mountains. Your cabin dealio sounds like an even better idea. I don’t know why I thought it would be a good idea to camp at 7 months pregnant…. Moonshine Creek Campground IS the best though.

I love your blog and especially your weddings! As an aspiring wedding photographer, I’m learning a lot from your images!

yeah…i went for a winter getaway. 3 days and 2 nights was NOT enough time. plan for a week, at least. there’s so much to do around there!

We will already be in Knoxville for the 4th of July sooo…… why not make it a group trip and cabin it up!?!?! I hear white water rafting and river tubing in our future!

Becka, you would LOVE LostRiverModern. http://www.lostrivermodern.com/ Brian and I have stayed there a couple of times, once with friends and once just us. It’s the perfect getaway!!!

Also, we used to live in Highlands, NC…a GREAT spot to vacation! You should check into that area too…

@saudi You should take that island boy up there! :)

@Alli *jealous*

i was just there!

Some friends of ours have been trying to get us all into renting a cabin and going into the mountains for the summer. We keep planning and somehow it always falls down the wayside, mostly because we all end up going on cruises instead haha!

But yeah, living in FL we are all mountain deprived. Andrei loves just staring at them and keeps talking about going on a mountain trip when it is snow season so we can experience this “snow thing people from the North speak of” but he is an islander so… he really has it bad

@Courtney When you grow up with the beach as your backyard, it’s a bit boring as a vacation spot. LOL. Let’s do a home swap. You can come stay here and enjoy the beach, and we’ll go stay up there and enjoy the mountains! ;)

@Kt How fun! Zip lines are the best. :) Did you go through a travel agent or a specific website?

Oh my word. All I want to do this summer is go somewhere. Tennessee is actually at the top of my list!

No way! My friends and I booked a cabin this past week in Gatlinburg for the beginning of May! We found a great deal on a cabin. Not to mention a zip line and white water rafting combo! Can’t wait! You guys should totally do it!

Aww it’s so funny that you are trying to travel outside of Florida full of beaches and see the mountains when I’d like to drive away from the mountains and visit the beach! :) Gatlinburg is great though. It’s a perfect getaway with those amazing chalets!

@Kayla Thanks so much!

I love B&A posts and this one is no different! What a great post covering some great topics – I also use Totally Rad Presets and I have cut down time spent after a shoot, more than in half. They are simply amazing. I also love your thoughts on re-touching :) Thanks so much for sharing!

Sooooo agree with you on the scar thing-so many people edit the skin to look plastic, and I believe that a well taken photograph can make anyone look good…naturally. Bravo!

I totally agree with the people that filled out the form. Definitely more before and afters would be muchly appreciated. I love seeing how people edit their images. It gives me ideas on how to tweak my editing.

I think making people look plastic is insulting as well. And really really fake. I want someone to see themselves when they look at a photo I take of them, not someone I think they should be.

@ESBlondie Thank you! :)

This post was awesome!! Thanks for the tips. I love seeing how the pros take amazing photos and then enhance them to make them even more amazing! Keep up the good work you 2. I love your blog and read it every day.

Love reading your editing posts. The worst part about editing is boogers!!!! Gross!!

@Robin That is very true, and one of the reasons why I hate strapless dresses. I only fix that if it’s pronounced and only in the artistic portraits or our favorite picks for the album.

Nicely worded post. However, with strapless gowns being worn my most brides, the back fat over the top edge is ever present. Bride’s hate it when they see their photos but what to do – liquify or not? It was there the whole wedding – in every shot but – they still hate it. A dilemna such as this drives me nuts. What do you guys do about that?

The TRA presets look great, we use the Photoshop actions but i try to do everything in lightroom as well. Great work and yes I love before/after posts. The recipes section on TRA are a constant source of new ideas and new ways to use Photoshop.

b&a rule!

Love seeing before and afters! Thanks for sharing :)

@Amanda What do you use? Bridge? Aperture? If you are only using PS, then you most definitely need to look into it! It will save you hours of your life!

@Tamara I agree that the ethics on boudoir are different because women come into a session like that with the expectation that there will be photoshop to cover sensitive issues. But in boudoir, you’re also photographing parts that are not normally shown. But, I still think there is a line between enhancing and changing a person completely. The presets in LR for Totally Rad are pretty awesome. I actually use the basic ones (like exposure, toning, sharpening) more than the fancy ones that change the colors but I like both. They have helped speed up our workflow tremendously as I don’t need to pull as many images into PS as I used to for fine tuning.

Thank you for this, Becka and Nate! I love learning more about other photographers’ work flow. I found TRA though you guys, but haven’t tried their Lightroom actions yet, they are on my list now!

Love your editing philosophy, I don’t think it should be any other way.

1st….You totally win for the longest run-on sentence and have successfully dethroned me. Congrats.

I totally agree with your views on editing, including tweaking an action to make it your own and leaving the “character” on a person. Things get a little trickier for me with boudoir, but that’s a whole other Oprah for a different season.

Hmmm, the more I see those Totally Rad Actions in Lightroom, the closer I get to exercising my bank account……

Your philosophy on editing is exactly like mine…if it’s permanent it stays. I told a bride the other day that her scars are beautiful and make her unique. ;) And, I say this all the time, but I really need to look into that whole Lightroom thing.

Excellent, excellent post! I feel the exact same way about liquify. I say that if it doesn’t normally look that way, but the camera captured it that way (arm smooshes, and a few other things as you mentioned), I’ll liquify. I actually used it on a client whose shirt was blowing crazily in the wind – because normally the shirt wouldn’t look like that. But otherwise, no.

I love your examples – and how they show that you aren’t using photoshop to fix a lousy photo – you’re using the tools to enhance what you’ve already captured. That bridal portrait is a great example – the light on her back and hair is beautiful!