Last Saturday I shot Julie and Williams super fun wedding! The wedding was at the Irvine Hyatt and was so much fun. I love when weddings are very personal and have a lot of thought put into them by the bride and the groom. The story could go on and on. Julie is a elementary school teacher and William works in sales and both are very successful! When I met these two there love story was very contagious. William actually proposed at her school involving all of her students and surprised the heck out of her. The kids were wearing shirts that said "Ms. Blume got engaged and all I got was this stupid T-Shirt".
If you have noticed I shot their engagement session last week at the Orange Circle and I was so stoked on how the images came out! The wedding day was so much fun, Julie and William saw each other before the ceremony so we were able to go to the District to take a bunch of fun images. I love when couples see each other before the ceremony and also agree to where I think they should take their photos. We had so much fun cruising around the District and finding cool places to shoot at. As I was shooting I was getting so excited and that made Julie and William very excited as well.
I love when I do weddings with good vendors and Julie and William had spent a lot of time picking out good vendors. I will put a list at the bottom so you can know who helped this wedding go as well and look as good as it did.
Also so very thankful to Laura my past bride for shooting with me on this wedding! She did such an amazing job!
Irvine Hyatt
17900 Jamboree Road
Irvine, CA 92614
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A few month ago I had the privilege of shooting in Newport Beach at Mike Colón's workshop. As most of you know by now (it is not a secret) I love film. So when I saw these fields and the model that we were shooting I could not help but shoot a little film. Again, I just love the look that medium format gives. I also love that there is no post processing with film, just send it to the lab and your done.
Brides, if you are wondering, please ask about my film packages. Here are a few images from the day!
Jenny says:
Jeff !! These film images are off the hook ! They are amazing ! It gives a totally different feel to images. LOVE IT ! Your clients should definitely consider your film package. It's one of a kind !
(09.24.09 @ 03:56 PM)
barbara (soon to be dieppa) says:
woah! Those look dreamy!!! That second shot is my fav!
(09.25.09 @ 12:21 AM)
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In the past year tilt shift photography, which primarily was used in photographing architecture and landscapes, has become a regular lens for the wedding photographer. I use this lens a lot in my wedding photography and get a ton of questions on how and why I use this lens. I thought it would be appropriate to do a blog post explaining and answering all the questions.
First for a little geek talk. With a normal lens the image plane, lens plane and object plane are all parallel, so all in focus objects are the same distance from the camera or sensor or whatever you want to capture your image on. The tilt-shift lens has two main functions. The tilt which is the rotation if the lens plane relative to the image plane. The shift which is the movement of the lens plane parallel to the image plane. Tilting the lens changes the orientation of the plane of focus which determines the part of the image that will be sharp. Shift is used to change the line of sight while avoiding converging lines, like when shooting tall buildings that you don't want to looked warped. To those who really want to geek out take a look at the Scheimpflug Principle.
It is basically this, by tilting the lens you can create a wedge shaped DOF and isolate your subject by being the only thing in the image that is in focus. I am not going to deal much with the shift function because I never use it when photographing couples. I only use the tilt function.
I primarily use this lens to isolate my subject by what is in focus in the image. There are times when you are in a location and the location is nothing to see so I will tilt the lens and make the only visible in focus part of the image the subjects that I am shooting. There are also times when there are really cool lines in the surrounding but would look better a little more abstract and there I will also tilt the lens. All in all I think it is only appropriate to do if you are using this lens to further draw the eye into the subject of the photo. To just tilt for the sake of tilting makes a horrible photo. Also because the lens can rotate on the body of the camera you can make the DOF or POF horizontal and vertical. This lens is a manual focus lens so it can be a bit tricky at first. I totally recommend getting it and playing with it and finding ways to add a cool look to your images. It is also a very cool thing to use while your subjects is moving but you must get the manual focus thing down pretty good for that.
I am going to give a few examples of how I use this lens to give you an idea of how cool it can be.
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I was so stoked the other night when I was at dinner with my amazing clients Laura and Scott to get an email letting me know that an image of mine placed 3rd in an AGWPJA contest. It is always a great felling when others like your work as much as you do. Check it out!
Jenny says:
Oh my gosh ! Congratulations !! This photo is BEAUTIFUL ! No wonder you wont 3rd place ! Congrats !
(09.22.09 @ 06:23 PM)
Natalie Moser says:
Congrats!! Beautiful image, Jeffrey! Miss ya... we all need to get together soon!
(09.25.09 @ 09:27 AM)
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On Saturday I had the pleasure of shooting Megan and Andrew's beautiful wedding at Arroyo Trabuco in Orange County. I have known Megan's family for a long time and was so excited when they hired me to shoot their daughters wedding. I really got to know Megan and Andrew when we did their engagement session in Hollywood. They are a super cool couple and totally in love with each other.
Saturday was a beautiful day and the wedding day was super relaxed and thanks to Allison from Arroyo Trabuco. I also the the pleasure of working with Peter Merry again who seriously does the best wedding reception's ever. Check out his book if you haven't already. Ok, enough talk here are the images.
Also huge thanks to Jenny Liu for assisting me!
Jenny says:
Awesome shots Jeff ! It was great shooting with you ! The tilt shift photos are amazing ! The one with them in front of the restaurant door is just delicious !
(09.22.09 @ 02:28 PM)
Peter Merry says:
Jeff...you've done it again! This highlights are fantastic! I can't wait to see how the rest turned out. Andrew and Megan were a blast to work with...thanks again for sending them my way.
(09.28.09 @ 08:25 AM)
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Jeffrey - These pictures are amazing and I know they are just the tip of the iceberg! :) It was such a pleasure to shoot with you. Thank you again. You totally rocked this wedding!
(09.29.09 @ 06:55 AM)Jeff,
(10.05.09 @ 09:33 AM)These pictures are incredible man. I enjoyed watching you work. Thanks for letting me shoot some too. Very impressed with you man!
Best,
Scott Burton