I spent the week at Spencer Lum‘s photography workshop. I’m going to write more about it later, but I’m too excited about everything not to share at least one image. I’d never done a photography intensive before, unless you count double-headers – and you shouldn’t, because you present so much of what you shoot. This was three full days of shooting, pared down to eight images. Of course, the most time for me was spent trying to find something worth showing – to find something I could put my name on. It was really hard, and really rewarding. I’m very excited to share the full set with you, but I think I’m going to wait until Spencer puts all the images together so we can be presented as a group. In the meantime, here’s a teaser…
We wedding photographers are a weird breed. So many of us look for inspiration from other wedding photographers and the genre can get very stale, quickly. The great thing is that regular old people (you know, like brides and grooms) don’t notice because they only get married once! It’s also one of the reasons I don’t focus on anything too “trendy” at a wedding or engagement session. We play and I try new things but mostly I want my couples to be able to display their wedding photos right next to their mothers’ and their grandmothers’. I want their wedding photos to look appropriate at their 50th wedding anniversary.