wedding and portrait photography through our lens
Peer review is good.
When it comes to visual things, most of the time, the majority of people will agree on one “right” option. And, most of the time, I can’t say I disagree with the results. So I’m asking for you all’s help. From the two versions, which one do you like more?
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Loading ...I couldn’t decide if I liked the blown out or highly contrasted version. Whichever one receives the majority votes will go up in our portfolio. Thanks!
The three of us go take senior pictures
It’s always fun with C.J., Laura, and I get to go shooting together. It all worked out that our schedules were free the Friday afternoon when Kayla had booked her portrait session. Kayla was awesome and laid back – and we all had a great time. Here are some of our favorites from Kayla’s senior picture shoot.
Let us tell the story of your wedding day
With all of the dreaming, planning, and effort put into a wedding day, your memories are going to be unforgettable. But, there are a lot of things going on with a wedding. Getting ready. The preceremony portraits. Walking down the aisle. The ceremony, exchanging vows. The recession. Party with family friends at the reception.
That’s why we include wedding albums with (most) packages. These albums are a great way to tell the story of your wedding day. We create simple designs that place the focus on the highlights of the day. The result is a fun, permanent way to remember a detailed account, helping you remember the flow of the day.
We use a company that makes wonderful, deluxe wedding albums, Zookbinders. The album is well put together and has a quality feel to it. One of my favorite things is the way every page lays flat (check out the picture below). There are many options and sizes available, ranging from hardback books to leather bound ones, with sizes from pocket-sized to 12×12 coffee book table ready books.
They have a nice little section of their site devoted to brides. Or, download their product brochure here. Heads up though – it’s a 10 MB file, so it could take a while.
This may be a bit unorthodox.
Then again, we’re a bit unorthodox, having small print prices and giving printing rights to our clients. So here it goes. These are a few wedding photographers that I like. Of course, I like us too. We do take pride in providing high quality, professional photographic services. We’d love to have the opportunity to be your wedding photographers on your special day. We truly want every couple to have the best possible wedding photos. Hopefully, this offers insight into our style, our inspirations, and our standards for wedding photography.
First, I’ll start with some local wedding photographers from Wichita, Kansas. There are a lot of great photographers in Wichita, and this list is nowhere near comprehensive.
Now for a few photographers I like from around the country. I’m always researching other photographers for inspiration and knowledge and these are a few that have stuck with me.
Again, neither of these lists are complete by any means, but are great photographers that I have learned from or have been inspired by. This blog has become a means of communicating the way we see wedding and portrait photography, so hopefully this post has shed some more light on Mosaic Photo’s view of photography today.
We hope our communication, service, high quality of product, and love of photography are a great fit for you. Talk to us and we’ll setup a free consultation. We’d love to get to know you more too.
An epic adventure
Saturday, March 28. The day of the much hyped, entirely underwhelming blizzard. I had been out with a friend, getting sushi and coffee. On the way home, I was listening to the new Decemberists album on my iPod Nano. I parked my pickup on the street in front of the house, consciously thinking to myself, “Hey, self. You should take your iPod inside so it doesn’t get too cold.” Since I often listen to me, I unplugged it from my stereo and headed into the house.
The next morning, I was getting around to go help with Sunday school at my church. I’m not the model of a morning person by any means, so mornings are always tricky for me. On the way out of the door, I looked for my usual travel-with-me-wherever things: my keys, wallet, iPod, and phone. Finding all things except for the iPod quickly, I thought, “Huh. Three out of four is pretty good. Maybe my iPod’s in the car.” So I headed out. Finding no iPod right away, I shrugged it off. NPR is a decent alternative.
So after coming home while listening to Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, and parking in the street as per usual, I thought, “Hmmm, I could have sworn I took my iPod out of my car.” So I looked under my vehicle, hoping not to find it. But there it was. Laying face down in the snow, right behind my front right tire. I picked up the cold, wet iPod, knowing it had spent the night in the snow and I had run it over at least once. “This is most unfortunate,” I thought. Or something to that effect.
But then, I wiped it dry, and pressed play. It was alive! A good percentage of the screen was shot, but enough was visible to make out what was playing. Pretty good for being ran over by a truck and spending about ten hours in the partially melting snow.
Needless to say (although I never understood this saying, since everyone always says it), I was amazed at the ruggedness of my iPod. Big ups to Apple for their awesome, surprisingly robust product. When I finally get tired of the mostly dead screen, I’ll definitely get another one.
I’ve always been a Mac guy – but this blew me away. I can’t believe I still have a usable iPod after it sat in the melting snow for 12 hours and getting run over by a pickup.
Here’s the carnage. Click through for lighting details. Not bad for being hit by a truck:
It’s a fun time to be in photography
I have learned a lot from other photographers. In fact, community with photographers (both local and worldwide) has been one of the driving forces in me furthering my skills as a photographer. The other being personal research and study. But, I’ve probably learned most through interacting with other photographers, from tagging along with seasoned veterans of the wedding photography business to peer conversation.
One of the first inspiring communities I joined was the Strobist off-camera lighting blog and corresponding discussion/sharing platform on Flickr. A couple of years ago, there was an assignment to shoot a picture of a basketball. This assignment was fairly open-ended, but contained a few restrictions (including a maximum of 2 flashes and no Photoshop tricks), making for a fun learning experience for me.
Here was my final entry.
