Rebecca and Rodney

I gotta say I love the cake cutting photograph. Wow after seeing some of these pictures I feel like I picked the wrong photographer on my day. They didn’t turn out horrible they just lack the spontaniety of these pictures.

Added!
Thanks! 🙂

my best friend is an airforce wife. her husband is being stationed in denver next year. i also have a few friends out there. i may consider taking a trip out that way to explore and see them. perhaps we can arrange something when that time comes.

Actually I don’t recommend that you try to explain a style to a photographer. Instead, I suggest that you study photographers’ portfolios and complete weddings, and examine their own style. A photographer is unlikely to change his or her style to suit a client’s request. Instead you should look for one who already has your preferred style. Good luck!

I don’t usually use a tripod at weddings–they are too unwieldy for such fast-paced events. During the ceremonies I usually use a tripod, though. Mike will wander around the sidelines and take closer pictures, while I’ll stand in the back of the aisle, with a long lens on a tripod. If the ceremony is outside on a sunny day, though, I just hand-hold the camera.

Oh gosh, I have so many wedding photography books, but I don’t know if any of them have been particularly useful. What has been a bigger help to me is the web. I recommend that you study photographers’ portfolios as much as you can. Some of my favorites include:
http://www.joebuissink.com/
http://www.joephoto.com/
http://www.jcsphoto.com/
http://www.thebecker.com/

Read photo.net and study everything you can for tips. Read your user manuals for your equipment. You might want to consider buying a book about flash, because flash is tricky to do well.

thanks for the tips!

do you always use a tripod for your wedding shots? also, do you know of a good (preferably beginning) wedding photography book you can recommend?

It IS! The only problem when I visited was the it was in the heat of the summer and it was even hotter than Texas if you can believe it. 🙂 It’s beautiful everywhere in that area though.

I hope it works out. My husband’s family gathers in Oklahoma for Thanksgiving and that is usually the only time we are able to see everyone together because most of the family does their own thing for Christmas. Maybe we’ll be back before you leave, or you’ll be here before we leave. *crosses fingers* If not, I for sure am going to make it work at some point. lol I want to plan a new wedding for you to photograph. 🙂 Of course it won’t really happen, but it’s nice to dream!

wow,those are amazing pictures.
Charlotte,your photography is exactly the kind of style that I like.How would I go about explaining that type of style to another photographer?

Thanks! That chapel is spectacular. 🙂

I don’t use any on-camera filters at all, although I do play with some of my photos in photoshop. I added a photoshop filter to picture of the bride kissing her little son, to soften it and give it a dreamy loook.

It’s definitely tricky to get good whites when the bride is wearing a white dress. Sometimes I have to overexpose a half a stop or more. When in doubt, I correct the contrast in photoshop.

Isn’t that chapel gorgeous! The entire Academy campus is beautiful, too.

Yes, we are still coming to Dallas for Thanksgiving! I’d love to meet with you that weekend for pictures! We can arrange a time as the date gets closer. 🙂

what incredible photos and an amazing chapel. that one with the mirror is too funny! your photos always blow me away.

questions again: do you use any filters for these shots, specifically the outdoors ones? also, do you have any tips for maintaining such a brilliant white?

Those are beautiful! Her dress is amazing, as is that chapel. Both my parents were in the air force, so I have been there before. You capture everything wonderfully.

Still coming down to Dallas around Thanksgiving? I am dying to have you photograph us sometime.