The Most Important Piece of Equipment I own is...

my Brain.

Believe it or not, you are actually hiring me for my brain/mind and the images and experience that fills it. As I shoot an image at your wedding I see a "finished" image in my head... even though the reality at the wedding might look quite different to the camera. Then after the wedding my mind works to create the finished image I "saw" when I took the picture, and finally my mind puts together the images to tell the story of your wedding day.

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A simple real world example of how My Brain and experience produces better images for you is illustrated by the two simple images below.

At a recent wedding I and another photographer shot very a similar image 5 minutes apart. The images were shot at the same location, with the same subject, 5 minutes apart. Each photographer had the same tools and resources available, however, based on my experience, and what I saw in my mind as the finished image, I made different decisions about what lens to use, what exposure to use, what ISO to use, and what direction to face the bride. I produced the image on the right. (These are RAW images straight from the camera.)

  • The first thing you will notice is that the image on the left has a lot of grain/noise (little dots) where my image on the right shows virtually none.
  • You can see great detail in my image. You could count the hairs on her head.
  • Notice the lighting on my image (right). The light comes from the left creating a light and dark side to her face, this gives the face dimensionality (roundness) and makes the face look thinner.
  • Notice how the headboard behind the bride in the right image is soft and buttery - where in the left picture it is in focus and detracts from the beauty of the bride.
  • Noise

The first thing you will notice is that the image on the left has a lot of grain/noise (little dots) where my image on the right shows virtually none.

 

You can see great detail in my image (right). If you want you could count the hairs on her head.

 

Notice the lighting on my image (right). The light comes from the left creating a light and dark side to her face, this gives the face dimensionality (roundness) and makes the face look thinner.

 

Notice how the headboard behind the bride in the right image is soft and buttery - where in the left picture it is in focus and detracts from the beauty of the bride. This gives the image depth.