Photo of the Week 9/20/10

In the midst of wedding editing, I came across this image from Kathleen and Matt's recent wedding. Kathleen's uncle is a collector of classic cars so it was only natural to use this Chevy Corvair and a couple others cars for transportation from the church to the reception. This image was made using my Nikon D300 and Nikkor 10.5mm DX Fisheye Lens. The camera was mounted to the car using a rig I created using two Fat Gecko Mounts and a Superclamp and Magic Arm. The camera was triggered using pocket wizards and only ambient light was used. The rest of the details I'll keep to myself on this one.

Photo of the Week 9/13/10

This past weekend I photographed two weddings. Both were great events so choosing a single image wasn't easy. I selected this image of three girls playing during the reception for my Saturday wedding at the New York Institute of Technology's de Seversky Center because I love the expressions and backlighting in this image. This shot was not staged and the girls never noticed me so I caught them really being themselves. I used my Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR lens at a focal length of 200mm for this image, which was made with a 1/1000th of a second exposure at an aperture of f/2.8 and ISO of 400.

Flashes of Hope

Last month I joined other photographers from the ASMP (American Society of Media Professionals) in a volunteer project for Flashes of Hope. From their website, "Flashes of Hope is a nonprofit organization that changes the way children with cancer and other life threatening illnesses see themselves through the gift of photography and raises money for pediatric cancer research." The photos we took were at Camp Sunrise in Wheatley Heights, NY on Long Island. This summer day camp is dedicated to children with cancer and their siblings.


Understandably, it is hard for parents to send their kids away to a camp when then are sick or recovering. We were told that one of the things our photos do is convey how much fun the kids have at the camp, which is of great comfort to the parents. Some of my favorite images from the day that I think convey this well are below. 

Photo of the Week 9/6/10

On Labor Day Weekend, I travelled to Cape Cod, Massachusetts for the wedding of Meredith and Matt. I captured this image of the some of the flower girls leaving the bed and breakfast to get in the limo to the ceremony, the highlight of their day. I made this image using my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at an aperture of f/5.6 and exposure of 1/640th of a second at ISO100.

Photo of the Week 8/30/10

This week's photo of the week comes from the wedding of Kathleen and Matt in Freeport, NY on Long Island. To get this image while I was photographing the bride from the front of the church, I mounted my second camera on a tripod in the balcony and triggered it remotely using Pocket Wizards. This image was made by my Nikon D300 with my Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8 Fisheye Lens using only ambient light. The exposure was made at an aperture of f2.8 and 1/13th of a second at an ISO of 400.