Showing posts with label ennis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ennis. Show all posts

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Wedding: John Critz/Carolyn Ennis 09Jan2010


While at the Defense Information School on Ft. George G. Meade, MD., I had met a wonderful woman, SGT Carolyn Ennis. Never in my career in the military had I found such a strong and dedicated woman to work with and collaborate with. We worked great as a team together and this day she married a just as wonderful man, SGT John Critz and I was her helper/friend/napkin maker(I sewed :) )/Photographer. It was taken at the Gramercy Mansion in Baltimore MD.

Normally I am hired as a second photographer doing more creative photos, however, Carolyn had me do everything. So this was my first full wedding photoshoot. It ws a smaller wedding so I was not overwhelmed. However, Lighting was incredibly difficult. There was only one bright window in the ceremony area and Christmas lights making flash look very artificial. I didn't like the artificial look so I did bump up my ISO on the Ceremony shots. That is why many are in B&W to get rid of some of the grain.

There are many other shots, but these are kind of like the highlights.



ENJOY!

Friday, September 18, 2009

Army Soldier Portrait



Talk about fun and adventures.....this photo shoot was one of those.

During this shoot I had my model, one assistant, two 580 EX II speedlights and a large reflector. However, during the photo shoot one of my female hot shoes connecting my speedlight to the transceiver decided to crash and my flash decided it didn't want to work on slave

SO.....

BELIEVE IT or NOT

This image was taken with ONE speedlight and my assistant right above me reflecting the light down onto her. This took many shots and was the only way we could get enough light on her, this late in the evening, with making it look like multiple light sources. It was exciting and an adventure in the short time period I was given to work with this model.

It, also, reminded me how to be creative and useful and how to adapt and overcome and still produce a good image!