Some engagement sessions ask you to build a scene. This one just asked us to show up and stay quiet. Izzi and Taylor met at work in Milwaukee. Neither of them likes having their photo taken, which is a sentence we hear more than people think. It’s usually a sign the session will go well, […]
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The engagement session is one of the most underused tools in wedding photography. Done well, it gives you and your photographer time to learn how to work together before the stakes are high — before the dress is on, before the families are watching, before the ceremony starts in four minutes and you haven’t eaten […]
A Catholic wedding is one of the most beautiful ceremonies you’ll ever photograph. It’s also one of the most technically demanding. The Mass has a structure, a pace, and a reverence that a photographer needs to understand well before walking in the door — because you won’t get a second chance at the moments that […]
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