A Wedding in Black & White and a few thoughts.

I started some 30 years ago in working on images in black and white. I was taught the process of developing in a small kitchen of a college dorm. It was in England and I became captivated by the process especially seeing the image come to life on the paper once it was placed in the developing tank. The smells and the total process of the darkroom was amazing to me. But that was years ago and now digital is here and it is not going anywhere.

It becomes easy just to click and whamm the image is there. A bit of Photoshop and we have an image in what ever filter color we could want. We could try to keep the nostalgia and the romance of the process but after all is said and done the final image is what counts, sure there are differences.

Yes the darkroom process is great but getting the image is better, I don’t believe that we have to do zen photography where we meditate on the process. Its about getting the image, getting the moment, getting the memory.

I wanted to show a full wedding and felt that going black and white on every image would help to keep the continuity. I will be posting the best from Becky’s wedding. We had a blast at this wedding specially during the formal group pictures where I was almost hanged from the ladder that I was using.

Beautiful Wedding Bride Looking at herself in a mirror in miami
Beautiful Wedding Bride Looking at herself in a mirror in Miami
Beautiful Portrait of a Bride in Miami
Beautiful Portrait of a Bride in Miami
Beautiful Portrait of a Bride in Miami
Beautiful Portrait of a Bride in Miami
Beautiful Portrait of a Bride in Miami
Beautiful Portrait of a Bride in Miami
Beautiful Portrait of a Bride in Miami
Beautiful Portrait of a Bride in Miami
Beautiful Photograph of a bride getting ready for the wedding in miami
Getting ready for the Wedding
Beautiful Photograph of a bride getting ready for the wedding in miami
Getting ready for the Wedding
Photograph of a Groom Getting ready for wedding in miami
Getting ready for the Wedding
Getting ready for the Wedding
Portrait of Kid in a wedding in miami
Getting ready for the Wedding
Photograph of a Groom Getting ready for wedding in miami
Getting ready for the Wedding
Groom checking the time before the wedding in miami
Checking the Time before the Wedding
Groom checking the time before the wedding in miami
Groom before Wedding Ceremony
Father in Law and Groom with one the grooms man
Father in Law and Groom with one the grooms man

Photograph of Groom shooting himself before the wedding in miamiPhotograph of Groom shooting himself before the wedding in miami

The Beauty Again…

Here is one of my favorites from the series “When I Was Two….”

Image of Little girl next toa fountain taken by a photographer

Photographing her was great even though she never stopped for a single pose it was constant movement I felt more like a paparazzi photographer than a portrait photographer. Unbelievable the energy these kids have you have to be fast if you want to capture an image from them.

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Becky’s Wedding

She was a great model on that day that we went shooting her bridal pics. We took, well I lost count maybe 800 or more images. It was a very rewarding experience, both for her and for myself. Not only did we worked great together but she has a very elegant face. I love the photographer and bride relationship; it is more than just getting a product done, is about, for what many feel one of the most important days in a womans life.
She is not just a model this is totally for her, just her the camera and the vision of the one behind the camera trying to work everything to bring all the beauty possible out of her. I truly believe she had a wonderful time even though we went to two locations and spent about 8 hrs in the shoot.

It is all for the bride, my time, the equipment, the vision. It is all for the bride no one else.

Bride-in-a-beautiful-wedding-dressBride-next-to-a-fire-place