Portraits in Medina
I had the pleasure of photographing a small family gathering in Medina. They wanted something simple, so we used a local golf course as a setting. Photos not displayed properly due to formatting of gallery images.
I had the pleasure to photograph portraits of a lovely couple in Western Pennsylvania, at Raccoon Creek State Park, Frankfort Springs Falls. It was a beautiful site, with just enough light to make it interesting. We tried shooting some photos directly inside the gorge, but it was quite harsh with the light in one spot.
I had the blessing to photograph a very young couple get married in western Pennsylvania earlier this month, and got to photograph the beautiful bride throughout the day, from getting ready to eating cake. It was a beautiful day, and we were able to take posed after-ceremony shots at a local park, which was quite photogenic.
I’ve been incredibly busy this month, and haven’t had the opportunity to post recently. This was a small wedding ceremony that I had the good fortune to photograph at the Hungarian Gardens in Cleveland. A beautiful bride and groom, and family too! It was a fun challenge with the lighting situations. Photographed with my trusty Nikon Z6-MkII, 24-70 f/2.8 and 70-200 f/2.8 Nikon Z lenses. Crowd control was a minor issue!
A thought popped into my head this evening as I was editing photos of a very small, intimate wedding I had the opportunity to photograph in Pittsburgh yesterday; are my photographs life-changing? I wish I knew… I would like to say that they are, but that I believe relies solely in the eyes of the beholder as they say. Here are a few photos I popped…
A well-known wedding photographer that I respect, Cliff Mautner, summed it up best: “we don’t get to choose our brides and grooms…”
I consider myself not just a photographer, but I consider myself an artist. And it is a privilege for me to photograph weddings, and beautiful brides… all of which are beautiful. It is not a matter of treating our brides as beautiful, we must believe in it, and I do. To me, all brides are beautiful. Period. It doesn't matter, fat or thin, economically wealthy or poor, PhD or no... Everyone is entitled to their moment, and a client is a client regardless... I am proud of my work and nobody can denigrate it based on my subjects... They are all beautiful.
A friend recently told me of his nephew, who’s getting married, and he and his bride recently had an engagement party photographed by another photographer. The couple was not too pleased with some of the photographs, and voiced their concern to the photographer. The photographer supposedly told them, “look what I had to work with,” meaning them as subjects. This is a terrible thing.
One item about me you can take to the bank… I love my brides, and my grooms. I love my weddings, be they in a pavilion at a public park or at an upscale winery in a fashionable neighborhood, it doesn’t matter. I’ve been hired to do a job, to create as an artist, and I give it my all. And I love it all. I love making them shine in their wedding day vulnerability… that’s art, that’s my high fashion. That’s why I do it.
I was out shopping at Barnes and Noble in Boardman the other day, and I happened upon this tres kewl van, apparently painted by the artist who calls himself “the Imagination of Robert Walker.” It was pretty cool looking, I had my trusty Z-6ii with me, so a squeezed off a few shots, shown below. You may see The Imagination of Robert Walker here. Great stuff Robert!
I had the good fortune to photograph a very small, kind of impromptu wedding this past weekend at Copley Park Pavillions in Copley. It was a very cute wedding, and you can certainly tell just how much the couple love each other in the images. To me, it doesn’t really matter the size or breadth of the wedding; all brides are beautiful and deserved of their special day.