That's it! I do not intend to bow to the pressure of emails saying "if we use you, can we have the pictures in a week?" No. I won't do what others do. I am thrilled with what I create. If it takes 3 weeks...so be it.
Your wedding day images say a lot about you. They define who you are. You can wait 3 weeks for me to bring out their finest qualities. If I plan on only 2 weddings per month, you must realize I sacrifice for your wedding. I will not punch them out every week. I could make twice the money...but I would feel less "good" about myself. Plus, it goes against common sense to sell you associate weddings shot by someone less capable. I would just have to work twice as hard to try to fix what I didn't create.
And yes, I enhance every image. No surprises with 70 images made great...and then your guests go online to see all the blemishes... No surprises with a Dvd of blahs...
The recipe for the image above shot at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Kansas City, Mo.
The shot shown second was captured at noon at ISO 640, 18mm Nikkor lens at f/3.5 - 1-60th second.
In the enhanced shot, I opened the raw file in LightRoom, removed noise, and did a manual adjustment of distortion for the columns. I brightened the image about 45%, add contrast, and upped the black slider. I played with the graduated filter and adjustment brush on the ceiling columns etc. I upped the green foliage with Color, before adding clarity. (While using the adjustment brush, I will often add or subtract clarity and contrast to bring out an HDR effect. As a wedding photographer, I don't have time to do true HDR with 3-5 bracketed images...and as I understand HDR, it doesn't work well with people anyway...as people are living - breathing - beings who can't hold perfectly still!
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