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Stephanie and Mark's Wedding

With a bucket of products strewn about the table, the bride, not yet in the gown, gets her makeup applied. Its wedding time! I teamed up with Sean McCabe over at http://www.seanmccabedesign.com/main.html to shoot this fun couple's wedding. We got there early and had plenty of time to fiddle around with our gear and get some unique and interesting shots.

After the makeup, the bridesmaids help the bride into the dress.


The bride's father looks on at his daughter in the gown.


The father and groom shake hands for a photo outside just before the wedding.






The wedding party after the ceremony.


Dancing at the reception.


See more of the wedding here

Weddings

Kruszka Family Portraits

We drove up to Wisconsin for some family photos with the Kruszkas. The pictures were a surprise for their mom for Christmas. To get everyone in the shot, we moved outside and I moved onto a wobbly ladder.

Indoors, we set up a nice tan background for more formal shots.




Both brothers and sister together. Mom is sure to like this one.

Ally Senior Portraits

We met Ally over at her high school to take some scenic senior portraits. We walked all around the school looking for nice locations. This bell behind the school is on top of the hill overlooking the football fields.

There are some really nice gardens in the back as well. We did a few sitting in the garden in a nice dress.




To took the umbrella off one of the flashes and set it up behind her. The light coming from behind better defines the subject and adds a dramatic difference in light ratios. Nothing says school like the brick and windows in the background.

The Kohouts Family Portraits

The Kohouts had their family pictures taken in their favorite local park. I took them into the woods for the shot above. The light coming through the trees made for a nice background. I had the ambient exposed at about -1.5ev and brought them back up using the strobes and shoot through umbrellas.

Then we moved to a brighter location. The whole family sat on the side of the bridge. Then we took some smaller group shots.

David and Ashley Engagement Portraits

We met David and Ashley at the Katherine Legge Lodge for a stunning engagement shoot.

One of their favorite photos was both of them upside down, hanging off a couch. We "updated" the photo by having them hang off a stone wall.






See more of Ashley and David's shots here

Random portraits of Michelle

This is just a set of photos of Michelle.

This was shot with a pretty basic clamshell setup. I had a Vivitar 2800-d on full power about 2 feet in front and 1 foot above her into a white shoot through umbrella. She held some white poster board below as a reflector. For the background, I had a Lumopro lp120 on 1/2 power hitting the white wall behind her.


This shot was taken just after a storm. It was suprisingly cold outside. The sun was getting low and the light was great. The wheat was blowing in the wind pretty strongly. This shot took home first place in the Digital-photography-school.com headshot contest

We took these two photo after walking around the Rockford Japanese garden for the day. I love the matching color of the coat, lips and foliage in the first shot. There was some bright white gravel on the ground below us that acted as a reflector. There were a few other nice shots taken that day.

Ria Senior Portraits

Ria isn't your typical senior and we didn't want to give her typical senior portraits. We went out to Indiana to an abandoned factory for some unique shots.

The rain came down just as we got there. It really added a nice touch to the background of some of the shots.



After the rain, we went inside for some more formal shots. This was our first attempt into artificial lighting. We used some hot lights clamped to microphone stands.

Matt and Katie

We took newlyweds Matt and Katie to Cantigny Park for some fun autumn portraits.





We had play in the leaves just a little bit.

Brad and Amanda Family Portraits

We met Brad, Amanda, Philip and Maddie at a local park for some family pictures. Using all natural light, we captured some pretty special images.





We're happy to report that Brad and Amanda are now engaged.

Tracy and Larry

We met Tracy and Larry for some fun pictures in a local park. This was one of our first shoots. We used all natural light.



We found a picnic table at the edge of the lake to sit at for a few nice photos.



The shade of this large tree was a nice break from the heat.

After all the work, we decided to have a little fun.

First Post

This is the first post in M.e. Photography's new blog. We are changing formats to this new, easier to use site. We will be able to update our clients more quickly, get preview images out in a more pleasing format and hopefully gain a few more fans. Watch this site for more updates in the future. We will try to backup our old update posts here as well.