Ian + Traci's Wedding - HP Studios

Ian and Traci's wedding - HP Studios

It's so much fun sharing in what is arguably the most important day of one's adult life. I got to share in Ian and Traci's wedding this past weekend and it was just that. Ian and Traci met through mutual friend Tommy Spencer. Tommy worked with Traci and Ian used that to his advantage in getting to know Traci better, and yadda yadda yadda they got married August 18th 2013. Tommy got ordained and was their minister for the service. It's always rad to get a really personal ceremony, and Tommy was perfect for for the job.

A really big CONGRATS to the newlyweds! You guys are awesome!

Flowers by Tannis at Adolph Jacksons Flowers

Venue at Mcmenamins Grand Lodge

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Wedding Videography-hp studios

Shooting wedding videography is challenging and very rewarding in itself, but being in the wedding party while doing video sets a whole new challenge. It being my brothers wedding, he wanted just casual video and for me mostly to relax and have a great time. That sounded great, but being asked to do the videography I of course wanted to do a good job and deliver a great edit for them to have. So I packed light and just brought my 60D and a few lenses. The lenses have stabilization in them so I felt good just doing some "run and gun" style shooting while still getting great shots.

Below are just some screen grabs of the day, but that brings up another thought I felt would create good discussion. Do you think, now that there are video cameras with gigantic image files coming out of them like the Black magic and the Red epic, that people will start shooting a wedding just with video? Then in post pull from the Raw footage, images that they would then make the client prints and books with.

Maybe?!? The raw 4k files are plenty big enough, and you use the same high end lenses that photographers use. What do you think?  Peter Hurley tried this with one of his clients earlier this year. He had the opportunity to shoot with a Red Epic and he then pulled the stills from the video. He said they were completely useable but to look through all the frames to find the ones wanted to keep took too long for his style.

I think for just the sheer amount of storage and strain on your computer, running all that Raw footage and pulling out a couple hundred images would just be too much for your average wedding. I imagine the cost alone would be out of most people's reach.

Let me know what you think and enjoy some images for the wedding videography i did for my brother Andy and his new wife Tessa. Video out in the next few weeks.

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Personal Project

So, my summer project or personal project this year is a pretty easy one, in that the idea is easy. Just people in there places. A simple head shot and an enviornmental portrait of them in their natural habitat. Could be work place, home, favorite hang out, whatever they choose. Part one for the summer was old school frien Kelsie Britton. She's a hair stylist who works for "New Vintage Beauty Lounge" here in Portland. This was a lot of fun for the first shoot and i hope they just get more fun as the summer goes on.  

More Personal projects coming soon.