Ok, I will admit that I have been living in somewhat of a fantasy world where our weddings happen on the beach in beautiful locations and usually have very small turnout and are generally, easier to photograph.

I've been so spoiled with beach weddings that I actually went 6 WHOLE months without shooting a church ceremony!   Wow, how refreshing it is not to worry about the NAZI church coordinators and the organists who won't let you stand on the conductor platform (even though…

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On the topic of my last post on "Cake Humor", I decided I could be on a roll with more cake love this week.   

This one is pretty simple because you have the total choice on how you want to shoot this setup.   I chose to add color in my example because the background and other ambient colors presented themselves.   I honestly believe either shot will make a great album photo, or a super folio shot for that vendor.  

In addition…

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I'm not sure if your office is like ours when editing, but the every time a blooper pops up, we all share a laugh and keep going.  I thought I'd share my latest flashflavor bloop that landed and got a chuckle out of the crew del sol.
Don't mean to offend anyone but If I do, let this be an apology ahead of time.  I know many of my clients read this blog so oh well....  

This one gets a Flashflavor SB-28 at 1/64th power on a monopod.    Funny thing,…

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Ok, so I'm shooting a wedding in Atlanta GA on May 16, a week or so ago.   I knew that one of my old clients (bride & groom) would be there as guests, and the reason I actually had the job in the first place (word of mouth referral is so strong).   I enter the reception and low and behold, I see a camera operator with a DSLR and an off camera EX series Canon Strobe.  

I scratch my head and focus…

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Sol & I are exceptionally stoked and honestly elated to be selected for this list.   I've drooled over and studied the work of these same photographers.  Its really an honor to be listed with them.  Lots of inspiration shopping by visiting these sites.   I promise, before your next wedding, go through an entire folio on one of these togs sites...…

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**Updated**  positions filled.

HOLY Cow...  I'm sorta in a bind because I'm short a hand or two hands on May 16th 2009 in Atlanta.  We have been CRAZY busy in the middle of high season in mexico and all my shooters are either on other jobs or attending weddings as guests.

My studio actually has 2 different weddings  on May 16 in ATL.  Anybody interested out there who is near the area?  I really prefer…

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I was surfing the web and have been trying to figure out what kind of gear would be great to have.....

We will be investing in primes since we have all the desired zoom ranges currently made by canon that fit with our shooting....  15, 24 t/s, 35, 50, 85 are currently in the toolbox.    We have been thinking heavily on a few and thought it may be nice to hear feedback from any readers about their personal fav's and why.…

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Yep, the secret is out.  Flash adds an element to the photographers toolbox that enables lots of creative freedom.  Photographers are pooling their knowledge and offering hand-outs on tips, techniques and often or not, movies on what or how they do what they do.  

Thanks to a FF reader, today I was directed to a writeup in the USA Today about the emerging…

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Flashflavor dragging a$$ these days... sorry folks.   Just clocked 10 weddings, 4 TTD sessions in March... holy moly we are off to a crazy spring spree of shooting like mad.....again.

Those that know us hang in there, we are still here and also working on a new project blog for del Sol Photography.   This site has been a major drain on free time with all the development and data gathering, writing, idea brainstorms...etc... lots been happening and we aren't getting…

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I was surprised to see the recent issue of Bodissima Magazine, a Mexican publication that hits the stands for the 1st quarter of 2009 in Monterrey and Mexico City.  WOW, that's some serious coverage.    We have been so lucky to participate with the Trash the Dress movement in the last few years and I'm so proud to see that Sol also got the cover photo too... I'm so stoked to see the movement start to move through…

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I just happen to peek over my shoulder yesterday while Sol was editing one of her recent TTD sessions.    She is always using her flash creatively in the right bright light conditions, admits to finding a newly learned technique quite helpful.

I was visiting Digital Pro Talk a bit back and did a ff post on David Ziser "tricking the sync…

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I definitely enjoy hanging out in venues that are bigger than life.   Recently, I needed to fill some space with light.  We were dealing with powerful theatrical stage lighting and added a 1/1 full power blast to the right of bride and groom.   The light spills and gives some dimension to the space.

I just used this as a quick way to execute a shot when on the run, walking around the building to get just about every photo along the way.  I shot these…

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I recently was hanging out with the Professional Photographers of Canada-Alberta here in the Riviera Maya and was speaking on my photojournalism ideals and giving a quick demo of using low lighting conditions and accenting a subject with flash / video light and using color correction gels.  Sol accompanied and helped assist us on the beach with the demo.  She also provided well needed moral support for…

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I took some time yesterday and gathered up my creative best of for 2008.     This year has been a very good year for learning, hands down.  I have dedicated this year to learning new compositional techniques and seeing the light in a totally different way... (using fast glass)

I have used less of my flash at higher powers and have had a great time using Neutral Density gels to even lower the power of my slave flashes, thus shooting at 1/256 power on an…

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Shot this FF material at a location with a few creative camera / flash & creative lighting tricks.