Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Valentine Fashion Love

Valentine Fashion Love

You may or may not be in love this Valentines Day, but fashion is always fun!  I am a photographer and I love dramatic beauty.  Here is a fun group of photos of beautiful friends and clients.  

 Featured in this "magazine" is bold colors, big eyebrows, and bright lips.

Enjoy! 

Lisa McNiel

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

How to Get Good Headshots:

How to get Good Headshots:

1. Don't wait until the last minute.
    
99 times out of 100 this is a bad idea.

2. Find a photographer you trust.   

They hold that crucial first impression in their hands.  

3. Know what characters you can/want to play

Then bring clothes and props that depict that

4. Talk to your photographer about how she shoots.

She should shoot a 2.8 f-stop or lower, and remove blemishes.

5.  Talk locations.
  
Ask about hers, or find your own.  Urban is usually good, meaning brick buildings and maybe leafy sidewalks.

6. One... plus two.

Have one general headshot that can be used for everything.  Get two more headshots that play more to types you have been cast, or hope to be cast in the future.
          

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Three Things a Bride can do to have the Wedding Reception Pictures you want.

Have you looked at reception pictures and thought, "I want that moment captured!" or "I want it to look dreamy," or "I want to remember that crazy party after the wedding!"  Here are three ways you can get closer to that goal:

1. Make sure it is not TOO dark!
     Photography has been referred to as "painting with light."  Even with our fancy new cameras with the capability to take photos in low light, they need SOME light to capture the moments.  Make the light part of the decor!

2. Communicate with your Photographer.
     We want to know what is important to you.  Is there a grandparent you want a photo with?  Do you want lots of pictures of the guests dancing?  Do you want to remember the details?  Is the most important thing the private moments between you and your groom?  We will want to take a variety of shots, but it is important to know your priorities and wish list.

3.  Your Reception Venue will be in the Pictures.
      That doesn't mean you have to have a million-dollar reception, it just means you need to be thoughtful about how you want it to look.  We had a family wedding this year and planned the whole thing around the pictures.  We literally had the reception in a church gym, and yes the basketball floor did show in some of the photos, but we transformed it with a burlap canopy, vintage details, and hanging lights.  If you do have a healthy budget and pictures are important to you, you may want to skip the sirloin and go for a prettier venue.

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Monday, September 3, 2012

Pretty women - Getting ready for the wedding


Girls getting ready...

It almost sounds musical.

I hear Barbara Streisand singing
"Pretty women... blowing out their candles
or combing out their hair
even when they leave
they still are there... they're there."

That is the song I hear when thinking of Lindsey and her "girls" getting ready, and I'm pretty sure I can't get a shot of her looking bad!

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Think about having most of your make up on before the pictures are taken.


The photographer should take pictures of your gown so your children can see all the details some day.

 Lindsey borrowed her sister's wedding shoes. 
 Her groom, mother and grandparents prepare the stage at her church.
 You want to feel like you are seeing the story play out, like you can feel the mood.
 If you don't have a second shooter for the "getting ready" shots, see if the main photographer can slip in at least a few shots of the groomsmen preparing.
 She writes a love letter to her love on the left.  Her sister buttons her dress while bridesmaids look on (right)
 Lindsey had lost her father to cancer and wanted to honor him with this display on stage.
 This is a drawing one of her bridesmaids did of her wedding gown.
 Since this is her home church, it seemed appropriate to get detail shots of these things that were dear to her.
 Lindsey and her flower girl.


 Sometimes, the best groomsmen moments are when they are "helping" the groom get ready. :-)





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