KISS!!!
Yes, KISS is both an acronym for “Keep It Simple, Stupid” AND it’s a critical moment when two people’s lips meet and say hello.
It’s also a filler blog post since I’m editing like a crazy person.
As always, ENJOY!!!
Will and Lauren
Tania and Josh
RJ and Andrea
Mike and Michelle
Alissa and George
Craig and Caroline
Dear me, where have I been? Signed, me.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m stoked.
Do you have any idea why?
HUH!? DO YOU?!
Would you like to SEE why?
You would, wouldn’t you?
Oh you dirty little…
(I’ll spank you like a bad, bad donkey!!)
O.O
ENJOY!!! lol
Mr and Mrs Thiess dancing it up 
Getting married on new years eve means partying like a rockstar when the ball drops!!
Oh goodness!!
Look at those ladies getting ready!!
Father daughter dance
Mother Son dance
Your first dance with 200 of your closest friends
Smells like teen spirit!
Eye makeup!
A token of your unending love....
You know, we can't park it here... this is a fire lane.
Details...
Personal Best of 2011
Yes, I’m up to my eyebrows in editing but it’s getting done as quickly as my little sausage fingers will carry me!!
I’ve been slacking on the posts and remembered some time around this time last year, I did a blog post on my favorite pictures that I took through the year. Tonight’s blog post is just that… a trip down 2011′s memory lane via my pictures
As always, ENJOY!!!
Andrea and RJ Imbragulio's "gangsta" engagement shot
SuperBob the night that Ashes to Embers rocked the house along with Bella Rosa
I shot family portraits at church and this was my favorite family. I see them every week and never say hi. They don't know that I secretly think they're awesome lol.
J. Panzer needed a headshot for a band audition...
Steph and Sherman Hardesty's engagement pic
I built my first rifle, bought a house, and installed mahogany flooring. BOOM.
I went to DC with my brother and took pictures from the top of the washington monument before the earthquake lol
I shot my first baby (baby sean) in 2011
I shot PYM youth convention and got to see my pics from the year before made into a HUGE banner!
I shot my best friend's wedding! (and was best man AND lead worship lol)
I shot my first VIP who can't be named... I couldn't even post about the event. *sigh*
I bought my first house!!! It doesn't look ANYTHING like it did when I moved in
I shot my first actor (baltimore based local actor at that)
My first contraversial picture... according to those who love drama 
I went crawling with the MD jeep club (another first for me)
Didn't I just shoot their engagement photos!? Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Imbragulio!!!
I shot a beautiful family just waiting for their dad to come home
I shot a friend's band on the cusp of becoming huge. Ashes to Embers!
The Slesingers. Yeah, they rock
Christmas with the Litvaks! (this is there little angel!)
And the last night of the year, I brough in the new year with a new family The Thiess'
I hope you enjoyed my 2011 as much as I did.
Up to my eyeballs in wedding pictures AND an answer for photographers who asked…
Yes, my eyes can only see pictures of the Thiess wedding. I eat, sleep, and dream them right now. lol.
I had a quick impromptu shoot this weekend when my best friend and his wife came into town though to break up my editing. I posted this picture on facebook:
The picture I posted to facebook....
and got a LOT of questions from fellow photogs on how I did this.
So on this rare occasion, I’m going to show you an UNEDITED, STRAIGHT-OUT-OF-CAMERA (SOOC) original of mine. Here we go…
SOOC
EXIF :
Nikon D7000 (manual mode of course)
1/320s
f/6.3
11mm
ISO 200
One off camera (right) SB600 @ 1/2 power manual mode
Cheapo yongnuo RF602 wireless system (which would sync to 1/400 with slight banding and 1/500 with half the frame banded)
Sun as key and hair second light.
11:00am-ish.
So as you can see from the SOOC and the FB posted pic, not toooooo much editing had to take place. I gave the original a bit more contrast by using an overlayed layer consisting of: the original image, duplicated, with high pass filter run, then desaturated, then overlay’ed to about 50%. It’s that easy.
The FINAL image I processed of it (BELOW) is how I like it and will print it. I just modified it slightly in Lightroom 3. A little desaturation, a smidge of sharpening, and a little curve boost for contrast.
If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask. I received all of my photographic learnings for free on the internet (and from a LOT of terribly butchered practicing) and I’m more than willing to give them away in the same manner .
As always, ENJOY!!!
That's the way, uh huh, uh huh, I like it!!!
A teaser from the Thiess wedding and my end of the year blog report!!
So here’s the blog report: http://wallydyer.com/2011/annual-report/
I’m not sure if it’s really good or not but it looks okay to me lol.
And here is the teaser from the Alissa and George Thiess wedding… as always, ENJOY!!!!
Thiess wedding!!
Odd odds and statistics that hurt
AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!
*breathe*
As a photographer, every so often, you fail. One fails. And on a recent shoot, I feel like I failed. That said, here is ONE. ONE. O. N. E. One single picture that I liked besides the two preview shots I posted before.
As with all failure though, there is something to be learned. I feel like I did learn something but I’m constantly wondering if there wasn’t another lesson to be learned on top of that. Oy vey.
Words aside, here’s my abso-favorite shot.
As always, ENJOY!!!
The one and only like
Sles ‘n’ Lits!
So this weekend as been jam packed!!
Two family shoots and a bunch of kids running around for a christmas service
Here are a couple of shots from the family shoots! As always, enjoy!!!
Baby Litvak
Mommy and Daddy Litvak
The Slesingers
There's a baby in there!!!
Wally, wally, oxen free!!
Oh, hi there! Where have I been? GREAT question. I’ve been caught up in actually taking pictures so blog posts took a back seat for a minute. Kinda like a crackhead just getting his fix back, you can’t talk to him for a few minutes. Well, I got my camera back and I thought I’d show you what i’ve been doing for the last two and a half weeks.
I should mention, these will be the most RANDOM set of pictures you’ve ever seen. Maybe lol.
As always, ENJOY!!!
Pastor Freddy from The Cave
Pastor Freddy from The Cave
The Cave's traveling group
More Cavers
Pastor Larry on a sunday
Jaime's cousin?!
One of the pfeiler ladies
Green bean casserole!!
Thanksgiving day
I gave thanks for my second amendment right!!
Scott making faces?
Tara's munchkin
More of Tara's munchkin
JP
Piano lady!
The first picture I took when I got my camera back... lol
Ashes to Embers : A baltimore local band
I get a lot of cool opportunities to shoot a lot of cool people but I’m always honored when those people are also friends. That said, here are some shots from last weekend with Ashes to Embers.
As always, ENJOY!!!
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This last one is a personal favorite even though it doesn’t really look like much to most, I’m sure.
Ashes to Embers
I also bought another new toy but pics of that will have to wait a little while ^_^
Oh, you still follow my blog?? ^_^
So between remodeling a kitchen, getting a flat tire, eating too much, and doing a photoshoot for some friends, I’ve finally got pictures worth posting!!!
Here are a few pics of a lady, her kid, and her kids. lol.
As always, ENJOY!!!
(and thanks for subscribing!! you loyal followers make my day!!!)
Kaitlyn with a little attitude
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Absolutely NO photoshopping
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Mrs. Panzer herself
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Mrs. Panzer again!
Four favorite hugs from the Imbragulio wedding
So I finished editing the Imbragulio wedding pictures last night and there was a trend that really popped out at me in the reception pictures: great hugs. There’s nothing like a greathug. So let’s showcase a few, shall we?
I’ve got a set or two of pics to edit from a piknik so I supposed those are next for blogging material ^-^
As always, ENJOY!!!
Mister and Misses!!
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Mother and son
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Father and daughter
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Groom and best man lol
Three more teasers from this weekend’s wedding…
I’m still working diligently through the 3071 pictures that I took on Friday night so bear with me
I’ll be done editing soon enough. I always quote people 4-6 weeks since that’s the industry standard and I never know what my schedule will be like but I’m trying as always to get these done extra quickly! So here are three quick teasers that I really like…
As always, ENJOY!!!
Yes... that's the wedding ring for the bride!
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I didn't set this shot up but I almost want to in the future... nothing like waiting on the bride to arrive.
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Happy Wife, Happy Life, as they say!
Andrea and RJ got married!!!
Shooting their wedding was a BLAST!!!
As always, Enjoy the teaser pic because there are a LOT more to come!!!
Congrats to RJ and Andrea Imbragulio!!!
Finished the jeep set!!!
There weren’t a whole lot of jeepy pics thanks to the mixup on the trail between myself and the groups but here’s some of what I got. As always… ENJOY!!!
JEEP!
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JEEP!
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JEEP!
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JEEP!
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JEEP!
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JEEP!
Teaser from this weekend…
I’ve got two sets to edit… I haven’t been in my house thanks to my broken sewer line which will be inspected and backfilled by this time tomorrow afternoon!! Yay!!!
Here’s the teaser pic… as always, ENJOY!!!
Dave S. from the MD Jeep Club on three wheels...
A quick teaser “shot”!
So we had church outside today as we do about every quarter it seems and I got adventurous with my camera. I’ve seen the hits that camera men take against pro basketball players but took a chance anyways. With RJ standing at 6’4″ holding a speedlight with a softbox III for me, I caught this gem. More pics to come later.
As always, ENJOY!!!!
I couldn't have asked for better light!
Goodbye to a good friend
And then there are GREAT people. There are people who want to make a name for themselves and there are people that want to change the lives of every person they come in contact with. There are people who love people and there are people who make great hermits.
I say that to say this… a friend of mine of the last three years is leaving the baltimore area and moving to atlanta. At my church he’s known as “Pastor P” but to his friend’s he’s known as just “P” or Tommy. He’s the kind of guy who doesn’t sugar coat anything he’s trying to tell you but he won’t break your spirit as he’s telling you. He’ll put truth in your life without judging you. He’s a great guy and his amazing singer wife and two ginger kids will be missed.
As always, Enjoy.
The calm before the storm
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Who doesn't have their bible on their phone nowadays?
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Channeling the midichlorians or the holy spirit, I wonder sometimes since he's a starwars addict
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One of the most animated pastors I know
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Here is the elbow...
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Like Morpheus... bring it!
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P, his wife Nannette, and Pastor Kirk, our main pastor
One shot and some words
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My conscience is clean but my life is filled with more judgmental people full of hate, anger, and bitterness than I ever could have imagined. I hope the overall look of this almost faceless picture satisfies the blood thirst of those who must know better than I, judging by the volume of their words. This is a sad day for my art and my craft. Am I supposed to pass judgement on my subjects? I’m not a god who knows better than all about the place of any person let alone myself. “Let he who has no sin cast the first stone” was intended for people who call themselves Christians to remind them that ALL have fallen short of God’s glory. It’s sad that new life could stir up so much pain and anger. God knows even the strands of hair of this child’s head.
Headshots : Marcus Christian
Bloggy bloggy blog!!! It’s been tooooo long!!! I’ve been so busy with life and engrossed in stuff I’ve neglected you whole heartedly!!! Never again!!! (until I’m super swamped again lol).
Here are some headshots I took of an up and coming baltimore based actor, Marcus Christian.
As always, ENJOY!!!!
Marcus Christian, Baltimore Actor
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Marcus Christian, Baltimore Actor
Another excuse and a couple of shots
Where have the blog posts been you ask? Well, this weekend, in the period of these three holiday days off, I put a contract in for a house, got a counter offer, and accepted a contract for a house. I am grinning like an idiot!!! I’m going to be a bona fide home owner in about 5 weeks!!! So a lot has happened in three days.
I still had time to edit the last of the PYM convention pics. And here they are…
Enjoy
PYM Convention 2011
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Do those pictures on the giant banner look familiar?! They should... I took them last year
More Craig and Caroline Dunaway Pics FTW!!!!!
Yessir, I’m almost done going through their “day before your marriage” shoot and wedding day pics. I’m LOVING the vivid colors the D7000 seems to render. Is this really the magic of 14bit vs 12bit raw? Who cares! I just love it!!!
As always, Enjoy!!!
Awwwwww!!!
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He's 6'4" and she's 5'Nuthin' lol
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More "Awwwww!!" please!
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Yay!
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This is THEIR FIRST KISS EVER!
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Prayer is a great way to start a marriage
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W00t w00t!
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See the spot for the best man on the right side of the picture? That's my spot!!
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Time to drive off into the hotel parking lot...er... I mean, sunset!!
I’m always proud when I’m published xD
A giant thanks and kudos go out to JoshuaJordan dot net, home of the illusionist, extraordinaire.
(I’m still working on the Dunaway wedding before I finish convention pics, lol).
Short and sweet, as always, enjoy!!!
Screenshots cus websites change over time lol
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Screenshots cus websites change over time lol
My best friend got married this weekend! (and I shot a wedding I was in lol)
It’s true. I was the best man in my best friend craig’s wedding (to his lady Caroline) and it was totally fun. I also lead worship for them too. And too them to their first married movie! And played halo with them first as a married couple! Mwah hahahaha!!!
So yeah, they’re honeymooning in boston and I’m editing wedding pictures at home.
Here are some teasers. (two actually, I should say “a couple of” but it’s got too much potential for punnage).
ENJOY, as always
The couple and their coupe (which is just couple minus the L lol)
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Who doesn't love wedding parties?!
