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KISS!!!

r3t1awr3yd — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:27:27 +0000

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.

r3t1awr3yd — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:45:48 +0000

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

r3t1awr3yd — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:58:58 +0000

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…

r3t1awr3yd — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:31:33 +0000

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!!

r3t1awr3yd — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:52:53 +0000

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

r3t1awr3yd — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:26:23 +0000

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!

r3t1awr3yd — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:30:10 +0000

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!!

r3t1awr3yd — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:51:43 +0000

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

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

Piano lady!

The first picture I took when I got my camera back... lol

Still dying on the inside…

r3t1awr3yd — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:31:09 +0000

If everything I come into contact with didn’t remind me of something I could be shooting, I wouldn’t feel like I was dying without my camera… So here are some Hipsta pics…

Still in the shop...

Stitch

Gumballs

Great drink

Costco

The sky...

I just want my baby back >.<

Ashes to Embers : A baltimore local band

r3t1awr3yd — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:57:46 +0000

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!!!

Ashes to Embers

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 ^_^