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 
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As always, ENJOY!!!
That's the way, uh huh, uh huh, I like it!!!
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!!
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?!
A short blog bio copout single pic post… what??
So here we go… since my birthday, I’ve received many a wonderful things including monies and a ball head and a gift card and even a preorder (paid) of Halo Reach. The one gift I got that wasn’t an inanimate object is my best friend of years, Craig. I’ve known him since he were a youngster (18) and sometimes feel like I’ve known him for ages. Anyways he was at the LiT olympics last week and I figured I’d take a quick pic of him and the pic turned out pretty good. (minus the giant orange block to the right, fellow scrutinizing photographers, I KNOW!). (I have my fiance to thank for his plane ticket!!! I LOVE my FIANCE!!!)
Anyways, like the title says, this post is pretty much a copout since I’m tired and desperate for sleep.
Enjoy this ONE picture.
ENJOY IT.
DARN IT.
xD
Craig!!
Did you ENJOY it?!
xD
