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Some thoughts on bringing out the best in your clients.

Yesterday, I shot one of my most casual weddings at the Salish Lodge and Spa at Snoqualmie Falls. Picking Seattle as their wedding destination, Cindy and Seth brought about three luggage bags, about 40 families and friends and threw one heck of a party. Driving home, as usual, I got to thinking about my day...

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The client relations of wedding photography

An oft-neglected area of portrait photography – not just wedding photography – is public relations and the management of client’s expectations. But in no other niche is this more important than when you are engaged to shoot a wedding. One day, one chance. that’s all you get. What should your clients expect from their wedding...

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{shoptalk} Playing with the Canon 50mm f1.2

I’ve been wanting to get this lens for a while but have been unsure. I’ve read mixed reviews on the sharpness of the lens beyond f1.2 and 1.4. Sure, the bokeh is nice and the fall-off seems very creamy but I reframe a lot and it does seem to be true that the point of...

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