Honeymoon

It I love the fact that photography allows me to travel. I love the travel with my clients so much that I have invented a new product. Honeymoon photography!

If you can think back and imagine the first wedding photographers. Their cameras, more than likely only held one piece of film. What do you suppose that shot was taken of? I think it would be safe to assume that it would be an image of the wedding ceremony, or a formal family portrait. I think it would also he safe to assume that photographers quickly realized what each additional photograph they created came with it additional opportunity for larger sales.

And so it went. Photographers expanded their wedding photography services to include the reception.  Bridal and  Engagement Portraits  more than likely followed soon after.

So there you have it.  Wedding photographers, for quite sometime now have been expected to photograph pre-ceremony images, ceremony images, formal family portraits, and the reception to follow.

I have a saying, “100% of the images I do not take, will not sell”.  In my mind if photographers are to continue to expand their wedding photography services, they must find additional things to photograph.   And while it would seem logical that the honeymoon would be the next area to expand into, as it turns out this was not the case. For the past 2 years now a new form of photography has swept the country, that being “trash the dress” sessions.

Honeymoon photography is the final frontier for wedding photographers! It’s time has come, and if you would like to learn how I am accomplishing this, then I would suggest you attend my next workshop.

The image contained in this post has taken 72 hours after the couple’s wedding in Venice, Italy.

This image was taken at Nymphenburg Palace last December.  I was traveling with my clients on their honeymoon in Germany.  In the next few months I will finish my eBook on how to start photographing your clients on their honeymoon.

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Curtsey [kurt-see] noun. To bend the knees with one foot behind the other, as a gesture of respect.

The only way to get this image is to wake up before the tourists hit the streets.  This image was taken at 4am, in San Marco Square in Veince, Italy.

This image was taken on top of The Stratosphere in Las Vegas.  Gotta loave a 20′ cathedral veil.

This shot was taken half way through an hour long gondola ride in Venice Italy.  There are a few things that I like about this image.  I have framed the mans head directly in the arch.  The beautiful blue in the sky.  The bridge drawing the eyes to the kiss.

Location:  Venice

While I absolutely love this image, it never scores well at competition as the shadows on the Bride’s back are to black and don’t show any detail.

Dark shadows are kind of my thing though, and I refuse to make any changes to the image.

It is the amateur photographer that feels every picture he or she takes of their clients need to be well lit, and the subjects standing next to each other smiling at the camera.  They feel that the only way that they will be able to sell a photograph to their client is if they are smiling.

Notice how the white dress is in front of the black stairs, and the black tuxedo is in front of the white sky.

This image is dedicated to Michael Kenna.  One of my favorite photographers of all time.

Without a doubt this is my signature image.  

There’s a difference between a commercial photographer and an art photographer.  99.9% of all wedding photographers are commercial photographers, specialized in weddings. The commercial photographer produces photographs that are in focus, well lit, and capture a lot of detail. The commercial photographer is a flatterer.

The Art photographer produces the kinds of photographs that are far more than simple information; they have attitude and context through the daring use of angle, depth, perspective, camera to subject distance and light.

Wedding photographs are art when people want a copy of them, even if they don’t know the bride and groom. I strive to become a better artist with every wedding I capture.