M8 wedding

I'd accept laziness. I shoot digital weddings because I don't want to deal with the workflow associated with film processing.

I'm okay with that.
 
Well, I don`t think anything can be pure or honest with drive to make money, $ is always a bonus, but never a motor... when I say greediness I don`t mean money, I mean greediness of taking pictures non stop, looking at them straight away and so on.....
 
Hi Riccis,
In the engagement photos are you using software for the out of focus areas or is that lens baby thingy?
 
Beautiful work Riccis, which IMO anyone who chooses to argue with your choice of equipment ought to first show they can do better work ;) I'm not a professional, but frequently get asked by friends and family to shoot their weddings (in addition to the pro, and in a few cases because they couldn't afford one). What they mistake for talent on my part is just that when I know people well for many years I've got an edge anticipating their next action or facial expression. If I were to try shooting a stranger's wedding it'd be like someone tieing a blindfold over my eyes :eek: .
 
uh oh...engagement pictures? Will I have to pay for that too?:eek:

Nice! I've seen your work before and neglected to bookmark. Thanks for posting, and let us know if you plan to tackle your tilt-shift workflow with a rangefinder somehow (seriously).
 
Nachkebia said:
thorirv you got it right, it is war, it is war between honesty, patience, laziness and greediness....
ywenz world famous has nothing to do with excellent photography, just don`t use as defense making money....
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Film = honesty, patience
Digital = laziness and greediness

It's good versus evil. The defenders of the faith against the forces of darkness. No point in debating religious beliefs, it's like arguing about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin:)
 
SteveM(PA) said:
uh oh...engagement pictures? Will I have to pay for that too?:eek:
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And Rehearsal Dinner, and Set up, and don't forget video!, and.......

I'm not bitter, really!:p
 
Nachkebia said:
You spend so much time to make it look like film, why not shoot on film straight away?
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Not to play devil's advocate, but {d-word} photography has its place. If for some reason I shot for a living, or even {cringe} did weddings, I would probably use some kind of DSLR, which is something I have no desire to use. :) :) Yeah, go figure. :)

(excellent pictures btw) :)
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Yes, a clean and fresh approach to wedding photos. A very refreshing change from the predictable and cliched shots that most wedding photogs spoon out.

Very nice indeed. :)
 
Before I try to answer some of the questions posed, I wanted to say that I appreciate all the nice words about my work posted and sent to me via PM or emails.

I never intended to start a film vs digital debate as I think there is no point to it. I love film and still shoot some B&W for my personal work, but have opted to use digital for 90% of my professional work. I travel a lot (in the next two months I will be covering weddings all over from Finland to Chicago to Mexico...) and if I were not using digital and the ability it gives me to get a lot done while on an 8-10 hour flight, I would be buried with catching up and taking away from the time that I like to spend with my family.
The reason of my post was to hopefully encourage other professionals to not be afraid of the M8 as it is a very good camera with awesome image quality. Like someone already mentioned, rangefinders, SLRs, Holgas are just tools and not a religion.
My workflow starts at capture time and ensuring my exposures are as accurate as possible is key. As far as post-processing, I use very few actions (mostly my own dodging, burning, vignetting and the aging action. This is just a layer applied to the image in soft screen mode of textures that I have photographed). I run my actions with a programmed X-Keys tablet that saves a lot of time. And finally I don't post process all my images, only what I put on my blog, whatever gets ordered for custom printing and the final images that go in the album.
I love the Canon 45 TSE (tilt-shift) lens and all the soft focus images are made with this lens. There is something in the TS lenses that IMHO can not be achieved with Photoshop or lens babies, but YMMV... I've seen some TS images from Canon lenses shot with the M8 so I assume there is some sort of adaptor available (I will definitely research this as I can't part with my tilt and shift lens... if anyone know any solution, please let me know...)

Cheers,

Riccis
 
So my question Riccis...

Are those paper textures, cloth textures, or glass plate textures you have scanned and layered?

I can't put my finger on exactly the pattern
 
IGMeanwell said:
So my question Riccis...

Are those paper textures, cloth textures, or glass plate textures you have scanned and layered?

I can't put my finger on exactly the pattern
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I am always looking out for textures to shoot and add to my "catalog" (if you notice some of the locations of e-sessions, you'll notice that it's pretty easy to find cool textures all over and shoot a few frames for my collection) but mostly I have paper, cloth, grass and rust textures... I often use more than one texture per image, but if I do that only one texture is highly visible while the others just add very little details as I set their layer opacity to < 10%
 
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