Halifax Wedding Photography - Perfectly Pure Photography
New HDR technique and practice shots
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- Created on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 23:30
- Written by KennyW
We're basically all moved into the new house now. The space we will be using as a studio when need be is sitting right behind me with numerous lights set up. Unfortunately at the moment there's also a ton of boxes waiting to go into the attic so it'll be a few more days before we test out the new space.
In the meantime during the move I had been practicing with a new HDR techinque I had learned about. I really love HDR images, they feel more like "art" to me. We had taken a trip out to Peggy's Cove and Prospect Village back in April. The day was freezing and crazy windy, but managed to get some neat shots never-the-less. The HDR of the lighthouse was actually very hastily taken, only includes 3 exposures. I spent quite some time on the one of the water however. It was so windy that the tripod ended up moving quite a bit in between pictures.
I also took a few shots of the new house before we moved a whole lot of stuff in and converted them to HDR's. Some of them are definitely over done, I really just did them like that for comparitive reasons. But by all means, you tell me. These types of pictures sell houses all the time. Which ones do you think look the best?
Lastly - I ran out to catch the "super" moon the other weekend. I didn't get out to much later then I had hoped. I wanted to capture the graveyard with the moon over top of the stones. The moon had gotten a bit too high to do that except for the one there. Those are also HDR's. The black and white one was an image I was just trying something out with and ended up kind of liking it.
Website Upgrades/Overhaul
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- Created on Thursday, 03 May 2012 14:41
- Written by KennyW
As you can see - the website has been given a significant upgrade. I basically just finished migrating everything from Joomla 1.5 to 2.5. This will allow us to add quite a bit more functionality to the site. In the process of doing this we also changed the over all look of the site. All that pink is now gone, and I think the site has a bit cleaner interface now. Check it out, let me know if anything is broke.
I have a whole bunch of photos almost ready to post from Peggy's Cove this past weekend and from a Moosehead game we went to as well. It's just been very hectic lately trying to get everything moved to the new house. But we're getting there. I'll make sure I get those photos's posted up soon.
And don't forget for the month of may all our wedding pacakges include *2* photographers and a photo booth for you guests to take goofy pictures in during the supper/reception for FREE. After may, our packages will mostly still include this, but the prices will be going up a bit. So take advantage of this offer and book now!
Jamaica new edits, and some Tropical Wedding Pictures
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- Created on Saturday, 21 April 2012 22:53
- Written by KennyW
This post is somewhat belated. Back in Feburary we travelled to Jamaica with the rest of my family for my little brother's wedding. We photographed their engagement last year (see a few posts down). As part of the package they got with the resort, a photographer was included and they weren't permitted to use any photographer other then the one the resort provided (another way to make more money) so we were not the primarily photographer (though we did sneak a few in anyway). Not exactly Halifax Wedding Photography, but we were all Nova Scotians at least!
Those who regular follow Susie on facebook probably have seen most of these, but some have some new edits done to them. I thought it might be nice to share some of them on this site. It was a fantastic trip and congratulations again to my brother and new sister-in-law!
Oh yeah, that ring is the ring I used to propose to Susie with. ;)
A new Season and New Oppertunities
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- Created on Friday, 20 April 2012 15:31
- Written by KennyW
It's been awhile since the last update, and we apologize for that. However, spring is here and there's lots of exciting new news to share!
We've just ordered some brand new equipment. Basically it's the start to building a studio. 2 Flashpoint 320M strobes with stands and 24x36" softboxes. A background stand and triggering system and that's just to start! Once we get this equipment we're going to be moving (we're in the process of looking right now) to a place that has a space where we can set it up. This opens up all kinds of exciting new oppertunities for shoots.
We decided to go ahead a get this equipment well in advance of what we were originally planning because of an increased demand for photo booths at weddings. This is something where guests can come up throughout the night and have their photo's taken. Of course, after the wine comes out and we add some props that we'll bring along - these photo's will of course be pricessless and worth a lot of laughs I'm sure!
We're also making a slight change to our package prices. As it is right now, any base package can have a second added shooter for a 250$ charge. Since having a photo booth at a wedding requires two shooters, we are going revamp our package selection to include two shooters! This allows us to provide you with a better value in the long run (for example, a 3 hour wedding package with a second shooter has an additional 250$ cost, where as an unlimited package would also have that same 250$ cost).
The best part about this new change? Well some may say, hey I get the best possible coverage of my wedding now with a photo booth no matter what. Other's may say that they're getting an awesome bang for their buck this way. But the best part is actually that we will not be changing the prices of the packages until June!
So that means that if you are still trying to decide on a photographer for you wedding and you book between now and May 31st you will get an additional photographer in addition to what's listed in the package for free! This means that both the bride and groom can be covered during the preparation stage, you can get multiple views of the same moments during the wedding, photo booth at the dinner/reception among other important benefts!
Have a great day and hope to hear from you soon!
Craig & Jenna
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- Created on Monday, 29 August 2011 21:38
- Written by Susie
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