I love this sequence I got of Mindi’s veil on attack. :) This is one of those situations where things happen so quickly that you have to react before you can really think about it. I’ve posted before on the subject in When Champagne Attack and also about my bird formation shot, aka my “trained [...]
Posted on June 4th, 2010 by Climie
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Meet Efiom. Efiom Married Nina twice! Once in the village of Dikenafai and once in Calabar. This portrait was made after their Igba Nkwu ceremony at Nina’s parents’ place in Dikenafai. Most of what I’ve photographed in Nigeria has been of the Igbo tribe, which Nina is a part of. Efiom is Efik. His attire [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2009 by Climie
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This image is from the first of two wedding ceremonies Nina and Efiom had in Nigeria. This was her Igba Nkwu held in her family’s home village of Dikenafai. We had a few minutes between ceremonial happenings, so we did a quick portrait session inside. I can’t tell you how happy I am with this [...]
Posted on February 12th, 2009 by Climie
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Exactly one week after Allison’s wedding, I was shooting her bridal. Why do this? The schedule was packed, and this location was visually softer than the wedding location. It affords a more relaxed approach. Doing a bridal after the wedding has the big-time advantage of not having to worry anymore about the dress and the [...]
Posted on September 7th, 2008 by Climie
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I placed 1st in the ceremony category in ISPWP’s wedding contest with the above image of Purvee during one of her ceremonies. The judges’ comments were, “Great color and great light, a tough ceremony to shoot good job” and “Great moment and nice colors.” And tough it was! The series I got was definitely an [...]
Posted on August 18th, 2008 by Climie
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I just got back from Waterloo, Ontario, where I was shooting the wedding of Jen and Attila at the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery. What a GORGEOUS space to have a wedding. I’ll have the image preview up soon, but this amazing vertical won’t make it into the preview show, so here ya go. We [...]
Posted on August 11th, 2008 by Climie
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So we just got back from a wedding on Jekyll Island at the amazing Jekyll Island Club Hotel for Hannah & Brad’s wedding. What an amazing place! I was doing some portraits around the waterfront on the ground, but I was wondering how I could change this up a bit. Well, why not climb up [...]
Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Climie
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Heather and Thomas were married at the beautiful Sawgrass Beach Club in Ponte Vedra Beach near Jacksonville, Florida. Everything went great! For photographers, the shot above was taken approaching 11:00PM and was lit strictly by moonlight. There just happened to be a full moon or nearly full moon, so that helped. It was a 15 [...]
Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Climie
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Every now and then I see folks touting that they are strictly a natural or available light only photographer. Typically, this will mean someone is not comfortable with lighting, especially on location. So what happens when this natural light photographer gets into a situation where available light is just plain boring? The image can be [...]
Posted on June 20th, 2007 by Climie
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Rain on the wedding day is one of the biggest concerns for couples. It doesn’t happen very often for us, but when it does, we come fully prepared. We can’t control the weather, but we can help get the best possible outcome. Jen and Mark had a beautiful ceremony location and reception venue. The reception [...]
Posted on January 4th, 2007 by Climie
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