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Recently I had the privilege of heading out with my friends Bradford & Liza to take some engagement shots.  Liza approached me quite a while ago about being her wedding photographer, and after Bradford popped the question, we met up for coffee and made it official!  I’m pretty excited about their wedding, we had a lot of fun getting these great shots – there were so many great ones, I had a very hard time picking these few for the blog!  And this is still going to be a HUGE post!

I hope you guys enjoy these shots, I know I did and I can’t wait for your wedding day!

Blessings,

Mark

Aren’t they cute together? 

Haha the twigs…Liza could barely keep her’s on!

So they decided to climb a tree instead.

 I LOVE this shot!

 These next two shots show you the scale of their relationship – having fun one second, to falling for each other the next!  So awesome!

lol yippee! 

Gorgeous eyes!  Can’t wait for the wedding!

Bradford also has some stellar eyes…maybe I should have turned him away from the sun lol

Of course, I saved the best for last!

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I know this is late, but better late than never, right?

This week I got some new flash triggers for my camera, and so on Good Friday I decided to play around and shoot myself.  Not gonna lie, I definetly could not do this one in a single shot (self potraits are very hard!), so after about 200 shots I ended up with this one. If you ever decide to shoot self portraits, here is a hint: teach yourself to smile first:)

My technical setup was a Canon 1D Mark IV camera with an 85mm 1.2L lens (amazing lens btw – kudos Canon!).  For lighting I was going for a butterfly lighting setup (with a single umbrella directly above the camera), but I modified it a bit and for this shot I had a reflector in front of me, and I have 2 Canon 580 EX II speedlites firing into the white side of the reflector.  If you have any comments on how I could have improved the lighting, please let me know!

I hope you like it, please don’t be too harsh and hurt my feelings!

Blessings,

Mark

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Well here we are once again, 52photo time!  This week I was a little bit better with the whole planning thing, and I found someone this afternoon!  I posted a message on twitter/facebook saying I needed a model, and Catherine said she would help me out!  It also gave us a good chance to catch up again! 

For todays shot, I wanted to have more dramatic lighting.  I used my umbrella adapter and got some gaffers tape and used it to keep the umbrella half open, and I fired  a Canon 580 EX II flash into the half open umbrella.  I also used my handy 100mm 2.8 macro lens, and another 580 EX II to trigger the one that was off camera. 

Anyways, here is the shot, I hope everyone has a great Friday!

Blessings,

Mark

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3 simple words: Anything Can Happen!

The above shots were taken within seconds of each other.  The one on the left is from my front door, and the one of the right is from my back door.  So when it comes to your wedding day, be prepared and ready for anything! Of course I’ll work with you to get the best pictures whether it’s sunny, snowy, rainy, or haily (is that a word?), but be warned – you may get wet!  Don’t fret though, you are in good hands.

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This past weekend I had the privilege of shooting with T & K on their wedding day.  Earlier in the week the forecast had called for rain, but it turned out to be the most perfectly gorgeous day!  I (along with a few guys in the wedding party) even got a bit sunburnt!  They had a gorgeous ceremony, were a lot of fun to work with for pictures and up for anything I thought of, and had a VERY entertaining reception!  So far the best (in terms of emotion and humour) speeches that I have heard in my wedding career by far!  You guys were great to work with, and  I know that you will be very happy together for many, many years!  Enjoy your sneak peek!

Girls hair done by Claire @ Hair’s The Thing

Girls makeup done by Carmen Arielle @ http://www.carmenarielle.com/

Tunes for the dance provided by Alternative DJ.

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