Category Archives: commentary

So, you want to be a Wedding Photographer?

My friend Krista Guenin posted this very insightful blog article today which I felt was a good follow up to my last post about “wedding weekend warriors” In fact, MY post was inspired by a facebook posting SHE had made ( it’s a long story.) The general gist being that, while we all started somewhere,…

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The Wedding Weekend Warrior and the Wal-Mart Effect

some comments on the wedding industry There was an article today online at DeviantArt.com called “Photography Is Dead” that caused a bit of a stir on Facebook which got me thinking : something that happens every third week of the month. In a nutshell, it spoke of the idea that the quality of  ”photography these days”…

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The Problem With Wedding Blogs

There are hundreds of them. Lists to review of which the ‘top 100 are’. Many brides will know them by name. They have for many, become the main modern source of bridal reference. It’s the popular Wedding Blog. In CONCEPT there is nothing wrong with them, and I know they act as inspiration for many…

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the daunting task of choosing wedding favorites

Nobody said this was easy: the 2012 edition SO I sit here in my office the sunday before Christmas Eve and find that it’s an extremely quiet day – little to no email, ringing phone, messages…and even very little facebook activity!  I decided then, with the brief pre-Christmas peacefulness, to go through all of my wedding…

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