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Monthly Archives: November 2008
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ve probably noticed that I don’t shoot a whole lot of church weddings. I guess its because its just so darn beautiful outside here in sunny southern California! Carrie invited me along to the wedding of Meghann and Kurt at Our Lady of the Rosary. It was a traditional wedding with hymns and readings. The entire ceremony lasted about an hour, which is typical for a Catholic wedding. I felt so bad for Kurt because they were kneeling the majority of the ceremony and he seemed in pain. I don’t know about you, but I’m not getting any younger and don’t think I could have handled it as well as these two did.
Meghann and Kurt came all the way from New Jersey to get married here!!! I LOVE San Diego destination weddings!
Then it was off to take some sunset photos at the Hotel Del Coronado. The beach nearby lends itself to some amazing photo opportunities…..thanks Hotel Del!!!!!!!!!!
I just love Meghann’s expression here, it speaks VOLUMES!
My favorite photo EVER
Thanks again for having me Carrie!!!!
Adrian and Adriana had a beautiful night wedding at Tom Ham’s Lighthouse. Carrie invited me along on my first night wedding!
I just loved all of the little details.
Details…here I go again with all of my detail pictures!!!
I think I might be addicted.
I dabbled in food photography for a bit and I think I’ve discovered I like composing images that are still life (in a sense).
Don’t get me wrong, I looove taking pictures of people too! I just think those detail pictures are SO important…not because you necessarily WANT a picture of your shoes/necklace/cake (I mean its not like your going to frame them) but because those pictures tell a STORY. When you put all of the little pieces together, it recreates the whole day again for you!
People spend hours and hours AND lots of money for those details and I think its a shame not to capture them… so you can REMEMBER them!
Luckily Adrian and Adriana met each other for some private time BEFORE the wedding. There’s nothing like natural sunlight!
Here’s a snippet of their story…
As you may know, I recently had a book give away. Michelle Cunningham won but Michelle already own’s Dane’s book! She is such a generous spirit that she would now like to Pay it Forward to a lucky blog poster on HER blog. For those of you that posted a comment on my blog and didn’t win, you can still be in the running
So PLEASE take the time out of your day to stop by this cute little blog, Frex and Grin, HERE and maybe even win yourself Dane Sanders book!!!
GOOD LUCK!!!!!
Thanks for all of the comments. We have a winner of the Fast Track Photographer book!!! Thank you to Michelle Cunningham for writing in to my blog. You are the proud recipient of Danes new book!!!!!!!
Be sure to check out Michelle’s blog by clicking on her name. Michelle seems to be traveling the world. I don’t know how she found my blog…but I’m glad she did
Michelle please contact me via email at lisa@ellegphotography.com and let me know your address so I can send it to you ASAP. and CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!
fyi….i picked numbers out of a hat to select the winner. I wish I had books for all of you, you deserve it
This post is dedicated to one, of many, who has helped me jump start my career.
I would like to tell you a little bit about a new wave of attitude that is sweeping the wedding photography industry. A man named Dane Sanders has really inspired me. If you don’t know who he is you should check him out HERE.
He recently wrote a book called Fast Track Photographer.
This book is not only for the aspiring photographer but also for anyone wanting to build a business with their own uniqueness in mind. Dane’s writing style is inviting and engaging. I’m not one who typically likes to read, but Dane kept my attention from beginning to end!!!! (and I highly recommend it, if you couldn’t tell already).
Another great resource from the book is something called your pDNA. It’s like a personality test that breaks down where your strengths and weaknesses are so you can grow and make the appropriate changes to make your business flourish…quickly.
The great thing…the pDNA test is included with the book!
Okay…Now we get to the best part!
Dane has a group called “Founders” and I joined the group a few months ago. Dane had a Fast Track Photographer launch party on Thursday and I was invited!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everyone that attended got a free book but since I already have one, have read every word, and have scribbled in all of the pages…
I am giving away a free copy to a randomly selected person that comments on this blog post!!!!!!
Check out the fun pics of me, Dane Sanders and his wife Tami.
fyi….They are amazing people!
