Obviously not every image I take gets shared with you.  Maybe I should share more images?  Today I  spent some time going through images from a wedding last year and converting them to black and white.  I sometimes like to take colorful images and make them b/w to see the results .  I find that you get less distracted by the colors and focus more on the story or textures.  It is amazing the way we develop an image can change its feeling.  Most of the time I like to create a clear colorful images or a black and white.  I think this differentiates me from photographers who will batch process their images with “actions.”  Programs that spice up the images.  I feel that these have their place, but will never run these actions on a photo willy nilly.  They must be deserving of it.  Every image deserves to be developed properly.  Some of them deserve extra processing., but never should they be edited without a thought of what the images are trying to capture.

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In the photography business we have a term for the photographers out there that happen to get in the way while trying to capture their angles.  We call them “uncle bob.”  I was on my best behavior not to be that guy.   All of my ceremony pictures are from my seat and I did my best to never get in the way of the hired guns.  Never the less I created some images that I wanted to share.

The Colonial Hotel was beautiful.  I loved the wooden pergola where the ceremony took place and how I could see the foliage behind there leaf topped wedding cake.  It is a large venue and even had a wedding taking place inside while we were out under the linen draped tent.    Congrats John and Deyna! Many thanks for having me as your guest.

For those of you that might like a look behind the scenes. Take a peak at this slide-show.  I want to thank Phil for wearing a red jacket.  I always like the way those look in a photograph…..  Try it out sometime.  They can make the most plain image just a bit more interesting.

Now for the good stuff!!  The Cityscapes!! I am not sure who coined that phrase, but I find it fitting.