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Summer Wedding

Matthew — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:42:23 +0000

I had the pleasure of going to my cousin’s wedding early June in Parksville. It was a very beautiful day and the Jonathan and Kathryn couldn’t have looked happier. Since I wasn’t the photographer at the wedding, I decided to shoot an old Minolta srT200 with a 50mm f/1.7 Minolta lens on some very expired Kodak Gold 200 film. The result was fantastic and I really enjoyed being so restricted by my focal length and speed.

I have talked before about not having the luxury of zoom lenses or digital ISO settings. You tend to focus more on the creativity, because, that’s all you can change.

All of the pictures were scanned on my Canon flatbed and then cropped and edited in Photoshop. Only a few minor colour corrections and the contrast was punched up a bit. I wanted to preserve the film “look”.

The happy colour changes were a complete surprise with the expired film.

As you can see, I left some dust on the negative.

Graduation Photos!

Matthew — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:22:26 +0000

Are you graduating this year? Know somebody who is graduating this year? If it’s high school, college, university or kindergarten, pictures of this special occasion are becoming more and more popular.Booking starts now, and it’s as easy as emailing contact@kerrphotography.ca and requesting a quote. Prom package pricing starts at only $60, packages can be found here. Don’t want a package? Not a worry, just email with the pictures you want. It’s my belief that your pictures should be fun! Not a boring, sit-in-front-of-a-lame-library-backdrop shot, but rather an expression of who you are! Among the prom and grad promotional pricing you’ll also find wedding packages for spring and summer of 2010 and family portrait packages.

Wedding Photography: A Look at Traditions

Matthew — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:48:44 +0000

Not all weddings are equal. Just like not all wedding photographers are equal. You have to choose the right one. They must meet a list of criteria that suit your need. Such as: style, personality, quality, direction, passion, and of course price. Sometimes, however, it is not all about price but how well you and your significant other get along with your photographer.

Just as you should choose your photographer, you should choose your traditions. I’ve seen comedies and TV shows where they mock certain traditions like feeding each other cake and the chicken dance. I personally enjoy the chicken dance. Of course, you could have your own traditions as well. The last wedding I shot they had belly dancers perform at the reception and then after everyone had eaten, we all went out side and performed a dance for the couple in the middle to commemorate their wedding.

Chris and Shalome

Matthew — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:58:41 +0000

I swear, that’s all I’m posting here. For now. A beautiful wedding that took place at Zanatta Vineyard in the Cowichan Valley. I was lucky enough to have a bit of creative freedom with the pictures when it came to location, editing and post-processing. While I was there, I was approached by the belly-dancing group that came for the reception (friends of Shalome, the bride) to take some pictures for promotion. I gladly agreed and got a few shots off but I can’t show them here just yet. I didn’t take too many pictures during the reception, but what I did get was a very journalistic approach. It opened my eyes to weddings and I hope this isn’t my last one ever. I just don’t want to make a habit of it.

The Wedding Photographer

Matthew — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:44:30 +0000

I recently photographed my first wedding ever. It was even more stressful than just being a wedding. My first wedding. For family. The last part hits a little harder than most because if I missed something or didn’t do something it was family! Not only that, the Groom has years of motion picture experience so he knows how light works, depth of field, and all the tricks to keep people busy while you’re fiddling around with settings. I just couldn’t fool him. I do think, however, that the day went by just fine. Here are a few of the shots that I took. I might be uploading the rest to my Flickr account over the next couple of weeks.

The cake above tells a little story about how the Chris and Shalome met. It was designed and made by the Grooms Mother, Jan. Shooting this was very tricky. During the rehearsal, I sneaked away and grabbed a quick shot of the cake and had it posted to Facebook by that evening. I tagged as many photographers as I could in a short period of time and asked, “How do I light this”? I got various responses ranging from very technical light sandwiches to, just stick it next to a window and shoot it with a long lens. I could do neither. I shot it from about 2-3 feet away with a 20mm lens and flash pointing straight up at the ceiling and a bounce card. I through the wine bottle in to soften the lights in the background and the square crop is because the cake was right in front of a fire exit. In my opinion, not bad in the circumstances given.

During the wedding there was a crasher on the loose. The daughter of the best man Rob, brother of the groom, decided she needed to go see him. There is always, so I’ve been told, that one kid who looks back down the aisle at the wedding. I think this was that moment. That’s all for now, to see more of the images, go check out my Flickr account.