I love it when I get to do Black and Whites! Last picture of the wedding. Thanks again guys! Stay tuned for their wedding story coming soon!

This is my fave!

Michelle was surrounded by lots of family and friends. They were having so much fun, and it shows.

I love walking away shots. They are also real easy on the clients too, no smiling required.

Michelle is looking very glamorous, and she was smiling non stop.

She’s all dolled up and ready to go.

If your still a skeptic check out the first actual video footage from the camera. This footage is not from Canon marketing team, where it no way represents what you could actually shoot. This footage was shot by regular Joe’s that do not work for Canon. I am astounded by the quality and am going to start saving up to get one. Again this camera is not out yet, but its coming out soon!

About this wedding

Lincoln and Jenifer was a great couple to work with. They had their wedding at the Midlothian Bible Church, and Reception at Midlothian Civic Center. The photography was done by Kevin Bowens Photography. Their wedding went off without a hitch dude to the wonder planning of Teresa Choate. They really enjoyed their wedding video and we wish them many years of happiness!

About this DVD cover

I still receive lots of comments and questions about my DVD covers, so I am going to try and post more DVD covers from our Weddings. The cool thing about our wedding DVD covers, is that each cover turns out different. Sure they all have the same basic layout, but he photos, expressions, and colors make each over its own. I wanted this cover to feel a little vintage, but also keeping some modern elements as well. I really like the leafed tile effect and I think it turned out ok. What do you think?

I have very strong opinions on DVD cover design. I like to use simple, clean layouts that let the images speak for themselves. I avoid background images, neon backgrounds or crazy designs. I just don’t want my wedding DVD’s to look dated in 20 years. Thus, I decided to simplify my designs and challenge myself to shoot images worthy of a simple layout.

The cover below is from Ben & Kezia’s wedding. I usually shoot the images for the cover myself, however we were just too busy shooting video that we didn’t have the extra time to take some snaps. These images were graciously provided by Ivey Photography. As you can see I did a little photoshop magic to them. I think the overall look turned out well. The couple was pleased which means I was pleased.

First off I want to say that photoshop is not an excuse to not try to take the best picture possible. I think having a good understanding of your camera, and some knowledge and rules of photography can go a long way. With that being said photoshop can help save a bad image if need be. Take the before image below. I did not have my flash with me, the exposure was off, and it was dusk.

As you can see there is not allot of good things you can say about this image right now. Now comes photoshop. My fist step was to use the shadow and highlights feature. Next I used a awesome program called noise ninja to reduce some of the noise from the overall image. Next I used an adjustment layer and added a curves adjustment. Knowing how to use curves can dramatically change an image. Next I applied an adjustment layer for levels and brightness and contrast. This made a difference, but the color was just not popping, so I added a color balance, and a hue saturation adjustment layer to make the color pop. I still wasn’t getting enough from the greens and yellows, so I added a selective color adjustment layer to make those colors really stand out. Last and probably the most important I added a vignette layer and changed the layer to soft light. That was it. I thought it turned out ok, I probably could tweak with it some more but knowing when to quit is a virtue.

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