I’m having a lazy Sunday evening relaxing in my hammock under a beautiful Colorado sunset and decided to write about the workflow involved with each of our photo shoots.  With every shoot that Jeff and I take on, we have a consultation with the client, not only to discuss ideas but to get a feel for the personality of each couple.  If you take time to read through some of our recent blog posts, you’ll find that each series is uniquely different and the photos a direct reflection of the couple’s dynamic.  This is incredibly important to us, as you clearly don’t want to look at awkward pictures of yourself.  We try to keep poses (I really hate that word, as I try to pose subjects as little as possible) natural and the setting appropriate.  Enough on that. 

Jeff and I are constantly seeking out new locations.  We don’t want all of our clients to end up with the same picture.  On top of that, we are constantly reading about new techniques to implement into our work.  Don’t get me wrong though, we don’t buy into fads.  There are currently some unfortunate looks out there that are overdone and flat out tacky.  The crooked picture that makes one look as if they were falling off the edge of the frame, washed out photos with lens flare that look like something out of a cheap point-and-shoot camera with a bad meter, and my personal favorite...selectively coloring one portion of the photo while keeping the rest black and white.  Ugh.  We are open to new and modern, but reject the trendy and overdone.

Following a shoot, we generally spend about the same amount of time as the shoot working up the photos with the program Aperture.  Six hours at a wedding generally translates into at least six hours of post processing, which consists of basic edits like exposure correction, color balance, contrast enhancement, cropping, and more.  Every one of the photos you see gets this treatment.  I’ve heard horror stories about photographers who rip their photos from an event directly from their camera to a CD.  The images you get from us are of the highest quality and ready to take to a photo lab for printing without any additional editing.

If you haven’t already, explore the rest of the website a bit.  Our most recent work is posted on the blog, which I try to update a couple times a month.  If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me at tim@carbonartphoto.com.  Photos of Jeff and I in action below.

Cheers,

Tim