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Sunday, February 27, 2011

San Francisco Wedding Photojournalism

Often at weddings one only sees the obvious, one usually looks for what is there, as wedding photo journalists we strive constantly to do this, but we also strive to go a step further. Yes, we capture the moments that our clients expect, and those that are the standard, but often, we capture moments in between. The instances that involve family, guests, and even the bride and groom themselves.

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With this approach in mind, our clients come home after a wonderful honeymoon and shortly thereafter are presented with the wedding day from a different perspective. It is thrilling to see the reactions from our clients as they watch their slide show for the very first time. Usually there are tears of joy, giggles, and heartfelt laughter when they see their new spouses in anticipation of the ceremony, grandparents getting funky on the dance floor, a glimpse of their beautiful flower girl blowing out the candles on the wedding cake table, or an image of the bride’s father seeing his little girl for the first time in her wedding gown.

These are the moments that are usually observed by us as wedding photo journalists. It’s not about the obvious, it’s about anticipating what is about to happen, and following the moments that lead to that very instance. Another great reason why my husband and I make it a point to become well acquainted with our clients, their families, wedding party, their traditions, cultures, and yes, dynamics. We often direct our clients in our secret approach and this usually allows for an unobtrusive and smooth work flow on what is a hectic and emotional day.

We would like to share images from our recent and past work that shows the wedding photography from another perspective, our very own. We relish in capturing these moments and freezing time just for our clients. These moments are dear, these moments are there and these moments are cherished wholeheartedly forever and ever.

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If you are currently seeking your wedding photographers, we would LOVE to “connect” with you, and meeting you to hear how we can assist in telling your wedding story. You can also find us on Facebook


Saturday, April 24, 2010

Treasure Island Photo Shoot with Phuong My & LaNisa

Well once again, we have come across and met with a FABULOUS Designer, she is young, talented and quite wicked with her designs!  I am saying that in the BEST sense!

I ran into Phuong My, saw her work, and knew instantly, I MUST work with her, she’s young and has quite a story, I am sure you will all be hearing about her soon, and I have got to say she definitely has a NEW Fashion attitude for San Francisco!  Fashion weeks are among us and she’s keeping busy……so stay tuned!

As a photographer my goal is to work with our clients to make sure their vision is captured, yes through our lens, but one of the very important things within fashion is to stay focused on what you are shooting and why.  Yes we had fun on this shoot and we always like to go outside of the box per se, however, we NEVER lose sight of why we are there…we are there for our clients.

When it comes to fashion editorial shooting one can be a little more risque, however, ALWAYS get the shot of the garment in every possible angle, in the right lighting and with little or NO distracting backdrops or textures.  One has to constantly think of color and lighting schemes or it can all go downhill.  In this case we were shooting again around noon time, possibly the WORSE time to shoot, but lately it has been my favorite because it pushes me to THINK THINK FOCUS AND SHOOT!  We are creating the look with controlling the lighting, and keeping a tight grip of our technical management as well as time management.

This shoot for instance was super sunny but freezing cold as we were shooting in San Francisco’s Treasure Island, being close to the SF Bay has it downfalls, wind and cold!  I feel sorry for the models, they are usually thin and well even a large gal like me can get cold, so can you imagine?  When wind is involved one has to think of loose hairs, garments movements, equipment falling over, very expensive equipment!  When cold is involved one has to work fast as the models can easily lose it during the shoot, and we can’t have that.  Also controlling, re-directing, and bouncing light in a manner that does not change your color temperatures, etc.

Overall the challenge is quite a thrill and the results are…..well see for yourself!  Please feel free to ask questions or leave comments, WE LOVE and welcome you all!  Have a great weekend!

Fashion Designer:  Phuong My Tran
Hair/Make up  YalunXi
Model:  LaNisa Buena Vista
Photographers:  Me and hubby

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

HDR wedding & portrait photography

Ok ok , it takes us older folks a bit longer to get on board with the technology I know, but seriously, we have been busy!  Between juggling our 40 hour work weeks, and shooting weddings and portraits in between, it’s no wonder it took us THIS long!  AND finally, as many photographers are saying goodbye to the stone age and HELLO to HDR, is a GREAT move for us all…but mostly for our clients! 

Aside from not be able to contain myself with all of this creativity and opportunity to provide this service to our clients, I am equally excited about “launching” our campaigns.  We haven’t had too much luck with it lately with mail outs so we decided to post it here on our blog!  We are constantly looking to upgrade and we are striving to work hard this Spring to re-vamp our photo studio.  In the meantime, we keep shooting, shooting and shooting with our clients in mind.  And photographers…..yes, we know what we love, but do we really know what our clients love and NEED  from us?  We hope that this will encourage all photographers to think out of the box and get that new gear or gadget that will take your business to the next level, it’s like going to the gym, a pain to get there, but once you are there, you do not want to leave!

Like my husband says “this life is all about improvements”, and we hope you will join us for the ride, there is so much to do and see out there, and as far as photography goes, don’t let the years pass you by without preserving them for your loved ones, whether you are a photographer or not, make the memories count, and make the memories with YStudio Photography.

 
 

We are also proud to announce we are offering 20% off of prints with your Trash the Dress (we don’t really trash them), High School Seniors and Portrait sittings.  Call for your consultation TODAY!  This is going to be FUN!  (Thanks to LaNisa, Lynn and Angelo for letting us share these images with you)  And a special heartfelt thanks to our team for this session…..Makeup Artist: Nechelle Turner and Hair Stylist and niece, Ariana Lara…On location in Pt. Richmond, California.

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