when you really want to get better and you can handle someone telling you your images look like shit, it’s one of the best kinds of learning you can get. and it’s free. people love to tell you exactly how they feel.

i’m lucky enough to have a few people who’s opinions i respect and value tell me just what they think every now and then. i want to know when an image I create sucks just as much as I want to know one makes people happy.

these images have nothing to do with all of this…except that I doled out some cc last week on some images i thought this very rad photog could have done better with. so after  a double blog post today I’m waiting to get my comeuppance. and then get better.

thanks to Kim+Quentin and Hercules for the shoot. I haven’t done a maternity shoot in some time and I was really looking forward to it.

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so when I had a chance to shoot with one yesterday I was very happy. this was one of the last shots. it was supposed to be a test shot w 2 lights but this was the one i kept instead. big fan.

Its pretty cool to hear the enthusiasm and passion in everything Beatrice talks about. Every single wedding is unique.

Here are a few images from 2 weddings last year.

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Big thanks to Jason LeFrense for doing the pilot episode with me. If you don’t know him, this guy is one of the most down to earth people you will ever meet. I challenge you to find another videographer that creates the quality of wedding videos he does. You won’t find it. When you hire Jason you can be assured you will get rock video like quality from your wedding coverage.

You can check out Jason’s portfolio on his website here.

Check out our entire one hour conversation about all things wedding related.

Stay tuned for Episode 2 when we’ll talk with Felicity Bridal owner Christa Ackerman

i’m a bit of a talk radio junky. CBC, 95.7, podcasts etc. pretty much every topic is interesting and i’m starting to think that when you hit 65 or 70 years of age, its perfectly acceptable to drink heavily and call in to talk radio programs.

doesn’t that sound better than 3 minutes w Nickelback?

i did an interview with Get Totally Rad a few months ago and we talked for over an hour about all things photography. it was a ton of fun and I wanted more.

one of the great things about being a wedding photographer is that you meet a lot of different people all the time. DJs, wedding planners, event coordinators, chefs, drivers, pepper mill grinders…all with a story.

I called up a few friends in the wedding business and asked if they wanted to talk on the phone for a while. anything and everything wedding related. they said yes. that was my business plan.

so here’s what I’m going to do…every Wednesday i’m going to call up someone in the wedding business in Nova Scotia and talk to them about what they do. hotel locations like the Marriot Harbourfront or Pier 21, wedding planners, make up artists, bridal shop owners, photographers and videographers and caterers.

each session will be posted on the website with contact information and  web links.

a resource. for anyone that wants it.

got somebody you want to hear from? let me know.

think of it as a wedding audio magazine with zero experience in audio magazining or anything else remotely associated w talk radio, broadcasting or interviewing for that matter. i’m no Andrew Krystal.

regardless, it will be fun.

stay tuned.