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Recently Married LONG ISLAND WEDDINGS
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Raquel and Joe
Date: September 20, 2009
Ceremony & Reception Site: Fox Hollow, Woodbury
Photography: In Focus NYC
4 Comments
March 13th, 2010 at 10:51 am
That’s siome pretty poor photography. The first shot is a obvious flash broadlighting their faces, making them look heavier and over exposed while underexposing the background, the bridal party shot composition cuts the image in half, it’s rather flat being just an uninteresting line-up, the shadow in the foreground is distracting, the groomsman on the left is posed awkwardly and the last shot is nothing more than a snapshot taken from the backseat.
The bigger question is: why are long islanders so content with mediocrity? We live in the shadow of NYC, where great talent flocks and converges, yet accept poor talent when it comes to our weddings?
March 17th, 2010 at 11:09 am
I think the most obvious thing here is that the above comment was posted by a competing photographer.
Shot 1 was not taken with an on camera flash and is not harshly broad lit. It was taken with off camera studio monolights through a beauty dish camera right. Have you ever seen an on camera flash produce such a soft light? To call this shot overexposed in any way is just plain false. Not to mention that the background scene and sky is beautiful as is the moment between the couple.
The bridal party shot is a pano crop which is a very popular way to remove excess negative space from an image. Sometimes shadows are unavoidable in certain locations at different times of day.
Why didn’t you make up some false critique for the gorgeous dress and bridal close-up?
Yes the last shot was taken from the backseat; actually I was sitting on the back of the car. The shutter was dragged to show the movement along the road. It is a nice shoreline scene in the fall in perfect late afternoon light. What constitutes it being a snapshot? In fact this shot has been praised by fellow photographers publicly as an extremely strong shot that they themselves enjoyed very much. Please read the link below to see comments from non- anonymous photographers who commented on this set.
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/871076/0?keyword=red,convertible#8170741
I also invite anyone reading this to please view all of my work at http://www.infocusnyc.com and to see the 2 sets from this wedding at
1) http://infocusnyc.com/2010/01/28/raquel-joe-wedding/
2) http://infocusnyc.com/2010/02/20/raquel-joe-post-bridal/
Anon instead of falsely bashing competitors it would be more constructive for you to concentrate on your own work and business. I myself have a friendly relationship with 2 competing photographers who have also been featured on this blog. Joe Sanflippo is a friend, Adam Abrams is a friend and I would never ever even think about doing what you did to try to get ahead in the market.
I don’t think after viewing any of my links posted above that the terms poor and mediocrity will come to anyone’s mind.
This message was posted by Pete Gebhardt photographer and owner of InfocusNYC. I invite you again to please view my website and make up your mind on your own as to the quality of my photography. If you are engaged and in need of a photographer please contact me at pete@infocusnyc.com or 516.690.5277. Thanks!
March 17th, 2010 at 11:26 am
I think this is all very helpful for brides who are researching wedding photographers.
March 23rd, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Thanks for sharing. I’m in love with the back of her gown!
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