Wedding Photos

[Varao]

So I got married a couple of months ago I had Mario from right here on HAI shoot it for me. He did an amazing Job and I wanted to share, that and I just noticed that he had them posted. But it was the happiest day in my life I couldnt ask for it to go any better. So if you are getting married or have have an event that you want great photos of hit him up, I highly reccomend him!

http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f6/mariomasitti/Wedding%20Photography/Erin%20and%20Megan%20Varao/

[john]

Nice shots, and congrats! :)

[Varao]

Thanks!

[Mario]

Oh wow I forgot I had those up there! Varao I have more pictures I will add when I get home today for you. :)

I have 3 more weddings scheduled for this year, and I just got done shooting one last week. My online portfolio will be completed soon and I will post up more shots as they come along.

Thanks for the post Varao! Come down to Denver and let's get Pho one day. :)

[redb20teg]

congrats!

on and the 5th pic looks great, i love how you got the reflection off the mirror like that. great work!

[Varao]

Oh wow I forgot I had those up there! Varao I have more pictures I will add when I get home today for you. :)

I have 3 more weddings scheduled for this year, and I just got done shooting one last week. My online portfolio will be completed soon and I will post up more shots as they come along.

Thanks for the post Varao! Come down to Denver and let's get Pho one day. :)

Yeah actually I was trying to look at your hit and Run cause I cant open the thread at work due to the F-word in the title and I saw my photos so I thought I would share. I am glad that its starting to take off for you man, when you start making real money off these shoots I will let you buy me dinner or something lol! Also sonce I went through the whole proccess once you start making some good money you should hit up a wedding show almost all the wedding going on in the state will be there looking for services its a great way to get out there.

[Deceptakhan]

Congratulations. You 2 look sharp!

[blackciv4]

Very nice! Mario will be doing ours as well!

[HondaPower]

Nice pictures.

[M@]

Nice pics, congrats by the way!

Hot bridesmaids FTW! ;)

[Mario]

Nice pics, congrats by the way!

Hot bridesmaids FTW! ;)

I'll be doing her wedding September 30th. ;)

[Varao]

Nice pics, congrats by the way!

Hot bridesmaids FTW! ;)

Yeah Mindy is getting married in Sept. But the other tall blonde is Dez she is single.

[M@]

Ooooh... feel free to send me her myspace link. ;)

[nicklk]

Mario, what lenses are you using?

[Mario]

Nick,

I use quite a few lenses. My current stock consists of a 50mm f/1.8, 18-55 f/3.5-5.6, and a 75-300 f/4-5.6. When I do weddings though, I typically rent a 25-105 f/4 IS as well.

My next lens is going to be an f/2.8 telephoto. I really want the 70-200 f/2.8 but it's near $1400 for the good one. Business investment, but I have to do a couple more paid shoots before I can purchase one. :)

[nicklk]

I noticed alot of your EXIF's were showing f/1.8@50mm esp on the portraits, they are clean! What 75-300 f/4-5.6 lense do you have?? I too have been lookin at the 70-200 IS, savin my pennies!

Who do you rent thru? Mikes downtown??

[Mario]

I noticed alot of your EXIF's were showing f/1.8@50mm esp on the portraits, they are clean! What 75-300 f/4-5.6 lense do you have?? I too have been lookin at the 70-200 IS, savin my pennies!

Who do you rent thru? Mikes downtown??

Thanks. I use the 50mm for almost every portrait and 'in between' shot I need. I have the Canon 75-300. That one is a slightly touchier lens. I hardly use it for portraits. It's usually my choice of lens for automotive:

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f6/mariomasitti/Car%20Photography/Honda-Tech%20Meet/htmeet03.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f6/mariomasitti/Car%20Photography/Honda-Tech%20Meet/htmeet08.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f6/mariomasitti/Car%20Photography/Honda-Tech%20Meet/htmeet18.jpg

[nicklk]

Where do you rent? So far the only place I have found is Mikes downtown??

[nicklk]

btw, heres a link to some of my stuff:

www.nicklk.com/gallery/

[Mario]

Yup, Mike's Camera.

[Mario]

btw, heres a link to some of my stuff:

www.nicklk.com/gallery/


Right on. What are you shooting with?

[nicklk]

XT w/Tamron 28-75 f/2.8

[hatchbackgirl]

I love your wife's dress, it's beautiful... :-)

[Varao]

I love your wife's dress, it's beautiful... :-)

Yeah I was really suprised that the dress was only $300 I thought that was a steal for that dress.

[Kwando]

sweet pics... mario what is the easiest way to add that blk border with your name on your pics...

[Mario]

sweet pics... mario what is the easiest way to add that blk border with your name on your pics...

I have a Photoshop Action that automatically resizes my pics and pastes them onto a specified matte size.

[Kwando]

i need to find photoshop action...

[Varao]

I have a Photoshop Action that automatically resizes my pics and pastes them onto a specified matte size.

Mario I have Photoshop CS and havent found that action how where is the command?

[Mario]

You manually create it. ;)

[Varao]

Poop Thought there was something auto on there I was already manually doing it poop on that lol

[nicklk]

Poop Thought there was something auto on there I was already manually doing it poop on that lol

You create it once, the actions memorize what you did during the changes....

Then the next time you have an image, you just press one button and it does it all for you!

[Kwando]

i have CS.. how do you create an action

[hatchbackgirl]

Yeah I was really suprised that the dress was only $300 I thought that was a steal for that dress.

wow, that's amazing considering mine was about twice that. Great deal! :)

[Kwando]

did she need any alterations? my wifes alterations were almost the price of her dress...

[Bedlam]

Very nice pictures, your wife is a good looking lady..the dress is also very classy. Tall blonde bridesmaid..why the heck would she be single? If she wants to meet a tall guy that sells porn for a living..send her my way? ;)

As far as the pictures go, some good work in there mario, I talked to a guy at quakecon (the official photographer) and he was letting me drool on his lenses..he had some nice toys. Best of luck to you in that business, if I hear of anyone with a need, I'll definately throw them your way.

[Pang]

Great pics and congrats!

[Xtreme Racer]

i have CS.. how do you create an action

If you don't know all the steps that are needed in the action (however resizing and pasting to a black canvas is pretty easy) check out www.phidong.com Then go to the class section. Professor dong will school you in the ways of CS

[Varao]

did she need any alterations? my wifes alterations were almost the price of her dress...

No it was great no alterations, so I got off cheap on that side of things I just gave her the $$ and she got it.

Bedlam which Bridesmaid are you talking about there are 2 tall blondes the single one is the one in the middle of the bridesmaid photos.

[smithz]

Middle one, yup, she's a cutey.

[smithz]

Mario, when you burn those images onto a CD for people, do you have the black border/copyright on them? I'm assuming you do, but was curious.

That would be SOOOOOOOOOOOO much simpler than what I've always done with my images. I usually try to sample some color from the image to use for the font color, so that you can see it without it blending in or standing out too much. But I don't add a border to it at all, so I have to carefully pick a color so you can even read it. About the only part I can do with an action is the text placement and sizing. Far from automatic... so I guess I'm really wondering if you do leave the borders on there, what have been most peoples opinions about it.

[Mario]

Mario, when you burn those images onto a CD for people, do you have the black border/copyright on them? I'm assuming you do, but was curious.

No sir I do not. The only thing I put border/copyright on are my web images. Final prints to my customers do not contain any watermarks.

[smithz]

No sir I do not. The only thing I put border/copyright on are my web images. Final prints to my customers do not contain any watermarks.

Interesting. I've always found most photographers always stamp some kind of copyright on there. Not that there is anything wrong with not doing it. :D

[Mario]

Interesting. I've always found most photographers always stamp some kind of copyright on there. Not that there is anything wrong with not doing it. :D

Odd! Most photographers I know don't stamp it. That's too funny.

I do have my customers sign an image use permission form that states within my company I have full rights to the image for portfolio, print, etc.

I may do stamps on my senior portrait wallets (just because that'll be free advertising right there pretty much), but that'll be about the extent of it. :)

[smithz]

Odd! Most photographers I know don't stamp it. That's too funny.

I do have my customers sign an image use permission form that states within my company I have full rights to the image for portfolio, print, etc.

I may do stamps on my senior portrait wallets (just because that'll be free advertising right there pretty much), but that'll be about the extent of it. :)

Maybe that's what I'm thinking of, portraits and stuff. I've never had wedding pics done, and I don't remember seeing if they had it or not.

I've never done photography for hire before... which is why I'm curious. I've had several friends ask me to shoot their weddings and I told them no. I've never actually had any training with a camera at all, and I certainly wouldn't want to fuck up someone's irreplaceable wedding images.

I've got a guy at work that's into mountain man shit wanting me to give him a quote to go up one weekend and take a group photo of them all decked out. I've just never done it before and haven't really thought through the business aspects of it before.

Maybe one day we can get together and talk photography... :D

[Mario]

Maybe that's what I'm thinking of, portraits and stuff. I've never had wedding pics done, and I don't remember seeing if they had it or not.

I've never done photography for hire before... which is why I'm curious. I've had several friends ask me to shoot their weddings and I told them no. I've never actually had any training with a camera at all, and I certainly wouldn't want to fuck up someone's irreplaceable wedding images.

I've got a guy at work that's into mountain man shit wanting me to give him a quote to go up one weekend and take a group photo of them all decked out. I've just never done it before and haven't really thought through the business aspects of it before.

Maybe one day we can get together and talk photography... :D

I would love to! I've had no formal training at all. Fortunately, especially with photography, if your portfolio is impressive enough, they never ask or care.

[Seved]

Great job on those pictures, they look great.

[smithz]

I would love to! I've had no formal training at all. Fortunately, especially with photography, if your portfolio is impressive enough, they never ask or care.

Right on. Neither have I. It's fairly obvious, at least to me, that you've figured out alot more than I have, especially lens-wise. I've got a 17mm-35mm aspherical wide angle and a 28mm-300mm telephoto, both Sigma. Not the best, I know. Any tips you got for taking group portraits outdoors would be helpfull.

One thing I worry about it using metering on the people for the correct exposure, then the sky washes out and you lose any blue that might have been there...

(you will also notice that I make up terminology as I go along since I don't really know what stuff is really supposed to be called... :D)

[Seved]

(you will also notice that I make up terminology as I go along since I don't really know what stuff is really supposed to be called... )

:rofl:

[Kwando]

my photographer did not put her name on any of out photos also.

[rey_boricua]

great photos, Mario they turned out great

[Xtreme Racer]

When people pay for photography packages they are usually paying for the "rights" of the photos as well. If you're not selling the rights to the photo then you need to keep a watermark on the photo somewhere. Grassroots caught a LOT of shit from me when I got the check & saw the magazine had my watermark removed. I called them up...told them they didn't buy the rights to the photo but singly JUST the photo. They promptly sent me another check.

[smithz]

Very good points... glad you got paid.

[Mario]

Right on. Neither have I. It's fairly obvious, at least to me, that you've figured out alot more than I have, especially lens-wise. I've got a 17mm-35mm aspherical wide angle and a 28mm-300mm telephoto, both Sigma. Not the best, I know. Any tips you got for taking group portraits outdoors would be helpfull.

One thing I worry about it using metering on the people for the correct exposure, then the sky washes out and you lose any blue that might have been there...

(you will also notice that I make up terminology as I go along since I don't really know what stuff is really supposed to be called... :D)

Outdoor group portraits are hard unless you have external lighting, just because you have very little control of what can happen.

For metering people and the sky, I usually shoot a double exposure. Meaning that I will expose the first shot for the sky (people are usually underexposed), and then the second shot I expose the subject properly. Then I combine the two in Photoshop leaving me a perfectly exposed image.

[smithz]

Outdoor group portraits are hard unless you have external lighting, just because you have very little control of what can happen.

For metering people and the sky, I usually shoot a double exposure. Meaning that I will expose the first shot for the sky (people are usually underexposed), and then the second shot I expose the subject properly. Then I combine the two in Photoshop leaving me a perfectly exposed image.

Cool idea, I hadn't thought of that. However, how do you get the camera to set the exposure for the sky vs. people without moving the camera? Or more importantly without the people moving. :D I guess the people are more important since it's much easier to select the sky and blue it up a bit.

[Mario]

Cool idea, I hadn't thought of that. However, how do you get the camera to set the exposure for the sky vs. people without moving the camera? Or more importantly without the people moving. :D I guess the people are more important since it's much easier to select the sky and blue it up a bit.

The people moving won't be that important, and if there is a movement large enough you can just clone it in PS.

If that doesn't work, you can also do this:

Select the background and duplicate it to another layer. You can then dodge/burn that layer and blend it. Sometimes, depending on the image, this isn't the best quality method, but it works.

[smithz]

The people moving won't be that important, and if there is a movement large enough you can just clone it in PS.

If that doesn't work, you can also do this:

Select the background and duplicate it to another layer. You can then dodge/burn that layer and blend it. Sometimes, depending on the image, this isn't the best quality method, but it works.

Sounds like a good trick. I haven't played with PS as much as you have to know all the uber cool tricks. If I get the job, I might hit you up again if I get stuck.

Also, I keep meaning to mention to you about doing business cards. If you want to make some that are thick, full color, and have glossy UV coating on both sides let me know. They are cool because you can put some of your best shots on their and hand them out. Good advertising. It ends up being aroung $0.12 per card for a 1000, and it goes down from there. Let me know if you are interested. If I'd of thought about it, I could have given you one of mine at TC's dyno day so you could see how they come out. I can always mail you a few samples if you want...

[Mario]

Sounds like a good trick. I haven't played with PS as much as you have to know all the uber cool tricks. If I get the job, I might hit you up again if I get stuck.

Also, I keep meaning to mention to you about doing business cards. If you want to make some that are thick, full color, and have glossy UV coating on both sides let me know. They are cool because you can put some of your best shots on their and hand them out. Good advertising. It ends up being aroung $0.12 per card for a 1000, and it goes down from there. Let me know if you are interested. If I'd of thought about it, I could have given you one of mine at TC's dyno day so you could see how they come out. I can always mail you a few samples if you want...

I am planning on hosting a "Photoshoot and Photoshop Night" at my place with a couple of close friends. I'll keep you updated on a time/date.

Sounds great about the business cards! I have a graphic designer who is working on my online portfolio right now - and along with that he will be doing brochure and business card designs to compliment the online portfolio.

Can I do multiple designs within that 1000? Let's say if I want to change a sample photo so that way I have some variety?

No need to mail me a sample - next time I am heading to a meet I'll just ask ya to bring some. :)

[smithz]

I am planning on hosting a "Photoshoot and Photoshop Night" at my place with a couple of close friends. I'll keep you updated on a time/date.

Sounds great about the business cards! I have a graphic designer who is working on my online portfolio right now - and along with that he will be doing brochure and business card designs to compliment the online portfolio.

Can I do multiple designs within that 1000? Let's say if I want to change a sample photo so that way I have some variety?

No need to mail me a sample - next time I am heading to a meet I'll just ask ya to bring some. :)

Definitely let me know when PS&PS night is...

Unfortuantely 500 is the smallest run I can do with the printer, and they all have to be the
same. And it costs more per card to do smaller runs. My price table is located here. (http://www.alterception.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=services_cards)

Obviously you don't have to add the paypal fee if you pay by check. But I do have to add sales tax. However since it's not a generic order off the web, I can minimize sales tax based upon what city and county you live in. As long as you don't live in Westminster and/or Adams County, I would only have to charge you state sales tax.

I also usually have the printer ship directly to me so that I can inspect them before delivering them to my customer just in case they messed something up, which has only happened once, and my customer ended up getting 1000 more free cards because the printer forget to UV coat the back side of the card (which makes it glossy).

[Varao]

See what I started damn you Mario lol, post proccess some more of my photos!! lol

[Bedlam]

Surprised you dont do at least some sort of digital watermark or something. You should really consider it. Its normally not visible to the end user and may save you some headache if you get more serious down the road. I'd prolly be intrested in some meet/shoot night too..I had a good time with the turotials on the canon site..I think I may take some classes or something too if possible. :)