Halloween

Took some time off on Saturday to dress up for a Halloween party.

Felt like I got hit by a bus.

Tammy & David

I shot a wonderful wedding on October 14th with Tammy & David. I'm just now getting into the processing phase of the images. The church was wonderful. It was large, open and colorful with lot's of flowers. The reception was trés chic at the Cotton Company in old downtown Wake Forest.

Tammy & David are super easy to work with and the wedding went well for me in all regards except when I found my gear was locked inside a room. There was a yellow sticky on the door that said "Do not lock this door. There is no key!". Well, my stomach sank as I pondered the thought of not having access to my entire kit. The room was a mini green room type thing to be used as a make up room for brides etc... Tammy wasn't using it at all, so I used it as my gear spot and for that it worked superbly. I even had a battery charger going.

I don’t know how the door became shut or even locked about half way through the reception. I went to the kitchen, but no one could help me and I would need to call someone. Call someone? Yeah, right. Sweat started to form on my forehead.

I knew the rooms ceiling was not all the way to the top of the main room’s ceiling. This was basically a small office that was sheet-rocked into the space. So I dropped my camera and gun belt and stacked about 20 chairs up against the outside wall (this was all in the kitchen with no guests watching me, but some crazy views from the cook!). I hoisted my self up and over the wall, removed some ceiling tiles and ever so slowly lowered myself down into the room. The room was full of fragile items such as mirrors, pottery and flowers. I just knew I was going to break something. I ended up on top of a really nice antique dresser. I took a minute to compose myself, casually walked back into the kitchen and grabbed my camera.

For once, all those obstacle courses I ran while serving in the Marines finally paid off.

Here’s one for the blog. David relaxing before the ceremony.

Pami and Zack slide show

If your inclined to see some more of Pami and Zack. They were such a fun couple and made my job very enjoyable.

http://www.timbroyer.com/gallery/Clients/PZO/index.html

I started going through some of the photos for Tammy and David. Overall I'm pleased and my work is getting better but several areas I need to focus on.

Getting more time with just the couple and making some fun shots with them.
Better ring shots.
More shots from fun and different angles.
Off Camera lighting.

The last one will definitely pull out some better photos. I know how to do it, but feel so rushed during the wedding that it's hard to pull off.

Pami and Zack

I'm just now finishing up some photos of Pami and Zack's wedding. What a great couple and I'm very pleased with the results. It was supposed to be an outside ceremony by the lake, but the weather put us inside the club house. We made the best of it anyway.

I also added some of Ken Kubota's actions to my arsenal of tricks in photoshop. The second one is called Hawaiin Punch. I like it.




My new Nikon d200 camera is taking some great photos and I'm slowly learning it's quirks and I just added a used Nikon 35mm F2 prime lens for low light stuff.

Blogging and my website

Well, it's time to step up to the plate and fully intergrate blogging into my website. I have a dream of one day owning my own studio and doing photography professionally on a full time basis. If you're reading this now, you are seeing the start of my dreams.