Trash The Dress - Desert Sessions part 2

Just when you thought Red Rock Canyon was full of beautiful girls, some one pulls out a pair of scissors....









Head on over to my Facebook album to view more images from the shoot. Be sure to check out fellow W-List photographers photos as well.

Red Rock

While we were out shooting the TTD session in the desert I took a few landscapes of the canyon. I really should have done more, but it was a little crazy with all the people in our entourage. I was concentrating on the brides so I didn't do all the scenic photos that I may have liked.

I always talk about trying to do landscapes (actually any photography) in wonderful light - something unique. Well this has neither - shot at 10:00 in the morning. I would love to go back and do it right - at the magic times of the day.

TTD - The Desert Sessions

Manuel Sousa set up a Trash The Dress shoot in Las Vegas while attending WPPI. (thank you Manny for all the hard work). The images turned out fantastic! He got Steph (one of his brides from last year) to do a trash the dress shoot. Talk got around and before you knew it we had 6 brides, 2 models, 8 photographers and one videographer. The party just got bigger and better as we headed out to Red Rock Canyon in NV.

Here are some of my favorites from the day, later in the week we'll share the dark side of TTD, haha.

Shopping for Wedding Photography

Shopping for Wedding Photography? Here are some tips to think about courtesy of Wedding Bells. Click here to read the article.

Good advise for all you brides to be. Happy reading.

W-List does Vegas

Last week, the annual conference and trade show for WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) was held in Las Vegas. All of us Photographers from The W List decided to head out to Vegas with the other 14 000 odd photographers from around the world.

A trip to Red Rock Canyon with 6 brides that Manny grouped together for a TTD shoot was a great time. What a fantastic location! Thanks to all the girls that came out for the shoot - I had a wonderful time with everyone. And thanks to Marlene for grabbing shots of us.

Bye Bye Snow

I often get questions about shooting weddings in winter, whether the bride will stand out from the surrounding scenes she's in. It got me wondering, why all the questions? Many inexperienced photographers starting out might make the mistake of not opening up their exposure when shooting in snow. Thus getting gray images instead of white with detail.

Here's a tip brides, if you can see the difference with your eyes, so will the camera. Don't worry about whether red flowers will stand out against a red dress - if you can see them in real life, so will the camera. Not everything like flowers and dresses need to be complementary colors. Working in the same color range is perfectly acceptable, and often beautiful.

These questions brought me to a challenge, shooting snow to show just how subtle the colors can get, with the wonderful gradations from one delicate tone to another. It got me into looking at snow in a new light....

The best kind of light....













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Cheers,

Vegas Baby!!

Shot with my Diana, 120 print film


Off to Vegas once again for the WPPI convention. Should be a great time of learning and sharing. Can't wait.

Back Mar. 12th. The best way to contact me is email: jd@jeremydueck.com

Cheers,

Jeremy