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Location portraits....in the driveway?

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Melissa Ghionis
18 October, 2021
The answer is...yes! If that's where the lighting is good! Especially on a wedding day when time is of the essence, it's important to not be tempted to hunt for a "good" location but instead, look for where the lighting is beautiful in your immediate vicinity. That allows you to maximize the time...

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Even background details count!

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Melissa Ghionis
11 October, 2021
This week's episode continues our coverage of Lillie and Zayne's wedding. And this week we're featuring their first look along with some portraits with the bridal party. It's interesting to note how Jerry is very particular even about details that are happening in the background. It's all very...

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Do what you have to do. To do what you want to do.

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Melissa Ghionis
04 October, 2021
This week's new episode continues our bridal coverage from Lillie and Zayne's wedding. And it features all of the "legacy" portraits of Lillie with her parents and with her bridesmaids. If you are running out of time and you can't get every portrait you hoped for, the legacy portraits are the...

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Details with a hearbeat

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Melissa Ghionis
27 September, 2021
You may have heard Jerry say that phrase before. Photographing the details at a wedding is important, but can look a little bit boring on their own. So that's why Jerry prefers to feature the details while they are on (in the case of a dress or jewelry) or while also featuring the couple or...

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How would I like my groom's portraits? Classic with a twist of dark and moody, please.

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Melissa Ghionis
20 September, 2021
We continue our coverage of Lillie and Zayne's wedding by sharing all of the portraits that we took of Zayne on his own. After a few classic portraits and detail photos, Jerry creates a some more dramatically lit portraits of the groom to mix it up a little bit. So you'll see a little bit of...

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When a wedding photographer hires another wedding photographer

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Melissa Ghionis
13 September, 2021
We are starting our coverage of Lillie and Zayne's wedding this week!! Zayne is a wedding photographer himself and so it was an honor to have him trust us with his own wedding (and no pressure, right??). Watch how Jerry captures the portraits with the groomsmen and the groom's family here:...

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Why posing is even more important during the summer months!

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Melissa Ghionis
06 September, 2021
We conclude our coverage of Josetty's portrait session this week! In this episode, Jerry takes several portraits of Josetty in the pool to round off the content she wanted us to create for her social media influencer account. Just as when photographing boudoir, posing becomes extra important when...

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Gimme a metal gate, some sunlight and I'll give you some magic

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Melissa Ghionis
30 August, 2021
This week's episode features a session that was booked by a social media influencer who was looking for some content for her accounts. Jerry had a limited amount of time but the goal was to create as many different looks as possible in the same location. (Sounds like what we have to do all the...

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Is it really epic unless you end up in the pool??

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Melissa Ghionis
23 August, 2021
We conclude our coverage of Lauren and Lawrence's engagement session in epic style. We finished their session by getting them to jump in the (very cold) pool, fully clothed for some beautiful portraits. We hope you enjoyed this series as much as we did! Go check out this week's episode here: ...

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Just when you think there are no more poses to do...

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Melissa Ghionis
16 August, 2021
This week's new episode continues our coverage of Lawrence and Lauren's engagement session. How many poses can you do with the same couple without it becoming repetitive? Jerry is demonstrating how to do exactly that in this series. There are so many different scenes and so many different...

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