Phone call - 2010 MN weddings booking up
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Dear Rev. Coleman,
(Taken from a phone call with Steve Rouch, Master Photographer),
We talked about the importance of good wedding photography (Steve Rouch is amazing - he's my favorite wedding photographer in the Twin Cities!), and I mentioned how so many brides on Facebook use their wedding photograph for their profile picture, even years later. Steve said, yes, that's true - if you see obituaries in the newspaper, they often use their wedding picture from 1960, because that's the best picture that's ever been taken of them.
That's amazing! But it's so immediately true, once I think about it...Steve's studied art and photography formally for years, and now has over 20 years of years shooting brides and grooms and making them look their best, and those photos turn out amazing, like the photographs you see in magazines. When in life do we hire a master craftsman like that to take photos? "The best picture they ever had"...that's right, that's what wedding photos are.
I really believe in pampering the bride, and so does Steve...I mentioned how weddings are one of the few times when things can't be mass-produced, and people have to hire local craftsman, like him, to do things like wedding photography - and he gently reminded me that this isn't exactly true. Since the advent of digital photography, there's been many local photography companies who hire a bunch of photographers with less than a year of experience to go out and shoot weddings...news that is appalling to me. There's SUCH a difference between great photography and well, not-great photography, and a wedding is the ONE time where you want to make sure everything is totally the best. Photography is like painting...painting with light, really, and there's a huge difference between photographs carefully taken with a trained and experienced eye, and photographs that are taken by the thousands, hoping that one or two turn out.
Check out this amazing page, which helps sum up the difference in pictures:
"The best picture they ever had"...what a great way to put it. I can see that couple who got married in 1960 in my mind's eye right now...quality craftmanship and an artistic eye took that photo.
Great conversation with a great artist - Steve Rouch, Master Photographer.
p.s. In our phone call, we talked about how weekends in 2010 are booking up so quickly. I've only got a few booked for next year (about half of 2010 is booked, though), 2011, but he's booked up SO much of 2011, and with his booth at the Twin Cities Bridal Association Fair this Sunday, January 17th, 11 am - 4 pm at the Minneapolis Convention Center, he'll book up many more. 2000 brides and over 200 vendors - check out his booth, and check out the fair, if you are looking for something fun to do Sunday - it's amazing!
Dear Rev. Coleman,
(Taken from a phone call with Steve Rouch, Master Photographer),
That's amazing! But it's so immediately true, once I think about it...Steve's studied art and photography formally for years, and now has over 20 years of years shooting brides and grooms and making them look their best, and those photos turn out amazing, like the photographs you see in magazines. When in life do we hire a master craftsman like that to take photos? "The best picture they ever had"...that's right, that's what wedding photos are.
I really believe in pampering the bride, and so does Steve...I mentioned how weddings are one of the few times when things can't be mass-produced, and people have to hire local craftsman, like him, to do things like wedding photography - and he gently reminded me that this isn't exactly true. Since the advent of digital photography, there's been many local photography companies who hire a bunch of photographers with less than a year of experience to go out and shoot weddings...news that is appalling to me. There's SUCH a difference between great photography and well, not-great photography, and a wedding is the ONE time where you want to make sure everything is totally the best. Photography is like painting...painting with light, really, and there's a huge difference between photographs carefully taken with a trained and experienced eye, and photographs that are taken by the thousands, hoping that one or two turn out.
Check out this amazing page, which helps sum up the difference in pictures:
"The best picture they ever had"...what a great way to put it. I can see that couple who got married in 1960 in my mind's eye right now...quality craftmanship and an artistic eye took that photo.
Great conversation with a great artist - Steve Rouch, Master Photographer.
p.s. In our phone call, we talked about how weekends in 2010 are booking up so quickly. I've only got a few booked for next year (about half of 2010 is booked, though), 2011, but he's booked up SO much of 2011, and with his booth at the Twin Cities Bridal Association Fair this Sunday, January 17th, 11 am - 4 pm at the Minneapolis Convention Center, he'll book up many more. 2000 brides and over 200 vendors - check out his booth, and check out the fair, if you are looking for something fun to do Sunday - it's amazing!
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