August 23, 2011

Can't Resist Bloggin' About the New Pup | Atlanta Pet Photography

August 23, 2011/ Cindy Brown

Roux the mutt puppy | Beagle, Jack Russell and whatever

I can't resist bloggin' again about our new puppy. He is growing way too fast. His spots are showing more and his ears are doing funny things. My partner says he looks like a Billy Goat. But he's still adorable, smart and loveable. We're planning on going to puppy school on Thursday. Wish us luck.

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August 17, 2011

Wedding Photographic Society Convention | Part III

August 17, 2011/ Cindy Brown

The second day of the convention, my friends and colleagues Sharon and Kara and I joined Cristobal Perez's live engagement portrait shoot. I showed up with my Quantum Trio and Phottix 4-in-1 Wireless transmitter/receivers. The only problem ... Cristobal is a photojournalist and wanted us to work on seeing and capturing emotion in natural light. Rebel that I am, I ended up spending most of the time practicing my epic lighting. I figured since I was at a conference I should try some things I rarely use. Here are a few of the funky photos I took during Cristobal's shoot. He was awesome and fun and inspiring and easy-going AND he let us shoot and shoot and shoot. Thanks Cristobal!

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August 17, 2011

We Miss You, Dad

August 17, 2011/ Cindy Brown

August 14, 2011

Piedmont Park Engagement Safari in the Rain | Atlanta Weddings

August 14, 2011/ Cindy Brown

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of photographing Nicole and Patrick's Engagement Safari at Piedmont Park and San Francisco Coffee. The weather report predicted a 30 percent chance of showers and Nicole was concerned about the session. We had planned to photograph in Piedmont Park and maybe another park or two, but I decided we needed a backup plan. Nicole suggested San Francisco Coffee or Murphy's in Virginia Highlands. I called ahead to San Francisco Coffee for permission and they were kind enough to agree to a photo shoot that evening. (I didn't try Murphy's since it's a restaurant and I was pretty sure it would be swamped on a Saturday night.) She and Patrick later told me that the Virginia Highlands area reminds them of the part of town they lived in when they met in Cleveland, Ohio. So they really feel at home there. I asked Nicole to describe what she would be wearing, so I could buy an umbrella that would harmonize in color with her clothing, just in case rain was still falling during our shoot. Of course I ended up preferring the black-and-white photos, but that's just the old school photojournalist in me.

Here are a few of my favorites:

August 13, 2011

Wedding Photographic Society Convention | Part II

August 13, 2011/ Cindy Brown

In WPS Convention Part I, I talked about photographing with Tim Sayer during the live shoot. Below left is a photo showing what his beauty dish set up looked like and below right is a photo I took while he was lighting a model with a video light. Here are a couple of photos by my second shooter, Sharon McMahon. The one on the left was taken while Tim was holding the video light. In the one on the right, we commandeered the light, I asked the model to sit under the portrait, and Sharon came up with this awesome photo.

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August 12, 2011

Fun @ the Wedding Photographic Society (WPS) Convention | Part 1

August 12, 2011/ Cindy Brown

I'm finally getting around to blogging about the WPS convention I attended with my second shooter, Sharon McMahon, and intern, Kara Johnson, earlier this week. The event took place at the lovely Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, NC. I had a blast networking with lots of friendly North Carolina photographers. I left motivated to put the work I love doing out there for all the world to see. I learned a lot about the business of wedding photography, was introduced to some cool new gadgets and learned several shooting tricks that should make my job easier and my work better. Here are a few photos from the live shoots that took place Sunday and Monday evening.

We had awesome models available, so everyone had the opportunity to take beautiful photos. Here are two of the models from the live shoot with Tim Sayer. While Tim was doing his amazing epic lighting tricks with another model, I focused on the other two models who were taking a break from posing for the camera.

Here's a photo of Tim showing those in his live shoot group how to create epic lighting by underexposing the ambient light to supersaturate the background and popping in properly exposed gorgeous soft light from a beauty dish.

I don't have any photos showing what the epic lighting looked like, because I didn't have my radio transimitters or a beauty dish with me, so I can't show you how amazing Tim's photos looked, but I can show you what Tim looked like while shooting the photos.

After the workshop, I was inspired to wake up early and take some epic photos of Erin and Jenn, the owners of the Lazy Turtle Farm in Hillsborough, where we were staying. Here's what Erin and Jenn look like in epic lighting, without beauty dish or soft box or anything else to soften the light from my Quantum flash. I think the harsh light works here, giving the subjects, who had been working on the farm for three hours by 9 a.m., a gritty feel.

I kind of got carried away with the whole epic lighting thing. Details to come in WPS blogpost Part 2 .Atlanta Wedding Photojournalist.

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August 01, 2011

Fenuxe Magazine Awards Party: Atlanta Event Photography

August 01, 2011/ Cindy Brown

My friend Karla Kreitner from Kardon Events hooked me up with a fun Event Photography gig this week -- Fenuxe Magazine's Best of Atlanta Awards Party at By Design. Here are a few of my favorite photos from the evening.

Fenuxe Awards: Atlanta Event Photography

Food was catered by Radial Cafe, winner in the Best Gay-Owned Restaurant category.

Entertainment and eye-candy was provided by the Rokk Vodka models.

Here are a few of the award winners.

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July 29, 2011

Roux Finds a Permanent Roost: Atlanta Pet Photography

July 29, 2011/ Cindy Brown

We have a new puppy in our household. His name is Roux and he is quite adorable. My spouse brought him home from work where he was living in a storm drain with his Mom and three other puppies. We thought about naming him Stormy, but when he started bucking around on his leash, Buckaroo seemed more appropriate. Thinking that our older dog Barney might be confused if we called the new pup Bucky, we decided on Roo. (Turns out his little bark sounds like roo roo.)

When we took him for Sunday Brunch at the Raging Burrito in Decatur, someone suggested the spelling "Roux" and so Roux it is.

Here are few of my favorite photos of Roux.