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Photojournalistic Wedding Photography Some photographers
cringe at the thought of a client dictating what to shoot, But I
think sitting down and discussing in depth what images they want captured
and how only focuses me to create a visual record of the most important
day of THIER lives. These are the CLIENTS memories and getting to now
the couple and their personality as a couple helps to invest my emotions
when I am shooting. Knowing what is important to them and what they
want to memorialize helps to create a service and product that will
please the client. Every couple is different and the shooting style of
the Photographer needs to be flexible to fit the circumstances.
Professional Live Music Photography The best music
photography is that
which is created by someone who knows what is like to be on stage in
front of hundreds or thousands of screaming fans, Someone that
has experienced the raw emotions and adrenaline of live music performance.
There are certain moments only a musician can anticipate. This is what I bring to the camera when I shoot a live gig. I shoot with a NIKON digital SLR with very fast wide angle and telephoto lenses that excel at capturing images with available light. Flash can ruin a great shot by modifying the environmental aspects of stage lights and fog. The picture should represent exactly what the visual experience was. Flash is not part of the visual experienced by the fan so why would you want a photo that's ruined by light nobody want to see anyway. Not to mention the aggravating effect Flash Photography has to the performers. I can create an environment that will create the ideal photographic circumstances for a journalistic visual record of those special showcase gigs at the venue you love to play. Don't think any person with a point and shoot digital camera can take pictures even close to those created by a life-long musician with a university degree in Art and Photography. I can guarantee there will be no comparison. A dazzling and very flashy light show can also be provided, complete with motorized lighting effects, fog machine, and Synchronization with live music.
Price is negotiable based on lighting
needs, number of exposures and time involved and intended
usage. I retain all copyrights and generally grant exclusive rights
for music photography of local performers. Photography used for
CD covers and national distribution is an agreement of a different
nature.
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I
grew up in Chula Vista, California, a single child of a single mom.
We lived next door to my grandparents and I was lucky enough to know
them into my mid twenties. My grandfather was a Master Carpenter, among
other things, he built "Grandfather
Clocks from scratch! So I grew up learning FIne Carpentry. In sixth grade
my grandmother gave me a guitar for my birthday and "LSS" ,
I was forming my first band in ninth grade and was playing School Dances,
and the ever famous backyard Keg Parties. Bye the time I was out of high
school I was playing bars. Not
being lucky enough to be in the "right place at the right time" I got a little tired
of all the sacrifice that accompanies dedicating oneself to 3 or
4 other musicians and chasing the collective dream. That's when the DIGITAL
REVOLUTION was born. I purchased one of the first Cassette Format 8 Track
Mixer / Recorders by TASCAM and
began my love affair with the art of the" HOME RECORDING STUDIO" and
transitioned into a solo songwriter / composer and after 10 years the
technologies are such that the need to buy studio time to record a
demo is obsolete for those with the skills and abilities to learn the
science of Audio Engineering, which I am well suited. At
35 yrs old, after a failed marriage and day-job after day-job, I made
the rather intimidating decision to seek a college education. A very
early class in JAVA programming allowed me to realize that I "detest
computer languages" and the logical , left brain thinking that
is required. Since
I always was a pencil and Ink artist , always designs Band Logos
and flyers etc., Graphic Design was an obvious choice for something
I would enjoy and look forward to doing. The "Creative Process" in
writing music or designing a logo is virtually the same, the only
difference is the medium for output of the personal expression any
art conveys. The Graphic Design major has ended up being an extension
of the broader Artist I already was / am. JMS
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