What's all the Skype about?

You iPhoners out there... check out the new app from Skype. I'm sure a lot of you already have a Skype account, so it's a cool addition to your phone.... talk, chat, etc. over wifi. Pretty cool! It's new today, so we'll see how practical it ends up being, but it sounds promising.

~Corey

How sad!

I was very sad to learn this morning that the Richmond Hill Inn burned down last night! It was a gorgeous, historic home! Such a shame. I'd shot many a wedding there, and the Inn was also a commercial client of mine. I took the majority of the images for the Inn and their restaurant, some of which can be seen on their website here: http://www.richmondhillinn.com/

I think the fire was set, but what do I know. They were rumored to have been in severe financial troubles. And in 1995 an 'unsolved arson' burned part of an addition to the inn when they were having issues at that time. Very sad.

Here's the paper's story: http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200990319003

Is for fun...

Hello everyone, Jeremy here.

I'm always trying to find new ways to keep my photography fresh and the other day I stumbled across this gem. I hesitate to share it with my fellow photographers but it's really only a matter of time before these ideas catch on anyway.

My Ideas For Staged Photos Set Me Apart From Other Wedding Photographers.

Since I have yet to implement any of these in my own photography I figured I'd take this opportunity to slip in two of my favorite sequence images. They have nothing to do with the elaborate and slightly disturbing staged photos we'll all be shooting soon per the above list but Cristin's dad makes me laugh every time I see this so I figured since we're already smiling...

Workshops, Antics, and Shenanigans!

Goodness... I debated pretty hard about posting this video. Certainly there's nothing wrong with it at all, in fact quite the opposite... it's fun, but oh so embarrassing. It's from a 4-Day workshop in Kansas called Keep N it Fresh where I was the featured photographer. We had a great group of photographers and we all learned a ton of information... and had fun doing it. So why the hesitation in the posting? Because never before have my dancing 'skills' been publicly on display... I worry now that I'll be getting too many calls from recruiters wanting me to be a backup dancer for Justin Timberlake. I'm already just slammed as it is.

Here are a few shots from the workshop too...

Chris Smith shooting...

Darrin Hackney and a couple of background chimpers ;)

Nicole Goddard sporting a cool shooting pose..

The talented Brett Schauf, co-host of the workshop, holding my SB-900 for the above photo.

And as I've had so many requests from other photographers to add some technical info as to exactly how I get some shots, I'd thought I'd start here. I've added the exif data to the below image... as you can see it's a bit dull looking as is. I purposely underexposed it on what was otherwise a cloudy, but bright day. That way, when I added a single, gelled, hand-held SB-900 from the side, it provided a nice warm, almost sunsety kinda look. 

Exposure and camera settings didn't change for this photo from the above. I just added the flash. 

The result:

One night we went out to shuffleboard! Super fun!

My skills were nearly unmatched! Although I still lost... to a girl. ;)

A few of the shooters. Thanks everybody, for such a great workshop!