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Hey party people,
I know my blog has taken a back seat as I’ve been swamped with work but there are some fabulous weddings coming so keep checking. I promise to post them at least a couple within a week.
Here is a sneak peak to the one I photographed in Chicago area – Chon and Hemal’s beautiful wedding at Hotel Baker.
Duane and Keisha chose Book Cadillac Hotel in Detroit, MI for their wedding ceremony and reception. Westin Book Cadillac was recently restored to its original splendor, also featuring over 60 residences on the upper floors. Cost of renovation? $200 million. Nevertheless the place is spectacular and I was so excited to be working there when Keisha and Duane hired me to photograph their wedding. Prior to the big day we’ve worked on couple photo shoots together and had a chance to get to known each other a little closer. Keisha has the most beautiful smile and Duane is a joker making her laugh all the time (perfect match if you ask me) and I knew it was going to be a fun event to photograph 
Before I let you enjoy the sneak peak: yes, I know I’m way behind blogging – it’s the time of the year I’m struggling to keep up. I have 4 super rad weddings to post (including this one) so check back soon.
Here are some of my favorites:
Duane waiting to see Keisha in her dress
Keisha's dad giving daughter away
Book Cadillac - Italian Garden
Rolls Royce Phantom
Venetian Ballroom at Westin Book Cadillac
First dance
- Fantastic !!!
- The first shoot of the groom is marvelous:)
Last Saturday we photographed Travis and Stephanie’s fabulous wedding at Historic Trinity Lutheran Church which offers incredible lighting and beautiful architecture.
Stephenie and Travis chose The Atheneum Hotel for the reception. I never photographed there before and was very excited to finally have the opportunity. That place is a photographer’s dream. With countless amazing locations I could spend whole day just walking around and getting cool shots, but there is never enough time on a wedding day 
Time shortage is my biggest enemy, and wedding photographers have always to work super fast to use it to the fullest advantage.
I also wanted to give a shout out to great DJ Joe Nagraba from Ultimate Entertainment. Joe is also a singer and plays guitar. If you’re looking for entertainer for your event give him a try.
I’ll shut up now. Here are some of my favorites. Hope you enjoy them.
- Wow - the one on the rooftop with the sunset is simply amazing!!! Beautiful work!
- Thanks Amanda!
- marcin, great shots as always! especially love the rooftop shots.
- Thanks Duane! The rooftop shots were fun for sure. It was windy as hell but it actually helped ;)
This was my first wedding this season. I always have mixed feelings when starting the season. On one hand it’s so exciting to finally start shooting after a long Winter break, on the other I feel like I’m a little “rusty” and there is some anxiety in the back of my hand if I can deliver. True, I stay busy in the Winter/Spring time shooting lifestyle baby portraits so no need to dust my cameras , but weddings are different – pace is more dynamic. Nevertheless it was fantastic and great fun!
Brittany and Dave are very modern, easy going couple and they leave in a super rad loft in downtown Detroit which I love – high ceilings and huge windows is every photographer’s dream. Brittany told me they wanted some pictures in the back alleys that have that Detroit urban flair and I thought it was a fantastic idea! The whole wedding party made a short stop at Dave and Brittany’s favorite bar – of course another great opportunity for pictures!
Then we headed to the reception at the Henry Ford Lovett Hall and it was wild. Here are some shots…
BTW, for the photographers that e-mail me questions regaring post production – all images are straight from Lightroom, except adding a logo, EXIF data, and a border around the images – no picture has been hurt in PS
In digital era taking a picture is just part of the process for many photographers. Most of us spend some time in front of the computer correcting white balance, doing contrast adjustments, converting to B&W, etc.
Many people ask me how much time I spent in PS working on my images, and my answer is – apart from album design, very little. I do most of my post production in LR now, which is good for global adjustments but not for “pixel pushing”. I’m not a particular fan of overworked images and “plastic skin tones”. I prefer subtle work, which looks more believable. Subtle Photoshop work can be very time consuming. I often wonder if we as photographers spend too much time in front of the computer, simply because now we have means to polish our work (polishing is different then fixing, but I won’t go there today). I know post production is not new to digital, afterall in darkroom days photographers or master printers spent a lot of time doing that too, but now it’s so widespread because it’s so accessible to anyone.
Below is the same image – before and after. This image is for illustrative purpose only and I’m not claiming it to be a great image. In fact it was rushed, Marzena was tired and wanted to go to sleep – shooting in the bedroom probably didn’t help
First image is pretty much straight from the camera, except I fixed some stray hair. Ironically I didn’t fix stray hair in the “after” image – it’s late and I’m simply too tired (”after image” was prepped first).
“After” image is too much for my taste (plastic skin), but “before” image could benefit from some PS massaging. Somewhere in the middle would be probably a good balance.
Before
After
Emma was born April 15th, 2008 – tax baby, haha.
I cannot believe how fast time flies by, she is already 1 year old and it feels like she was born just yesterday.
- Happy Birthday Emma!!! Wow, already a year??!!
- Congratulations!
We took advantage of a beautiful weather today and took Emma to a playground. When we got home to grab a quick dinner before going for a walk to downtown Royal Oak, Emma was so exhausted she quickly fell asleep with a book in her little hands.
Anyway, I wouldn’t even pay attention to her falling asleep if not for Marzena:
-Look, a sleeping beauty
-Pardon me?
-Look at her book dummy!
Then it finally hit me . I love the moment captured here and find this picture hilarious. Just wanted to share…
Sleeping Beauty
I’m working on this huge folder of images I took over past 11 months, thinking what am I gonna use for the album, and there are more and more coming every day. This will be one BIG book I guess.
Here are a few from last couple of days. I know my family will love me for posting so many pictures of our baby
Yummy Cheerios
by Marcin
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