Raheel Gauba and Maryam Ghaznavi are the founders of Fia Forever Photography in Charleston, South Carolina. The guiding principles of their business are truth, honesty, beauty and unconditional love, which are inspired by their daughter, Sophia. Check out more of their outstanding work! What was your first love? How did fate lead you to photography? My…
“The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy. The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic and a terrible waste of time.” Edwin Bliss Here’s my theory: every movie has at least one line of dialogue that’s worth remembering. Something that causes you to pause and reflect long after the movie’s ended. Cinematic wisdom. My friends…
Will and Lauren Pursell are the talent and brains behind Will Pursell Photography in Vancouver, B.C. This husband and wife team shoot every wedding together and strive to capture the risky, creative shots. Their work was also recently featured in an article on Cosmopolitan.com: “15 Beautiful LGBT Weddings That Will Make You Feel All the Feelings.“…
Wedding season is upon us, so we reached out to our friends at Fotoskribe, a premium blogging service for photographers, to get some advice on keeping your blog going strong during the summer months. Melissa Merwin, Chief Content Creator, shares her advice for how to stay active without breaking the bank on your valuable time. All photos…
Jason and Joanne Marino are a husband and wife duo that founded Imagine Photography, and have quickly become the go-to wedding photographers in Arizona for killer wedding photography for chic, modern couples. Check out more of their work, and what drives them. How did you get started in photography? Joanne: I have loved photography ever since I took…
I was able to recently visit Miller’s Professional Imaging along with Kate Kauffman, our marketing guru, and see how albums are made. Many photographers assume that in this day and age, everything is automated. We believe our print files feed into a giant machine and magically an album spits out the other side. In all reality, nothing…
Style & Story Creative is a talented team of Columbus wedding photographers who value storytelling, and creating magazine-worthy images for their clients. We asked one of the founders, Ben Hartley, to tell us more about how they work, and what inspires them. Tell us about your background, and how that informs your photography. We have a…
This week’s Tip was written by Lori Unruh and Jeff Poole of indigosilver studio, a portrait and wedding photography studio based in Wilmington, NC. Bridal portraits. What are they? Technically speaking, it’s a portrait session in which a bride-to-be is photographed in her wedding gown, generally a couple months prior to the wedding day. Practically…
Peter Pawinski of Pawinski Photography has a strong background in photojournalism, and approaches wedding photography as he would a documentary project – telling a story by capturing real moments, emotions and light. How did you get started in photography? It was a matter of serendipity. Basically, it started my sophomore year in college at…
“I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.” -Nicole Kidman One of the biggest challenges for portrait photographers is working with subjects that are not models. This requires a unique set of skills based on experience and intuition. There’s nothing worse than a subject that’s uncomfortable or starts the session by saying, “I take…