Saturday, January 30, 2010
The Big Move!
I just finished wordpressizing my own domain! It was 3 days of hard work and learning! I learned as I went on doing my own site. I think a did a good job, considering 3 days ago, I didn't even know how to install wordpress in my domain. Hahaha
Visit: http://timmedrano.com
Visit: http://timmedrano.com
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Wedding Albums: Photography + Design
Being a wedding photographer, I believe that an album is what we provide to our clients more than just the photography. I am sure some photographers out source the lay out and the design of the albums that they present. Kudos to them for being less OC than me. I just feel wrong about letting some dude with adobe skills but who wasn't there at the wedding at all touch and make a story out my vision.
Sample Album Pages from Rye + Pam's Wedding Album:
There's a link to the complete album gallery in this post... Read on...
Furthermore, I'm still not sold on online album viewing because I believe that we are making fine art. For me, there is a place for web albums and slideshows but I believe that printing on hard board paper and feeling the prints are the qualities that sets us apart from video which is another form of medium in itself.
Yes, I know that we as photographers can shoot more, ergo, get paid more if we out source the album to other people. But I guess I can't personally do that because I feel attached to my images. I'm sure somebody out there does a really good job of album designs and layout, but I think its not enough to be good in design to make a wedding album. You have to feel the event, and be an actual witness. Who's a better candidate to design and tell the story of the wedding other than the photographer who gets paid to witness a wedding more intently than any other person (aside from the coordinators that is).
As a wedding photographer, I pride myself in designing the album myself and being very detailed in the output of the product. This is my first album design: Rye + Pam. I spent 3 days, designing and working with the couple on the images that would be included. I spent more hours on the album than shooting the wedding! I had a vision in mind and I shared that with Rye and Pam and they loved it. In the end, that's whats important to me.
Sample Album Pages from Rye + Pam's Wedding Album:
There's a link to the complete album gallery in this post... Read on...
Furthermore, I'm still not sold on online album viewing because I believe that we are making fine art. For me, there is a place for web albums and slideshows but I believe that printing on hard board paper and feeling the prints are the qualities that sets us apart from video which is another form of medium in itself.
Yes, I know that we as photographers can shoot more, ergo, get paid more if we out source the album to other people. But I guess I can't personally do that because I feel attached to my images. I'm sure somebody out there does a really good job of album designs and layout, but I think its not enough to be good in design to make a wedding album. You have to feel the event, and be an actual witness. Who's a better candidate to design and tell the story of the wedding other than the photographer who gets paid to witness a wedding more intently than any other person (aside from the coordinators that is).
As a wedding photographer, I pride myself in designing the album myself and being very detailed in the output of the product. This is my first album design: Rye + Pam. I spent 3 days, designing and working with the couple on the images that would be included. I spent more hours on the album than shooting the wedding! I had a vision in mind and I shared that with Rye and Pam and they loved it. In the end, that's whats important to me.
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