Downtown Orlando Wedding

So, I worked with Robert again as a 2nd photographer at a wedding in Downtown Orlando. The ceremony was at the United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando and the reception at the Orange County Regional History Center.

Typical church restrictions, stay in the back of the church, no flash, etc. On top of that the History Center had these black ceilings that absorbed light like crazy which made using the normal light set up impossible. So we set up our big studio strobes and used bounce off the inside of umbrellas. It was a great wedding with a positive party vibe that was infectious (think 100 people on a 20x20 dance floor for at least 30 minutes straight). We jumped in the middle of it all, got pushed around like we were in the front row of a rock concert, but came out with some great pictures. Here are few teasers with more to come after Robert delivers his proofs to the bride (in a few weeks).

Orlando Weddings on Flickr's Places

So Flickr introduced a new feature the other day called Flickr Places. Its essentially geotagged Flickr Photos. Geo.. what; you say? Geotagging in its simplest form is nothing more than assigning a location (map, Latitude/Longitude, etc) to a certain photo or set of photos. It has existed in Flickr for awhile now, but it has always been a bit slow. Now, the new version is much faster and allows you to narrow your search before you look at a map. Anyway, I digress....

So, I typed in Orlando and was presented with a lot of neat photos of.... you guessed it.... Disney. "Figures!", I mumbled to myself. However, there was a search tool on the left of the page that allowed you to search further in the Orlando geotagged photos. I reluctantly typed "Weddings" and low and behold... one of my pictures pops up. At first I felt very honored... then I realized what it all really meant.....

It meant nothing more than I was one of a few photographers that has actually tagged a photo "Wedding" and then geotagged it in Orlando. I really only saw a couple of "Photographers" in the feed, as the rest were just party snapshots by guests.

Oh well.... it was my 2 and a half seconds in the lime light....

Updates and Trends

Photograph by Paparazzi Pictures

I have photos ready to post from the wedding a couple weeks ago, but the photographer that I shot with asked that I wait to post until he delivers his proofs to his bride. So it will be a week or so before those go up.

I am also working another wedding with Robert this weekend at the United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando with the reception at the Orange County Regional History Center this weekend. So look for a teaser photo next week and more to be posted a few weeks from today.

In the mean time... enjoy this interesting trend in engagement/wedding photography from the NY Times where a photographer is asked to act like "paparazzi" and shoot the actual moment where one asks the other to marry them!! When you are done with that article, check out this Texas photographer who has a great example that was masked as a photo shoot of boyfriend and girlfriend.