Graduation Day

Today my daughter Christina graduated from NFHS. She received her diploma on stage at the Niagara Falls Cenvention Center. We are so proud of her. She will be starting college at NCCC in the fall. She plans on being a teacher. Today is a great day.

Lighting Lesson 005

It is important that you understand and use light to portray the image you want to express. The before and after image above shows you the original scene and how it was brightly lit. The subject matter gets completely lost in the scene and the image makes no sense.. Now suppose you light the subject and render the surrounding background black. I did this by adding one light ( sb 600 speedlight ) with a Gary Fong power snoot. By under exposing the back ground and just adding some concentrated light to the subject I have now made the sneakers the main focal point of this scene. Now this is in no way super artistic but it is a quick demonstration of how dramatically light can alter your image easily. This gives the scene a different look. Your posibillities are endless in photography. Use the light to express your feelings to the viewer. Camera was a Nikon D3, 24-70mm Nikkor 2.8 AF-s lens. Exposure was ISO 320, f - 16 @ 1/ 1000 sec. SB 600 manual, @ full power.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Steven & Laura. They married on Saturday at Samuel's Grand Manor in Clarence. They had an outdoor wedding ceremony and the reception immediately followed in the upstairs banquet room. The weather turned sunny and we got plenty of great images. We had a great time working with this couple and their families. You can see their complete gallery of wedding images on our main site: www.theportraitgalleryniagara.com

Friday Weddings

Congratulations to John & Sarah. They married Friday evening at Redeemer Lutheran Church in North Tonawanda. We stopped at Ellicott Creek Island for pictures then off to Ellicott Creek Fire Hall for a marvelous reception. Thank you to John & Laura and their families for the opportunity to photograph their day. You can view all their images at our main site: www.theportraitgalleryniagara.com

Portraits in the Park

Summer is here and it is a great time for outdoor portraits. We will shoot your portraits anywhere you like. We did these wonderful grand children images at Hyde Park last week. You can see their complete set of images on our main site: Theportraitgalleryniagara.com
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Congratulations Toni & Chris

Friday night we had the great fortune to be at and photograph the entire event of Toni Scarpelli and Christopher Tierney's wedding. A wonderful day for them to tie the knot. They married at Banchetti's in Amherst with a reception following. Thank you to them and their families for a wonderful opportunity. Here are some highlights of the day. Click on images to enlarge. The complete gallery can be viewed on our main site: theportraitgalleryniagara.com

Congratulations

Congratulations go out to Isaac & Caitlin on their engagement. They are a wonderful young couple. Both attend Purdue University and both are finishing up their masters degrees this year. They plan an October wedding in the Pittsburg area. We will be looking forward to working with them again soon. Here are a couple of our favorites from their engagement session taken this past weekend. You can view all their images at our main site in the client viewing gallery.