Zack Arias recently wrote an excellent blog post on the Microstock industry and why it’s something he’d never want to be a part of.
Read his post first and then come back, but I agree with him completely. I find my joy by being a custom shooter. Clients hire me specifically because they like me, they like my style, and they have faith that I can produce the images of their wedding (or event) that they expect.
I’m not sure I could survive knowing that I had to shoot 500 images a week that I hope were accepted, and that were new, but just as generic as the rest of the crap on those stock sites. It sounds soul-crushing.
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In early October I had the distinct pleasure to shoot Sarah & Alec’s wedding at the Balmoral Club here in Nassau. They’re a beautiful, easy-going, fun-loving couple, and I had a blast. It’s always such an honour to shoot a couple who you can tell are so much in love, and Sarah & Alec were no exception!
The day began with champagne and tears (of happiness) and ended with Junkanoo, fireworks, and a hell of a party, like any good Bahamian wedding should!
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My wife, Iona, and I were invited up to Canada for Iona’s friend Martina’s wedding. While I wasn’t the official wedding photographer, I couldn’t help but bring along my camera and 50mm lens and snap a few shots (which I’m pretty happy with). It was weird not having free reign, and being restricted to shooting from my seat, but I did the best with what I had.
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Beata and Paul are from New York State (by way of Poland and Canada, respectively), and contacted me through a mutual acquaintance down here in Nassau.
While I thoroughly enjoy all the weddings I shoot, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone so much in love as Beata and Paul. When Beata walked down the aisle with her father, Paul’s face was alive. It was beautiful.
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I realise all too well how absent I’ve been from my own blog! I realise, too, how often I’ve had to apologize for myself being absent from my own blog! Such is life, I suppose.
I have a backlog of posts I need to put up. I have three weddings to talk about (including this one), a small photoshoot for a local jewelry distributor, a family portrait session I’m doing on the beach tonight, AND two upcoming corporate shoots that I’m sure will be already finished and processed by the time I’ve dealt with my blog backlog. Sigh. ‘Tis a busy life!
Anishka and Peter were married in a beautiful, intimate, evening ceremony at the end of May at A Stone’s Throw Away, a beautiful cliff-top bed & breakfast on the Western end of Nassau.
Anishka getting ready with the help of her good friend, Bianca.
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I originally intended to post these three portrait sessions seperately, but considering it’s taken me so long to get around to posting (the earliest session was nearly three months ago), I thought I’d consolidate the best of the recent sessions in one post.
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Sailors from the USA, Sweden, Italy, Canada, Argentina, and a host of other countries showed up in Nassau in mid-April for the 2010 Star Western Hemisphere sailing championship, and I was on a rocky boat in the midst of it all!
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I must first apologize for my lack of updates. I see that it’s been nearly 4 months since I last did a post, and that’s terrible. A lot has happened since January, and a lot is coming up, so I’ll make an effort to clear out my backlog and update events in a more timely manner!
Daniela and Richard were married in a beautiful ceremony at the Lyford Cay Club in western New Providence. The weather was cool and breezy, but bright, which made for a lovely garden wedding.
The inevitable rains made an expected appearance, but only after everyone was safely inside the club for the reception.
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I had the opportunity this weekend to shoot the 2010 Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational golf tournament at the One&Only Ocean Club Estates golf course on Paradise Island for The Bahamas Weekly.
The event was much more fun than last year (mainly because I had an all-access press pass, rather than sneaking my camera into the event and shooting from the sidelines), and being there for the full two days of the main tournament allowed me to get some good shots of the various celebrities and to even, dare I say, understand golf a little bit more.
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