Well, for those of you who have been following my career in this field you know that I put off buying studio equipment because I chose to go on a mission for my [url=http://www.mormon.org]church[/url].
Yesterday morning was one of the first days I’ve had off in quite a while. So when my brain woke me at 7:30am there was nothing else to do than head out to the livingroom of my apartment and watch some Style Network in my baby blue bathrobe and fuzzy pink slippers. The first shows were re-runs of wedding cake decorating and that made me hungry… A glass of Sprite and some oatmeal in the morning… yum… 
Anyway, I kept watching and the TV show “Who’s Wedding Is It Anyway” came on. It was the special on million dollar wedding couples. DANG! – not the point. The point is as I watched the show all the little details of the day and preparation really made me want to get out there again with my camera and start taking some journalistic wedding photos!
As luck would have it the past few months for me have really been eye openers since my creative wall had been built to focus on being a missionary. I’ve been home since April ‘07 and I’m finally starting to paint, play my guitar, and get out there with my camera again.
I straight away went out and bought my new camera that I’ve been reluctant to buy because I kept thinking I needed something worth a million dollars. Really – you don’t. Just something that will give you the ability to have high quality images and do things you want to do. So, I have my new Nikon. I haven’t named her yet. 
Probably wont, I usually don’t name things… but I did name my car – haha! Okay, so I’m a hypocrite on the naming things. I also picked up two 4GB storage cards.
This morning I bought my reflectors (Flashpoint 22″ 5-in-1 Collapsible Disc Reflector, Translucent, White, Black, Silver & Soft Gold) along with 2 different books which looked to give a lot of advice.
“The Wedding Photographers Handbook”
(http://billhurter.com/best-of-wedding-photographyEdit3.html?sid=406331&quantity=1&product_id=18)
“The Best Wedding Photographer”
(http://billhurter.com/wedding-photography-handbook.html)
Both of which are written by Bill Hurter (And yes, I didn’t realize until NOW that they were written by the same guy.)
I also found a really good artical – mostly about the workflow. Check it out. http://photo.net/learn/digital-photography-workflow/overview/wedding-photography/
My plan is to start my business as of 2009. So I believe it’s time to get things back in order. I really need to update my portfolio as far as weddings go. I’ve done a lot of portrait work, but need some more models. Maybe I can rangle some people in my ward.
For brides in the Utah area, if you’ve already been married and have your wedding dress still contact me for information on being a model – this does include you being paid.
If you are looking to have bridals done and have NOT been married yet, I’ll do your shoot for $100. That includes having full rights to your images and a complete disk of all your images edited.
Email me if you’re interested. ldsmarie@gmail.com
A total character!
