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Leyland & Liza: NYC Wedding

June 23, 2011 by thismomentcaptured

Their story began when they were 13 & 15 years old. Leyland and Liza were high school sweethearts but life circumstances pulled them apart for over 10 years. They re-discovered each other and started dating again a little over 3 years ago. Leyland proposed on a bench in central park while the ground was covered in snow. He let her read the book he had made “100 Reasons Why I Love You.” When she finished the last page and looked up he was on his knee. He asked and she responded, “For Real!!!”

About a month ago I had the honor to be Leyland and Liza’s photographer and below is a glimpse of the story of their day. Kyle Burnell assisted me in NYC as second shooter. The entire day was flawlessly put together by the amazing Christine & Annie with EAP Weddings. Thanks for stopping by.

Posted in Weddings | Tagged Leyland & Liza Wedding, NYC Wedding Photography | 10 Comments »

Leyland & Liza: NYC Wedding (preview)

June 8, 2011 by thismomentcaptured

A few formal shots from Leyland & Liza’s amazing NYC wedding a couple weeks ago. Lots more to come so check back soon!

Posted in Weddings | Tagged East Coast Wedding Photography, Liza & Leyland, New York City Wedding Photography, NYC Wedding, Orange County Wedding Photographer | 10 Comments »

Leather Craftsmen Albums

April 28, 2011 by thismomentcaptured

I thought I would put up some photos of recent albums we’ve had made for our clients. Currently we use Leather Craftsmen and couldn’t be happier. From start to finish they both make our lives easier and produce an amazing finish product. From customer service to custom bindings, Leather Craftsmen rocks! If your a photographer in the local Southern California area give Ira Gershoff a call and he’ll take care of you. Here are a few shots of full feature albums and a new brag book that they offer, which is a replica of the full feature album. Enjoy and let us know if you are interested in getting an album from your photo shoot.

Featured here is a 10×10 flush mount album with designer mahogany leather (Ernie & Margaret Limon’s 50th Wedding Anniversary) and Philip & Jillian’s 14×10 flush mount album with black japaneese bookcloth. The soft cover brag books have a custom designed cover and are an exact replica of the full feature album on the inside. They are perfect as a gift or to stick in your car or bag to show to family and friends.

A few shots of my favorite spreads from Phil & Jill’s album (which they haven’t even seen yet…)

The soft cover brag books come in a 4-pack

Leather Craftsmen offers both cover and spine stamping and engraving

Posted in Anniversary, For Photographers, Marketing & Product, Weddings | Tagged Album, Anniversary, Philip & Jillian, Wedding | 4 Comments »

Fine Art Photography – Making Something New!

January 21, 2011 by thismomentcaptured

To many photographers, “Fine Art Photography” means something slightly different. Like different shades of a color, they are all similar and different at the same time. For me as a photographer, fine art photography is taking an image and making something new. Each expression may be similar to the original but a slighly different shade or variation. Sometimes its extreme and sometimes subtle, but each time its new.

Ok, I feel like someones standing over my shoulder wispering, “deep thoughts by Jack Handy”… Stop that! I’ll blow out the candles now and stop being gushy. Anyway, I wanted to take a picture that I liked straight out of the camera and create something new. So below is a shot I loved from Nick & Katie’s wedding that I kept fiddling around with. Nothing too extreme, but each variation is different from the others. This would be my idea of fine art photography. Thanks for stopping by and if you can take a minute, please tell me which one strikes your fancy in the comment section below.

Image 1: Original Image (Straight out of the camera)

Note: On each variation of this photograph I used actions from Jesh De Rox Colorshift Actions, some from Boutwells Totally Rad Actions, and a few of my own. Also used a texture from Jessica Drossin Textures.

Image 2: Basic Edit