Lighting Tip on Photographing Babies

September 17, 2009 by Lee Hughes
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Dream Team Wedding Photographers

September 4, 2009 by Mike Luter
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You are invited to spend a day following twelve of the best wedding photographers in the industry as they give you extraordinary wedding photography tips while showing you how to photograph a perfect wedding.

On May 11, 2009, approximately 100 photographers from all over Florida arrived at the Serenata Beach Club for the filming of the Dream Team Wedding Photographers Seminar.

The Dream Team Wedding Photographers video takes your through a (mock) wedding from start to finish. Each photographer demonstrates their unique style on how they photograph a specific part of the wedding day.

Getting Ready – Julie Hughes
Glamour Bridal portraits – Rick Ferro
Formal Groom portraits – Peggy McAteer
Bride w/ Bridesmaids – Mario Munoz Jr.
Groom w/ Groomsmen – Krystal & Matt Radlinski
Couple Portraits – Sherri Ebert
Family & Bridal Party Group Shots – Susan Michal
The Ceremony – Pat Tankersley & Brenda Estes
The Grand Finale – Curt Littlecott & Stephanie Rounds

Watch as the photographers show you a variety of techniques used to create some of the most amazing wedding-day images.

Getting Ready
Julie Hughes kicks off the video photographing the bride as she prepares for the special day, including all the special details that are always so important to the bride.

Glamour Bridal Portraits
Next, Rick Ferro demonstrates how even the dullest, most difficult area to work with can be transformed. He pulls it off in his signature style photographing glamour bridal portraits in a very small equipment storage room just to show you really can create beautiful portraits just about anywhere.

Formal Groom Portraits
Peggy McAteer presents her segment on the formal groom portraits incorporating another important detail to the day – the car that the bride and groom leave in – an antique car brought in for this special shoot.

Bride with Bridesmaids
Mario Munoz, Jr. brings you back inside to cool down and demonstrate how he interacts and photographs the bride and bridesmaids.

Groom with Groomsmen
Following Mario’s segment, Krystal and Matt Radlinski talk about their techniques when working outdoors with the groom and groomsmen for their portraits.

Couple Portraits
Our beautiful bride and handsome groom then join Sherri Ebert as she demonstrates her style of photographing some very romantic couple portraits.

Family & Bridal Party Group Shots
Next is Susan Michal who shares her style of photographing and posing the entire bridal party for the group portraits.

The Grand Finale
The events of the wedding day video lead up to the grand finale presented by Curt Littlecott and Stephanie Rounds. With a storm brewing in the distance, Curt and Stephanie capture some amazing images of our couple with gorgeous sky color and lightning strikes in the distant.

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