My lovely friend Jill and her boy Justin will be tying the knot soon and I offered to take some engagement pictures for them while in Prescott. Here are a few shots from our first shoot at Emmanuel Pines Campground... well they wanted to come down to Phoenix and try it again in a different location.
As this is my great journey to becoming a world famous photographer, i'm realizing some obstacles of getting the perfect shot. I'm learning i need to talk with my "subjects" more to get the kind of emotional reaction i want, and the beautiful sun... is sometimes more of a pain than a help. I found myself getting frustrated trying to edit the photos i took because everything seemed SO washed out! So as beautiful as the white porch and fence were... sorry guys... they didn't look quite like we had hoped with the 2 o'clock sun pounding down. 
the fact that they like each other so much almost makes the shadows go away... at least i keep telling myself that. oh well... now i know for next time...
Shadow Problem? Invest in a diffuser/reflector combo kit. You can get a really good one for under $50 on amazon that includes a white sheer diffuser, and black/white/silver/gold reflectors. Mine is about 3 feet across. And it folds down into a little disc (which I scream about every time I try to refold it...).
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1. Reflecting light into your sister's eyes while she's teaching.
2. Throwing it (unfolded) like a frisbee in your front yard with your elderly neighbor Norm.
3. Using it as an umbrella to get to your car while carrying 30 lattes.
4. Terrifying a pack of puppies by letting it unfold by itself in the middle of the floor.
Not that I've ever done any of these things...
Oh yeah. You can also use it to alter the light in your photographs.....
-Wam
I love the photo in the tunnel!
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