I spent a day with 15 other photographers at a "shootshop" led by Nate & Jaclyn from the image is found photography. It was awesome -- truly inspiring and enlightening. I felt like a giant sponge trying to soak up as much information as possible. I also thoroughly enjoyed meeting and talking shop with all the other attendees, and realized just how much fun it can be when a bunch of like-minded people with one huge interest (obsession?) in common get together and have a photography geek-fest.
The day began with everyone sharing a bit about themselves, and Nate & Jaclyn talking a bit about how they got started in photography and and their general philosophy on the kind of photography they like to do. They generally eschew the most overdone and cliched shots when it comes to wedding/engagement sessions -- you won't see a single photo in their collection of a couple walking hand in hand on the beach during sunset. Their style is more urban and gritty, as you'll see in the photos later on in the post. They make it pretty clear to their clients that if they want the more conventional and stereotypical shots, then they should look elsewhere for someone who can give that to them. I deeply respect their strong commitment to their own personal style of photography.
After the get-to-know-you part of the day, they arranged for a couple of clients of theirs to come by for an instructional engagement session shoot. So we all followed along as we walked the streets of downtown Oceanside and watched and waited for Nate to get inspired by something in his surroundings. We'd stop, Nate would direct the photo subjects to get into position, and he would talk through every detail of his thought process with the rest of us. Really great stuff.
The day came to a close with all of us returning to their studio and having a post-processing session where Nate guided us through their overall workflow. This is where we all got a glimpse of what they do to their photos to give them the unique look & feel that you see in their finished product.
I took some photos of Nate at work in each different photo-setting, for the purpose of showing them side by side with the finished results of the photos he captured after reviewing and post-processing.
I need to be clear here: The finished photos you see below were taken by Nate from imageisfound photography -- not me! I'm just linking directly to the photos as they were posted on his blog. Please go straight to their post to see their own write-up.
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Here are a few random photos of the class:
1 comment:
Wow, these are amazing photos. Makes me want to get married, just to have these guys shoot my wedding! It also make me want to (a) get that f/1.4 lens I'm hoping will show up under the tree in a few weeks, and (b) learn lots more about postprocessing. These are totally gorgeous -- I can see why you were so stoked to go shoot with them, Reuben!
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