jean-marcus

wait... is there a BAD dollar store find

LOVE the pics.. the one of you two dancing with the spot light behind you is my fave.. so the kind of pic id be taking and also the one leaning against the pillar.. love it

holy moly... this does sound like a conundrum... its not like you really cant ask her NOT to come and if she does come its not like you can raelly control her. i guess the only thing you can do is to pick a moment where you can talk to her and she is sober and explain your concerns. maybe she gets pissed and decideds to not come just to spite you and then that problem is solved, or maybe she will realize your concern and really try and control herself while she is there, or maybe she will make you a cake after realizing all you have done for her... IN WHICH CASE im coming over cause i love cake... there really isnt an easy way around this situation but i hope it all works out and that your wedding is WONDERFUL one thing though to think about is that all those experiences you had to go through in life has most likely made you the person you are today and made you that much stronger of a person

sounds like you have been going through a roller coaster of emotions... theres really not much for me to say but congratulations and i hope it all works out and if its a boy jean-marcus is a great name

actually order is important... you want to start out doing all the photos that are the "cleaner" and "dry" ones first. each location is different but kind of map out a head of time the possible shots and figure out which ones to do first. you dont want to start out rolling around on the beach and in the water or running through the palm trees or wahtever if you are going to want to do some ones where your hair is nicer or dress is dry also. other then that really the only real trick is to have as muuuuch fun as possible. there are no bad ideas in a TTD shoot. just play around and get lost in the moment and try and be as creative and fun and unique as possible

well look at you.. you're great. and pushing to allow outside photographers isnt something id be opposed to hehehe

use the little rocket blaster to lightly puff air at the sensor but dont put the nozzle past the lens mount. when you are using it give the blaster a few pumps to get anything out of the nozzle that might be in there... plus try to do it in a fairly clean room so you dont just blow more dust into there. try and never touch your sensor if you can. as for the lens the finer the thread count the better. they have lots of lens cloths . use those. give it a little shake beofre wiping the lens. and dont press too hard

hahaha. okay okay. so two nights ago i had one of the strangest dreams and i knew everyone in this thread would LOVE it because it ties in nicely .... so i woke up yesterday morning thinking i had just had one of the funniest and strangest dreams i had had in a wile. (not the weirdest because i have some weeeeirrrdd dreams) anyways. so in my dreams im at a beach resort playing paintball with my friends and the paintball guns are horrible because they are home made. all of a sudden the resort is a 7th grade camp and all my friends turn into like little kids... then my friend kenny turns into ZACK MORRIS from SBTB. so not that i think that is weird or anything but all of a sudden zack pulls out a little box and pulls out two rings and starts to propose to me AND I SAY YES... now the little "this is weird" alarms start going off in my head but i keep dreaming. im thinking this is so weird why is zack morris proposing to me. he is a guy and im a guy and why am i not zack morris because everyone in high school called me zack morris because i was the preppy guy with the perfect blond hair haha... then im thinking "hey why am i not proposing to kelly kapowsky?" so in my dream we are looking at the two rings and we cant figure out which is the engagement ring and which is the wedding ring so we just guess because they both looked the same. then i start thinking "what am i gonna tell my parents? how am i going to tell them im engaged to zack morris? i know my sisters would love it but my parents will think its weird... finally i just realize it is way to weird to be true and i wake up AND OF COURSE saved by the bell is on tv because i fell asleep with the tv HAHAHA

Quote: Originally Posted by LisaG OMG JM!! When he started singing for the first time, I thought I was going to pee my pants - I was laughing so hard. He was terrible!! Everytime he sang my GF and I would just bust out laughing.....as did the entire theater! k so if he is that bad at singing. did they pick him for the part on purpose? is he supposed to be a bad singer or something?

Quote: Originally Posted by Hartyt509 I know what you mean lol BUT i hated abba mostly because my ex played it constantly at our wedding lmao however i like them again now lol Honestly its worth a laugh lmao if its on somewhere ill watch it. but i wont pay to go see it hahaha bjorn and benny from abba have enough money as it is already.

i live in this really crazy part of town where different cultures cross paths.. dont take this as racial just trying to explain where i live. i seriously tell people that where i live is where compton meets vietnam. if you go one street up from mine up the ill its asians and one street down its predominantly black.. i live three blocks up from martin luther king drive and then 4 blocks down from beacon ave which has vietnamese karaoke, chinese grocery stores, and japanese restaurants... I LOVE IT... i can walk down and get some amazing bbq or walk up and get some awesome sushi... plus my view of the mountains and the lake from my hill is amazing...

congrats ont he engagment... were you expecting it?

well my advice would be get a macbook that sucks though. sorry . hopefully twinkletoes advice worked. nothing worse then having your electronics freak out on you all of a sudden.. my camera is doing that to me right now and its just costing me money left and right.. UGH

thats a great opening shot on that gallery. love the color and that wall . everythigns perfect

love the pics. mannn does that cake look so yummy. can i dive right in

okay so... first of all. i was BORN AND RAISED in sweden so abba is pumped into my veins at birth.. i listen to abba quite often (and not the greatest hits stuff that is way over played). so trust me i can jam out with abba no problem.. BUTTT oh in no wayy am i gonna see this movie. i like pierce from way back in th eday of remington steel but come on... he cant sing for crap and it just looks so bad... i heard that its funny and all that but i just dont wanna ruin abba more for me hahah doesnt mean the rest of you cant go enjoy it though. just putting my two cents in

thank god they are finally getting rid of it... trans fats is such a horrible thing... just cause its says 0 TRANS FATS you gotta check to make sure its not per serving cause they can legaly say taht if its less then a gram per serving and the serving might not be very big either so if you eat a normal portion it might be 2-3 grams of it. now they need to boycott high fructose corn syrup as well. that is just directly stored as fat because you cant break it down well because your body sees it as a chemical not a sugar

great shots. i am loving them all

Quote: Originally Posted by jayreilly hire this guy ;-) YouTube - Bruce Testones - fashion photographer that video is TOOO funny. oh do i know plenty of photographers like that.. theres this photographer her in seattle who is suuch a weasel. no one will hardly work with him anymore cause he is so nasty. has this high pitched voice. ewww Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan funny My friend hired a wedding photographer that does bikini models & brides. He didn't know not to treat a bride like she is in a bikini & kept telling the girl how hot her body was. A lot of the pictures are cropped to where they are centered on her chest. Like the shot of them exchanging rings. you HAVE to show me this guys website.. i am dying to see his wedding stuff... its probably all cleavage shots lol

Quote: Originally Posted by ErinB True...but I might need a vodka or two to be as flirty with a woman. I can see the scenario now of taking my BM with me and having it turn into some nearly girl-on-girl Maxim type thing. Though I know DH would L-O-V-E it. LOL! Perv! oh man. you're a riot...that so reminds me of a quote david spade said on the show "just shoot me" "All women are two drinks away from a lesbian experience"...

Quote: Originally Posted by Nic Dragomire I would want JM to do my dude-oir... lol sorry sorry. i shold have Multi Quoted NIC... that was one of the funniest things ive heard in a while.. hahaha. a "DUDE-oir" oh crap. if i ever get married im so gonna make one of those and wear my sexy lime green speedo for my soon to be wife as a suprise... perhaps you have seen the speedo already ....

Quote: Originally Posted by Kat81 You can also take a GF with you. another good point. you should always take a gf with you on a shoot like that.. 1. because unless you know the photog well its always best... PLUS 2. sometimes it really helps get you loosened up beacuse you have someone there to help joke around and break the ice once again. COMFORT COMFORT COMFORT

Quote: Originally Posted by ErinB Great points JM. I would really like to do a BD for out first anniversary gift. My photog from the wedding was great, she is a close friend, and I trust her completely. However, I would like to find a male photographer. I am fairly comfortable with my body and I like to flirt. I think I would get flirtier/sexier pictures with a man behind the camera. I would be able to "get into character" a little better, and as Jean Marcus pointed out, a man knows what another man would like to see. ive had models tell me that they had pictures turn out better simply because they were able to get into it more with a male photographer because you start getting this chemistry going during a shoot and working off the energy. especially if you're flirty by nature like that its just going to bring it all out in the photos and they are gonna turn out great

Quote: Originally Posted by JessicaLovesBrian However, I had an ex who was one of those creepy male photographers, so that kind of made me iffy on going with a guy. oh trust me. those creepy photographers are a dime a dozen.. i met one who is sooooo creepy.. he has this kind of high pitched voice and totally looks like he would be showing up on "to catch a predator" next month... i heard from someone who hired him for a fashion shoot that one of the models "hoohaa" popped out while she was changing and he started snapping photos of her. EWWWW CREEPY

heres my feeling on this... and this might sound kind of weird but maybe its helpful... now take a hypothetical male and female photographer and assume they are completely equal in photographic skills (and neither of them are weird or creepy and really easy going)... who to go to? Pros going with a woman: 1. as a woman you are definatly going to feel more comfortable doing a shoot like that in front of a woman. GRANTED.. given.. no questions about that.. its like going to a male ob/gyn. (of course my dad was one and all his patients loved him so there are exceptions haha) 2. a guy might end up being a total creep.. trust me. ive meeting plenty in my day and gives the rest of us a bad name. Pros with going with a male photographer: 1. I kind of feel (as a male) that I have an understanding of whats going to be a great photo for him. I would know what he will enjoy and a woman of course will make some great photos 2. As a straight guy theres this attraction towards women and wanting to photograph them. I don't think id be able to photograph a shoot like that for a man as well as i do for a woman because i dont have the passion there to do it. you have to be passionate about what you are shooting and i just find the beauty in a woman more then a man (thank god im not gay, but if i was, then perhaps this advice would be layed out differently hahaha). Hope that doesnt make me sound creepy or anything because its strictly about the images captured. if i saw a woman in her underwear id think "wowww hot woman in her underwear" BUTTTT if you put a camera in my hand all of a sudden i think "wowwww hot woman in her underwear im gonna photograph her like this and like that because that could make for some awesome photos". its really strange how my mentality changes when im doing a shoot. and im sure others can back me up here. i think it comes down to passion in the end with those types of photos. wedding photography wise its even playing field.. and im not saying that women wouldnt shoot the hell out of a boudoir because i know tons of female photographer friends of mine that shoot some awesome pics.. but maybe im on this view point because it wouldnt be something fun for me as much to shoot some guy rolling around in his underwear and tryign to come up with sexy shots of that. i guess my mind doesnt work as well that way hahaha. well now that ive wasted everyones time with my ramblings ill end it with disregard everything ive just said. i just shot a wedding and im tired and even though i should just not reply to this post and delete what ive just said maybe just maybe it would help someone out.. somewhere.. in a nut shell.. pick the photographer you feel most comfortable with because in the end thats what is going to make the best photos. if you're not comfortable then they wont be as great THE END hahaha