Why two photographers?

The blogging is a little slow this week as we play catch up from the holidays. January and February are usually the months where the wedding season slows down and we use the extra time to design some albums, update our marketing materials, and just do all the little things we seem to never have time to do in the busy seasons. Our main goal for 2008 is to show how we work together as a team to produce the images we achieve from our weddings and events. You can hire a photographer with an "assistant" all day long. However, photographing weddings together for five years consistently now has given us the ability to work in a way where we are always inspiring each other for better shots. It also allows us to cover twice as much of your event in half the time. I'm going to be doing a little show and tell on the blog here soon with examples of why it's an advantage to hire a photography team with two photographers who are equally qualified for your wedding. Stay tuned!

On a side note, we have had some inquiries lately in more of a technical nature asking how we make our photographs look the way we do. Answer? It's the 33.333% rule.

33% technical knowledge of working a camera and knowing which lens for the shot you want
33% knowledge of digital enhancement of the photo after getting it perfect with the camera first (photoshop is not for helping a bad image, it's for making a perfect one even better)
And finally, 33% of having the "eye" and experience of knowing and capturing a good photograph. A photo will never look 100% if any of these are missing....