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I've always seen the world as though I were looking at it through a camera, focusing on details or color and shape in my mind, and freezing moments that were special and dear to me. As a kid, the plastic viewfinder of my Kodak Instamatic seemed a natural way to frame my experiences and share them with others. Later, studying film and working in television revealed the power of using images to tell stories. And that's what I do today; tell stories of blossoming love, deep family connection, and momentous occasions though images framed in my minds eye.

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Thanks.

earl.

Monthly Archives: June 2009

2 Photographers – 2 Visions

Last weekend Andree (Maine Wedding Photographer) invited me to return to the shores of Sebago Lake in Maine. We had a developed a pretty good working rhythm during our last shoot together, and for most of the day, we each did our own thing and came away with two unique views of the same event. During a quiet moment, we asked the couple to pose in front a classic New England setting–a shack which was covered with old buoys.

Andree moved in close enough to see the weathering of the old buoys and threw the couple out of focus in the background:

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I shot the couple through a bush with a plastic lens, framing the them against the wall.

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I think that having the same couple, the same setting, the same light, and two shots taken within seconds of each other, really illustrates how two photographers will visualize the same subject differently.

Vive la différence!

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All about the details

I travelled north to help a fellow Shootstyle member and Maine wedding photographer, Andree Kehn with a cool wedding she had at a perennial farm. Instead of couples kissing and other shots your see on blogs everyday, I am just showing details we shot from this wedding. If you take a good look at these images, you can tell a lot about the couple and almost everything about the wedding. This was a super fun day. Let us know if you can guess anything about the day. 

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Migis Lodge on Sebago Lake in Maine

This weekend I headed up to Maine to work with Maine Wedding Photographer extraordinaire, Andree Kehn. Andree is lucky enough to live right near the venue, Migis Lodge. It’s a small lodge on the banks of Sebago Lake in Casco that tends to have weddings in the Spring and Fall and reunions and get-togethers during the high season. Andree told me this works out great for her as most of her clientele gets married outside. In the Spring and Fall they need a venue that gives them an option to escape in side if the weather gets nasty or cold. The weather was perfect for us however. What I love about working with Andree is that she gives me free reign to do anything I want when taking pictures. So at this event I walked far away from the ceremony looking for angles that put the service in context of this peaceful setting. I also tried out  new lighting equipment, and shot from balconies and lying on the floor. I was very happy with the images.

Here is the album design Andree presented to the couple, that showcases both our images equally!

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