WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

photography is so weird, you can get the lights and exposure and shutter time right, but if you're taking pictures of people, you have to have an entirely different skillset

my friend (an architect) helped this dude who is a professional architecture photographer one time and it's amazing what you can do with technique. however, the same photographer also does portraits of people who work for the studios, and I kid you not, the people end up looking like buildings

i could 100% believe that - - - over the past half-decade i've shifted to mainly shooting architecture, from primarily doing friendly people-pictures and candids and i've lost a whole set of skills related to the latter, even as i've improved as "a photographer" generically.

did I admit on another thread that I had yr building pics as the screensaver on my appletv for a while? good stuff

I mean, why why why did the photographer make those people do that?

Yeah that’s… unfortunate.

Problem with the genre is, what is it a photograph “of”? At least wedding pictures document and commemorate an event. Engagement photos aim to represent, what… a couple’s “love” for each other? A symbolic representation of their commitment?

It’s so hard to do that without falling into awkwardness, staginess, cliche.

In a way it’s safer to half-ironically play on pop culture motifs than— have them look into each other’s eyes.

a picture of the young couple filing a joint tax return

or rolling a joint

now that's more like it

taking their first tax return and spending it all on one really big joint, which they light using a mini cooper that's caught fire

I'm all about the story a picture tells

this one couple's epic engagement night

or one year anniversary i guess

reposting this from upthread 5years ago

http://i.imgur.com/nRZMYVw.png

I hope that is their actual wedding

god

pipe dreams really do come true

i went to high school with that dude & yes it was his actual wedding

that makes me really happy

u got more pictures from that wedding?

i don't think so, lost to the sands of myspace

so are the days of our lives

a friend of mine had a photography sideline for a while...everything was suuuper processed and filters up the wazoo but what was striking was how even when they were people i knew, mutual friends we both hung out with & knew well even, everyone looked so stiff & awkward! i swear every shot looked like those bad stock photos they put in cheap wallets
it was kind of a bummer

when the people get a little older all the couples photos look like big pharma ads

the mini cooper 1, not that it makes any sense, is kinda cool. idk id pay 2 be in a greg crewsdon photo prob

mh, i do recall you saying something like that and feeling very flattered/bashful - thanks again though, for real! I gotta get back into a regular posting groove.

Your Flickr is all-time, Dr Casino. I believe that means "very good".

http://i.imgur.com/DlpVSlQ.jpg

^^ dude is stoned and proposed via video game, a+

proposals

nadam had em

http://www.snaphappyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/lindsey-logan2%28pp_w950_h707%29.jpg
http://www.snaphappyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/lindesy-logan1%28pp_w950_h707%29.jpg
http://www.snaphappyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/lindsey-logan3.jpg

realized what many engagement photos remind me of— not portraits, but tv show promo pictures

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luh4eny0Dm1qc30y1.jpg
http://buffycomics.hellmouthcentral.com/covers/spike_dru01.jpg

http://www.snaphappyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/lindsey-logan3.jpg vs http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luh4eny0Dm1qc30y1.jpg

FITE

FITE

vampire & buffy on the left much more fearsome imo

and fierce

I honestly can't tell if her eyes are saying "I'm only doing this to free my family from his dungeon" or "I'm going to finish absorbing his life force as soon as the photographer leaves."

dunno but his eyes are saying 'my dad owns a dealership'

lol, I see both things (xpost: all three things). also, the two are seconds away from pouncing, ripping open, and draining the photographer of his blood.

http://www.snaphappyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/lindsey-logan3.jpg https://hewholaughs.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/bear_shining_costume.jpg

another pro photoshop job
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1484956/shining%20new%20couple.png

lol at drash's observation and everything since

"Don't shoot until you can see the whites of their eyes!"

…

"Okay, looks like they're about 10 miles away! Can I shoot now!"

I think if you've ever asked to pose with your palm slapped up against a wall, you may need to reconsider the aesthetic vision of your photographer.

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u299/alexrrobleto/VietnamMemorialwall.jpg

I lack the photoshop (read: powerpoint) skills to take this where it needs to go

can someone photoshop their eyes on to each others faces?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1484956/eyes%20on%20faces.png

Somehow I dont think thats what gr80 meant but LOL oh jesus.

http://i.imgur.com/Vnaetnd.jpg

"Noooo! Get away from me!"

the stranded car scenes remind me a tad of David Lynch (eg Lost Highway)-- very auspicious for a marriage

― drash, Monday, March 16, 2015 1:41 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

also i thought the abandoned train car one was a twin peaks thing before i read the caption

p sure pplains made up that caption....

I didn't!