I will be on WTNH’s CT Style with Desiree (since Sonia has officially left!) this Thursday, December 24th. The show starts at 12:30pm. The interview is about our fusion/hybrid service. At the end they ask me about some of my trash the dress photos! Stay tuned!
The Branford Girls Hockey team is back and better than ever. This team was started by the students and has really taken off. The team photo and individual photos were taken to help them raise funds to keep the team going. This was such a fun shoot. Next time I need to bring some spikey shoes cause shooting on ice was interesting!
It was cold, there was snow on the ground, it was cold, and did I mention it was cold? But that doesn’t stop us from shooting! I also did another panoramic on the grounds of Amanda’s grandmothers farm. What a beautiful location.
These are amazing. Thank you so much for braving the cold with us!
I really like the idea of adding a panorama to your blog post! Keep up the great work!
I was honored this year to be asked to speak at the first Boston Wedding Photographers Guild Inspire conference, February 23rd and 24th. The concept of this conference is just amazing! It’s like a mini retreat with mentors talking about topics that really help you get inspired to shoot and grow the most important part of your business, you. Click the image to go to the site.
The speakers are all from the New England area: The Graziers, StudioFoto, James Federico, Anne Ruthmann, Eric Laurits, and Mark Higgins just to name a few. I will be talking about how I do Fusion (aka Hybrid) weddings from shooting to editing. Click the image below to view the PDF.
Besides the sessions? Continental breakfast, lunch, and dinner on both Tuesday and Wednesday are included in the registration fee of $239. Yeah, that’s it! But if you want to feel super special, I’ll get you in for $189! Just use this link or the discount code “bpgfriend” and $50 will be taken off your registration.
Photographers, I hope to see you there!
I can’t wait for you to come to Boston with your expertise!!! This conference is gonna be amazing! Thanks RE!
Ok I had to post this quickly. I have so many comments on so many of these photos and no time to leave them! Other than Vanessa and David’s session rocked in Manhattan and Central Park.
I love the look and placement of the logo! Looks great!
Pictures look amazing! Hit the buttom before I could add this =)
Love the bridge picture!
You are continually getting better with your creativity and I can’t believe you got this shot of the tree with so many people around you!! Lovely shoot!
Jacinta and Frank got married at St Ann’s in Milford, then a stop at Yale University for portraits, followed by their reception at Cascade in Hamden. Jacinta was a little worried about the weather, but it held out all day! A perfect clouded over day for pictures.
Tux: Camillo’s
Makeup Artist: Naomi Martinez
Hair Stylist :Alan Delmonte
Florist: Beechwood Florist
Limousin: Hys Limo
Cake Artist: Julia’s Bakery N/A
DJ: Mike Connoly Sound Productions
This has been wedding #198! Still waiting for #200 to come….
Long time no see! I stopped counting weddings ages ago. lol. Cascades… haven’t been there in about 3 years and it’s right down the street. lol.
Introducing Petrina and Dan! They wanted to have their photos done in one of my favorite places, Milford, CT. I used to live there so I know the area pretty well. Come to find out, Dan works in the boat yard that I always park at and seem to be around. So why not start and end there?
WOW. This really made me want to speak out. I know it’s an old article, but it seems to just keep coming around. I saw this a while ago and tried to keep my cool, but I just read it again: Wedding Photographers are apparently the most overpaid people in America! And ANYONE can do it!!!! According to MarketWatch. Anyone can be a high paying wedding photographer. Wow.
So let’s talk briefly about what it costs to be a professional wedding photographer. My second shooter here is looking to buy his own equipment. Just to start off with the basics he was up to $8,000. Imagine the cost of what I carry. Oh, and I have to insure all of it. Then there’s vehicle expenses, commissions for running credit cards, equipment repairs, I spent $1200 on postage this year (postage!!!), continuing education, computer and software upgrades, hard drives, hard drives, hard drives, it costs to make albums, paying staff… I really could go on. Oh wait! providing for my family? Putting food on our table and the discount outlet clothes on our back? I did 25 weddings this year and my expenses were double the average 2 person family income in Connecticut (according to census.gov)! Overpaid? My prices go up next year because I was underpaid this year.
For the other side of the story, the International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers did an awesome survey of photographers recently. I know when I started my business, everyone I knew thought I just worked weekends. I was often asked “What do you do during the week?” Alot more!
It’s plain and simple. If I didn’t have the expenses that I have, or spend that much time getting everything done, I’d be out of business.
So very true…
Great post !!!
you forgot to add the nonprofit-unpaid work you do!!
I want to know how you get to spend 12.2% of your time taking pictures! It feels more like 2.12% for me!
Great response…
Awesome I responded to the original post, funny how they didn’t post it. Totally linking your post. 
I am not a photog, but i know enough of them to know that you guys work your a$$es off for not enough money….i recommend my photog friends every chance i get . not everyone can do it, its an art, whoever wrote this crap about this profession should try it before they start talking out their asses.
Great post Rich!
AMEN… and yes exactly about the no time for family welcome to my world…try adding a 3 and a half yr old and a 5 year old to the mix… I have to skip on things like SLEEP =)
Thanks for your pie chart! It’s so true. I couldn’t agree with you more!
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Well babe—I think you said it all!! Love you and I know you take great pride in what you do…now you have a color graph to prove it LOL
Great post RE. So true.
Thank you for posting this…I know most people don’t consider all of the “behind the scenes” work we do.
Great response to an absolutely absurd article!
Thanks for posting this. Some people’s perceptions are totally insane.
Amen! Thanks for speaking out!
SO true all around – thank you!!
daaaaaaaang RE, TELL IT!
I am so glad you posted this, it reminded me also of when I just had my kids (while starting my business) and people would ask me ‘what do you DO all day??’ Like seriously. Yeah this life is hard if you are a single person, let alone married, let alone adding in KIDS, and wait, a personal life. Wait. Scratch that, no time for that! But then we are overpaid so I guess it balances out.
Thanks for posting this!
Wow. The perception really is tainted in this article, isn’t it?
I know when it comes to “the season”, my family sighs. They know I’ll be gone for many weekends, staying up late, working.
Nevermind during off-season, when albums are designed and produced, accounting needs to happen, classes are taken so we are up to snuff with our equipment and client appointments continuously occur. Expenses for cleaning, fixing, upgrading equipment aren’t considered in pricing either.
Amazing. The person who wrote this article has clearly no knowledge of what we do.
Not to mention any charity work in which we donate our time to.
Oh hey Rich….first time seeing this because I just got back from traveling the Caribbean the past three months partying my face off and taking pictures of lingerie models…. **SIKE!!**
I actually just saw this because I’ve been in Lightroom for the past 3 days and haven’t showered, eaten, and have even thought about putting in my own catheter. Thanks for posting!
Amen brother! Thank you so much for putting our jobs in perspective….you should forward that to the uninformed idiots that wrote that article. We’re definitely linking to your post!!!!
Oh…forgot to say, thank you for taking some of your non-existent precious time to put this post together….you rule!
You may have seen Jenay and George in a few other weddings I’ve posted. I’ll explain why in one of the pictures below. We totally lucked out on the rain we thought we were going to get and had a perfect for photography clouded over day.
This has been wedding announcement #197!
These are awesome! How funny I was at Wesleyan for ceremony and pics then Crystal Lake on 10-17
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12.26.2009
YAY! So nice Rich!
12.26.2009
Love it! Especially the THD part!