Today’s image was taken by Tanja of Tanja Lippert Photography… “This photo was taken in November, 2006 in Union Square, San Francisco.  I love it because it shows the irony between the homeless man on the street having his meal and the wedding couple who are experiencing the happiest moment of their lives.   This is one of my favorite photos and quite honestly, taken on accident.  I was so focused on shooting the couple heading off to their reception, that I was oblivious to the poor guy on the street!  It was not until I got the proofs back that I realized the shot that I got. It was shot with Kodak 400CN film in my Nikon F100 camera, most likely f2.0 at around 1/30

Today’s image was taken by Chris Beard of Chris Beard Photography and Pictage member since 2006.  He is also the new Toronto PUG leader! “We were shooting Joy and Chris’ wedding at a park in Niagara Falls that had these really cool hedges with archways cut into them. I had them stand in one of the archways and let the sun illuminate the leaves in the background. We had told the wedding party to go on ahead to our next location while we got a few shots here, so it was fairly intimate with no one else around. I told Chris and Joy that I was going to grab a new card from my bag, and that the shot we were going for was simply

Today’s image was taken by Shyla of Shyla Photography and Pictage member since 2006… “This Image was shot of an Indian Bride at a fashion show in LA. I was on assignment for gown designer Amal H. from Amal of Beverly Hills and I got a little bored shooting the exact same thing on the runway so I decided to try to get a little creative. Two main spotlights illuminated the runway, but this look was achieved by metering for the skin in the hottest part of the spotlight, shooting at a low ISO, and manually adjusting my white balance to counter the blue cast given off by the lights. Shot with Nikon, skin tones tend to be warmer by nature, but manually adding more

Today’s image was taken by Kevin Swan of Delicious Wedding Photography, Indianapolis PUG leader and Pictage member since 2006. “This is one of my favorite shots from last year. I was trying to convey Chicago…the couple loves downtown. So I knew I needed the L-Train in a shot. I was in bright sunlight, but knew I wanted to have the motion of the train, so I went to TV mode and set my shutter pretty low: 1/13th of a second. I set my ISO to 50, and the aperture at 18 with my 16-35mm dialed all the way out to 16. I only did the shot once, took four frames, and this one was the one! I was trying to back-light the couple with the

Today’s image was taken by PUG leader Kacie Jean of Kacie Jean Photography, Santa Barbara based Pictage member since 2006. “This was by far my most favorite engagement session because the couple was willing to do anything I asked! We decided last minute to try and get a cool shot with them kissing as the train rushed by. We found out the train schedule and rushed over to the station. We had to jump out of the car and run down the tracks until we found a good spot for the picture.” Settings: ISO 400, 1/15th @ f/22 Canon 20D with 24-70mm 2.8 lens (24mm focal length) Taken at 4:34pm  

There is one thing I know we all like to see when we look at the blogs we follow…images!  The Pictage Blog will now showcase an image every week from one of our members.  We’ll also get the scoop on “Inside the image” so you can find out why and how it was shot and more! Our debut feature was taken by Grant Oakes of Grant Oakes Photography. “The bride had a close relationship with a developer, and therefore had access to a brand new luxury show home for her wedding.  The spiral staircase in the front entryway was too good to pass up for some amazing images.  It was photographed with a 15mm fisheye held over my head to get it as high as possible.  I liked the image so much I