Entries from Studio Mathewes tagged with 'resources'
Helpful Wedding Photography Articles for Brides
In my internet travels and experiences, I occasionally come across excellent articles geared towards helping brides choose a good photographer, or how to plan the wedding day to achieve great photos. It's been awhile since I hired my wedding...
The Pregnant Photographer: A Bride's Guide
I'm (approximately) six months pregnant right now. I'm almost halfway through my second wedding season of shooting while pregnant, and it occurred to me the other day that there's not that much written out there for nervous brides who have...
3 Simple Ways to Look Good in Pictures
I often hear from clients of mine before a portrait session that they're nervous about their appearance. "I hate pictures of myself," they say, or "I'm really not that photogenic." What usually underlies those statements is a desire to look...
Wedding Photography: What to Do If You Just Can't Hire a Pro
Regardless of what happens with your wedding photography, please make sure that your longest-lasting investment is in each other. In the end, all the beautiful photographs in the world can't compare to a happy, healthy, and joyous relationship.
Wedding Photography: How Do I Negotiate?
You never know what great things could result from a polite question and creative thinking! I feel for all you couples on a budget, and with everything in your life being squeezed right now it's tough to manage to afford the beautiful, meaningful event you desire.
Ruthie's Scrapbook
Family memorabilia is something I've always been fond of, but loathe to spend a lot of time creating. I've never been one for the scrapbooking movement, composing pages and carefully arranging special papers and whatnot. Instead, I pepper my albums...
Thrifty Weddings: How to Save
Get Rich Slowly, one of my favorite personal finance blogs, recently wrote about having a low-cost wedding, having written about "Beating the High Cost of Weddings" in the past. Another favorite blogger of mine, Ramit Sethi, over at I Will...
Photography at Park School Camps
This summer is going to be a fun one. I get to teach photography at Park School Camps in July. I have a digital lab and a darkroom. I hope to teach film, digital, and cyanotype to a batch of...
WHITE, a self-portrait
In continuation with my old film work, I decided to pick up with the self-portraits again, and use them as a way to get me thinking symbolically about gesture and figure. I picked out remaining colors to examine: white, green,...
The Cost of Custom Photography
I love what I do. I love what I do. I LOVE what I do. And it's great to get paid for what I do! But every photographer, at some point, will be asked, "Why do you charge so much?"...
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