Central Park & Brooklyn Bridge on Film | Snowy Winter in New York City
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Central Park & Brooklyn Bridge on Film | Snowy Winter in New York City

The fluffy white snow had begun crusting into ice, rain fell from the sky, and our fingertips were frozen, but with a classic Hasselblad 501C in hand, it was all tolerable. Beautiful, even. I can think of no better way to commemorate a snowy New York City than with these lovely film– yes, analog film…

Melanie Gabrielle | Snowy Winter in New York City
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Melanie Gabrielle | Snowy Winter in New York City

I am so excited to introduce my new personal project for 2014: Art for Art. Once a month, I will find a fellow photographer whose work I admire, and I’ll photograph them; they’ll photograph me. We’ll get to see each other work; we’ll explore how different or similar our styles might be; and we can challenge ourselves…

Best of 2011: Shooting Film
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Best of 2011: Shooting Film

2011 was the year I really delved back in to film. Yes. Real, tangible, old-school film. It was one of the best things I’ve ever done for my photography. I rented the beautiful Contax 645, purchased my own Canon EOS3, and blogged all my adventures and experiments along the way, from comparing film vs. digital to comparing photo labs. My…

VSCO Film Review | Digital Mimicking Film | Shooting Film
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VSCO Film Review | Digital Mimicking Film | Shooting Film

I had been thinking for a while that someone should just create a set of actions that would make digital files mimic film. Well today it showed up: VSCO Film. In short, VSCO Film is a set of digital actions/presets for Lightroom and Photoshop that take digital raw files and make them look like different…

Nogales & Tubac, Arizona in Film | Shooting Film
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Nogales & Tubac, Arizona in Film | Shooting Film

Over two months and ten weddings have elapsed since I took these photos in Arizona, but I am finally getting around to sharing these little film gems. I will admit, it’s taken a while for me to catch up to myself. Between the travel and the back to back weddings and the countless hours spent…

Namiko & Jeffery | Rio Lindo Academy | Japanese Rwandan Multicultural Wedding Photography
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Namiko & Jeffery | Rio Lindo Academy | Japanese Rwandan Multicultural Wedding Photography

You might never guess that their paths would cross. She, the little girl from Japan with a sweetness and sincerity about her and a knack for helping others and he, the little boy from Rwanda with a huge heart and a profound passion for community. Namiko grew up and found herself doing an internship at…

Ragini & Brandon | Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography
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Ragini & Brandon | Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography

Before we even begin, please take a couple minutes to watch the highlight film created by our sister company, Seaglass Cinema. It captures the day beautifully! Ragini and Brandon | 07.02.11 from Seaglass Cinema on Vimeo. The easiest, most obvious thing to say about Ragini and Brandon is that they are both incredibly brilliant. You could even say…

Kristen & Ryan | Sunol Backyard Wedding Photography
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Kristen & Ryan | Sunol Backyard Wedding Photography

It was extreme croquet and homemade soap that joined them together. But mostly the soap. He had you at the transesterification reaction! Long story short, they were inside having tea after a game of extreme croquet (crazy wicket placement!) when the fact that Ryan’s family makes their own soap came up in conversation. This otherwise…

Courtney & Colin | Trentadue Winery | Healdsburg Wedding Photography
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Courtney & Colin | Trentadue Winery | Healdsburg Wedding Photography

They have lovingly been dubbed the Duke and the Duchess, after Colin’s last name Duke. On a sunny day in June, they were married in a beautiful celebration with just the right amount of elegance and romance befitting their royal titles. The day comprised an array of beautiful settings in Geyserville, Santa Rosa, and Healdsburg,…

Matching Digital to Film | Richard Photo Lab | Shooting Film, Part 5 of 5
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Matching Digital to Film | Richard Photo Lab | Shooting Film, Part 5 of 5

If you’ve been following my blog and the Shooting Film series, you may know that I’ve been documenting all sorts of unscientific experiments in my venture into film. Part 5 was originally going to be about getting started in film, but I figure you can just go to Jonathan Canlas for that. And instead, I’ll…