pursuing the picture perfect wedding
I have been pretty busy making and editing photographs these days and I am decidedly behind on the news (by which I mean reading everybody else’s blogs). Even so, we were happy to discover that {Style Unveiled} named our blog one of the top 10 San Francisco wedding photography blogs!
Here’s what they say:
“Filled with tips, advice, ideas, and, of course beautiful photographs, this blog will give you something interesting to read and look at …”
Yay! Thanks, Style Unveiled!
There’s an article in the Sunday Los Angeles Times about winter wedding bouquets. Dubbed “Love In Bloom,” it features Yifat Oren and Krislyn Komarov, two of my favorite people to work with. The article also includes a photograph I took of one of Krislyn’s permanent bouquets, which is decidedly and happily not “in bloom,” as it’s fashioned from balsa wood “flowers,” coral, and Swarovski crystals.
We ♥ Dara & Dan—and their picture-perfect wedding, of course! So we couldn’t be happier to share it with the readers of {StyleMePretty} today! Click {here}, {here}, {here}, and {here} to see the posts.
photographs: Gia Canali
One of the things I have always loved about this art is that it is technical and that in many ways, it relies (as it always has) on the ingenuity of mad scientist photographers in their kitchens and darkrooms. Folks like Edward Land who invented instant photography (Polaroids, if you will) in the first place because his daughter wondered why she couldn’t see the photo he’d just taken of her by the family Christmas tree. What we take for granted now because of digital photography was preposterous, even impossible, back then. And I still love the very real magic of pulling apart a Polaroid. Er. Fuji instant print.
It is no news that plenty of analog photographers are mourning the loss of Polaroid. We are excited one minute about The Impossible Project and freaked out the next about our emptying refrigerators (since nobody is trying to make our most treasured instant films). We have mixed feelings about Fuji film. But in the last two days, I’ve gotten word that emulsion lifts and transfers are actually possible with Fuji instant film and that it is also possible to create a transparent negative from the throw-away side of Fuji instant film. I spent the whole day yesterday in my studio, cooking and bleaching and washing and drying these fragile little first experiments, following and not following and adjusting everybody else’s recipes. It’s different with Fuji, but it’s really exciting, too. I was careful to keep notes and am happy to share them with anyone who asks. Thank you, mad scientist photographers. Let’s keep cooking things up!
Above: a transparent negative, made from the throw-away side of Fuji instant film. Click image to enlarge. Below: a Fuji emulsion lift. A few months ago, I posted its Polaroid sister. What do you think?
{Snippet & Ink} is one of my favorite blogs. I am dizzied by Kathryn’s genius (and unending!) inspiration boards. We love the Sunday Edition photos. And the real weddings are always perfectly lovely. So we are thrilled that she’s featuring Sharlyn & Jim’s wedding on her blog today! {Click here} to read the post.
We like 100 Layer Cake! It’s so darn pretty and crafty! So we are quite pleased that they are featuring Rosalinda & Aris’s wedding today. {Click here} to see the post!
We’re so pleased Sonya and Kevin’s adorable engagement photo is featured in Brides local edition magazines this winter. Sonya and Kevin met on the 45 bus in San Francisco, which I think is so sweet and just-out-of-a-movie romantic. We featured photographs from their lovely black-and-white wedding a while back.
Today, some of my vintage processes are shown in a {post} on the {Pretty Chic Blog}, which is the first of its kind in Denmark and one of the first in Europe. I can’t read the post, or the other posts, for that matter. But I’ve had a lot of fun looking through all the photographs (besides, mine, I mean!) and clicking on various links. For instance, there are photographs and a link to {Emplume} a company that makes feather bouquets! UPDATE: Please {click here} to view the feature of Claire & Jeff’s wedding photos.
polaroid transfer: Gia Canali
