Father and Son

I did this pose last night.  The pose has been one of my favorites for as long as I can remember.   I had the Bar Mitzvah boy's sister hold a hand held flash and triggered it remotely.  My photography can be viewed on my web site.  www.tallisphoto.com

Joanna and Nate's Wedding

I have always taken my people skills and ability to work with people for granted.  Truth be known, my work in education, working with adults and children keep me on my toes and has taught me to look and listen to the people I'm working with.  Wedding days can be particularly stressful--even though I don't understand why.  But, it's part of my job to be as calming and organized as necessary to insure that I deliver what I promised--natural and easy to look at photographs of my client's wedding day.

It boggles my imagination when I hear the nightmarish stories of photographers who throw their egos around an event, functioning under the misconception that the "day" is  about about them and their art.  Wrong!  Wedding photography is a service business. Our business functions solely because one satisfied clients refers another... word of mouth, one client to another.  And the reason for the referrals is because we deliver what we promise--easy going, comfortable photography and 150% professionalism.  Take a few minutes to read our client testimonials on our website --  www.tallisphoto.com

It's getting better...

How's this for single lighting...    ISO 800, 90 degree bounce lighting with a kicker card, camera set to manual exposure (1/40th of a second shutter speed at f.56.  The Quantum strobe was set to match the ISO and f.stop and the mode was set automatic.

Easy To Look At...

I captured this image using the Quantum 5DTR Flash unit, mounted on my camera, bounced at  90 degrees with a kicker card.  I set my ISO to 800, set the shutter speed to 1/60th of a second and my f. stop was f.5.6  Check out the evenness of the image.

Making It Easy

Every time I sit down to blog, I think of what my aim is with my work. Simply, it is to have the sophistication of a well balanced photograph while keeping the shooting simple.  I want to keep the integrity of the background and balance the foreground to give a dimensional look to a one dimensional image.  The task is always how do I achieve this look with one light on the camera?

With this image, I pumped the iso up to 1000, set my camera to 1/30th of a second at f.5.6, bounced the camera light at 90 degrees with a kicker card on the back of the reflector.  This is what I captured...  I'm noticing that since I started using Quantum's 5TDR electronic flash units, I'm getting far better consistency compared to when I was using the Canon 58EX units.  

Interesting Call. . .

New York Wedding Photographer

Photography for the Discerning Client

I recently received an email from an old friend who had been my assistant for seven years. His suggestion was for me to blog stories such as "The Bride From Hell" and "Bat/Bar Mitzvah Kids Spoiled Beyond Belief".

I've thought about his suggestion for a while and just decided to address the issue. Upon reflection, not every event that I've photographed or every family that I've worked for have been friendly, congenial or civilized, it's always been my feeling that I'm at the event to provide a service.

I've been lucky. I've only had one bride in my career that had major personality disorders. I laughed out loud when the maid of honor (the bride's sister) spoke candidly about what a witch her sister was--and how the family didn't quite understand what the groom loved about her.
I was glad that I didn't have to wake up to her in the morning....

Take a look at my work on our website www.tallisphoto.com
Camera of choice: Canon 1DS mk II
Lighting of choice: Canon 580EX Quantum Twin Turbo