Oakland University, Rochester Michigan, Engagement

Ok, so you now know I am way behind posting on my little blog. But I was scheduling an engagement session the other day and reminded me to update my blog and some of my engagement photos. Here are a few quick pics from my engagement session with Becky & Dan. They meet at Oakland University in Rochester Michigan and we did the engagement shoot on the campus and then in Downtown Rochester Michigan. They are a great couple and it was a blast!

Engagement Photo Session

Couple: Becky & Dan

Location: Oakland University http://www.Oakland.edu Downtown Rochester Michigan http://www.downtownrochestermi.com

Photographer: Scott Statson http://www.StatsonPhotography.com

Cameras: Canon 1Ds MarkIII, 1Ds MarkII, 5D, 1D Mark II

Editing: Apple Aperture, Adobe Photoshop CS3

The Wedding Dress Shot

I push myself for creative ways in photographing the wedding details. The wedding dress is an item that a bride spends endless amounts of time searching for, trying on, and posing in. I typically survey the surroundings of the wedding ceremony location and then develop an idea of a picture I have for the wedding dress. In a recent wedding there were not any real window locations close so I searched high and low for another location. Luckily for me the bride was no where to be found and did not see where I took her lovely dress - because if she did I might not have been able to photograph her beautiful dress in this location.

With the help of editing I was able to emphasize the textures involved in this church basement location. I was caught by the church pianist as I was scouting this location, I told her I loved this door. She looked at me like I was out of my mind and said yes it is old.

Here is the end result:

Pakistani Wedding

I had the honor of photographing my first Muslim wedding ceremony this weekend.  It was Pakistani couple, Saima & Mudassar, and a great two day event it was.  They were incredible and very open to creative work.  I had the opportunity to learn a lot of new wedding terms (nikkah, barat, walima, iman & others) and experience the color and culture of the islamic ceremony.  

Above are a few of the great photos from the two days.  I want to thank Saima, Mudassar and their families for such a great time!

Wedding Gear

I have a small goal this year, it is to be the absolute best wedding photographer on the globe.  Hey everyone should shoot for the moon.  In order to hit my goal I am reworking my photography gear and trying to revisit a few items.  I spent my lunch hour getting my gear in order for a wedding I have today and thought I would take a quick photo of it and explain a few things.  

I will be shooting (photographer talk for photographing) with mostly full frame this year.  The photos will become more high definition through the camera, lenses and editing process.  I have added more prime lenses to the mix.  The prime lenses are not zooms so I might have to move around a bit more but the sharpness and clarity will be killer.  I have added a 160gig netbook computer to backup photos super quick and easy.  

Now as a member of Canon Professional Services my equipment gets priority service and back to me the next day.  I plan on entering a few more contests as a member of Wedding & Portrait Professionals (WPPI).   I am also on the ThinkTank photo pro staff.   Well, now I have to take off and photograph a beautiful couple on their special day.  Have a great weekend everyone!

Baby Owen

I had the honor of photographing another beautiful baby recently, Owen.  "Baby Owen" as I call him was a joy to photograph and I am pleased with the results.  The first thing that I noticed about Baby Owen was his big beautiful eyes, so I spent the majority of the photo session capturing his personality through his eyes.

For a larger photo of "Baby Owen" and to see his big beautiful eyes visit my website: http://www.StatsonPhotography.com, go to the "gallery" section and then to "portraits".

Creative Juices!

If you have been following me on Facebook, you will know I am in a creative mood.  YEA!  

The above photo is one I took of my boys, yep, all four - left to right Scotty, Sam, Matthew & Nick.  They were trying to take me on with their mad fighting skills.

Visit my website for more creative portraits and corporate and creative work.   http://www.StatsonPhotography.com