Author Archives: Dave

Luminary Photo is Wedding Wire Rated for 2011

Luminary Photo is WeddingWire Rated for 2011.  Thanks for everyone that put up their review.  If you have a review for me it would be great to add to the already fantastic reviews.

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Luminary Photo wins Bride’s Choice Award

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Luminary Photo has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Photography.

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Perfect Photos

Here are some quick hints to make your pictures perfect. Make sure to have an engagement picture session.  This will allow you to get to know your photographer.  More importantly, for your photographer to know you.  We like to know if you are sensitive to light, blink a lot, have a favorite side or a favorite smile.  Your photographer [...]

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Lightroom 3 by Adobe systems is out.  Being a digital photographer this is a must have tool for me.  Having been part of the Lightroom 3 Beta I have fallen in love with this program all over again.  This is a program that I think everyone who takes a lot of pictures should be using.  [...]

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An Inspired Wedding

As a photographer I get to find inspiration everywhere when taking photos.  As a good photographer it is what you do.  You capture a simple moment with beauty and grace.  Often that inspiration comes from me.  Noticing the way light falls across someone’s face or a beautiful vista, or capturing a child in a pure [...]

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Make a Connection

Your Photographer performs a multitude of roles at your wedding or event.  We play event planners, time keppers, smile makers and a whole host of other things.  In my many years of business I have turned down many brides.  It wasn’t always because there was a scheduling conflict, but there wasn’t a connection.  Over the [...]

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When to take a picture…

So a question I got a week ago centered around how do you know when you should take the picture.  Truth of the matter is that you don’t.  A lot of times the moments are very fast and fleeting, but being a professional photographer for many years, has taught me one thing, patience.  When I [...]

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The First Time

So here it is again I am trying the blog for Luminary Photo.  This Blog is going to cover three main areas.  One, I want to help those of you out there that are looking to be better photographers.  I don’t know everything about photography, but I know a lot.  I think if I ever [...]

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