Sneak Preview

Here is a screen shot of some images i am working on from yesterday's shoot for iFashion Network. Still have some ways to go on retouching the images but I thought I should share. The shoot was great fun tons of food, I had a great assistant who is also a Doctor, yup you heard right an MD was my PA lol only in NY will post the finished images at a later date.

Shooting With Animals

Now here is a fun topic for today's blog! Shooting with animals! for todays example I will be using as my example the most used animal mostly because it is so ready available, Dogs. We start with picking your model Canine depending on your shoot, you will select the breed, but in the breed of dog select make sure it is a stable one.  The last thing you want is a dog snapping at you or your model. 

After you choose your dog, think about your lighting equipment; Hot lights or strobe. Dogs overheat easily and strobes seem to be the obvious choice, but the flash from the strobes could scare the dog and take personality from its face. 

The images used for this blog were taken with three 1600 watt hotlights on 32' softboxes, with two settings, medium and full blast.  These images are about 4 years old and I cannot remember the brand of the hotlights. 

I used hotlights because that was all I had available to me at the time. The Dog named Cuervo is a very stable one. one of the disadvantages of the hot lights was that we could only shoot for a short periods at a time. The lights were too hot and Cuervo kept walking of the set too cool down. However the hot lights gave very vibrant color. If I had to redo this shoot I would again use hotlights. 

Weddings

Everyone always asks me if I shoot weddings, so I made this blog to answer that question. And the answer is... yes I do... I love weddings, love shooting them and making the client happy. I offer 4 distinct packages that are sure to carter to any wallet size. My Goal when I shoot a wedding is to have the pictures tell a story...

With the story my images will tell you will be able to relive every minute of your special day, even the ones that you were not present for...

The featured pictures are from a wedding I shot a while back. These images are some of my favorite because they capture the emotion of the moment. The one above was taken as bride was getting ready, love the smile on her face. To the left were the brides maids goofing around, the beautiful blonde was playing for the camera and I did not mind she photographs well!







I know that your special day can sometimes be one of your most stressful. My job as your photographer is to ease that stress, at-least in one aspect. So take ease with PMK Photography at the helm your special day is sure to be one that you will always remember each time you open your wedding book!





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Get Tested!!!

Recently I shot for Aids awareness, and it really got me thinking and I did get tested!!! Happy to say i a 100% disease free and want to keep it that way, hope you do as well get tested!!!

Cool pics

These are some of my favorite images that i have take to date!

If you like these wait until you see the new ones!