Monthly Archives: September 2009

High school photography lecture

On Wednesday Ben & I made a one day trip to Houston to visit my high school photography teacher, Mrs. Crocker. As I mention in my ‘About me’ in my info & pricing guide my high school photography teacher played a huge part into why I continued photography into college. After following me on facebook and keeping up with my blogs, she asked me to make a little presentation to her advanced photo classes. I was pretty excited and honored to be asked but not sure what to talk about! The day before I put together a powerpoint slideshow basically showing some of my old work, lens flares, hdrs, simple lighting, more complex lighting, studio work, prime lenses, the difference between a cropped and full frame sensor, and a little bit of the business side. Forty-five minutes was not enough to say everything I wanted to say, even though I had barely planned what to say! [so naturally I will be coming back:)]. Most students were pretty in to what I was saying, some more so than others of course, but it was really cool to just have the answers to what they wanted to know. I never thought I would be talking about having a successful photography business in the classroom that I once used to sit in. Cy-creek high school has changed SO MUCH since I graduated, I couldn’t even find my way around! They’ve been remodeling for a few years now. I ended up running into my sophomore English teacher, I don’t think she remembered me, but it was still cool.

I really hope I get to give more lectures in the future but for now I’ll just stick to high school students.

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Austin Wedding Videography: Becky + Steven

Last Sunday I filmed one of Caroline’s weddings at the House on the Hill in Austin, Texas. It was actually raining on and off most of the day so we were lucky that the rain lifted and the sun came out just before the wedding ceremony. Becky and Steven wrote their own vows and also decided to meet each other before the wedding. They are truly a unique couple and I wish them the best in the future.
Being only my 3rd wedding to film, I think it turned out perfect and I really learned a lot. I can’t wait to add a video package so I can create more wedding films for my clients in Austin, Texas.

1-one cinematographer
1-5D MarkII
1-Tripod, 1 GlideTrack, 1 Merlin Steady Cam
24-70mm2.8, 70-200mm4.0, 28mm1.8
audio was captured using a Zoom H4N paired with sennheiser ew g2 wireless lav mics

Very difficult to shot a wedding with only 1 camera but here it is. A little creative editing helps a lot!;)

Ben Godkin – Sept. 13th, 2009

Click HERE to see all the photos by: Sweet Caroline

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House on Hill Wedding | Becky + Steven

Another wedding that was almost rained out… but I think it was just meant to happen today because as soon as we walked outside to take pictures or got ready to begin the ceremony, the rain settled down. Becky and Steven had a wonderfully simple wedding at the House on the Hill, a cute little venue on Bee Caves Rd- I would highly recommend it for smaller weddings. Becky & Steven were so calm all day, nothing else seemed to matter except the fact that they were going to be getting married that day, rain or shine. Since Becky & Steven decided to see each other before hand, we had a chance to get some really fun group shots. Props to Steven’s dad for bringing balloons to the wedding, how awesome! The day turned out to be beautiful


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Check out Ben’s wedding video here.

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