this is what it looks like during the day . . .

man o man . . . so much has been going on during these past 3 weeks :)  Steph is back in town, which is great, and we're trying to send out our save the dates to our family & friends, I'm working on a new project for the website (!!!), i just shot a wedding this past Saturday (which was amazing :) ) and I'm editing like crazy, i finished editing some pictures for Tom DiPace & Mona-vie. . . can i get a breather ??? 

on another note, Voda Films and I did a short commercial for our church called The Journey back in March. i was totally stoked to be assigned to work with my friend Noah ( Voda Films ) and also how Pastor Scott asked us to work together :)  it was like a creative high.  Anyways, we shot the entire short video with the Canon 5D MK II.  Note: at the time, canon did not make the firmware update, which would allow us to control our shutter and f-stops, we had to pre-focus and then re-focus. So, it was a bit challenging to shoot it, but we got some great stuff from the camera. Let me know what you think :)  the official version can be found at The Journey.

so, since the beginning, there has been this battle with jpeg against raw or is it raw against jpeg...it doesn't matter really.  to keep a long story short, i am making the switch to raw because i have more space (mbs) to edit the photos better, and i do believe raw produces better than jpeg (that's a no brainer).

i have been a firm believe in jpeg for the past 4 - 5 years, and i still shoot jpegs during the reception, but during the prep(s), ceremony and formals i will be shooting all raw.  i am not one to say all photographers should shoot raw or even jpeg, it's all about what your vision and preferences are, i know amazing photographers would shoot jpeg!!!  simply saying again, i just like what raw can do in post production and i can still get the photos out to the client in time :)