It's All About The Numbers

If you've been following me on Facebook, you will be aware that I have a new lens for my Canon camera.

For you non-photographers, that's one of those 'oh, that's nice' statements, that doesn't really mean a whole lot to you. Especially if I add that it's a Canon 50mm f1.4 prime lens - now you're really bored.

But let me educate you, not using numbers, but using pictures. My new camera (EOS 40D, in case you wanted the numbers there) has nine focus points. 'So what?' you say. Well, watch this. I focus on the book...

...or the green shirt.

The smiling face in front of me...


...or the one just behind. (It's just the one eye that does that.)

Many of you know I used to be an accountant (still am a CPA, come to think of it), so I guess it makes a little sense that the numbers mean something. But the important thing is that when you put the right lens numbers with the right camera number, you can capture beauty.

Which is what I love to do.

Reyburn Photography website launched

Reyburn Photography's new website is up! Have a look (and a listen):

http://www.reyburnphotography.co.uk/

The Eyes Have It

Eyes are fascinating things. As a photographer, I come very close to the eyes at times.

Sometimes they are hidden from me under long lashes...

...other times hidden by other means!

...Sometimes I get to see the lashes being created...

...other times neither eyes nor eyelashes may be seen at all.

There are crazy eyes...

...mischievous eyes...

...squinty eyes...

...curious eyes...

....and tears in the eyes...

...but there is still nothing on earth like baby eyes.

May you see beauty everywhere with your own eyes.

Karen

What's In A Kiss

A kiss is the shortest distance between two.
~ Henny Youngman

Is not a kiss the very autograph of love?
~Henry Finck

If you are ever in doubt as to whether or not you should kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of a doubt.
~ Thomas Carlyle

Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made
For kissing, not for such contempt.
~William Shakespeare



One kind kiss before we part,
Drop a tear and bid adieu;
Though we sever, my fond heart
Till we meet shall pant for you.
~ Robert Dodsley

You may conquer with the sword, but you are conquered by a kiss.
~ Daniel Heinsius

A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.
~Rupert Brooke

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
~ The Bible, Song of Solomon

A kiss, and all was said.
~Victor Hugo

Karen

Let The Rain Fall Down

Few people really want rain to pour down in sheets on their wedding day. But like anything else at a wedding, even rain can make things beautiful.

Like the droplets of rain on the wedding car…

…the camaraderie of the chauffeur and videographer under a brolly…

…a little wind to whip the veil around…

…and a little laughter at the craziness of it all.


So let the rain fall down! Because when you are holding your hat with your left hand and your umbrella with your right and bending your head to walk into the church, you’ll meet the groom at the door and say (as I did), “Isn’t it some day?”, the groom will respond with a great grin, “It’s the most beautiful day in the world!”

And you know, I think he’s right.

Karen

Get Your Groove On

Everyone loves a good dance tune.

It doesn’t matter if you can dance (and who decides, anyway?). It’s a wedding! The dance floor is another great opportunity to catch some of those hilarious moments…

…and faces…

…and moves.

And every once in a while, one of those "awwww" moments.

So go on, get your dancin' shoes on!

Because this photographer is going to make sure that everyone remembers those shoes - long after you've kicked them off.

Karen

The Art Of Laughter

To me, one of the most amazing things about photographing a wedding is the view that I get of people. Deep conversation over here in the corner…

Enjoying the speeches at dinner...

...but everywhere, all day, laughter.

As C.S. Lewis puts it, within the true joy that causes human laughter “some pretext in the way of jokes is usually provided, but the facility with which the smallest witticisms produce laughter at such a time shows that they are not the real cause…Something like it is expressed in music, and something like it occurs in Heaven.”

Laughter at a wedding is abundant and flowing – it’s all part of the day.

And being able to grasp that laughter and hold it still for a moment – or a lifetime – is one of the things that the art of photography is all about.

Enjoying laughter over the small things,

Karen

Beauty in the small things

One of the things I love about wedding photography is that there is beauty in the small things. It’s everywhere. Not just the flowers, and the shoes, and the veil – but right down to the different colours of confetti, and the sparkle of light on the bride’s ring.

As my brother-in-law says, “Only at a wedding do you create a piece of art in black-and-white of a fork.”

All these details are the result of months of planning, and as such every detail deserves its own honour. The hours spent tying ribbons on invitations. The careful choosing of the best hairdresser. The shoes polished to a gleaming shine. If it’s going to be the most important day of your life, every aspect of it will reflect that.

So too when choosing a photographer. Make sure you get not just a series of formal photos, and a few artsy ones thrown in, but the whole picture of the day from the putting on of the lipstick in the morning, to the kicking off of the shoes at the end of the evening. The emotion and the laughter and a few tearful moments. Because everything about your day is beautiful.