So You Want To Be A Professional Wedding Photographer? Here’s what you need to know before you start charging for your photography… I get weekly emails from people wanting to shadow me to learn what it takes to become a professional photographer. I am approached almost every time I’m out shooting by someone who likes...
How Well Do You Know Your Wedding Photography Styles? Let’s take the Quiz! If you read my previous post about what the different types of wedding photography styles, are you ready for a quiz to identify which style is which? The 3 main types of wedding photography styles are called “Traditional Wedding Photography”, “Photojournalistic...
What are the different types of wedding photography styles and how to find the best fit for you! Great question! What’s the difference between “Traditional wedding photography”, “Photojournalistic Wedding Photography” and “Fine Arts Wedding Photography”? Here’s where the confusion comes in for me, as a wedding photographer and for couples as well. The difference between...
The Magical Art of Taking Wedding Photos at Night If you look through my wedding photography “sneak peeks” on my professional Facebook page, you’ll see that a LOT of my most dramatic wedding photography are night wedding photos. Why on earth are so many of my wedding photos taken when it’s pitch...
So how do you memorialize a recent death at weddings without making everyone sad? Unfortunately, 2023 has included a death of someone near and dear to the couple in half my weddings so far this year. There is a hole the size of a wrecking ball in the middle of what is supposed to...
Waterview Loft Dock Mystery Honesty, I did NOT think I was doing anything wrong or asking my clients to do anything illegal. But a picture’s worth a thousand words, right?! Every time I’ve photographed a wedding at the Waterview Loft in Detroit, the venue has built into the timeline a time to go out of...
5 Reasons for having a “first look” on your wedding day.
1. Everything is all in one location.
2. You want lots of photos around that location (or you want to go off location).
3. You are prone to anxiety.
4. You want your partner to cry when they see you.
5. You want to enjoy your cocktail hour.
Tips To Avoid Getting Sick On Your Honeymoon Traveling? Here are ways to keep healthy and happy. Looking for ways to avoid getting sick on your honeymoon? Are you traveling to a place you haven’t been before or heard horror stories about visiting? This may be one of the most expensive vacations you’ve ever...
Why Photographers Shouldn’t Released Unedited Photos Reasons to say “No”! Learn to say “NO” to clients who ask for your images without any editing. I recently had a client ask if I would give her a break on my wedding fees if I would just hand over everything I photographed on her wedding day without...
Environmentally Friendly Wedding Photography Business Comes To Metro Detroit, Michigan. It’s taken us years to get ready for this moment, but we’ve finally done it! Our Metro Detroit, Michigan wedding photography business, “Marci Curtis – Michigan Wedding Photojournalist” is now environmentally friendly and green. As far as I can tell, we are the ONLY environmentally...
