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Recently, the del Sol shooting crew (Vincent, Sol and I) were at Al Cielo Hotel, for an afternoon swim, lunch, and a yummy glass of white wine. We had our new 14mm L series lens with us in our underwater housing. This was fun and a test for the lens. The lighting was perfect and we got a few fun shots. This lens is honestly a crazy $$$ piece of metal and glass. Check out the statistics on the lens here.
We always are trying to explore our equipment technology to try and push the envelope with our imagery. Hopefully, this hunk of metal and glass will help us snag a few keepers here and there :)
Photo by Sol
Photo by Matt - SR Vincent is a jumping man.
Photo by Matt
Photo by Matt
Photo by Matt
Photo by Matt What I learned about my lens: Have fun in the water more often! cheers! matt
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Since we have quite a bit of wedding photographers who end up reading our blog (as well as potential brides and grooms) I figured I'd write a little post here as a reminder to those togs looking for creative ideas. I talk about my creative flash techniques used over on www.flashflavor.com often enough, so if you want to know how we do what we do, please go check this site out. Comment, provide feedback, ideas, etc. We all learn from sharing, so let us know whats on your mind.
Recently, I shot Tracey & Brent's wedding here at the Royal in Playa del Carmen. On the beach, we have little or NO way to light our subjects, therefor we need to make do with what we have in these low light circumstances. At the end of the day, its all about embracing the ambien, using fast lenses, and adding a subtle light source!
Find out how we balance low ambient light quality with your flash over on Flashflavor.
Thanks for reading :) mateo
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Dean Shanson of Photopreneur.com wrote an article about the recent dress trashing we have been doing here in the Riviera Maya. Click over to read the interview. Whats important to realize is that anytime your camera goes in or near the water, your taking big risks. Afterall, these cameras we are using are kinda spendy. Add a sexy L series prime lens, flash, radio controller...you've got a down payment on a house in your hands. Follow this link to the article to read the full story.
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Back before my wedding career every started, I was a serious nature photo nut, landscape photographer, macro guy. I was shooting with a Nikon F4, a camera given to my by my late grandfather, Art Eno. Art was also a nature photo guy and was the first source of inspiration I had growing up that lead me to be behind the lens.
I still own that F4 FILM camera, although I do not use it today. I did use it at some of my first wedding gigs though. Back in 2001, I shot this photograph on Sept 19 at my college roommate's wedding. I was that annoying "Uncle Bob" guy chasing the bride and groom around, shooting for fun and working my skills... not! I was really a hack.
But, I did snap one frame at this wedding that changed the face of photography for me. Ever wonder about that decisive moment? Well, this was mine! I remember looking down on my contact sheet (that is what you use to do to view a full sheet of film on 1 8x10 print) WITH A LOUPE, and stopping on this frame and thinking I had found a hidden treasure. These people are all very dear to me, every one of them in my college graduating class, give or take +-1 yr.
Viola! A career was born!
Nikon F4 | I used an Sb-24 bounce flash at about 1/125 / F2.8 with Tmax 400. Cheers!
matt
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