The numbers are in

I just looked at the numbers for this month on my web site. Leisa, and Blake's gallery had over 64,000 hits. Individual pictures in the gallery received that number, not the gallery itself being hit 64,000 times. Still a very good number. I guess people like what they see.

Tony Petersen
www.premierproductions.smugmug.com

Color Vs Black and White

As I'm shooting a wedding I can often tell whether the final image should be displayed as a color, or black, and white image. I often shoot knowing the shot will look better as either one, or the other. In the Old days of film shooting we would only deliver the best rendition of the image. Now I deliver both color, and black, and white for each image. Black, and white is great to draw people attention to the subject. No distracting red objects in the background. On the other hand a great sunset, fall colors, and the brides flowers all disappear on black, and white. So what should we do? Call me, and ask me which way you think the image is best presented. I think that is a better solution than only delivering one, or the other.


A few questions I ask myself when I'm choosing between black, and white, or color:
1. What is the thing my eye is drawn to?
2. Is this what you want to show.
3. Where will I display the image?
4. Does the the wall need the color?, or does it need a point of interest?




Tony
www.premierproductions.smugmug.com

Movies

I see a lot of movies. I have a son with some pretty profound special needs, and sometimes the only time he slows down for the entire week is at a movie. There fore I go 2-3 times a week.

My Favorite movies of 2007:
1. "Across the Universe" - A musical with Beatles songs....Forget about it. No goofy special effects, or annoying camera shake. Just great sets, great lighting, and above all great music!
2. "Ratatouille" - Not just for kids. Great storyline. Patton Oswald is a genius.
3. "Superbad" - I kind of hyperventilated the first time I saw it because I was laughing so hard. I guess I'm still a teenager at heart.
4."300" It's a guy movie.

Honorable Mention:
Hairspray -Very fun
Diehard 4 - good action
Shrek the 3rd - Keep them coming if they are this good


Disappointments:
"Bourne Ultimatum"- Why do they have to keep the camera moving all the time like that? I think it's to make up for deficiencies elsewhere.
"Simpsons Movie" - I laughed, however it was no better than an episode on FOX. I felt duped.
"The Bee Movie" - Jerry Seinfeld has his first bomb.


Last word: "Pirates of the Caribbean" Pretty good. I don't get the hype. I haven't seen American Gangster, or Country for Old Men. Those have gotten rave reviews.


I intend to give more reviews as I see them.




Tony
www.premierproductions.smugmug.com

Maggie and Matt 7days later

I'm working real hard to find a system to edit, and post weddings as fast as possible. Under 1 week is going to be my goal this summer. I am posting Maggie, and Matt's images 7 days after their wedding. I think I can tweak a few things, and get it to 5 days. Maybe faster!

What a beautiful Bride Maggie was. The Politos throw fun weddings. I'm so glad they had me capture the day.


Thank You
Tony Petersen
www.premierproductions.smugmug.com

Sangaria wine dance

Wedding DJ Denny Alliano (DA the DJ) does something called the Sangaria wine dance. It gets crazy! The bride, and groom go out in the center of the crowd with 2 bottles of wine. They toast each other, take a drink, and pass the bottle to another man, and woman. Grandparents get as crazy as the wedding party. Leisa, and Blake did it last weekend. I'm sure everybody is still talking about it.


Tony Petersen
www.premierproductions.smugmug.com