So far this week I have one job... well technically next week (Sunday), I have a wedding and then I shot senior photos last friday and a wedding last Saturday.  During the week I have been photo-editing and enhancing images from previous shoots.  It's been wonderful "working" as I am doing something I love... photography.  I never imagined I would be doing this full time instead of working at a desk all week in the corporate world.  I LOVE it and I hope I can continue it.... as long as I keep getting new jobs.  Word of mouth seems to work the best for me... so all of my customers, please keep telling people about me. :-) 

My renewal for Wedding Wire is about to come up and I am debating whether or not it will be worth it to renew for another year.  I think I booked one wedding for someone who found me on that site, so I don't know if I should continue with them.  I had more luck through the Shepherd's guide and paid less. 

The wedding I have this Sunday will be at the Bingham house.  I love working with the staff there... Karen and everyone else are wonderful!! 

Goodnight...

-Yvette Richardson
Dallas Wedding Photographer and More!

Thank you Karen for the sweet remarks!  I received your comment form and your guestbook post.  Unfortunately I did not receive your email address, so I cannot respond to you directly.  Hopefully you will return to read my post.

As far as exposing with your camera, make sure you know it well.  It shot just as good with my Canon 30D as my Nikon D80 and now my Nikon D300... However I do prefer Nikon over Canon for good portraits.  Canon I loved for its speed when shooting sports.  Since I primarily shoot weddings, children, and people shots, I am drawn more toward Nikon.  

I also use reflectors and lots of natural lighting.  The best time to shoot is when its overcast, and I've been fortunate to schedule most of my photo sessions on days that turn out to be overcast.  However, I also enjoy working with direct light and diffusing it through my 5-in-one reflectors.  It turns into soft lighting and helps for really sharp photos.

 I also use the SB-900 flash and adjust it for special effects.  Though I do prefer playing with sunlight more than anything.  

 I just invested in the expo disc for even better White balance exposure, so I can't wait to play around with that!! 

Where are you located Karen?  Please email me so that I can email you directly and answer any other questions you may have.  Thanks so much!!

This week... wow!  I was so busy yesterday.  I photographed a beautiful senior in the morning... then off to field day at my daughter's school.... then ran a few errands for my wedding today.

Today I will be meeting with a possible new wedding client!  Wow... got another one who googled me.  I love it. :-)  Then I will be getting packed up for the Wedding tonight.  I have a new assistant who will be joining me to learn the ropes for her possible photography profession.  She was actually one of the seniors that I photographed this year.  It is going to be exciting to work with her.

 At the wedding we will be doing the traditional shooting... but we are also setting up a green screen background at the reception to shoot portraits of any of the guests.... we will also be running a slideshow of the photos that have been taken so far at the wedding for guests to watch during the reception.  This is the second time a bride has requested to have this service.... those on the staff today will be my brother, Russell, good friend Jayson, my assistant, and makeup artist Samantha. It's going to be a good day. :-)  

I have to blog about this...

I seriously think my latest booking was fate!  I emailed Tammy last week as a response to an ad from Decidio.  I typically don't have very much luck with that website, but it's another way to get my name out.  Anyway, I email her and let her know that I am available for 8/1.  However, I received a call the following day, before I heard back from Tammy, with a possible double wedding.  Kim called to find out if I was available for her date plus for her sister on 8/1.  I then planned a wedding interview for this past Tuesday to meet with Kim and her sister. 

After I booked the meeting with Kim, I heard back from Tammy indicating her desire to meet with me.  I felt horrible explaining that her date may not be available.  She was bummed and explained that she was referred by a past client, Rachel.  I didn't give it much thought at the time, just was a little confused because I could have sworn my first contact with her was my response to a lead. 

Well, it turned out that Kim is still interested, but her sister found another photographer with the location that she booked.  I immediately emailed Tammy to let her know that I was available again for 8/1.

We met today and started gabbing right away.  We had a great conversation and I found out that after she received numerous responses to her inquiry on decidio and looked at several photography websites, she noticed someone on www.destinyphotos.com that she used to babysit 10 years ago!  So she emails Rachel and found out that it was her.  What a small world!  She was excited after looking at Rachel's Wedding pics and decided to meet with me. 

Everything went great and she booked with me this morning.  I'm so excited and truly looking forward to all of the shoots... engagements, bridals, and the wedding! 



Yvette Richardson
Dallas, TX Wedding Photographer