image-of-the-week-4 – play with shadows and silhouettes
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image-of-the-week-4 – play with shadows and silhouettes

In this week’s image of the week, I love shooting indoor weddings. I use available light, working with shadow and light. It’s always a rewarding challenge to use whatever light is spilling onto the dance floor, be it the DJ’s LED’s where I have to shoot into them to avoid the odd colors cast on…

Favorite wedding images of 2021
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Favorite wedding images of 2021

Thank you to all my beautiful couples in 2021. Here’s my roundup of favorite wedding images throughout the wildest twelve months in my 15-year career photographing weddings. We all know how challenging and complex 2021 was, so I’ll dispense with those comments and let you know I love what I do with a passion that sees…

Bridesmaids – This weeks top 6 favorite images – March 18, 2021
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Bridesmaids – This weeks top 6 favorite images – March 18, 2021

Bridesmaids gather as bride gets ready Leica M9 + 35mm summilux A Bride shares a joke with a bridesmaid on her wedding day Leica M(240) + 35mm summilux A prayer circle with the bride, bridesmaids and flower girl before her ceremony Leica M(240) + 21 mm elmer Bridesmaid greet the bride in a wonderful reaction…

Grooms – This weeks favorite six images – March 11, 2021
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Grooms – This weeks favorite six images – March 11, 2021

Bride and groom at The Lyceum Museum, moments after getting married and calling her grandfather who could not attend their wedding. Galveston, Texas Leica M(240) + 35mm Summilux F2 1/250 Toward the end of the night a final dance for groom and groom LM105046 Leica M10-P + Noctilux 50mm f1.4 1/60 During a baraat, the…

Kids snoozing on a wedding day – This weeks favorite six images – March 3, 2021
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Kids snoozing on a wedding day – This weeks favorite six images – March 3, 2021

A sleeping child at Hotel Galvez, Galveston, Texas Leica M10 + 35mm Summilux A little boy on the patio at Welfare Cafe, Welfare, Texas A sleeping flower girl naps on the sofa at Barr Mansion, Austin, Texas Leica M10 + Noctilux 50mm f2 1/80 It’s been a long day. Two boys falls asleep at a…

A quiet moment – This weeks favorite 6 images – February 24, 2021
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A quiet moment – This weeks favorite 6 images – February 24, 2021

Grandmother and granddaughter in a quiet moment away from the crowds at Driskill Hotel in Austin Texas Leica M10-P + 50mm Noctilux f1.7 1/350 The bride walks through the door at Barr Mansion in Austin, Texas. Leica M10-P + 35mm summilux f1.4 1/250 A groom at Hidden falls Bridal Veil swallows some liquid courage. Leica…

Bridesmaids – This weeks favorite 6 images – February 17, 2021
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Bridesmaids – This weeks favorite 6 images – February 17, 2021

On a wedding morning at Hotel Galvez and Spa,Galveston Texas. Bridesmaids surround the bride as the hairstylist shows how to fix the veil. Leica M10-P, 50mm Noctilux f1.7 1/180 A newly minted couple hug in celebration during a wedding reception at a family home during the pandemic. Leica M10-P, 50mm Noctilux f1.7 f1/180 The groom…

This weeks favorite 6 images – February 10, 2021
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This weeks favorite 6 images – February 10, 2021

Starting today and just for the sheer love of the craft, a new weekly blog post, a favorite selection of six photos and what I like about them. My style is mostly as a wedding photojournalist and what I love is to capture a wedding day as authentically as possible. I want to also ‘demetricate’ myself from the slave…

Favorite wedding images from 2020
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Favorite wedding images from 2020

2020 favorite wedding images. Every wedding I photograph is precious and distinctive in so many different ways. Here are some of my favorite pictures from my couple’s beautiful wedding days. To view my Top Ten Places for Engagement Pictures in San Antonio, click here. All photos are clickable for larger versions. Enjoy!  

Decisive moment – Image of the week 11 – Philip Thomas
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Decisive moment – Image of the week 11 – Philip Thomas

I love what I do for a living. For over 25 years, I’ve been fascinated with the ‘Decisive Moment.’ My style of photography is primarily based on this concept and what I look for to tell a story in one image. The ‘Decisive Moment’ is the idea that Henri Cartier-Bresson spoke of when all the…