Andrew Niesen

WedPix.com just published their June issue and they interviewed me again, this time for an article about "Sideline Shots." They define sideline shots as "photos that are distinct from the standard reaction pictures that you may capture during the walk down the aisle, the vows or the cake cutting. This particular variety tends to be further away from the primary wedding day action, both geographically and thematically, but adds depth and essential perspective to the complete wedding day story."

It's an interesting story and they quoted me quite a bit, so brace yourself :) It's always a little weird seeing stories written that quote you. Especially after spending so many years working in the news industry where we were the ones photographing and quoting people, it's a very interesting experience being on the flip side of that. What's great, though, is that Michael Roney, the writer of the WedPix article has been very accurate with quoting me from the phone interview we had.

*Click Here to read the article.

We're having a wonderful time with the crew at Elevate2, Garrett and Joy Nudd's workshop in Orlando. There are so many talented photographers here, and we've been inspired by their passion and creativity. As Gene Higa told us earlier this week, it's a great time to be a wedding photographer! Thanks to everyone for a fun few days of sharing. It's refreshing to meet so many new friends, and reconnect with many old ones too! ShootQ is sponsoring the workshop, and we had a chance to give a demo to everyone today. We can't wait to incorporate new ideas into ShootQ. Thanks to everyone for giving feedback. It's the best way to grow and improve the software.

Rachel and Regina Holder

The St. Louis boys, Andrew and Dan Watkins

Frank DiMeo, Gene Higa, Kevin Meyers and Dan Watkins

Garrett during the shooting demo


Katie Torres of 6 of Four Creations


Ann Hamilton with her new Leica point-and-shoot

Rachel LaCour Niesen with Regis Chen

Dan Watkins and Zack Arias

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Join the LaCour team in July (LaCour Workshops: The Business of Storytelling, July 22-26) for a life-changing week of learning, sharing and friendship! We've extended the pre-registration deadline so you can save $200 by signing up before June 8. Here's a sneak peek video of the workshop, made by our talented friends at Four Seasons Films. Paul & Holley are incredible filmmakers! Thanks guys for all your work on this project.

Our good friend, Matt Adcock, recently started a blog called Flash Flavor which is focused on sharing creative flash techniques for wedding photographers. Matt asked us if we would like to share any stories about any images we've made using flash in a unique or creative way. I immediately thought of the above image that I made at a wedding in February and sent the image to Matt, along with the story of how I made the image.

Click Here to read the story.