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p.1 #1 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

big ups to the talented katie disimone for handing this one over to me. follow her on twitter, she's awesome. wedding was at the ritz carlton lake las vegas resort, and a private reception was held at a relative's house.

also thanks to joey allen (he goes by 'form' here) for giving me a ride, and bringing some lights. couldn't have done it w/o you, comrade.

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Nov 02, 2009 at 11:40 PM

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p.1 #2 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

nose kissing is awesome.

Nov 02, 2009 at 11:53 PM

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p.1 #3 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

dude serg you can take really goofy looking people put them in the most unusual poses that should not flatter them at all and come out with freaking ART big time.
solid every time, no joke
....golf clap from doug for #1......
nice
Doug

Nov 03, 2009 at 12:38 AM

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p.1 #4 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

love #1

Nov 03, 2009 at 12:46 AM

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p.1 #5 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

Nice Set and Setup.

Must have been a long ass day

Nov 03, 2009 at 12:53 AM

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p.1 #6 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

thanks all . wasnt too long of a day, we didnt get started until the afternoon. beautiful weather!

Nov 03, 2009 at 04:07 AM

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p.1 #7 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

don't think i've ever seen shots of yours with off camera. good stuff bro

Nov 03, 2009 at 04:30 AM

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p.1 #8 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

These seem similar to Ryan Flynn's processing, I like it.

Nov 03, 2009 at 04:48 AM

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p.1 #9 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

p.i.m.p

Nov 03, 2009 at 04:53 AM

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p.1 #10 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

aahahahhahahahahaha

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Nov 03, 2009 at 05:45 AM

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p.1 #11 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

I supplied the off-camera flash for the reception. I use it for almost every reception, usually combination of umbrellas or bounced flash and bare flash. Seeing as how the roof was pretty far away this time, umbrellas were used.

Nov 03, 2009 at 06:25 AM

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p.1 #12 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

great set. your lifestyle shots kill.

Nov 03, 2009 at 07:40 AM

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p.1 #13 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

i'm curious as to what happened to the left side of 11?

Nov 03, 2009 at 08:18 AM

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p.1 #14 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

3 is where it's at. You're capturing a lot more genuine emotion and moments with a lot less need to 'look cool' - they just work. Some of your best, good sir. Kudos.

Nov 03, 2009 at 12:17 PM

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p.1 #15 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

This is indeed a very refined Sergio set. I love it Serg. Has all the flavor we've grown to love about you but with a polished shine. I noticed.

Nov 03, 2009 at 12:19 PM

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p.1 #16 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

diggitydawg510 wrote:
i'm curious as to what happened to the left side of 11?

I'll take a stab at that.

Look to the right. Do you see that candle holder thing? Do you see how a tad into the thing from the left there's a strong specular highlight from where the light from the window is being magnified by the glass?

I'm guessing that the same thing is happening on the left except now it's head-on light being magnified and causing the mother of all lens flare artifacts in the process.

Nov 03, 2009 at 12:31 PM

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p.1 #17 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

I'm a fan.

Not the girlie groupie kind... the tough good looking kind.

Word up.

Nov 03, 2009 at 01:39 PM

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p.1 #18 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

Big props for being so individual and unique. Love your work. Cheers, Martin

Nov 03, 2009 at 02:51 PM

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p.1 #19 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

Good stuff, Serg.....saw these on the blog earlier.

Love the casino shot. Dude with the Jets hat ftw...

The kid in 14 reminds me of Buddy Lee

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Nov 03, 2009 at 04:06 PM

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p.1 #20 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

Great stuff here, love the flash stuff I really want to get doing some of that stuff

Nov 03, 2009 at 05:34 PM

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p.1 #21 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

thanks everyone. i did go for a "cleaner" feel overall for the couple, and i'm glad it actually happened. a lot of times i say that, and then i accidentally take a really weird set of pictures.

and lisy - you are correct. shooting through the candle holder, or part of it.

Nov 03, 2009 at 05:58 PM

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p.1 #22 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

one of the shots i think 19 (numbers plz!) looks like the bride is hugging a carboard cutout, i think it's some sort of distortion from the wide, other than that, it's a great set. Amusing knock at hoffer, i didnt notice it until someone else commented on it. haha.

Nov 03, 2009 at 07:22 PM

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p.1 #23 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

i understand your gripe with the distortion.

Nov 03, 2009 at 11:57 PM

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p.1 #24 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

I love the photography too, but there's something about the b&w processing that's throwing me for a little loop. Maybe it's the shitty monitor here at work, but the skin tones all look a little too neutral... almost like there's too much recovery, or something going on. It struck me really strongly when looking at 2 & 3. Everyone is almost exactly 18% grey or something.

I dunno. Saying shit like that makes me feel like a bit of a douche. The photography itself, the moments captured, the posing (where applicable), and all of the color processing is stellar. Very clean and still stylish, like you said. The b&w's are bugging me though.

Nov 04, 2009 at 12:45 AM

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p.1 #25 · wedding (las vegas) // kristen and brian

i see what you mean. the highlights are purposely brought down a lot. thanks man.

Nov 04, 2009 at 05:14 PM


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