Artistry
Artistry is seeing what others may not see, then capturing that moment for eternity. In photography, it is painting with light, composition, exposure and framing to render a thought into a thousand connected feelings. It is knowing when to click the shutter at the exact moment to freeze an emotion for all time. It is bringing into visual focus what words sometimes fail to express. If Art is timeless, then Artistry is striving to immortalize a moment in time.
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For my college graduation gift, my Dad gave me an Olympus 35 mm camera. The first roll of film that I took with that camera had 24 frames of totally out-of-focus, completely unrecognizable photos. What a great start to my career in photography! (my first career was actually as a minister, but I’m retired now). I was interning with an organization that assisted students from other countries who needed help adjusting to life on my campus in a foreign land, so I still had my university library card. I checked out and read every book they had on photography at the time and within nine months had my first professional photography gig.
Since then, I’ve worked for a couple of large photography corporations, built a studio in my home complete with studio lights and backdrops, and photographed everything from babies to boudior. I started shooting weddings in 1998 and since the early 2000’s have specialized in wedding photography. If asked, I will still shoot family portraits, models, etc., but I really love shooting weddings the most.
In 1998, when I started shooting weddings, everything was still shot on film. It really took a lot more knowledge and skill to be a photographer when shooting analog. The film photographer had to know how to get a tack sharp image with proper exposure in every lighting situation and be prepared for all contingencies before they showed up to the event. Even with extensive knowledge and preparation, you never knew for certain how your images would come out until you picked your film up a few days later from the developer. These days, with Photoshop and other editing software, there is much more room for error while shooting digital portraits than there ver was shooting with film. And the cameras give you instant feedback now. If you don’t like the shot, you can delete it and retake it. Kinda feels like cheating.
I have now photographed well in excess of a thousand weddings. My passion for photography and for weddings has never waned. I took every image on this website – except for a couple wher I am the subject. I could have put hundreds of images in this portfolio, but I know you do not have the time to go through all of them. Hopefully these are enough to inspire you, and I hope that you will allow me the honor to photograph your wedding, too.
Sincerely,
Mark Robertson
