Engagement Photography Hudson Valley { Amber + Chris }


August 16th 2021
Engagement Photography Hudson Valley { Amber + Chris }

Engagement Photography Hudson Valley

First off if you’re looking for an engagement photographer take a look at my [Hudson Valley engagement photography](http://www.davebrownphotography.com/Hudson Valley-Engagement-Photographer.aspx “Engagement Photography Hudson Valley”) portfolio.

I know I know,… it’s been forever…. I’ve just been real busy and honestly had a few family things that I’ve needed to deal with, so I haven’t been able to post in a while.  But here I am posting now,… so everyone say hi to Amber and Chris.  This cute couple was a ton of fun to work with.  Chris is wiked stylish ( I think he has amber beat in the fashion department by just a smidge) and amber has a killer smile.  They were real easy to take pictures of.  I didn’t get to play

with my off camera lighting as much on this photography outing as I would have liked to, but that’s ok.  We were running thin on time, and I wanted to make sure that I hit up all the spots that I wanted to hit up.

It sure is fun doing photography in Hudson Valley.  I try and go location scouting before every shoot that I do, just so that I can get new fresh shots for each portrait session that I do.  I don’t always get around to it, and this was one of those situations.  I ended up talking a friend off a ledge the night before so I didn’t get a chance to go out location scouting, but I always find something interesting that I didn’t see before.  This is a perfect example of that.  Well kinda.  I had seen this before but never been able to get the shot that I wanted.  I liked the lines of this shot, kinda creating a star burst around the couple.  I hadn’t quite been able to get it though, because I didn’t have the right focal length to get the right stuff in the shot, and lose all the unnecessary stuff.  This is exactly what my new 24-70 is for.  Creating a little bit more headroom when I’m kneeling on the ground trying to get a shot.  At 50mm this shot doesn’t work.  I would have had to be in the street, and frankly I don’ t want to stand on the corner of Champa and 15th to get a shot.  I’m also digging the minimal amount of distortion that I’m getting at 24mm.  Although all this is making me think about getting a 14-24.  I know I know. Someone needs to slap me out of it.

Photo Stats: 1/320th, f/3.2, ISO 400, 24mm

Hudson Valley Engagement Photographer

Alright so this is probably one of my favorite photographs I’ve ever taken.  Period.  I don’t know why I love this shot so much, but it’s exactly what I wanted.  It has just the right amount of focus for me.  I think every photographer has that moment where he just looks at one of his photographs and says “YES!! (fist pump)”.  It’s rare.  I know it’s something that I personally strive for.  I try and get better so that I can do that more often.  Although it seems like the better I get, the better I expect.  If I would have pulled off all these shots back when I was first getting started they all would have been fist pumps.  Now it takes something even more spectacular to get it out of me.  Oh and just so we’re clear.  I don’t expect everyone else to love this shot as much as I do.  It’s just a shot that appeals to me for some reason.  I think I like the tenderness of it.  Anyways I don’t wanna get too mushy,or sound too boastful, but this is one of my new personal favs.

Photo Stats:   1/40oth sec, f/2.8, ISO 500.  Window light coming in from a big bay window.

Engagement Photographer Hudson Valley

Ok last photograph.  This is another classic example of a shot that I could see in my head, but just wasn’t coming out right at 70mm.  I wasn’t getting enough of that cool rust color, or enough of the building, and now with my new 24-70 I get both.  And I get the contrast of both.  I love that rust color.  Changing from space to space.  But always averaging out to a great color.  As soon as I saw this shot I knew that 24-70 was perfect for me.  I’m really looking forward to what else I can do with it.

Photo Stats: 1/320th, f/5.0, ISO 500, and of course 24mm

Anyways hope you guys like them.  And sorry for not posting anything in forever.

-Dave