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November 23, 2008

Committed

I am officially engaged. I proposed to the wonderful woman of my life today, and it was amazing. So now I guess I am the one in the market for a photographer. I’m gonna need some engagement photos and wedding shooter. Nothing worse than looking for a wedding shooter, and I think Jessica Claire is out of my price range. Too bad I guess.

Thank you to all who were involved in making today special with us. Special thanks to Birby for shooting video for me. As soon as we get the video edited I will post it here for sure. I will keep this updated with everything that is going on in my photographer search.

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Tags : brandon irby, engaged, jessica claire, matt danner, Photography, wedding

November 13, 2008

Posing Ideas

I shoot a fair amount of portraits for individuals; but sometimes on the spot, the pose I want just doesn’t come to me right away. I know I am not the only one who has had this problem. But alas, there is a solution. This solution was brought to my attention by, you guessed it, Brandon Irby.

It is actually pretty simple. Just scavenger your old images and images from the net that have good poses that you like, then upload them to your iPhone. This way, you always have a catalogue of 10-15 poses in your pocket. You can review the poses while your subject is changing outfits, moving to a new location, or when you want to pretend that you got a text message during the shoot. Okay I was kidding about the last one, that would be really unprofessional.

Go grab some images, upload them to your iPhone, and shoot some pictures. Oh yeah then come back and share them with us all. Feel free to post links in the comment section back to your blog with images you shot using this technique.

An Assistant

So as I mentioned in my last post, I had a shoot today. It wasn’t anything huge, but it was definitely long. I shot from about 1:30 this afternoon until nearly 5; about 7 individual locations. Normally, this would be nearly impossible, but not for me! … ok it was only possible because I had an AMAZING assistant. Read More →

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Tags : birby, brandon irby, matt danner, oklahoma city, Photography, portrait, senior portrait

November 9, 2008

Scouting

Today was a great scouting trip for me and my good buddy Birby. I am shooting some portraits, and I wasn’t sent the wardrobe list until today. Since the shoot is tomorrow, I didn’t have a whole lot of time to find locations. Birby and I hit the road in search of some good urban spots in downtown Oklahoma City. Read More →

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Tags : birby, brandon irby, coffee slingers, matt danner, oklahoma city, Photography, portraits, scouting, telephoto, wide angle

October 28, 2008

Daily Mug

Well I started a new blog. This post is not meant to tell you about my new blog, but to invite you to be a part of it, and to give credit to the person who gave me the idea. Brandon Irby made mention of a daily iSight photo blog. I really liked the idea, so I am doing one. Basically I will just be taking a picture of myself everyday with the built in iSight camera on my MacBook Pro. Not only do I hope you will check out the blog from time to time, but I seriously think everyone should try it. It isn’t like it is hard. Just a quick snap of a photo. One a day. You can visit my Mug Blog at photoofmatt.blogspot.com.