Paddack Photography

I’ve been inspired by some photographers in Kansas City named The Parsons. They are not only amazing photographers but they made the commitment to blog photos from every shoot they did in 2009 and they succeeded! So here is the beginning of my attempt to do the same thing in 2010. I decided that while sorting through a wedding I would grab just a few that catch my attention and put them on the blog. We shall see how it goes.

January 30 was our first wedding for 2010. Derek & Madison are an amazing couple and over our time working together became much more than just clients. Here are a few that caught my eye.

Photographer Note: I just purchased the new Lightroom presets from Totally Rad Actions. I’m not that into actions or purchasing presets but these things are great. I used a few on these images and did some things that I don’t normally do, but I just wanted to show some of the capabilities. I believe one of the most important things to building a sustainable business is consistency. That’s the beauty of these presets. If you know Lightroom then you can make small tweaks that will give a look and feel that is more tailored to who you are. Anyway, that’s a long enough commercial. I’m just saying, you should give them a shot.

If I’ve learned anything recently it’s that if you’re going to live in the mid-west and run a photography business you’d better be able to mix it up sometimes. I consider myself a “natural light” photographer – or at least that’s my preference – but when you’re shooting an engagement session in January you need to be able to do other things.  It was nasty outside the day we shot Kristen & Jerad’s engagement session but I think we still ended up with some killer images, and we had a great time doing it.

We spent a ton of time outside so after a while we went inside and tried out a few different shots. These were just for fun but still pretty cool.