up, up, and away | hibou photo | wandering photographer

This is just a little note that I’m going to be out of the office, so to speak – adventurizing in the wild west – until June 8, so please don’t worry if you send me an email and don’t hear back right away. I plan to return with many, many travel photos and maybe a tale or two. In the interim I have a little post planned for next week, to keep you entertained while I’m . . . → Read More: up, up, and away | hibou photo | wandering photographer

march madness (booking promo!) | hibou photo | fredericton wedding photographer

Yes it’s true! Book your wedding photographic coverage with hibou photo between March 15 and March 31 2010, and save 25% on my regular creative fee and my (newly revised!) products and packages. Remember the fine print: bookings are subject to a non-refundable retainer of 50% of the creative fee, and travel fees are not included in this sale. Just send me a message at info@hibouphoto.com and I’ll hook . . . → Read More: march madness (booking promo!) | hibou photo | fredericton wedding photographer

bling | hibou photo | fredericton photographer

Who’s an ecstatic photographer? Me. Totally me. Voila my new photography set-up: a 5D and 24-70 mm 2.8 L. This is my first full frame camera and my first piece of “L” glass. L. Luxury. It just sounds right. This set-up weighs about 4 times as much as the camera and lens I’ve been toting lately, but even the added neck pain can’t make me put it down. If you need me I’ll be gazing adoringly at my new stuff. Perhaps petting it. And making incomprehensible noises of general . . . → Read More: bling | hibou photo | fredericton photographer

viral videos | hibou photo | fredericton photographer

So I haven’t typically been posting stuff like this but it does interest me and is relevant, and more importantly will keep me from bouncing off the wall as I wait for my order from Adorama to be shipped. The following are two videos which are recently viral in the photography world and my comments thereupon.

In this video, Judge Joe Brown rips apart a photographer for their “unprofessional” job of shooting a wedding. Now I’ll admit that the first time I watched this video I laughed gleefully, I love schadenfreude as much as anyone. But even discarding the fact that Judge . . . → Read More: viral videos | hibou photo | fredericton photographer

green photography? | hibou photo | fredericton photographer

Recently Ryan Brenizer (awesome NYC photographer, check him out!), wrote a post on realizing that he is a “green” photographer. Reading his post I found myself coming to exactly the same conclusion: I’m “pretty darned green here,” and it never occurred to me to try to market that fact.

Witness:

5. My marketing done entirely online and via word-of-mouth (okay, except for business cards – see below).

4. With the exception of my contract, my photography workflow is entirely paperless.

3. I deliberately chose a carbon neutral host for my website and blog.

2. My business cards are on 100% recycled paper.

1. I don’t own a car. . . . → Read More: green photography? | hibou photo | fredericton photographer