Cultural and destination wedding photographer, Philip Thomas Photography
Lauren and Alex’s wedding took place at Lost Missions, just a few miles from my home and the first time I’ve shot there. Check this place out if you’ve just got engaged. Put it this way. If this venue was open seven years ago I’m sure Marcie and I would’ve married here. Love this time of…
New York City street pics squeezed in-between a packed two days E-Session with Max and Alex. It’s been 15 years since I was last here and New York has changed substantially it would seem for the better. At least for tourists like me:-) I was so much more relaxed this time round and really enjoyed hanging…
The lovely folks at Junebug weddings kindly posted a couple of my favorite images here on an article about ‘Phenomenal Photography-Distinctive Wedding Reception Photos.’ Thanks guys!
After taking a couple of weeks off after the lightning strike and fire at our house, ‘Picture of the Week’, is back. Yea! I hear you cry. Oh, that’s me. Here’s one that really caught my eye and just love the look and broad range of emotions it elicits between mother and daughter. It’s almost…
July 2, 2012 - 2:37 pm
Hi Philip been dropping in to your site for a while now, really enjoy looking at your work. I Love this image, your right about almost being in the room with them, an image really works when you get a real sense of the moment before and after the image was taken. Great image.
July 3, 2012 - 3:55 pm
Thank you, Darragh! Super kind of you.
-Philip
Hi emerging wedding photographers. A reminder that our next meeting will be at my studio located at 25111 Arrow Glen, San Antonio, Texas 78258 from 6pm to about 8 pm for emerging pros. Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome to this fun, FREE seminar and discuss many topics to get your photogaphy business off…
This weeks image is from Nicole and Josh’s wedding in November and tells a lovely story. The photo was captured moments before Nicole walked down the aisle with her brother and shows how pensive and anxious she is. The interaction between the ring bearer and flower girl is enchanting and just so deligtful. Really love…
January 12, 2012 - 2:10 pm
Lovely moment caught my friend… I like!
January 26, 2012 - 6:09 am
It is a very good photo. Great composition, black and white tone and tell various stories: the bride, the kids and at the other room. Fantastic. Congrats.
January 26, 2012 - 11:46 am
Thank you Fernando. Really enjoyed looking through your blog this morning.
Taken just after Bianca and Cesar married, we were all waiting downstairs in the Incarnate Ward Church. As I was documenting a few pictures waiting for the rain to clear, out of the corner of my eye I saw some movement behind this glass door. To be honest, I was a little spooked and I’m…
**THERE IS A ADDITIONAL POST HERE ABOIT MY PHOTO MECHANIC SET UP HERE The last time I wrote this was two years ago and figured it was due an update. Many of you find the original post on google but some of the information is now out of date. I’ve also refined many aspects of…
September 21, 2011 - 4:45 pm
Hi,
I’m a fairly new user to Photo Mechanic and Lightroom 3. What is your workflow in PM before importing to Lightroom? Do you move or copy your select images into a new folder for importing into LR? One of the reasons I’m using PM is to weed out the bad images and only import the good ones into LR, keeping the LR library lean.
Thanks,
Allen
September 22, 2011 - 12:10 am
Are you using a Mac or PC? I’m on a Mac. Either way, I star and label all my shots in PM before importing all images into LR. When I use LR, I always create a new library. Not only is this for cataloging reasons, but also to keep each shoot super fast to edit. LR will slow down as more and more images go into a catalog.
You can export images using PM instead of importing all images into LR but the purpose for me using PM is to view all photos very quickly. If you need screen shots how to set up a Mac to recognize PM in LR, please let me know and I’ll attach below.
April 26, 2012 - 5:28 am
Hey Philip, thanks for posting this really helpful piece. I am new to Lightroom as I am totally sick of Aperture. When you export as TIFF is this as 8bit or 16bit? I love the idea of droplets but think I will still need to reopen my files for a final bit of dodging/burning. Want to make sure I keep as much information as possible when re-opening to re-edit. Having said that, there is only so much space on my hard drive!
Thanks so much,
Suzie
April 29, 2012 - 12:12 am
Hi Suzie,
Sorry for late reply. I’ve been out of town most of the week.
I do export as a TIFF in 16bit. I then reimport those exported files back into LR and tweak from there. I do not reopen the files as that would take a long time. As for extra space, I do not know your set-up, but you could always attach an external HD just for your edits.
My Nikon 85mm f1.4D is up for sale. Lens is used, in good condition, includes lens hood, UV filter and original box. Send your offer by private email, please. To see the lens specs, click on this link to B&H.
Just posted over the weekend are the results from ISPWP, a quarterly worldwide competition for wedding photographers. I’m over the moon that I received 7th place for this image in the ‘kids will be kids’ category.
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Paul Rogers - Just discovered your work – and I love it! Fantastic composition and use of light and colour. You catch those tiny nuances that make each couples day different.
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Picture of the month - Nervous Hands by Philip Thomas - [...] it takes on its own endearing qualities and timelessness. You can see the rest of my favorites from Lauren and Alex’s wedding here (this wasn’t included but I found this as I was culling and editing yesterday) and for [...]