Last week I had the amazing expeience of taking a workshop with David Beckstead, one of the top 10 wedding photographers in the United States. He is just simply awesome. I learned SO much from him and he was the nicest person. Very friendly and easy to get along with. The workshop was hosted by Cat McKinley whom was just the best hostess ever. I can’t rave enough about this workshop, it was THAT good. By far the best money I’ve spent towards my education in photography. We went to some fantastic places in Akron and Cleveland with our model brides – the Akron Civic Theater, Stan Hywet and The Arcade in Cleveland. We also did a quick jaunt around downtown with our bride as well. The best of the best (IMHO) of what I shot is below. Beware it is very picture heavy!
Thanks so much to David for being such a wonderful teacher and Cat for setting everything up!
Shot of the few of us that were there until the end. I’m in the dead middle (boy the shootsac isn’t very flattering as a silhouette is it?) and David is the one on the far left. Fun shot!
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OK. I am SOOOOOO excited seeing these last shots because these are right downtown for my venue. Corey I want these shots! LOL. Also, I am arranging permission to shoot in the arcade:)
They are all so beautiful.
Corey – These are wonderful shots. It was nice meeting you and the rest of the gang at Cat’s house. I wish I would have been able to attend and shoot with you guys. – Mark
I love the whole set, but #1 is all sorts of good. 🙂
Those are some kick ass shots! Love the composition and definitely a lot of thoughts put into how to light the scene…
Ahhhhh, so many beautiful shots and so many new favorites! OK, so the first one is just outstanding, and in fact I love all of the ones with that film noir feel to them. I love the crazy colorful one shot up the stairs – what an angle, and just a FAB background … the really glowy window shot (so romantic) … the one with movement with the veil (this is just very special to me, I’m not sure why) and the third from bottom in B&W. AWESOME.
I am insanely jealous of that class, I wanna go shoot with Beckstead!
To say that those are all totally awesome doesn’t even seem adequate. I loooooooove them.
I’m a little late to comment.
Amazing “Bride” + Amazing Location + Amazing Skills = Amazing Photos.
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