A warm, SnapKnot welcome to Frederic Blanchet, a Paris-born wedding photographer who now lives in Montreal, Canada. An artist with high sensitivity, Frederic captures creative wedding photos with great humanity and a refined vision.
Frederic developed his passion for photography while traveling the world capturing people’s way of living. Several years ago he decided to turn his passion into a full-time occupation and established his own photography studio in Montreal. Frederic describes his style as a mix between photojournalism and artistic creation in order to document the happiest moments in this lives of his clients.
Frederic is influenced by photographers such as Jerry Ghionis and Denis Reggie, both of whom he has had the opportunity to meet personally. He is a proud member of several renowned international wedding photographer associations including : PWPC, WPPI and Fearless Photographers.
In the past several years, Frederic has shot weddings in Canada, the US, Jamaica, and of course, France.
To see more creative wedding photos from this globe-trotting artist, visit Frederic Blanchet.
We are delighted to welcome Lorin Partain of Eyesometry to our list of Sacramento, California wedding photographers. Lorin’s relationship with photography began while he was working for a dot-com boom company that was bringing some of the first online catalogs to market. That passion was on the back burner until his daughter was born, and Lorin picked up the camera again to start documenting the real moments of his life. The compliments started flowing and in 2006, he began shooting weddings.
As far as his style is concerned, Lorin considers himself firmly in the photojournalist category.
“I really enjoy documenting real moments for people rather than delivering something that was contrived by the photographer. I prefer to deliver the real moments of the wedding day.”
(Don’t miss out on a special engagement offer at the end of this post!)
Lorin finds that he is influenced on a professional level by two primary photographers. One is Denis Reggie, and the other is Joe Buissink, with whom Lorin shares the same photography outlook.
“I love his view that a wedding is not a photo shoot. He is exactly right.”
One of Lorin’s favorite weddings took place in San Francisco. The ceremony was in Golden Gate Park and then the couple did a photo tour of the city before arriving at a downtown restaurant for the reception. He loved how fun and unique the event was and had a great time capturing the adventure.
Lorin would like to remind couples just starting their search for a wedding photographer how truly important the images are, as they are one of the few things that will remain after the event is over.
“Look for someone who considers themselves an artist and who is going to produce art level work. This requires more than someone who will show up and push a button.”
Another recommendation from our California wedding photographer? Look into hiring a wedding planner.
“I have documented weddings with and without them, and 9 times out of 10 you can tell when there was no planner involved due to the lack of organization. It makes my job easier, takes stress from the bride, and a stress-less bride is ideal if you want lots of images with smiles and happy emotions.”
Some fun facts about Lorin? His first job ever was delivering medications in a hospital at the age of 15, and he also worked a stint with Apple. He is happily married with two children.
Lorin has a special offer right now:
Brides that schedule a consultation and meet with him will be entered into a drawing for a free engagement session whether they book their wedding with him or not. The drawing will be on January 1st, 2014 and is good for all weddings in 2014 and beyond.
To see more images from this Sacramento, California wedding photographer, visit Lorin Partain of Eyesometry.
For those waiting on pins and needles for the final installment in our wedding bouquet series, the time has come! And believe us, we saved the best for last. In honor of summer’s impending arrival, we thought we would share our top 20 images of bright wedding bouquets. Get your shades out, because we have some pretty brilliant mixes for you!
Above left: “I am seeing brides giving more freedom to their florist and allowing them to create a bouquet to fit the mood of the event. Like this one below, the bride had a bright, fun, indoor/outdoor summer wedding with a steel drum at cocktail hour and a rockin’ dance party. The uniqueness of her bouquet is not something the bride would have chosen but it definitely fit the mood.”
Below left: “With her bridesmaids in simple, black dresses, Liz knew they needed bouquets that popped! Both her bouquet and the bouquets of her bridesmaids contained bright pink, purple and green blooms!”
Above right: “Meaghan and Prital’s wedding was full of color and whimsy thanks to Liza at DBI Events. The bride’s bouquet consists of Dahlias, Spray Roses, Poppy Pods, Stock and Green Dianthus. The bridesmaids all held Dahlias, Spray Roses and Green Dianthus.”
