A few months ago I received an email from the editor of a new bridal magazine asking if I was interested in advertising, and since there are a million places I could advertise as a wedding photographer and emails like this come all the time, I initially ignored it. However, after hearing a bit more from some photographer friends I decided to go back and revisit this email. It turns out this magazine is unlike anything else out there and one I decided I really wanted to support. In Frame Bride magazine focuses specifically on Michigan wedding photography.

Last night I went up to Grand Rapids to attend their launch party and finally open the magazine myself. Wow, they really did an awesome job! It has helpful articles about choosing a photographer, trends, and real weddings. It, of course, has tons of great photography. Oh, and it’s capital-eff Free! Go get one at a Michigan bridal show or directly from their website, and look for my ad and my photos featured with their section describing photojournalistic wedding photography.

Perhaps you remember this post a few months back from when I was in hiding and shooting Ian’s proposal to Lisa, well today it was featured on the great wedding blog Rock n Roll Bride. Go check it out and make sure to cruise around the rest of the site for great ideas for having a unique wedding full of your personality.

Some people think my 70-200 lens is big… I submit to you that it is not:

Wow.

Sigma’s 200-500mm f2.8, which retails for a cool $24,000, chump change compared to Canon’s equally ridiculous $100,000 1200mm.

I can’t even imagine a scenario that would be useful for wedding photography. In fact I have a hard time thinking of anything to use it for… on safari with a beefy tripod bolted to the truck maybe?

The logic is obviously flawed, but it’s funny anyway!

(found via Pixelated Image Blog)

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