Jayson's Photography

Jennifer & Robert | Springfield Marriott

Jayson — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:43:17 +0000

Jennifer and Robert’s beautiful wedding was held at the Springfield Marriott. Their ceremony was at the gorgeous ST. Mary’s Church in Ware. Check out some of these amazing moments captured at their fabulous wedding.

The Happy Couple looking amazing.

Here comes the beautiful bride. Father of the bride looking sharp.

Love these moments.

Check out this gorgeous church.

Robert making Jennifer laugh.

The ring exchange.

The Kiss.

Robert helping Jennifer over the bridge. So cute.

The cake was so delicious and beautiful at the same time. I love wedding cake.

Close up of the rings. Got to love the macro lens.

Their first dance together as husband and wife and they’ve got some moves.

They are so in love.

Check out more amazing moments from this outstanding wedding over at their wedding gallery here.

The Perfect Wedding Take

Jayson — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:50:36 +0000

During every wedding I take a few thousand images. Between 3-4 usually, depending on the amount of time I’m hired for. Out of those images there are always a few I consider the perfect wedding take. Here are some perfect wedding takes I’ve captured over the years.

You never know who will show up to the wedding, so be prepared to take a lot of takes.

Steven Spielberg surprises the bride at her own wedding while filming Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull in New Haven CT. The expression on the brides and bridesmaids face makes this perfect wedding take priceless.

The bride and groom fight for a kiss as their wedding party tries desperately to pull them apart. The expressions on the bridesmaid’s and groomsmen’s faces make this wedding take perfect. This photo was taken in front of the beautiful Chez Josef in Agawam.

This photo was taken at the Amherst Women’s Club and is a classic example of a perfect wedding take, as you notice the joyous expressions on the guests and bride’s face.

The groom dips his bride under a beautiful oak tree as they share a romantic kiss. Showing how big, grand, and beautiful nature is in wedding images makes for some great wedding takes.

Sometimes the perfect wedding take happens in a split second, when the groom glances over at his beautiful bride.

How to capture the perfect wedding take.

1) Be equipped with a fast camera. Something in the range of a Canon or Nikon SLR.

2) Fast glass, meaning a lens that has an f-stop of 2.8 or higher. You’ll get a faster shutter speed at f2.8.

3) Bring plenty of compact flash cards with you so you can take lots of images and won’t run out when the perfect wedding take arises. Note: The higher the cameras megapixels, the more gigs you’ll need your compact flash cards to be. I recommend 2 to 8 gig cards.

4) External flash. Not the pop up flash that comes with the camera, but one that sits in the cameras hot shoe. This will allow you to use a faster shutter speed and produce more light in those dark reception halls.

5) When the bride smiles, you smile, by taking as many wedding takes that you can. You can never take too many wedding takes.

Check out some more examples of perfect wedding takes over at our website jaysonsphotography.com

MA Portrait Photographer | Photoshop Expert

Jayson — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:52:35 +0000

With the release of Iron Man 2 about a week away, what better way to celebrate it than to create a concept portrait of me as Peter Parker revealing myself to be Spider-Man.

Here’s how I pulled it off.

First – I hired the fabulous Massachusetts Portrait Photographer Lynn Quinlivan from Lynn Quinlivan Photography to take the portraits.

Second – I posed for the image wearing a red Batman t-shirt underneath my button up. I did this so the red would reflect a bit on my blue dress shirt.

Third – I took a picture of Spider-Man in the train scene of Spider-Man 2. Ironically the part where Peter Parker’s identity is revealed.

Fourth – I used photoshop to outline my shirt being revealed and replaced it with Spider-man’s suit on a separate layer. This took some stretching of the suit to match up with my body.

Fifth – I added shading around the outside of the suit to illustrate the shadows the dress shirt would of made, and to add realism to the image.

Lastly – I bumped the contrast of the suit to heighten the red color.

Before and After

Tell me what you think and let me know who your favorite super hero is and if you will be attending the Iron Man 2 premiere. I’ll chat with you all later, my spidey senses are tingling.

Cheers!

Hannah Turns Two

Jayson — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:29:38 +0000

For our 200 post I’d like to feature my beautiful niece Hannah. H turned two this past weekend, and it was a perfect day for a birthday party. I loved capturing this lil one as she ran around popping bubbles, opening presents, and eating cupcakes. Here are a few moments I captured of little miss sunshine.

MA Portrait Photographer

Jayson — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:03 +0000

The Brand NEW Jayson’s Photography Studio is now open. Check out these awesome photos of Robert Harvey from East Coast Stunts taken in our new studio. Contact the studio to make an appointment for your portrait session. Be sure to become a fan of ours on Facebook for a chance to win a FREE Portrait Session with Jayson, just roll over the Facebook tab in the upper left hand corner of this blog, click become a fan and leave a comment on our wall to enter.

Massachusetts Macro Photographer

Jayson — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:25:12 +0000

Happy Patriots’ Day!!! In Massachusetts and Maine we remember this day as the Shot Heard ‘Round the World. If you’re from Massachusetts or just visiting, here are some great ways to celebrate Presidents’ Day. In honor of Patriots’ Day I would like to share with you a few macro photography images. Macro Photography means close-up photography. Check out more of my macro photography over at jpprints.com

Water Drop Photography | Red Bridge Beer

Jayson — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:36:46 +0000

I’m taking water drop photography to a new level and dropping other things besides water into water. I’m calling this drop photography. Today I decided to drop some bottle caps from one of my favorite beers, Red Bridge, an Anheuser Busch company. You know, the company who makes the famous Budweiser beer and a whole bunch of others. I had to drop the caps a few times to come up with this image, but the end result proved worth it. Here is the image that I came up with.

Water Drop Photography

Jayson — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:23:12 +0000

Happy Friday guys and gals! I know you’re all excited to be done for the week and finally get a moment to relax. So in honor of Friday I wanted to share with you the latest images I’ve been working on. Water drop photography is a lot of fun to freeze the exact moment the drop of water enters a bigger pool of water. Big thanks to my good friend Larry Reeves over at Larry Reeves Photography for teaching me how to freeze water drops. Here are just a few of my first water drop photos for you to enjoy. I’ll be doing a lot more of these in the near future so stay tuned. To see more water drop photography head on over to our print store at jpprints.com Be sure to become a fan of ours on facebook to stay up to date and to be entered for a chance to win a free portrait session with Jayson in our brand new photography studio.

Jayson’s Photography | MA Photography Studio

Jayson — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:55:11 +0000

Hey everyone! Spring is finally here and what better way to celebrate it then to announce the grand opening of our brand new Massachusetts photography studio. Our brand new photography studio is equipped with a 40 inch Samsung television for displaying your outstanding photos in high definition, a new leather couch and matching love seat for you and your loved one to relax on, professional photography lighting, and a beautiful white muslin backdrop for portrait photography, not to mention Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii for the guys and kids. To celebrate the opening we are giving away a free photoshoot that will take place in our studio. To win, all you need to do is become a fan of Jayson’s Photography on facebook and leave us a comment. If you are already a fan of ours, all you need to do is suggest your facebook friends to become a fan and leave a comment saying you did that. We now have a tab in the upper left hand corner of this blog that you can easily click and become a fan, so do that now. Be sure to check out the photos of our amazing new photography studio below. Studio photography sessions begin at $99.

Desiree & Matt | The Hotel Northampton

Jayson — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:44:24 +0000

I had the privilege of being apart of Desiree and Matt’s outstanding wedding on Saturday, held at The Hotel Northampton
Matt is my best friend from high school and when he told me he was getting married, I knew immediately that I wanted to be apart of it and not the photographer. I brought along with me a Canon 30d and attached a 50mm lens to it and was able to capture these amazing moments.

The happy couple share a laugh after their beautiful ceremony.
a kiss outside The Hotel Northampton

a look Inside the beautiful Grand Ballroom
Desiree showing the girls how to strike a sexy pose.
The beautiful bridesmaids.
My newest assistant Ashley. She’s 9, not 7 or 8. Sorry Ashley, I guessed wrong.
Ashley took this amazing shot of me and Sarah together.
Best man Ryan and groomsmen Phil in the limo pose for a quick photo.
The Ring Bearer Jaden, also known as Boots from Dora the Explorer, but he tells me he doesn’t like that name. So Jaden it is.

Check out these sleek looking shoes.

Matt looking very sharp.

Just Married!!!

I had to end with this one of Phil blowing kisses at the camera.

Congratulations Desiree and Matt! It was a beautiful wedding and I was happy to have been apart of it. Love you guys very much.