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Sara & Gaby's Wedding Timeline

Sarah & Gaby’s Wedding Photography @ the Watchung Reservation // Historic Trail, Mountainside, NJ 07092

Sara & Gaby’s Wedding Photography

at the Watchung Reservation, Mountainside, NJ

Wedding Photographer - Danny

Wedding Photos of bride writing her vows before her wedding ceremony at the Watchung reservation | Historic Trail, Mountainside, NJ 07092- Wedding Photography by the NJ Wedding Photographers at Timeline Visuals - NJ Best Wedding Photographers

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Wedding Photos of Gabby’s details before her wedding ceremony at the Watchung reservation | Historic Trail, Mountainside, NJ 07092- Wedding Photography by the NJ Wedding Photographers at Timeline Visuals - NJ Best Wedding Photographers

Wedding Photos of Gaby before her wedding ceremony at the Watchung reservation | Historic Trail, Mountainside, NJ 07092- Wedding Photography by the NJ Wedding Photographers at Timeline Visuals - NJ Best Wedding Photographers

Wedding Photos of Gaby getting ready before her wedding ceremony at the Watchung reservation | Historic Trail, Mountainside, NJ 07092- Wedding Photography by the NJ Wedding Photographers at Timeline Visuals - NJ Best Wedding Photographers

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Wedding Photos of Gabby getting ready before her wedding ceremony at the Watchung reservation | Historic Trail, Mountainside, NJ 07092- Wedding Photography by the NJ Wedding Photographers at Timeline Visuals - NJ Best Wedding Photographers — Wedding Photos of Gaby getting ready before her wedding ceremony at the Watchung reservation | Historic Trail, Mountainside, NJ 07092- Wedding Photography by the NJ Wedding Photographers at Timeline Visuals - NJ Best Wedding Photographers

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Wedding Photos of Gabby before her wedding ceremony at the Watchung reservation | Historic Trail, Mountainside, NJ 07092- Wedding Photography by the NJ Wedding Photographers at Timeline Visuals - NJ Best Wedding Photographers — Wedding Photos of Gaby before her wedding ceremony at the Watchung reservation | Historic Trail, Mountainside, NJ 07092- Wedding Photography by the NJ Wedding Photographers at Timeline Visuals - NJ Best Wedding Photographers

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Wedding Photos of lgbtq couple during their wedding ceremony at the Watchung reservation | Historic Trail, Mountainside, NJ 07092- Wedding Photography by the NJ Wedding Photographers at Timeline Visuals - NJ Best Wedding Photographers

Wedding Photos of lgbtq couple during their wedding reception at the Watchung reservation | Historic Trail, Mountainside, NJ 07092- Wedding Photography by the NJ Wedding Photographers at Timeline Visuals - NJ Best Wedding Photographers

Wedding Photos of lgbtq couples wedding reception at the Watchung reservation | Historic Trail, Mountainside, NJ 07092- Wedding Photography by the NJ Wedding Photographers at Timeline Visuals - NJ Best Wedding Photographers

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Melissa & Johns Engagement Party

Event photography for Melissa & John’s Engagement Party @ The Royal Palm in Farmingdale, NY 11735

Melissa & Johns Engagement Party

Such a great time shooting this.

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Event Photos during engagement party at The Royal Palm in Farmingdale, NY 11735 - Event Photography by the Wedding Photographers at Timeline Visuals, NJ

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Daniel Graham 2/28/22 Daniel Graham 2/28/22

Why Have a Second Shooter?

A second shooter’s job is to be focused on what the primary photographer may be too busy to see. The primary photographer is often held liable to getting quality photos of moments similar to what most people say are important. They set their shot and then wait to get an iconic photo of a moment that we all knew was going to happen. While that is happening, a good second shooter is snapping all those reactions to the couples loved ones, and waiting for that same moment.

The Subtleties of Wedding Photography

When you ask someone, “What are the most important photos of a wedding?” most people tell you that it's the kiss. They say it's the first dance, the first look or the portraits of the bride and groom.

Krystal & JP having their first dance at The Sussex County Fairgrounds - Wedding photography by Timeline Visuals Wedding Photos - Wedding Photographer NJ - Timeline Visuals

These statements are completely valid, but any experienced photographer knows that there is much more complexity to a wedding day. The capturing of subtle interactions between family and friends to be imortalized along the complexity of life is the true value of an event photographer. A photographer waiting for the first kiss may not notice the brides parents holding hands, with eyes full of joyful tears. That moment can mean more then anything to the bride when their time has come and she can still cherish that memory long after.

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Emotional heartstrings aside, there are plenty of logistical reasons for having a second photographer. Often, couples get ready in different locations and have their prep roughly around the same time. It’s not always realistic to have one photographer running back and fourth, with the expectation of catching “a few good moments”. You can never really force that timing. Budget is sometimes the concern and that is completely understandable, which is why we even offer using a single photographer.

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Efficiency is key to a wedding timeline moving smoothly. Having a second shooter means groomsmen and bridesmaid photos can be shot at the same time. One photographer can capture the carefully selected décor before it's ransacked by hungry wedding guests, while the other photographer snaps family portraits.

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Tuck being escorted out of the ceremony - wedding photography by Timeline Visuals

Lastly, should ‘fit hit the shan' and your bestest boy plays tug with the photographers camera straps, or the ring bearer’s wagon sneaks into the isle just a little too far and ultimately table-top your lead shooter rendering him unconscious for the first kiss. We then have a back up. The second shooter is there heroically, snapping the first kiss. The moment every second dreams of, the moment they become immortalized as they go to and a strong contender employee of the month.

To recap..

A single good photographer can always get the job done and often well. They in no way can be perfect, but a good team can be.

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Patrick and Andrew walking back down through the isle in a hail of joyful praise. - Wedding Photos of couple - Wedding Photographer NJ - Timeline Visuals

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Bride getting down on the dance floor at Valenzano Family Winery - Wedding photography by Timeline Visuals

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How to get a blurry background

Three ways

Shoot wide open on your aperture
Use a longer focal length
Bring the subject closer to the lens
(optional: fake it in post!)

Using these 3 methods you can get a shallow depth of field and make your back ground blurry. You can also use these methods to do the Brenizer Method which involves sticking multiple photos together like a panorama to create the illusion of a shallow depth of field on a wide shot.

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The Legendary Three Elements of Exposure

The Legendary Three Elements Of Exposure and how they shape our work

The Legendary Three Elements of Exposure

Legend has it that the first camera was forged in the ancient volcanic caves of mount Fuji . The three tribes Iso, shutti and iris were living in peace and joined forces to control over exposure and maximized dynamic range. But the volcano gods felt this was too great a power for only a few elite photographer tribes and Mount fuji erupted and consumer cameras flooded the market lowering the premium rates and putting cameras in the hands of Uncle's and nephews accross the world.

Now we study these elements to due away with automatic exposure and better the quality of our work

Jokes aside.

The Three elements of exposure or “The Exposure Triangle” consists of Shutter speed , Aperture and ISO.

Shutter speed

There is a mechanical shutter in most cameras that opens and closes to alow light to a hit the sensor for dialed in amount of time. It opens up allowing light and then closes stopping the light. This can determine the amount of motion blur in an image. Before you go jacking up your shutter speed to 1/8000 I want to remind you that you wont always need a fast shutter and sometimes a slow shutter can be used to tell your story creativly or create really cool effects like Shutter Drag. You can also use a slow shutter to capture motion in a single image called a long exposure. you can also create an illusion of frozen time.

Aperture

Apeture which we cover here. Is the size opening of the mechanical blades within a lens that allow how much light passes through it. This is partly responsible for your depth of field.

ISO

Iso (International Standards Organization) or what used to be ASA (American Standards Association) is a tricky one. Its the sensitivity of your film or sensor. I reccomend you learn the limitations of your cameras ISO becauase this can greatly increase the amount of digital noise on your camera and using film you’ll produce a much grainier image.

conclusion

While these are not as mythical and mysterious as you may have first thought they take time to master and learning them will greatly improve the quality of your work

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Jenn & Brian's Visuals Timeline 9/03/21

What a Wild Night. @ Casa Bianca , Oakridge, NJ 9/03/21

What a Wild Night

9/03/21

Wedding Photography by Danny Graham of bride and grooms first dance during their wedding reception - at Casa Bianca, Oakridge NJ — Wedding Phots of bride and grooms first dance during their wedding reception - at Casa Bianca, Oakridge NJ- Wedding Photography by Timeline Visuals’ NJ Wedding Photographers

(If you were at this wedding there is a guest album at the bottom of the article.)

I met Jenn through another photographer, and we initially had no idea that we had friends in common. In fact, Joey (My second shooter) and I both knew several members of her bridal party and didn’t find out until the day of. I learned a bit from her makeup artist, Amber Blanchard, who taught me about the nature of makeup powder and how it can be reflective under certain intensities of light. I had no idea that my flash can actually trigger shine in the powder. Even if its undetectable under normal light circumstance, due to the intensity of the light reflecting off the mica.

Wedding Photography by Danny Graham of couples first dance- at Casa Bianca, Oakridge NJ — Wedding Photos of couples first dance- at Casa Bianca, Oakridge NJ - Wedding Photography by Timeline Visuals’ NJ Wedding Photographers

Wedding Photography by Danny Graham of wedding reception- at Casa Bianca, Oakridge NJ — Wedding Photos of wedding reception- at Casa Bianca, Oakridge NJ -Wedding Photography by Timeline Visuals’ NJ Wedding Photographers

Wedding Photography by Danny Graham of bride and grooms first dance during the wedding reception- at Casa Bianca, Oakridge NJ — Wedding Photos of bride and grooms first dance during the wedding reception- at Casa Bianca, Oakridge NJ - Wedding Photography by Timeline Visuals’ NJ Wedding Photographers

The Ceremony and reception took place and was catered at Casa Bianca, in Oak Ridge, NJ. Not only was cocktail hour delicious, but the staff was also friendly and accommodating. DJ services were handled by High Profile Events, which are by far one of the best DJ companies in NJ. There is a big difference felt when a DJ actually cares about the music that is being played, and this is extremely evident in their performance.

Brian and Jenn’s first Dance to Selena’s “Dreaming of You” started out beautiful and then took a surprising twist, where they swapped genres into “Found a Good One” by Chance the Rapper and broke out in an epic hip-hop performance.

Wedding Photography by Danny Graham of wedding brides cousin performing Cuban Pete during the wedding reception- at Casa Bianca, Oakridge NJ — Wedding Photos of wedding brides cousin performing Cuban Pete during the wedding reception- at Casa Bianca, Oakridge NJ - Wedding Photography by Timeline Visuals’ NJ Wedding Photographers

At dinner, Jenn’s Cousin broke out in a lip synch performance that no one anticipated. He performed Cuban Pete from Jim Carey’s “The Mask”, and his clear attention to detail brought the entire dance floor back out from their dinner and into a raging conga line.

The night was full of joy and laughter, you could truly feel how much Jenn and Brian’s friends and family loved them. It was really an honor to be apart of such a connection.

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Wedding Photography by Danny Graham of grooms brothers ripped pants during wedding reception- at Casa Bianca, Oakridge NJ — Wedding Photos of grooms brothers ripped pants during wedding reception- at Casa Bianca, Oakridge NJ - Wedding Photography by Timeline Visuals’ NJ Wedding Photographers

IF YOU WERE AT JENN AND BRIAN’S WEDDING, THEN WE’VE CREATED A GUEST ALBUM WITH SOME INCRIMINATING DANCE FLOOR PHOTOS.

Photos are available to download with our water mark for free, but are limited to 5 photos per person. They are also available for purchase, via the portal which will also remove the watermark!

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Wedding Photography by Danny Graham of bride during her wedding reception- at Casa Bianca, Oakridge NJ — Wedding Photosof bride during her wedding reception- at Casa Bianca, Oakridge NJ - Wedding Photography by Timeline Visuals’ NJ Wedding Photographers

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What is Aperture?

Photo By: Danny Graham (Wantage , New Jersey , 07461)

Image credit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture

In photography and video, a lens’s aperture is a set of blades that open and close to control the amount of light passing through the lens. It is part of the Three Elements of Exposure.

The way that the number is represented is called an F-stop, and it’s labeled as “f/” followed by a number like 1, 1.4 ,2, 2.8 , 4 , 5.6 , 8 , 11 ,16 , 22. These are all full stops, but you may also see numbers like 1.2, 1.8, 3.2, 4.5 , ect. These examples instead follow a 1/3 stop.

This article has a great chart of the different measured stops

Similarly you may find T stops on cinema lenses, which are measured more extensively for motion picture. More on T stops here.

Summary

Aperture has a large play in the DOF (Depth of Field). Depending on your subject, you may want to open or close your aperture in order to create a greater depth of field. For example, if you are shooting landscape photography, then you may want a greater depth. And with portraits, you might want isolate your subject from other details in the frame. If you are just starting out, a great option to learn DOF is a 50 1.8 (Nifty-50). These are typically inexpensive, and you’ll be able to see the specific changes in DOF (more specifically on the shallow end).

The following image was taken several years ago with my old Canon 60D and Canon 50mm F/1.8. this camera and lens can likely be found together used for sub $200

Image by Danny Graham: Taken with Canon 50mm F/1.8 and Canon 60D

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How wedding vendors avoid going deaf

Wedding receptions are loud. If you're in the business of working weddings, you should consider protecting your ears with ear plugs.

HOW WEDDING VENDORS AVOID GOING DEAF.

Wedding receptions are loud. If you're in the business of working weddings, you should consider protecting your ears with ear plugs.

Any ear plug will Ultimately do.

The goal is to preserve your hearing and avoid going deaf.

High Fidelity Earplugs:

I prefer using high fidelity to make out what my clients, guests or other vendors are saying more clearly and they don't distort the audio as much. They are designed to just lower the decibels.