My associate David Kay was our representative photographer at the Gold Cup Races earlier this month.
Below is the link to a slideshow of a few of his images. Just give it a click to see some stunning images.
http://www.bbpixels.com/edge/WebShowGoldCup08/index.html
Great Meadow is a member of our event networking group "Hunt Country Celebrations" and we want to thank Elaine Burke and her associates for providing us access to their biggest event of the year.
This is the 83rd year for the races and the field included over 100 horses and several other events.
Enjoy!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Winner for our April Open House Portrait Session.
We have a winner!
Ann Sweet is the winning bride for our free bridal portrait session while attending one of our April open-house events.
We are going to continue our Wednesday night open house events through May and once again offer another drawing for a free bridal portrait session with an 11x14 print.
These are the type of portraits that we can count on to win photography awards in competition. The value for this drawing is $475.00. Come and visit us at our Leesburg studio any Wednesday from 7PM to 8:30PM with no appointment required. Tell us about your wedding and see why our photography should excite you and tell the story of your day. We will draw a winner for this contest at the end of April, here’s your chance for something unique and special.
Ann Sweet is the winning bride for our free bridal portrait session while attending one of our April open-house events.
We are going to continue our Wednesday night open house events through May and once again offer another drawing for a free bridal portrait session with an 11x14 print.
These are the type of portraits that we can count on to win photography awards in competition. The value for this drawing is $475.00. Come and visit us at our Leesburg studio any Wednesday from 7PM to 8:30PM with no appointment required. Tell us about your wedding and see why our photography should excite you and tell the story of your day. We will draw a winner for this contest at the end of April, here’s your chance for something unique and special.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Century Market Fair At Ft. Frederick Maryland
"Colonel Washington's Frontier Forts Association" Century Market Fair at Fort Frederick Maryland.
Ines & I had the chance on Saturday (April 26th)to visit Ft. Frederick in Big Pool Maryland after our morning portrait sessions.We were invited by our good friends Art & Linda Winder with Shenandoah Carriage Company.
Art was camping there since Wednesday in authentic costume andgear for the colonial 1700's period. (Except for food, I saw there larder and itwas quite plush). Art was participating in an event called the Century MarketFair sponsored by the above association. There appeared to be 50 plussutlers with their tents and goods and you really felt like you had entered atime machine back to the colonial period and a trading camp on the frontier.
Each of the participants prided themselves on using materials that existed at that time period. We will definitely plan on attending again next year if our wedding schedule permits as this is a great opportunity for a fun yet educational day. It brings that period to life and has relevance for families and a wonderful photo opportunity for any photographer. Check out the association web-site for more information on future events and also don't forget to check out the Shenandoah Carriage Company website if you want a carriage for your own event.
This link is a slide show of a few of the images from that day.
Colonel Washington's Frontier FortsCalendar of Events
The Shenandoah Carriage Company
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Open House at Linden Springs, Sunday April 20th
Open House at Linden Springs, Sunday April 20th
We are going to be at a bridal open house on Sunday at the Manor House.
The hours are 1PM-4PM.
Please contact Melia if you would like to attend.
The address is 1856 Old Reston Ave. Reston Va. 20190
Their number is 703.668.3702
This 5+ acre estate is a new venue for both wedding & corporate events.
It’s in walking distance of Reston Town Center, but will remind you of a totally different time.
Visit their website for more details.
http://www.manorhouseatlindensprings.com/
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Winning Bride Announced & April Open House Events
We have a winner!
Nicole Cutie is the winning bride for our free bridal portrait session while attending one of our March open-house events.
We are going to continue our Wednesday night open house events through April and once again offer another drawing for a free bridal portrait session with an 11x14 print.These are the type of portraits that we can count on to win photography awards in competition. The value for this drawing is $475.00. Come and visit us at our Leesburg studio any Wednesday from 7PM to 8:30PM with no appointment required. Tell us about your wedding and see why our photography should excite you and tell the story of your day. We will draw a winner for this contest at the end of April, here’s your chance for something unique and special.Dates are April 2nd, April 9th, April 16th, April 23rd, and April 30th.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Another Award from WPPI & Open House
We have returned from the WPPI conference in Las Vegas with another "Accolade of Excellence " to add to our list. The bridal portrait below was the image that got us noticed. We are having a drawing for a bridal portrait session and 11x14 print for those who attend our April Open House events on Wednesday evenings from 7PM-8:30PM. This is your chance for an artistic portrait unlike anyone else's wedding photographs.
Heads up; tomorrow night is your last chance for this prize.
Come and see our work and tell us about your wedding.
Heads up; tomorrow night is your last chance for this prize.
Come and see our work and tell us about your wedding.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Free Wedding Photography with The Edge Studio
"Now That's A Wedding" Only one winner!
The Edge Photography Studio is giving away a FREE complete wedding photography package for the 2008-2009 wedding season. Our lead photographer Don Harper will personally photograph this wedding with a second photographer and an assistant. This package is worth $4595.00 before sales tax and it 's FREE!
What's required? A lot more than LUCK.
We are searching for romance and excitement; we like hilarious; or bring a tear to our eye with poignant or even sad; surprise us with crazy stories. We appreciate the theater of the absurd called life. In short, MAKE US WANT TO PHOTOGRAPH YOUR DAY! Tell us your story.
How To Enter:Create a video that is no more than 3 minutes in duration, relaying to us your story. Be as creative or straightforward as you like. Post the video on YouTube.
Please label your video WeddingAtTheEdge"yourlastname""first initial". Please email us at donharper@theEdgePhotography.com with the following information when you’ve posted your video on YouTube:
Your full name
Your email address
Your phone number
Your wedding date if known
Your venue if known
The title of your video
The theme of your wedding day
The link to view your video on YouTube.com
By submitting your video entry to the Edge Photography Studio “Now that's a Wedding” Contest, you are giving The Edge Photography Studio permission to use your submission online and in print to promote the Edge Photography and it's services..
The deadline for this contest is July 31st 2008. The winner will be announced August 7th 2008 on our blog http://theedge.bigfolioblog.com after we have spoken directly with the couple to confirm they are qualified to win.
Contest Details: The winner will receive the following:
Full day coverage of your wedding day by our lead photographer Don Harper, one of his associates and a lighting assistant.
A studio bridal portrait session prior to the wedding.
A Fine Art book containing selected wedding images designed by award winning graphic designer Ines Harper. Your art book will be designed for entry in international photography competitions.
A cd slide show of the best 300 plus images from your wedding day with music and permission to make copies for family and friends.
The digital negatives of all the images from your entire wedding deemed good by our photographers. This includes a digital catalog for easy viewing. Rights to make your own prints and distribute to family and friends, but not for sale or commercial media printing.
A wine and cheese party at our studio for family and friends to view your slide show, album proofs, etc. Usually 4 weeks after your wedding.
All of your wedding images in a password protected on-line gallery for 90 days after your wine and cheese party. Friends, family, and guests can order touched-up prints on-line.
Judging of entries will be by The Edge Photography Staff and their decision is final.
Bride will sign our standard wedding agreement with contest stipulations.
This package doesn't include parent albums or duplicate books, but they may be ordered at our standard prices. Print prices are our standard pricing for this package regarding prints ordered on-line.
Destination weddings (more than 100 miles from our Leesburg studio) may incur travel expenses.
The Edge Photography Studio is giving away a FREE complete wedding photography package for the 2008-2009 wedding season. Our lead photographer Don Harper will personally photograph this wedding with a second photographer and an assistant. This package is worth $4595.00 before sales tax and it 's FREE!
What's required? A lot more than LUCK.
We are searching for romance and excitement; we like hilarious; or bring a tear to our eye with poignant or even sad; surprise us with crazy stories. We appreciate the theater of the absurd called life. In short, MAKE US WANT TO PHOTOGRAPH YOUR DAY! Tell us your story.
How To Enter:Create a video that is no more than 3 minutes in duration, relaying to us your story. Be as creative or straightforward as you like. Post the video on YouTube.
Please label your video WeddingAtTheEdge"yourlastname""first initial". Please email us at donharper@theEdgePhotography.com with the following information when you’ve posted your video on YouTube:
Your full name
Your email address
Your phone number
Your wedding date if known
Your venue if known
The title of your video
The theme of your wedding day
The link to view your video on YouTube.com
By submitting your video entry to the Edge Photography Studio “Now that's a Wedding” Contest, you are giving The Edge Photography Studio permission to use your submission online and in print to promote the Edge Photography and it's services..
The deadline for this contest is July 31st 2008. The winner will be announced August 7th 2008 on our blog http://theedge.bigfolioblog.com after we have spoken directly with the couple to confirm they are qualified to win.
Contest Details: The winner will receive the following:
Full day coverage of your wedding day by our lead photographer Don Harper, one of his associates and a lighting assistant.
A studio bridal portrait session prior to the wedding.
A Fine Art book containing selected wedding images designed by award winning graphic designer Ines Harper. Your art book will be designed for entry in international photography competitions.
A cd slide show of the best 300 plus images from your wedding day with music and permission to make copies for family and friends.
The digital negatives of all the images from your entire wedding deemed good by our photographers. This includes a digital catalog for easy viewing. Rights to make your own prints and distribute to family and friends, but not for sale or commercial media printing.
A wine and cheese party at our studio for family and friends to view your slide show, album proofs, etc. Usually 4 weeks after your wedding.
All of your wedding images in a password protected on-line gallery for 90 days after your wine and cheese party. Friends, family, and guests can order touched-up prints on-line.
Judging of entries will be by The Edge Photography Staff and their decision is final.
Bride will sign our standard wedding agreement with contest stipulations.
This package doesn't include parent albums or duplicate books, but they may be ordered at our standard prices. Print prices are our standard pricing for this package regarding prints ordered on-line.
Destination weddings (more than 100 miles from our Leesburg studio) may incur travel expenses.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Time for a break!
WPPI Las Vegas 2008
We are taking a break for a week while we attend the “Wedding & Portrait Photographers International” Conference in Las Vegas.
We may be a bit hard to reach during the conference, but will be back up to speed Wednesday of next week. March 19th and hosting our open house on that Wednesday night.
This is our chance to recharge the creative juices, meet with friends from around the world and see if we can win some portrait awards again.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Bridal Portrait & The Edge Photography Open House
Open House at The Edge Photography Studio
Includes a drawing for a free studio bridal portrait session and 11x14 portrait, a $475.00 value.
March 12th, March 19th & March 26th
Come and visit our studio in historic Leesburg Virginia
We are continuing our series of open house GTG each Wednesday in March 2008, with convenient evening times from 7PM to 8:30PM.
This is a chance to see our hundreds of wedding album proofs from many venues both printed and projected on our 8-foot screen.
Visit with Don & Ines Harper to see why they have the leading wedding and portrait photographer teams in Northern Virginia serving the mid-Atlantic region.
Yahoo mapping to the Edge
No appointments required for the open-house, just a no-obligation chance to see what’s new in weddings and find out about our partner vendors that can provide the wedding you dream about.
Free refreshments and a casual evening of fun.
The Edge Photography Studio
The Shops at Dodona Manor
312 East Market Street, Suite I
Leesburg, Va. 20176
703.669.1000
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Wednesday Night Open House at The Edge
Open House at The Edge Photography Studio
Come and visit our studio in historic Leesburg Virginia
We have scheduled a series of open house GTG each Wednesday in March 2008, with convenient evening times from 7PM to 8:30PM.
This is a chance to see our hundreds of wedding album proofs from many venues both printed and projected on our 8-foot screen.
Visit with Don & Ines Harper to see why they have the leading wedding and portrait photographer teams in Northern Virginia serving the mid-Atlantic region.
Yahoo mapping to the Edge
No appointments required for the open-house, just a no-obligation chance to see what’s new in weddings and find out about our partner vendors that can provide the wedding you dream about.
Free refreshments and a casual evening of fun.
The Edge Photography Studio
The Shops at Dodona Manor
312 East Market Street, Suite I
Leesburg, Va. 20176
703.669.1000
Come and visit our studio in historic Leesburg Virginia
We have scheduled a series of open house GTG each Wednesday in March 2008, with convenient evening times from 7PM to 8:30PM.
This is a chance to see our hundreds of wedding album proofs from many venues both printed and projected on our 8-foot screen.
Visit with Don & Ines Harper to see why they have the leading wedding and portrait photographer teams in Northern Virginia serving the mid-Atlantic region.
Yahoo mapping to the Edge
No appointments required for the open-house, just a no-obligation chance to see what’s new in weddings and find out about our partner vendors that can provide the wedding you dream about.
Free refreshments and a casual evening of fun.
The Edge Photography Studio
The Shops at Dodona Manor
312 East Market Street, Suite I
Leesburg, Va. 20176
703.669.1000
Monday, January 28, 2008
Bambi Cantrell Webinar
This evening we had the pleasure of attending Bambi Cantrell's first webinar. Sort of an experiment for her to reach out to those photographers she mentors.
Bambi is one of the original Microsoft Icon photographers and several years prior to this received accolades from the U.N. for her photography.
She is a great lady who stays on top of her game by anticipating trends in wedding and portrait photography.
Bambi has given us some ideas to refine and test this year. Our brides will benefit from more phenomenal bridal and groom portraits. Come and talk to us about your wedding with The Edge Photography.
Bambi is one of the original Microsoft Icon photographers and several years prior to this received accolades from the U.N. for her photography.
She is a great lady who stays on top of her game by anticipating trends in wedding and portrait photography.
Bambi has given us some ideas to refine and test this year. Our brides will benefit from more phenomenal bridal and groom portraits. Come and talk to us about your wedding with The Edge Photography.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Bridal Showcase & Hunt Country Bridal Show Special
A number of you met with us today at the Bridal Showcase.
Just a reminder that we are providing a showtime special until February 10th that includes a complementary 15 inch digital picture frame with your wedding slide show installed.
Book with us for a rare opportunity with The Edge.
Hope to see you at our HCC bridal show next Sunday.
Just a reminder that we are providing a showtime special until February 10th that includes a complementary 15 inch digital picture frame with your wedding slide show installed.
Book with us for a rare opportunity with The Edge.
Hope to see you at our HCC bridal show next Sunday.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Bridal Showcase Bridal Show at Dulles Expo Center Jan. 27th.
Hi brides;
We don't have any more free tickets for the Bridal Show this Sunday at the Dulles Expo Center.
Give us a call if you are interested. We'd love to see you at our booth in the Hunt Country Celebrations Expo arena. It's going to be a great area where the best of vendors are concentrated.
The Edge Photography Studio, Leesburg Va.
Our number is 703.669.1000.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
One of our recent weddings.
We are finally past the holiday portrait crush and have time to share an image from a recent wedding.
Thanks to Stacey & Greg!
Thursday, September 13, 2007
An update to where we've photographed weddings.
Where have we photographed weddings & Events?
Your Edge Wedding Photographers
Airlie Conference Center
6809 Airlie Road
Warrenton
VA
20187
Airport Holiday Inn
1000 Sully Rd
Sterling
VA
20166
All Saints Catholic Church
9300 Stonewall Road
Manassas
VA
Arlington National Cemetery
Memorial Dr.
Arlington
Va
22211
L'Auberge Provençale
Highway 340
White Post
Va
22663
Ballroom at Sandy Spring
17921 Brooke Road
Sandy Spring
MD
20860
Belmont Manor Country Club
20101 Stubble Drive
Ashburn
VA
20147
Berea Baptist Church
28 Fleet Road
Fredericksburg
VA
22406
Beth Sholom Temple
805 Lyons Rd
Fredericksburg
VA
22406
Beth Sholom Temple
11825 Seven Locks Road
Potomac
MD
20854
Bethel Presbyterian Church
19856 Evergreen Mills Rd.
Leesburg
VA
20175
Bethesda North Marriott Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road
Bethesda
Md
20852
Black Horse Inn
8393 Meetze Rd.
Warrenton
VA
20187
Briar Patch Bed & Breakfast
23130 Briar Patch Lane
Middleburg
Va
Bristow Manor
11507 Valley View Drive
Bristow
Va
20136
Brookside Garden
1800 Glenallan Ave
Wheaton
Md
20902
Café Milano Georgetown
3251 Prospect St. NW
Washington
DC
20007
Carnegie Institute
1530 P Street NW
Washington
DC
20005
Celebrations at The Bay
2042 Knollview
Pasadena
Md
20876
Cacapon State Park
818 Cacapon Lodge Drive
Berkeley Springs
WV
25411
Centerpointe Church
4104 Legato Road
Fair Lakes
VA
22033
Ceresville Mansion Frederick
8529 Liberty Road
Frederick
MD
21701
Chesapeake Beach Club
8416 Bayside Rd.
Chesapeake Beach
MD
20732
Chesapeake Resort and Spa
4165 Mears Avenue
Chesapeake Beach
MD
20732
Chevy Chase Country Club
6100 Connecticut Ave.
Chevy Chase
MD
20815
China Garden
1100 Wilson Blvd
Arlington
Va
Christ Episcopal Church
34 W Baker St.
Gordonsville
VA
22942
Christ The Redeemer
46833 Harry Byrd Hwy
Sterling
Va
20164
Christian Fellowship Church
21673 Beaumeade Cir
Ashburn
VA
20147
Church of the Nativity
6400 Nativity Lane
Burke
Va
22015
Church of the Redeemer
1545 Chain Bridge Road
McLean
Va
22101
Clarendon Methodist Church
606 N. Irving St.
Arlington
VA
22201
Clarendon Methodist Church
606 N. Irving St.
Arlington
VA
22201
Congregation Beth-El
8215 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda
Md
20814
Country Club of Culpeper
2100 Country Club Road
Culpeper
Va
22701
Dutch’s Daughter
581 Himes Road
Frederick
Md
21703
Faith Chapel Presbyterian Church
14188 Chapel Lane 20176
Leesburg
VA
20175
Faith Lutheran Church
3313 Arlington Blvd, Arlington
Arlington
Va
Family Farm and Compound
Buttermilk Spring Road
Staunton
VA
24401
Fauquier Springs Country Club
9236 Tournament Rd
Warrenton
VA
20186
First Presbyterian Church of Annandale
7610 Newcastle Drive
Annandale
VA
Fort Belvoir Officers Club
5500 Schultz Dr.
Fort Belvoir
VA
22060
Fort McNair Officers Club
Fort McNair
Washington
DC
20319
Fort Monroe
Fenwick Rd.
Hampton
VA
23651
Fort Myer Officers Club
214 Jackson Ave.
Arlington
VA
22211
FoxChase Manor
8310 Chatsworth Dr.
Manassas
Va
20109
Fredericksburg Square
525 Caroline Rd
Fredericksburg
VA
22401
Gaithersburg Marriott
9751 Washingtonian Blvd
Gaithersburg
MD
20878
The Galleria at Lafeyette Centre
1155 21st St. NW
Washington
DC
20036
Gaylord National Hotel & Conference Ctr.
344 Waterfront St.
Oxen Hill
MD
20745
Grace Episcopal Church
110 N Church St
Berryville
VA
22611
Grace Episcopal Church
6507 Main St.
The Plains
Va
20198
Great Meadow
5089 Old Tavern Rd.
Warrenton
VA
20198
Greenwood Firehall
809 Greenwood Road
Winchester
Va
Gunston Hall Plantation
10709 Gunston Hall Rd.
Mason Neck
Va
22079
Hamilton Baptist Church
16 East Colonial
Hamilton
Va
Hampton Inn
1204 Berryville Ave
Winchester
VA
22601
Hay-Adams Hotel
1 Lafayette Square
Washington
DC
20006
Hemlock Overlook Regional Park
13220 Yates Ford RD
Clifton
VA
20124
Heritage Hall
Middle Road
Inwood
WV
25428
Heritage Hunt Golf and Country Club
6901 Arthur Hills Drive
Gainsville
VA
20155
Hermitage Inn
7134 Main St.
Clifton
VA
20124
Herrington on the Bay
7149 Lake Shore Dr.
Rose Haven
Md.
20714
Hilton Hotel BWI Baltimore
1739 W. Nursery Road
Linthicum
Md
21090
Hilton Hotel Gaithersburg
620 Perry Parkway
Gaithersburg
Md
Hilton Hotel Rockville
1750 Rockville Pike
Rockville
Md
20852
Hilton Hotel Dulles
13869 Park Center Rd
Herndon
Va
20171
Historic Long Branch
830 Long Branch Lane
Millwood
Va
22646
Holiday Inn at Carddorac Hall
1500 East Market Street
Leesburg
Va
20176
Holy Spirit Catholic Church
8800 Braddock Rd
Annandale
VA
22003
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
3513 N St. NW
Washington
DC
20007
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
605 W. Market St.
Leesburg
VA
20175
Hotel Dupont
100 W 11th. St.
Wilmington
DE
19801
Hyatt Dulles Airport
2300 Dulles Corner Rd.
Herndon
Va
Hyatt Fair Lakes
12777 Fair Lakes Circle
Fairfax
VA
22033
Immanuel Lutheran Church
1801 Russell Road
Alexandria
VA
22301
Indian Springs Country Club
13501 Layhill Road
Silver Spring
VA
20916
Inn At Vint Hill
4200 Aiken Drive
Warrenton
VA
20187
Inn At Kelly’s Ford
16589 Edwards Shop Rd
Remington
Va
22734
Jefferson National Monument
Washington
DC
Knights Of Columbus Hall “The Barn”
Sterling
Va
Lansdowne Resort
44050 Woodridge Pkwy
Lansdowne
VA
20176
Leisure World Inter-Faith Chapel
Silver Spring
MD
20906
Lightfoot Restaurant
11 King St.
Leesburg
VA
20176
Maggiano's Little Italy
2001 International Dr
McLean
Va
22102
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
1330 Maryland Ave SW
Washington
DC
20008
Manor House at Linden Springs
1850 Old Reston Ave
Reston
Va
20190
Marriott Ranch
5305 Marriott Ln
Hume
VA
22639
Mary Washington College
1301 College Ave.
Fredericksburg
Va
22401
Maryland Inn
30 Maryland Ave
Annapolis
MD
21401
Meadowlark Gardens Park
9750 Meadowlark Gardens Ct
Vienna
VA
22182
Memorial Chapel, University Of Maryland
1101 Memorial Chapel
College Park
Md
20742
Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church
3401 Nebraska NW
Washington
DC
20016
Middleburg Community Center
300 West Washington
Middleburg
VA
20117
Morrison House
116 S. Alfred St
Alexandra
VA
22314
National Arboretum United States
3501 New York Ave
Washington
DC
20002
National Building Museum
401 F St. NW
Washington
DC
20001
National Conference Center
18980 Upper Belmont Place
Lansdowne
VA
20176
Nativity of our Lord Russian Orthodox Church
8911 Weems Road
Manassas
Va
20110
New Life Christian Church
245 McCarty Lane
Winchester
VA
22601
Norfolk Opera House
160 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Norfolk
VA
23510
Oasis Winery
14141 Hume Lane
Hume
Va
22639
Oatlands Plantation
20850 Oatlands Plantation Ln
Leesburg
Va
Oceana Officers Club
906 G Ave,
Virginia Beach
VA
23460
Opequon Presbyterian Church
217 Opequon Church Lane
Winchester
VA
22602
Osprey’s Golf Club
401 Belmont Bay Dr.
Woodbridge
Va
22191
Oxon Hill Manor
6901 Oxon Hill Rd.
Oxon Hill
Md
20745
The Piedmont Golf Club
14675 Piedmont Vista Drive
Haymarket
Va
20169
Policeman's Hall
Dumfries
VA
Quantico Officers Club
Quantico Marine Base
Quantico
VA
Raspberry Plain
16500 Agape Ln
Leesburg
Va
20176
Renaissance Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Ave
Washington
DC
20036
Reston Town Center Hyatt
1800 Presidents Street
Reston
VA
20190
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
1150 22nd St .NW
Washington
DC
20037
River Creek Country Club
43800 Olympic Blvd.
Leesburg
VA
20176
Ronald Reagan Bldg
1300 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington
DC
20004
Rose Hill Manor
42140 Raspberry Plain Lane
Leesburg
VA
20176
Satty's On The Water
701 Sophia St.
Fredericksburg
VA
22401
Sha’are Shalom Temple
19357 Evergreen Mill Rd.
Leesburg
Va
20175
Stonewall Jackson Golf Course
15601 Turtle Point Dr
Gainsville
Va
20155
Trinity United Methodist Church
0425 Kings Hwy
King George
VA
22485
Sequoia at Washington Harbor
3000 K St. NW
Georgetown
DC
20007
Shenandoah Crossing Golf Resort
10 Shenandoah Crossing Road
Gordonsville
VA
22942
Shenandoah Valley Country Club
134 Golf Club Cir.
Front Royal
VA
22630
Springfield Hilton
6550 Loisdale Rd
Springfield
VA
22150
St. Andrews the Apostle Catholic Church
6720 Union Mill Rd
Clifton
Va
20124
St. Ann Catholic Church
5300 10th St N
Arlington
VA
22205
St Clare of Assisi Catholic Church
12409 Henderson Rd
Clifton
VA
20124
St. David's Episcopal Church
43600 Russell Branch Pkwy
Ashburn
Va
20175
St. Elizabeth’s Ann Seton Catholic Church
12805 Valleywood Dr
Woodbridge
Va
St. Francis De Sales Church
37730 St. Francis Ct.
Purcellville
VA
20132
St. Francis of Assisi Church
18825 Fuller Heights Rd
Triangle
VA
22172
St. James Catholic Church
905 Park Ave
Falls Church
Va
22046
St. James Episcopal Church
14 Cornwall St. NW
Leesburg
VA
20176
St. James Leesburg
20101 Stubble Rd
Ashburn
VA
20147
St. John Baptist Catholic Church
12319 New Hampshire Ave.
Silver Spring
MD
20904
St. John's Catholic Church
North King Street
Leesburg
VA
20176
St. John's Neumann Catholic Church
11100 Lawyers Road
Reston
VA
20191
St. Joseph's Catholic
750 Peachtree St
Herndon
VA
20170
St. Katherine's Greek Orthodox Church
3149 Glen Carlyn Rd.
Falls Church
VA
22041
St. Louis Catholic Church
2607 Popkins Lane
Alexandria
VA
22306
St. Marks Catholic Church
9467 Vale Rd.
Vienna
Va
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Catholic Church Rd
Petersville
MD
St. Marys Of Sorrows
5222 Sideburn Rd
Burke
VA
22032
St. Matthews Cathedral
1725 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Washington
DC
20036
St.Paul’s Lutheran Church
Falls Church
Va
St. Pauls United Church of Christ
235 South Main ST.
Woodstock
VA
22664
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church
11701 Clopper Road
Gaithersburg
Md
20878
St. Stevens Catholic Church
23331 Sam Fred Rd
Middleburg
VA
20117
Sully Plantation
3601 Sully Road
Chantilly
Va
The Ballroom
5521 Landy Lane
Bethesda
Md
20816
Tarrara Winery
13648 Tarara Ln
Leesburg
Va
20175
Thomas Birkby House
109 Loudoun St, SW
Leesburg
VA
20175
Top of The Town
1200 N Nash St.
Arlington
VA
22209
Tower Club
8000 Tower Crescent Dr
Vienna
Va
Trinity Baptist Church
8803 James Madison
Warrenton
VA
20187
Trinity Parish Church
Trinity Church Road
Charlotte Hall
MD
20622
Union Station
50 Massachusetts Ave. NE
Washington
DC
20002
Unitarian-Universalist Church
1625 Wiehle Ave.
Reston
Va
20190
United Methodist Church
1233 Oak Lawn Dr
Culpeper
Va
22701
United Methodist Church
7047 Old Keene Mill Road
Springfield
Va
22150
U.S. Botantic Garden
100 Maryland Ave.
Washington
DC
Veramar Vineyard
905 Quarry Rd
Berryville
VA
22611
Villa la Champagnette
692 Old Winchester Road
Boyce
Va
22620
Washington Dulles Marriott
45020 Aviation Dr
Sterling
VA
20166
Washington Country & Golf Club
3017 N. Glebe Rd
Arlington
Va
22207
Washingtonian Marriott
9751 Washingtonian Boulevard
Gaithersburg
MD
20878
Watergate
12025 Lee Jackson Highway
Fair Lakes
VA
22033
West Belmont Conference Center
18980 Upper Belmont Place
Leesburg
VA
20176
Westfields Marriott
14750 Conference Center Dr.
Chantilly
Va
20151
Westin Grand Hotel DC
2350 M St. NW
Washington
DC
20037
Westin Hotel, Arlington
801 N. Glebe Rd.
Arlington
VA
Westwood Country Club
800 Maple Ave
Vienna
Va
22180
White Hall Manor
Whitehall Estate Lane
Bluemont
VA
Willard Hotel Inter-Continental
1401 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington
DC
20004
Winterthur Museum & Country Estate
5105 Kennett Pike
Wilmington
DE
19807
Your Edge Wedding Photographers
Airlie Conference Center
6809 Airlie Road
Warrenton
VA
20187
Airport Holiday Inn
1000 Sully Rd
Sterling
VA
20166
All Saints Catholic Church
9300 Stonewall Road
Manassas
VA
Arlington National Cemetery
Memorial Dr.
Arlington
Va
22211
L'Auberge Provençale
Highway 340
White Post
Va
22663
Ballroom at Sandy Spring
17921 Brooke Road
Sandy Spring
MD
20860
Belmont Manor Country Club
20101 Stubble Drive
Ashburn
VA
20147
Berea Baptist Church
28 Fleet Road
Fredericksburg
VA
22406
Beth Sholom Temple
805 Lyons Rd
Fredericksburg
VA
22406
Beth Sholom Temple
11825 Seven Locks Road
Potomac
MD
20854
Bethel Presbyterian Church
19856 Evergreen Mills Rd.
Leesburg
VA
20175
Bethesda North Marriott Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road
Bethesda
Md
20852
Black Horse Inn
8393 Meetze Rd.
Warrenton
VA
20187
Briar Patch Bed & Breakfast
23130 Briar Patch Lane
Middleburg
Va
Bristow Manor
11507 Valley View Drive
Bristow
Va
20136
Brookside Garden
1800 Glenallan Ave
Wheaton
Md
20902
Café Milano Georgetown
3251 Prospect St. NW
Washington
DC
20007
Carnegie Institute
1530 P Street NW
Washington
DC
20005
Celebrations at The Bay
2042 Knollview
Pasadena
Md
20876
Cacapon State Park
818 Cacapon Lodge Drive
Berkeley Springs
WV
25411
Centerpointe Church
4104 Legato Road
Fair Lakes
VA
22033
Ceresville Mansion Frederick
8529 Liberty Road
Frederick
MD
21701
Chesapeake Beach Club
8416 Bayside Rd.
Chesapeake Beach
MD
20732
Chesapeake Resort and Spa
4165 Mears Avenue
Chesapeake Beach
MD
20732
Chevy Chase Country Club
6100 Connecticut Ave.
Chevy Chase
MD
20815
China Garden
1100 Wilson Blvd
Arlington
Va
Christ Episcopal Church
34 W Baker St.
Gordonsville
VA
22942
Christ The Redeemer
46833 Harry Byrd Hwy
Sterling
Va
20164
Christian Fellowship Church
21673 Beaumeade Cir
Ashburn
VA
20147
Church of the Nativity
6400 Nativity Lane
Burke
Va
22015
Church of the Redeemer
1545 Chain Bridge Road
McLean
Va
22101
Clarendon Methodist Church
606 N. Irving St.
Arlington
VA
22201
Clarendon Methodist Church
606 N. Irving St.
Arlington
VA
22201
Congregation Beth-El
8215 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda
Md
20814
Country Club of Culpeper
2100 Country Club Road
Culpeper
Va
22701
Dutch’s Daughter
581 Himes Road
Frederick
Md
21703
Faith Chapel Presbyterian Church
14188 Chapel Lane 20176
Leesburg
VA
20175
Faith Lutheran Church
3313 Arlington Blvd, Arlington
Arlington
Va
Family Farm and Compound
Buttermilk Spring Road
Staunton
VA
24401
Fauquier Springs Country Club
9236 Tournament Rd
Warrenton
VA
20186
First Presbyterian Church of Annandale
7610 Newcastle Drive
Annandale
VA
Fort Belvoir Officers Club
5500 Schultz Dr.
Fort Belvoir
VA
22060
Fort McNair Officers Club
Fort McNair
Washington
DC
20319
Fort Monroe
Fenwick Rd.
Hampton
VA
23651
Fort Myer Officers Club
214 Jackson Ave.
Arlington
VA
22211
FoxChase Manor
8310 Chatsworth Dr.
Manassas
Va
20109
Fredericksburg Square
525 Caroline Rd
Fredericksburg
VA
22401
Gaithersburg Marriott
9751 Washingtonian Blvd
Gaithersburg
MD
20878
The Galleria at Lafeyette Centre
1155 21st St. NW
Washington
DC
20036
Gaylord National Hotel & Conference Ctr.
344 Waterfront St.
Oxen Hill
MD
20745
Grace Episcopal Church
110 N Church St
Berryville
VA
22611
Grace Episcopal Church
6507 Main St.
The Plains
Va
20198
Great Meadow
5089 Old Tavern Rd.
Warrenton
VA
20198
Greenwood Firehall
809 Greenwood Road
Winchester
Va
Gunston Hall Plantation
10709 Gunston Hall Rd.
Mason Neck
Va
22079
Hamilton Baptist Church
16 East Colonial
Hamilton
Va
Hampton Inn
1204 Berryville Ave
Winchester
VA
22601
Hay-Adams Hotel
1 Lafayette Square
Washington
DC
20006
Hemlock Overlook Regional Park
13220 Yates Ford RD
Clifton
VA
20124
Heritage Hall
Middle Road
Inwood
WV
25428
Heritage Hunt Golf and Country Club
6901 Arthur Hills Drive
Gainsville
VA
20155
Hermitage Inn
7134 Main St.
Clifton
VA
20124
Herrington on the Bay
7149 Lake Shore Dr.
Rose Haven
Md.
20714
Hilton Hotel BWI Baltimore
1739 W. Nursery Road
Linthicum
Md
21090
Hilton Hotel Gaithersburg
620 Perry Parkway
Gaithersburg
Md
Hilton Hotel Rockville
1750 Rockville Pike
Rockville
Md
20852
Hilton Hotel Dulles
13869 Park Center Rd
Herndon
Va
20171
Historic Long Branch
830 Long Branch Lane
Millwood
Va
22646
Holiday Inn at Carddorac Hall
1500 East Market Street
Leesburg
Va
20176
Holy Spirit Catholic Church
8800 Braddock Rd
Annandale
VA
22003
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
3513 N St. NW
Washington
DC
20007
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
605 W. Market St.
Leesburg
VA
20175
Hotel Dupont
100 W 11th. St.
Wilmington
DE
19801
Hyatt Dulles Airport
2300 Dulles Corner Rd.
Herndon
Va
Hyatt Fair Lakes
12777 Fair Lakes Circle
Fairfax
VA
22033
Immanuel Lutheran Church
1801 Russell Road
Alexandria
VA
22301
Indian Springs Country Club
13501 Layhill Road
Silver Spring
VA
20916
Inn At Vint Hill
4200 Aiken Drive
Warrenton
VA
20187
Inn At Kelly’s Ford
16589 Edwards Shop Rd
Remington
Va
22734
Jefferson National Monument
Washington
DC
Knights Of Columbus Hall “The Barn”
Sterling
Va
Lansdowne Resort
44050 Woodridge Pkwy
Lansdowne
VA
20176
Leisure World Inter-Faith Chapel
Silver Spring
MD
20906
Lightfoot Restaurant
11 King St.
Leesburg
VA
20176
Maggiano's Little Italy
2001 International Dr
McLean
Va
22102
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
1330 Maryland Ave SW
Washington
DC
20008
Manor House at Linden Springs
1850 Old Reston Ave
Reston
Va
20190
Marriott Ranch
5305 Marriott Ln
Hume
VA
22639
Mary Washington College
1301 College Ave.
Fredericksburg
Va
22401
Maryland Inn
30 Maryland Ave
Annapolis
MD
21401
Meadowlark Gardens Park
9750 Meadowlark Gardens Ct
Vienna
VA
22182
Memorial Chapel, University Of Maryland
1101 Memorial Chapel
College Park
Md
20742
Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church
3401 Nebraska NW
Washington
DC
20016
Middleburg Community Center
300 West Washington
Middleburg
VA
20117
Morrison House
116 S. Alfred St
Alexandra
VA
22314
National Arboretum United States
3501 New York Ave
Washington
DC
20002
National Building Museum
401 F St. NW
Washington
DC
20001
National Conference Center
18980 Upper Belmont Place
Lansdowne
VA
20176
Nativity of our Lord Russian Orthodox Church
8911 Weems Road
Manassas
Va
20110
New Life Christian Church
245 McCarty Lane
Winchester
VA
22601
Norfolk Opera House
160 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Norfolk
VA
23510
Oasis Winery
14141 Hume Lane
Hume
Va
22639
Oatlands Plantation
20850 Oatlands Plantation Ln
Leesburg
Va
Oceana Officers Club
906 G Ave,
Virginia Beach
VA
23460
Opequon Presbyterian Church
217 Opequon Church Lane
Winchester
VA
22602
Osprey’s Golf Club
401 Belmont Bay Dr.
Woodbridge
Va
22191
Oxon Hill Manor
6901 Oxon Hill Rd.
Oxon Hill
Md
20745
The Piedmont Golf Club
14675 Piedmont Vista Drive
Haymarket
Va
20169
Policeman's Hall
Dumfries
VA
Quantico Officers Club
Quantico Marine Base
Quantico
VA
Raspberry Plain
16500 Agape Ln
Leesburg
Va
20176
Renaissance Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Ave
Washington
DC
20036
Reston Town Center Hyatt
1800 Presidents Street
Reston
VA
20190
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
1150 22nd St .NW
Washington
DC
20037
River Creek Country Club
43800 Olympic Blvd.
Leesburg
VA
20176
Ronald Reagan Bldg
1300 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington
DC
20004
Rose Hill Manor
42140 Raspberry Plain Lane
Leesburg
VA
20176
Satty's On The Water
701 Sophia St.
Fredericksburg
VA
22401
Sha’are Shalom Temple
19357 Evergreen Mill Rd.
Leesburg
Va
20175
Stonewall Jackson Golf Course
15601 Turtle Point Dr
Gainsville
Va
20155
Trinity United Methodist Church
0425 Kings Hwy
King George
VA
22485
Sequoia at Washington Harbor
3000 K St. NW
Georgetown
DC
20007
Shenandoah Crossing Golf Resort
10 Shenandoah Crossing Road
Gordonsville
VA
22942
Shenandoah Valley Country Club
134 Golf Club Cir.
Front Royal
VA
22630
Springfield Hilton
6550 Loisdale Rd
Springfield
VA
22150
St. Andrews the Apostle Catholic Church
6720 Union Mill Rd
Clifton
Va
20124
St. Ann Catholic Church
5300 10th St N
Arlington
VA
22205
St Clare of Assisi Catholic Church
12409 Henderson Rd
Clifton
VA
20124
St. David's Episcopal Church
43600 Russell Branch Pkwy
Ashburn
Va
20175
St. Elizabeth’s Ann Seton Catholic Church
12805 Valleywood Dr
Woodbridge
Va
St. Francis De Sales Church
37730 St. Francis Ct.
Purcellville
VA
20132
St. Francis of Assisi Church
18825 Fuller Heights Rd
Triangle
VA
22172
St. James Catholic Church
905 Park Ave
Falls Church
Va
22046
St. James Episcopal Church
14 Cornwall St. NW
Leesburg
VA
20176
St. James Leesburg
20101 Stubble Rd
Ashburn
VA
20147
St. John Baptist Catholic Church
12319 New Hampshire Ave.
Silver Spring
MD
20904
St. John's Catholic Church
North King Street
Leesburg
VA
20176
St. John's Neumann Catholic Church
11100 Lawyers Road
Reston
VA
20191
St. Joseph's Catholic
750 Peachtree St
Herndon
VA
20170
St. Katherine's Greek Orthodox Church
3149 Glen Carlyn Rd.
Falls Church
VA
22041
St. Louis Catholic Church
2607 Popkins Lane
Alexandria
VA
22306
St. Marks Catholic Church
9467 Vale Rd.
Vienna
Va
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Catholic Church Rd
Petersville
MD
St. Marys Of Sorrows
5222 Sideburn Rd
Burke
VA
22032
St. Matthews Cathedral
1725 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Washington
DC
20036
St.Paul’s Lutheran Church
Falls Church
Va
St. Pauls United Church of Christ
235 South Main ST.
Woodstock
VA
22664
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church
11701 Clopper Road
Gaithersburg
Md
20878
St. Stevens Catholic Church
23331 Sam Fred Rd
Middleburg
VA
20117
Sully Plantation
3601 Sully Road
Chantilly
Va
The Ballroom
5521 Landy Lane
Bethesda
Md
20816
Tarrara Winery
13648 Tarara Ln
Leesburg
Va
20175
Thomas Birkby House
109 Loudoun St, SW
Leesburg
VA
20175
Top of The Town
1200 N Nash St.
Arlington
VA
22209
Tower Club
8000 Tower Crescent Dr
Vienna
Va
Trinity Baptist Church
8803 James Madison
Warrenton
VA
20187
Trinity Parish Church
Trinity Church Road
Charlotte Hall
MD
20622
Union Station
50 Massachusetts Ave. NE
Washington
DC
20002
Unitarian-Universalist Church
1625 Wiehle Ave.
Reston
Va
20190
United Methodist Church
1233 Oak Lawn Dr
Culpeper
Va
22701
United Methodist Church
7047 Old Keene Mill Road
Springfield
Va
22150
U.S. Botantic Garden
100 Maryland Ave.
Washington
DC
Veramar Vineyard
905 Quarry Rd
Berryville
VA
22611
Villa la Champagnette
692 Old Winchester Road
Boyce
Va
22620
Washington Dulles Marriott
45020 Aviation Dr
Sterling
VA
20166
Washington Country & Golf Club
3017 N. Glebe Rd
Arlington
Va
22207
Washingtonian Marriott
9751 Washingtonian Boulevard
Gaithersburg
MD
20878
Watergate
12025 Lee Jackson Highway
Fair Lakes
VA
22033
West Belmont Conference Center
18980 Upper Belmont Place
Leesburg
VA
20176
Westfields Marriott
14750 Conference Center Dr.
Chantilly
Va
20151
Westin Grand Hotel DC
2350 M St. NW
Washington
DC
20037
Westin Hotel, Arlington
801 N. Glebe Rd.
Arlington
VA
Westwood Country Club
800 Maple Ave
Vienna
Va
22180
White Hall Manor
Whitehall Estate Lane
Bluemont
VA
Willard Hotel Inter-Continental
1401 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington
DC
20004
Winterthur Museum & Country Estate
5105 Kennett Pike
Wilmington
DE
19807
Friday, July 13, 2007
4th Of July at Great Meadow, Warrenton Virginia
Ines & I had the privilege of providing Great Meadow professional photography services for the third year at one of the best celebrations in Northern Virginia.
For the third year the rain and storms also missed us and skirted to the north providing for a beautiful evening with new entertainment provided by the Flying Circus.
My associate David Kay and I captured some great images of the rockets, stunt planes, wing walkers, polo players, model planes, musical entertainment, and court jesters.
You can see more of the images at our on-line store. Just search for Great Meadow, no password is required to view the pictures.
Thanks to Elaine Burke and her staff for letting us share a Great 4th of July at Great Meadow north of Warrenton Virginia.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Meet Several of The Edge Photographic Team --BB & David Kay
People often ask how we select people to join our team of photographers and how do we know they are not only technically qualified but also people that they trust to share their special day.
It’s pretty simple. Over the years we’ve taught numerous photography classes and workshops for serious photo enthusiasts and also other aspiring and professional photographers.
This is a reliable pool of photographers for us. We know from the workshops that they are good photographers; we also know that they have the personality required for our kind of work. They are passionate about their art! When they first shoot events with us as third shooters they are not being taught photography, but instead style. We want brides to know the photographic style we display in our albums at the studio will be delivered consistently by all Edge team members. We show unique editorial style event photography. Clients tell us it’s “The Edge”
BB first attended our workshops 3 years ago. We quickly realized his skill and artistic eye, plus Ines knew this was a person we would love to work with. BB and I have been photographing weddings together for that time period and shared training with the famous Australian photographer David Williams and New York fashion photographer Richard Warren both here and in New York fashion studios. Last year BB became the leader of our second team so that we are able to photograph two weddings on popular wedding dates. We accomplished this task after spending 6 months training our new group of second shooters. He joins me on other dates so that we can collaborate and try new things with a solid base of coverage captured for our clients. Each of his brides raves about him; so much so that I could be jealous. Visit our studio to view BB’s latest work.
David Kay first started attending our workshops almost 3 years ago. David has not only attended our workshops but also those with Tony Sweet in the Poconos and Acadia National Park outside of Bar Harbor Maine. David recently attended a workshop with National Geographic photographer Bob Krist. He’s also had his work critiqued while attending workshops with wildlife photographer Adam Jones and Sierra Club photographer Brenda Tharp. Photographers Jim Zuckerman, Charlotte Lowrie and Ellen Anon round out some of David’s photographic mentors.
David was featured in the February issue of Elan magazine and his images also recently appeared in Shutterbug as well as many airline magazines. His work is also used for corporate publications such as annual reports, and educational textbooks. Internet sites also feature images from David Kay.
You can see more of David’s stock work at the Shutterstock.com and iStockphoto.com agencies. Finally I would be negligent if I failed to mention that David was ABC News “Person of the Week”.
People often ask how we select people to join our team of photographers and how do we know they are not only technically qualified but also people that they trust to share their special day.
It’s pretty simple. Over the years we’ve taught numerous photography classes and workshops for serious photo enthusiasts and also other aspiring and professional photographers.
This is a reliable pool of photographers for us. We know from the workshops that they are good photographers; we also know that they have the personality required for our kind of work. They are passionate about their art! When they first shoot events with us as third shooters they are not being taught photography, but instead style. We want brides to know the photographic style we display in our albums at the studio will be delivered consistently by all Edge team members. We show unique editorial style event photography. Clients tell us it’s “The Edge”
BB first attended our workshops 3 years ago. We quickly realized his skill and artistic eye, plus Ines knew this was a person we would love to work with. BB and I have been photographing weddings together for that time period and shared training with the famous Australian photographer David Williams and New York fashion photographer Richard Warren both here and in New York fashion studios. Last year BB became the leader of our second team so that we are able to photograph two weddings on popular wedding dates. We accomplished this task after spending 6 months training our new group of second shooters. He joins me on other dates so that we can collaborate and try new things with a solid base of coverage captured for our clients. Each of his brides raves about him; so much so that I could be jealous. Visit our studio to view BB’s latest work.
David Kay first started attending our workshops almost 3 years ago. David has not only attended our workshops but also those with Tony Sweet in the Poconos and Acadia National Park outside of Bar Harbor Maine. David recently attended a workshop with National Geographic photographer Bob Krist. He’s also had his work critiqued while attending workshops with wildlife photographer Adam Jones and Sierra Club photographer Brenda Tharp. Photographers Jim Zuckerman, Charlotte Lowrie and Ellen Anon round out some of David’s photographic mentors.
David was featured in the February issue of Elan magazine and his images also recently appeared in Shutterbug as well as many airline magazines. His work is also used for corporate publications such as annual reports, and educational textbooks. Internet sites also feature images from David Kay.
You can see more of David’s stock work at the Shutterstock.com and iStockphoto.com agencies. Finally I would be negligent if I failed to mention that David was ABC News “Person of the Week”.
How cool is that!
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Our Next Workshop at The Edge "A Return Engagement"
‘Almost Alone with David A Williams’
July 24th, 25th, and 26th. at Don & Ines Harper’s Studio – Leesburg VA
THREE DAYS OF PRACTICAL PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT & EDUCATION FOR WEDDING AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHERS.
That “Learning should be fun” is a fundamental part of David’s presentation. Come and share an experience that will make you smile and think! Topics to be covered include…(and, no – I don’t know what we’re doing and precisely when – whaddya wanna know for anyway?)
• Detail Miniatures – story-telling images, and portraits of environments.
• A renewed emphasis on freehand designing
• Existing Light as the primary light source
• Supplementary light sources “Love that mixed lighting”
• Doing more with less – learning to think differently.
• Creating a homage portrait – ( how I make my MasterWorks portraits)
• What makes Aussie photographers different and David’s deposing.
• Aussie weddings & my approaches.
• Aussie children & my approaches.
• Single light portraiture
• The horizontal and the using depth – using negative space.
• Visual communication.
• Immediacy and expression.
• Art and design influences – identifying the component construction of a style.
• Fine-quality inkjet printing & Digital hand printing.
• Digital practices for weddings – sorting & proofing
• Digital tools you really need – e.g. use and creation of actions.
*This lecture does not contain any information on becoming an overnight millionaire, selling $500,000K weddings, murdering your opposition, using five lights, selling enormous wall portraits to poor folks who don’t wanna buy, or buying products you don’t need – (but think you should have)……sorry.
**It does contain heaps of good, simple, applicable, wallet-friendly, BS-free ideas for you to study hard about, and perspiringly practice over, that will make you a better - more intuitive and involved photographer…..that I’m NOT sorry for.
# Special Evening Occasion:
We will recess for about 30 minutes after which I will be inviting you to join me in watching a fascinating art & photography related program which will last for about 80 minutes. The class may decide to do something as a group regarding dinner.
Each day will finish at 5.00pm. Lunch will be from 12.00 ‘til 1.00pm. Lunch is included. Coffee break – we’ll work out as we go along.
What do I bring?:
CAMERA STUFF:
Please bring a 35mm style slr – digital for preference, but film is perfectly acceptable. (We’ll be working mainly 400iso)
Your camera instruction book (Hey, I don’t know everything)
Lenses? The widest maximum aperture lenses you have….and not too many – preferably a 24-70 sorta-kinda lens. 50mm f1.8 or f1.4 lenses are most suitable.
A tripod or monopod
A flash
A reflector
Something for taking notes on – writing down stuff.
Your own pen X 4 (so you can loose the other 3)
A laptop computer if you have one with Photoshop installed.
OTHER STUFF:
I would invite you to bring samples of your work both portraits and weddings. You do not have to show others if you don’t want to. It’s a good idea to start preparing an easily transported collection of unmounted prints.
I would like you to start (if you haven’t already) a scrap book of people images that inspire you and bring that too. This I would like you to share with others. Show me what kind of pictures inspire you.
Even if you have a computer for taking notes, you may still find some kind of writing pad handy for sketching ideas.
I would definitely like you to bring your sense of humor, your compassion for others, and your understanding. This will be a group of very different levels of knowledge and experience. We will all learn and have fun doing it. It has been my personal experience that everyone has something to offer and much to learn. I learn something new every time I get together with other photographers.
PRACTICAL WORK:
We will be doing practical work where we will be shooting models supplied by the Magnusson family brood, and each other.
(It is not appropriate for you to use the images taken of either the supplied models or other attendees on your website, in competition, for studio display or for promotion of your business. The same goes for any images supplied for you to work on in Photoshop during the lecture.)
Not everyone will have a laptop and some assignments are deliberately designed for two people to work as a team. Your help and cooperation with your fellow attendees is appreciated.
MORE more STUFF:
Australian photographer David A Williams M.Photog. FRPS ALPE is a ‘photographer’s photographer’. His interests, concerns and passions revolve around how we make pictures, and how we involve ourselves in the whole Portrait and Wedding experience.
After being thrown into digital capture six years ago, David has embraced the process wholeheartedly. He brings to it much of the ‘film’ mentality we are all familiar with. As he says “My biggest desire is to ‘de-bulls***-ify digital’ – get us away from the nonsense, and back to using this fabulous tool – simply”.
Simple is an approach David embraces for all procedures. “It’s not about quoting pixel counts anymore than film is about grain size. It’s about the image.” He sees a return to the self-sufficient studio, only with no boundaries as to the products we can now produce.
Drawing influences from over twenty years involved in all sides of the industry, David’s approach is based on making the simplest of images special. Placing people casually, working quickly and efficiently, enhancing the photographer’s position within the wedding by simple acts of random kindness.
An acknowledged specialist with inkjet, all David’s Awards over the last five years have been won with superb prints made on the Epson 1290, a tool he considers essential for any studio. He has now been chosen to work closely with Epson and their Epson 4000 Professional printer.
Kodak Professional in Australia chose him as the mentor for the Kodak ‘Portra’ film range, and more recently Fuji Professional in Australia chose him to speak for the Fuji S2 and its capabilities for the wedding/portrait industry. Many superb images he created for both companies are etched in the memory of many photographers.
His desire to learn more about the Wedding experience led him to become an authority on Detail Miniatures and story-telling support pictures, their fundamental importance, and how they work in an album presentation – adding a richness so appealing to the customer.
David is very conscious of the influences of other art forms on photography as shown in his popular ‘MasterWorks’ images. He shows clearly and concisely how a broader study base can equip photographers with better understanding of image making.
Having said that, David takes his work very seriously – but not himself. That learning should be fun is a fundamental part of any presentation by David. Audiences in America, UK, Australia, India, Thailand and New Zealand have all shared in the experience that makes photographers do two of the most important things in David’s eyes…..smile and think.
What people have been paid to say about me:
‘Refreshing, innovative, creative, funny – all come to mind when thinking about his seminar. I came away with more ideas from one two hour program than any of the other full-day sessions. Definitely well worth seeing’.
Mike Roper – Ballymoney IR
I attended the David Williams Seminar in Las Vegas: his combination of philosophy and PR is unique, quote (from Arnold Newman): ‘We don’t take pictures with cameras – we take them with our hearts and minds’ Whatever it takes to get him over here, do it.’
Steve Pugh – Sevenoaks UK
A seminar for Gold fish, I sat open mouthed all of the seminar at the brilliance and simplicity of the photography and the fistful of ideas from posing to photoshop techniques. Even the God Monte has people walk out mid-lecture; not David Williams. Sharp Aussie humour to boot.’
Steve Tarling – Needham Market UK
David Williams is a remarkable mix of the old and the new. His intense, detailed portraits reveal influences from Rennaissance Art and classic studio lighting, yet he mixes them with a deft understanding of current photography techniques - film, digital capture, inkjet output. Not only is David a highly accomplished photographer, by positioning himself as an international speaker he has a broad perspective on the professional photography industry, a leader for the profession as it comes to grips with the new digital world.
Peter Eastway - Publisher, Better Photography Magazine 1996 & 1998 AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year
There are two sides to David Williams—the artist who is capable of evoking the full gamut of emotions from his portraits of everyday people, and the artist/teacher, who can talk and write about contemporary portraiture as an art form with clarity and authenticity. Both sides of him are equally enjoyable but I find myself getting excited to see how he has yet again reinvented his creative side to be on the cutting edge of contemporary portraiture, yet never straying too far from the classical techniques, of which he is fond.
Bill Hurter - EditorRangefinder & Focus On Imaging Magazines
"His lectures, talks and workshops are legendary here in New Zealand. We love him and his "down to earth" manner of handling digital, and image-making. His work speaks for the lad himself - it is rich, eclectic, unique and humorous."
Simon Hoyle, CPA. Canada (but Kiwi entrenched in Days Bay, Wellington, NZ.)
David Williams is a photographer's photographer - he is a second generation pro with skills, abilities and wisdom that has a way of connecting with everyone. His seminars and workshops are crammed with leading edge techniques and insights into what successful industry practitioners need know now. As a presenter David Williams mixes his lecture delivery with humor which lubricates the take-up rate of information for attendees."
Doug Spowart, M.Photog. FAIPP Queensland Australia
July 24th, 25th, and 26th. at Don & Ines Harper’s Studio – Leesburg VA
THREE DAYS OF PRACTICAL PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT & EDUCATION FOR WEDDING AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHERS.
That “Learning should be fun” is a fundamental part of David’s presentation. Come and share an experience that will make you smile and think! Topics to be covered include…(and, no – I don’t know what we’re doing and precisely when – whaddya wanna know for anyway?)
• Detail Miniatures – story-telling images, and portraits of environments.
• A renewed emphasis on freehand designing
• Existing Light as the primary light source
• Supplementary light sources “Love that mixed lighting”
• Doing more with less – learning to think differently.
• Creating a homage portrait – ( how I make my MasterWorks portraits)
• What makes Aussie photographers different and David’s deposing.
• Aussie weddings & my approaches.
• Aussie children & my approaches.
• Single light portraiture
• The horizontal and the using depth – using negative space.
• Visual communication.
• Immediacy and expression.
• Art and design influences – identifying the component construction of a style.
• Fine-quality inkjet printing & Digital hand printing.
• Digital practices for weddings – sorting & proofing
• Digital tools you really need – e.g. use and creation of actions.
*This lecture does not contain any information on becoming an overnight millionaire, selling $500,000K weddings, murdering your opposition, using five lights, selling enormous wall portraits to poor folks who don’t wanna buy, or buying products you don’t need – (but think you should have)……sorry.
**It does contain heaps of good, simple, applicable, wallet-friendly, BS-free ideas for you to study hard about, and perspiringly practice over, that will make you a better - more intuitive and involved photographer…..that I’m NOT sorry for.
# Special Evening Occasion:
We will recess for about 30 minutes after which I will be inviting you to join me in watching a fascinating art & photography related program which will last for about 80 minutes. The class may decide to do something as a group regarding dinner.
Each day will finish at 5.00pm. Lunch will be from 12.00 ‘til 1.00pm. Lunch is included. Coffee break – we’ll work out as we go along.
What do I bring?:
CAMERA STUFF:
Please bring a 35mm style slr – digital for preference, but film is perfectly acceptable. (We’ll be working mainly 400iso)
Your camera instruction book (Hey, I don’t know everything)
Lenses? The widest maximum aperture lenses you have….and not too many – preferably a 24-70 sorta-kinda lens. 50mm f1.8 or f1.4 lenses are most suitable.
A tripod or monopod
A flash
A reflector
Something for taking notes on – writing down stuff.
Your own pen X 4 (so you can loose the other 3)
A laptop computer if you have one with Photoshop installed.
OTHER STUFF:
I would invite you to bring samples of your work both portraits and weddings. You do not have to show others if you don’t want to. It’s a good idea to start preparing an easily transported collection of unmounted prints.
I would like you to start (if you haven’t already) a scrap book of people images that inspire you and bring that too. This I would like you to share with others. Show me what kind of pictures inspire you.
Even if you have a computer for taking notes, you may still find some kind of writing pad handy for sketching ideas.
I would definitely like you to bring your sense of humor, your compassion for others, and your understanding. This will be a group of very different levels of knowledge and experience. We will all learn and have fun doing it. It has been my personal experience that everyone has something to offer and much to learn. I learn something new every time I get together with other photographers.
PRACTICAL WORK:
We will be doing practical work where we will be shooting models supplied by the Magnusson family brood, and each other.
(It is not appropriate for you to use the images taken of either the supplied models or other attendees on your website, in competition, for studio display or for promotion of your business. The same goes for any images supplied for you to work on in Photoshop during the lecture.)
Not everyone will have a laptop and some assignments are deliberately designed for two people to work as a team. Your help and cooperation with your fellow attendees is appreciated.
MORE more STUFF:
Australian photographer David A Williams M.Photog. FRPS ALPE is a ‘photographer’s photographer’. His interests, concerns and passions revolve around how we make pictures, and how we involve ourselves in the whole Portrait and Wedding experience.
After being thrown into digital capture six years ago, David has embraced the process wholeheartedly. He brings to it much of the ‘film’ mentality we are all familiar with. As he says “My biggest desire is to ‘de-bulls***-ify digital’ – get us away from the nonsense, and back to using this fabulous tool – simply”.
Simple is an approach David embraces for all procedures. “It’s not about quoting pixel counts anymore than film is about grain size. It’s about the image.” He sees a return to the self-sufficient studio, only with no boundaries as to the products we can now produce.
Drawing influences from over twenty years involved in all sides of the industry, David’s approach is based on making the simplest of images special. Placing people casually, working quickly and efficiently, enhancing the photographer’s position within the wedding by simple acts of random kindness.
An acknowledged specialist with inkjet, all David’s Awards over the last five years have been won with superb prints made on the Epson 1290, a tool he considers essential for any studio. He has now been chosen to work closely with Epson and their Epson 4000 Professional printer.
Kodak Professional in Australia chose him as the mentor for the Kodak ‘Portra’ film range, and more recently Fuji Professional in Australia chose him to speak for the Fuji S2 and its capabilities for the wedding/portrait industry. Many superb images he created for both companies are etched in the memory of many photographers.
His desire to learn more about the Wedding experience led him to become an authority on Detail Miniatures and story-telling support pictures, their fundamental importance, and how they work in an album presentation – adding a richness so appealing to the customer.
David is very conscious of the influences of other art forms on photography as shown in his popular ‘MasterWorks’ images. He shows clearly and concisely how a broader study base can equip photographers with better understanding of image making.
Having said that, David takes his work very seriously – but not himself. That learning should be fun is a fundamental part of any presentation by David. Audiences in America, UK, Australia, India, Thailand and New Zealand have all shared in the experience that makes photographers do two of the most important things in David’s eyes…..smile and think.
What people have been paid to say about me:
‘Refreshing, innovative, creative, funny – all come to mind when thinking about his seminar. I came away with more ideas from one two hour program than any of the other full-day sessions. Definitely well worth seeing’.
Mike Roper – Ballymoney IR
I attended the David Williams Seminar in Las Vegas: his combination of philosophy and PR is unique, quote (from Arnold Newman): ‘We don’t take pictures with cameras – we take them with our hearts and minds’ Whatever it takes to get him over here, do it.’
Steve Pugh – Sevenoaks UK
A seminar for Gold fish, I sat open mouthed all of the seminar at the brilliance and simplicity of the photography and the fistful of ideas from posing to photoshop techniques. Even the God Monte has people walk out mid-lecture; not David Williams. Sharp Aussie humour to boot.’
Steve Tarling – Needham Market UK
David Williams is a remarkable mix of the old and the new. His intense, detailed portraits reveal influences from Rennaissance Art and classic studio lighting, yet he mixes them with a deft understanding of current photography techniques - film, digital capture, inkjet output. Not only is David a highly accomplished photographer, by positioning himself as an international speaker he has a broad perspective on the professional photography industry, a leader for the profession as it comes to grips with the new digital world.
Peter Eastway - Publisher, Better Photography Magazine 1996 & 1998 AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year
There are two sides to David Williams—the artist who is capable of evoking the full gamut of emotions from his portraits of everyday people, and the artist/teacher, who can talk and write about contemporary portraiture as an art form with clarity and authenticity. Both sides of him are equally enjoyable but I find myself getting excited to see how he has yet again reinvented his creative side to be on the cutting edge of contemporary portraiture, yet never straying too far from the classical techniques, of which he is fond.
Bill Hurter - EditorRangefinder & Focus On Imaging Magazines
"His lectures, talks and workshops are legendary here in New Zealand. We love him and his "down to earth" manner of handling digital, and image-making. His work speaks for the lad himself - it is rich, eclectic, unique and humorous."
Simon Hoyle, CPA. Canada (but Kiwi entrenched in Days Bay, Wellington, NZ.)
David Williams is a photographer's photographer - he is a second generation pro with skills, abilities and wisdom that has a way of connecting with everyone. His seminars and workshops are crammed with leading edge techniques and insights into what successful industry practitioners need know now. As a presenter David Williams mixes his lecture delivery with humor which lubricates the take-up rate of information for attendees."
Doug Spowart, M.Photog. FAIPP Queensland Australia
Saturday, June 16, 2007
WPPI 2006 Annual & The Edge Photography
The Edge Photography Studio in Leesburg, VA.
WPPI publishes our work in the 2006 Annual, a repeat performance our work in 2005.
The Wedding & Portrait Photographers International has released their annual of top award winning images from 2006. Our work can once again be seen in the latest annual of top photographers from around the world.
The book showcases several of our model portfolio images that we created both here and in New York fashion studios. There are also illustrative images from Historic Long Branch in the Shenandoah Valley showing the breadth of our work. One of our Wedding albums also won awards at the same time as the images published in the annual.
Please give us a call to schedule an appointment and see why these accomplishments will benefit you and give you the artistic photography you deserve.
We are located in Northern Virginia. and serve Maryland, Washington, D.C. plus the mid-Atlantic states from our studio located in historic Leesburg, Loudoun County Virginia.
Call us about your wedding, portraits or other photography needs. Remember we are pros with boudoir and intimate maternity photography.
Regarding Weddings:
Brides will find we have an unbelievable number of wedding albums to display; each from a different unique wedding. Instead of displaying a collection of a few good images from different events we want to show the story of each bride’s day.
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