Frazier Photography Blog

Last Saturday, Laura & Corey had a beautiful wedding starting out at St. Cornelius Catholic Church. With the reception at Eagles Nest Club House at the Naval Golf Course in Cypress. Corey is just out of the Navy, and their story that lead up to this day was very romantic. All in all it was a great day in SoCal. And, I want to thank Stephanie Williams again for the 2nd shooter help on this wedding.

This is dad seeing Laura in her dress for the first time.

Dad, walking his daughter down the aisle.

The lighting was sweet for the bride and groom portraits. I think I thanked Laura about 10 times for providing such an awesome photographic experience for me.

These guys were responsible for hooking me up with Laura & Corey. I shot Liz & Brian’s wedding back in 2006. It’s great fun to see clients from the past!

And, this was one of the last shots I took. I just asked them to stand under the heat lamp outside. I really like this photo. This is straight out of the camera. No photoshop was done to this image.

Congratulations to both Laura and Corey.

I’m really looking forward to my next wedding. The couple is getting married at Union Station in Los Angeles. Should be fun!

Jerry Frazier

On a photographers internet forum of which I am a part, the creator of the forum had an idea. Besides being a brilliant photographer, Huy Nguyen is also a guy who thinks outside of the box. He challenged the forum to go to your local city hall, and photograph couples getting married on Valentine’s Day. There are photographers all over the states who were participating in this event. So far, the results I have seen are amazing. I arrived around noon. The place was packed with people wanting to tie the knot. So, I simply asked for permission, and shot. The city of Norwalk had a large tent set up, with partitioned areas for people to say their vows in front of a Justice of the Peace.

The experience was very difficult on many levels. Just getting out the door to go do it was a strain on me. It’s so easy to think of 10,000 reasons not to go do it. I have so many things to do already, why would I want to go do this? But, after a little of negotiation with myself, I just simply picked up my cameras, and went. Once I was there, it was a little challenging. Doing something like this defintely takes you out of your comfort zone. And, as someone who shoots glitzy, fancy weddings all the time, it was creatively challenging to break that down and try to catch the essence of a simple civil wedding.

What I realized, or maybe knew but forgot, is that a wedding is not about how much money you spend, or having a Vera Wang dress, the essence of a wedding is a shared love between to human beings. It’s that simple.

I feel so honored that these 3 couples allowed me to barge in on their lives unplanned and unannouced. Imagine a dude walking up to you with big cameras dangling off his shoulders and asking if he can take pictures of you. It might feel strange for them, and it felt a little strange for me. But, it was well worth the risk I took to do it.

Below, are a few of my favorites from three of the weddings that took place on February 14, 2008 at Norwalk, California’s city hall.

Matthew & Ai

Paula & Rodney

Christina & Albert

Also, as a gift to each couple who were so gracious to allow me to photograph them, without even really knowing what I was up to, I took them outside and did a quick mini-portrait session with each of them.

A very special heart-felt congratualtions to Matthew, Ai, Paula, Rodney, Christina, and Albert!

“You gotta let LOVE rule” - Lenny Kravitz

Cheers,
Jerry

I have some availability between Jan - Mar. I’d like to fill those dates. I’ll be offering a promotion soon, but in the meantime I’d like to simply have some fun.

The first person to send an email to jerry@frazierphotography.com and IF I have your date open: sometime between Jan and Mar 2008, wins a free wedding shoot.

This might be for someone having a small-ish intimate wedding. The package will contain:

Up to 5 hours of shooting by yours truly, all your wedding images online, and the high-res disc of images.
Other products and services are available for additional fees.

Good luck!

Jerry

I don’t often show my slideshows here, but I really wanted to share this one with all of you. Feel free to provide any feedback. This was David and Jenny’s wedding. It may take a few minutes to load, so please be patient.

Take a look:

Cheers,
Jerry

Tracy and Brent had their wedding in Balboa Park, San Diego. They, and all their guests, including me, dressed in Hoolywood 40’s clothing. Here are a few of my fav’s of the day.

Here’s the whole group all dressed to the nines in their 40’s garb.

Here’s moi with the bride.

Then, one of the guests decided to jump up on the stage and sing a Frank Sinatra song.

Cheers,
Jerry