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Mrs. Milkshake, Seattle/Vancouver, BC Age and Occupation: 23, Pharmacist Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Pharmacist Engagement Date: May 2007 Wedding Date: August 2008 Blogging Since: December 6, 2007 Venue: Victorian Mansion About Me: Despite the fact that I’ve invested many long years of my life studying the sciences in college, I’m glad to be out of there and I would never do it again! I’m super artsy at heart - I run an indie craft site, I grew up shooting and developing my own film, doing jazz and ballet, and the whole gamut of art classes. I’ve been called a Jane of all Trades… but I was also told many years ago not to make my passion my career because it’d suck the fun out of it. Hence my choice of day job. We live in Seattle but are having our wedding in Canada to be fair to all our family and friends.
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Lucida Photography

December 11th, 2007 @ 10:31 am by Mrs. Milkshake

darkI was looking for a few basic things to make for fantastic photography: great candids (which the whole wedding photojournalism craze is perfect for), bright, bold colors, and strong composition. All at a reasonable price of course. I had actually found my perfect photographer way back in the summer, but I ended up buying my first house in the fall and due to all the craziness I lost out on the local photographer!

But I still adore her photos so here’s an array of my favorites, and a little something to the right to show how great her low light photos can be without a flash totally flattening out the image. (Flash can be evil, especially camera-mounted flashes… look for photographers that use “fast lenses” to shoot in low light without the need for flash).

Here are some great shots from Melia at Lucida Photography. I adore candids:

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I had been so against photoshop, coming from a film background and developing my own negs and prints since I was 10. I think it stemmed from something really basic - an instructor that had disapproved of cropping my images when I developed my prints, saying all the cropping should be done from behind the camera. But these particular effects of hers create such a great sense of movement into the image:

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Her love of industrial settings!
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And composition that I adore:
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3 Responses to “Lucida Photography”

1.
egad says:

I love Melia’s photos! She’s the photographer for our upcoming wedding :)

12/11/07 at 5:25 pm (reply)
2.
Cheryl says:

I love many of the photos but the photoshop thing makes my eyes hurt.

12/12/07 at 6:16 pm (reply)
3.
Emm says:

Have you heard of Rad Studio?

http://www.radstudioinc.com

They’re great, up and coming, and based in Vancouver.

12/19/07 at 4:53 pm (reply)


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Mrs. Milkshake Mrs. Milkshake, Seattle/Vancouver, BC Age and Occupation: 23, Pharmacist Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Pharmacist Engagement Date: May 2007 Wedding Date: August 2008 Blogging Since: December 6, 2007 Venue: Victorian Mansion About Me: Despite the fact that I’ve invested many long years of my life studying the sciences in college, I’m glad to be out of there and I would never do it again! I’m super artsy at heart - I run an indie craft site, I grew up shooting and developing my own film, doing jazz and ballet, and the whole gamut of art classes. I’ve been called a Jane of all Trades… but I was also told many years ago not to make my passion my career because it’d suck the fun out of it. Hence my choice of day job. We live in Seattle but are having our wedding in Canada to be fair to all our family and friends.
 

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