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Melissa & Mike – jazzy, funky, stylish & sweet!
The bad boys strike again! DavidM and MarcinS cover the Hamptons wedding of Melissa and Mike. Our impressions? Two days of fun, love, emotions, celebrations, great weather and fantastic photo opportunities. We couldn’t be happier and can only hope that the bride and groom will share our excitement after seeing this material! Thank You Melissa, [...]
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My Style and Approach
"Your first 10,000 photos are your worst" -Henri Cartier Bresson
CINEMATICbyDavidM was created to bring out what's best in wedding photography. I shoot weddings because I absolutely love working with people and love photography. My inspiration comes from classic movies, yet my style has little to do with traditional wedding photography. I employ knowledge and experience as my advisors but use the artistic vision as my guide. Sometimes the best photos are created by experimenting and boldly going to the most unusual places.
My style could be described as editorial, although I prefer to think about it as freestyle creativity with cinematic flavor. It definitely relies heavily on pure photojournalism but I also quite often do influence what I see - I try to do it whenever I know I can create a better image. I had a pleasure to speak several times in front of hundreds of photographers about creative lighting techniques that come handy during a wedding shoot.
To further evaluate my expertise I encourage you to explore this entire blog. Enjoy!
Ways to reach me!
My home office is located in Fishtown part of Philadelphia. I live in a great neighborhood, in a building called CANDY FACTORY. I encourage you to visit!
Preferred method of contact: e-mail
Phone: 908.247.5322 Please forgive if I don't return phone calls on weekends (including Fridays) - chances are high I am in a middle of a wedding shoot! My office days are Monday through Thursday. Looking forward to hearing from you!
weddings
Julia + Sean = drop dead gorgeous!
What do we like when we shoot weddings? I'll tell you: we like blue shoes (and an umbrella!), funky flowers ...
Rachel and Rohan: a long expected party!
If you are a fan or at least have heard about the Lord of the Rings chances are you will ...
Sarah & Mark = pure happiness, rain or shine!
Paris Hilton shoes, vintage car, an incredibly gorgeous bride, a really handsome groom and a team of excited photographers consisting ...
engagement session
Go Ravens! Go Lisa & Craig!!! Some time ago I got booked for a wedding in Baltimore, MD. Then myself and the bride started discussing ideas for the engagement session shoot. All of a sudden a brilliant suggestion came from the bride – let’s do it at the Ravens stadium. I had no idea this was even possible but it turned [...]
business
Why we NEED to charge what we charge. Wedding industry in general is a crazy enviornment for any business owner. Whether you are a florist, photographer, band, dj or caterer it seems like an easy business to get into and make a decent income. Let’s run a quick and very simplified analysis of the thinking process and the route many small business owners [...]
inspiration
Instagrammation! Snapshots of our daily life. Little tidbits of information. Our thoughts, wants, likes, dramas, conflicts and wins. Sharing. Social media madness. Facebook and Twitter are so successful because we love to stay in touch, love to get a few “likes” under our status updates, engage into conversation with friends and sometimes complete strangers, get a [...]
