My own day of nuptial bliss is bearing down upon me and I can’t wait for it to be over!

I am also attending my fair share of matrimonial celebrations. The most recent one was down in Rock Hall, Maryland, and was photographed by two of my very favorite people in the world, Ashley Macknica and Joel Barhamand, of A Couple of Cameras.

Remember a few weeks ago when I was asking about a portable lighting solution for outdoor shoots? And I was curious about the Profoto Pro Acute B 600R?

Well, Joel and Ashley use one, and they love it. I got excited to show you, so I took a lot of bad pictures of their setup with my snappy snap (G9, why do you stink so much for me)?!

Here is a peek.

Ril nice. Ashley and Joel also do a swell photobooth setup like all the cool kids these days, and I got in there with the best of them. Here is a shoddy picture of it. (I love a mask.)

See more from A Couple of Cameras.

I was very excited by the Huff Po post, mostly because my FAVORITE writer was number 1, which made me feel “with it” (what what, Tobias Wolff!) but also because it inspired me to think of photographers’ photographers. What defines a photographer’s photographer? I suppose someone who makes imagery in an utterly authentic way- a way that emphasizes craft and perseverance over trickery and artifice. Also it’s good if the pictures are ril pretty and/or special. Folks who are in it for the love of the game.

Off the top, I’d go with Jeff Wall, Phillip Toledano, Abe Morell, Gillian Laub, Sally Mann… there are so many more- care to help me out? I am only one opinion, after all.

Anyhoo, back to my bride friend who needs a rec. She doesn’t want to break the bank, and she wants nice people who love what they do, do it well, and have a bit of fun. She promises to be a good bride and feed them dinner, too (you’d be SHOCKED to realize most brides do not think to nourish their photographers.)

SO, my suggestion to her was the fab photo duo of Ashley Macknica and Joel Barhamand, AKA A Couple of Cameras.

This is them:

And here are some of their pictures. Real, not fussy, pretty, just right.

I love this guy. There's one of you at every wedding.

Also, they set up a “photo booth”.

Darth Vader not included.

Who would YOU recommend to shoot my friend’s wedding, photo folks? I did a survey of one so far. My buddy Glenn Glasser says

“i shoot weddings from time to time – mostly fer friends though – just got hired to do portraits against seamless for a celebrity wedding and the other shooter did reportage. we tiled all the portraits on one print and presented it to the bride and groom as a fine art piece – all their friends and family on one print. a finished print usually is about 5×6 feet depending on number of guests and wallspace…”

rad.

“if i was getting married – i’d hire either tanya malott or julie skarratt. tanya and julie are aces”

http://www.julieskarratt.com

Give us more names, readers!!!!

Update- check out http://michaelgrossweddings.com. Ril nice.

Another excellent option just in (you folks are all too modest to nominate yourselves!)- Erin Wigger and husband:
http://eleigh.com

I love the husband/wife teams. Now that’s authentic.