Ahhh Love. But its Art too.

We have been shootng weddings, portraits and families for nearly 10 years. From time to time we get asked to explain what makes our images so much better than - let's say a less experienced photographer.

Well it's like this. We create/capture ART.

Take the photo I have here. To your left. The fact is upon first glance it is a pretty basic straight forward shot. Boy kisses girl (yippee!!)

But if we analyze it further we see a number of subtle effect.

1. We have changed the image from colour to sepia. This reduces the conflict of the red car competing with our subjects Mike and Laura
2. The back of the seats and the sun visors create a square pattern framing the subjects
3. The soft focus further enhances the framing effect pulling you into the image. The goal is to draw you immediately to the kiss.
4. We have tilted the mirror to reflect the lips.
5. the dept of field is also reduced to make the sharpest point of the image to be the kiss.

WOW that's a lot of stuff for a simple kiss. But then remember these images are for life. Don't you think we should take this as seriously as?

Marc Chagall -- Salvador Dali -- Leonardo Da Vinci Paul Klee -- Henri Matisse -- Claude Monet Pablo Picasso -- Pierre Auguste Renoir -- Henri Rousseau Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec -- Vincent Van Gogh -- Andy Warhol