Bradshaw Photography SpotLight

PPAM Convention 2011

2011-03-29T07:09:00.000-04:00

Another great week end of photography and friends. Started with Dan Doke and his wonderful lighting techniques and ended with Kent and Sarah Smith showing us their business plan for high school seniors. If you are a wedding and portrait photographer in Massachusetts, you REALLY should join PPAM !! Best people !! Best programs !!

The Governor, Haven and ME!!

2011-03-04T12:12:00.000-05:00

Was called by the Massachusetts Medical Society to photograph the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Radiological Society because the Governor of Massachusetts was being honored. Little did I know that my friend Haven works for the Governor. Haven introduced me to Governor Patrick and we had our photograph taken together! A REAL HONOR!

DuVally Album Design v1

2011-02-27T10:07:00.007-05:00

Heidi and Steve Wong

2011-02-27T09:28:00.001-05:00

Opening Doors to Cure MS

2010-10-07T11:41:00.004-04:00

Just volunteered to photograph a fund raising event for the Accelerated Cure Project on October 23, 2010. The event is Please go to their web site for more info and/or to donate. http://www.acceleratedcure.org or https://www.acceleratedcure.org/openingdoors10/tickets.php

Light At Night ??

2010-08-27T09:25:00.002-04:00

It's amazing what can be done with off-camera flash TTL and the high ISO settings of the new digital cameras. This image was captured after the sun had set on a cloudy evening during an engagement photo session.

Shannon and Robert

2010-07-28T08:54:00.004-04:00

I can show my Blurb Books on line !!! WOW !!!
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A comment from July 2, 2010

2010-07-19T09:11:00.002-04:00

Doug,

Your photos are absolutely beautiful!!!! We love them all!!! Thank you so much for being our photographer for our wedding! We have nothing but great things to say about you and we would recommend you to anyone!!! The picture you took of us on the bridge is absolutely gorgeous! That is our favorite picture! Everyone loves it!!!

Thanks again for all your help and for capturing our special day in such a beautiful way!!!

Liz & Charlie Butler Canoe Club Ballroom July 2, 2010

To view the photography referred to here, look at blog post of 7/15/2010

Included !!!

2010-07-18T06:43:00.003-04:00

It's always good to get the bridal party involved.

Dressing Boulder

2010-07-17T11:59:00.002-04:00

Every member of the family gets involved in the wedding !!

Isn't it wonderful !!

2010-07-17T11:41:00.002-04:00

To see your photographs when you walk into someone's home.

When you get an idea!!!

2010-07-15T17:35:00.002-04:00

This bridge was completed in November of 2008. I photograph weddings at the Canoe Club Ballroom which is about 100 yards away. For the last year and a half I've been wanting to photograph a bride and groom on that bridge. I got the chance this July 2nd.

Black Sand Beach ~ Hana Maui

2010-06-29T06:52:00.002-04:00

Enjoy the sight and sound.

Fish-Eye Video !?!

2010-06-12T10:31:00.002-04:00

Photographing in tight quarters needs wide angle lenses. I used my 16mm fish-eye lens to capture the still images and decided to make a short video of the same scene of this bridal party surrounding a bride and groom in a gazebo.

HD Video with Canon 5D MKII

2010-06-11T14:55:00.002-04:00

Just trying to have some fun at a wedding at the Pomponesette Inn in Mashpee on Cape Cod.

Ellen and Dave June 5, 2010

2010-06-11T10:42:00.006-04:00

A wonderful couple who's wedding I felt honored to photograph. I love the lighting at the church. I didn't have to use a flash at all, and could use my 100-400 zoom lens to capture unique perspectives. As always, LeBaron Hills Country Club was beautiful, and Andy, the host, made sure that all the services were top notch. I love being able to go out on the golf course to photograph the bride and groom. Most courses don't let you near the fairways. Thought I'd post this image converted to antique black and white.

Erin & Gale Beached

2010-06-11T10:26:00.006-04:00

March was a very rainy month here in Mass. It felt like all I did was vacuum up water in my basement at home. One storm was quiet violent in Cape Cod Bay, and several items washed ashore on Cold Storage Beach in Dennis. One was the bell buoy from a mile out of the harbour. A second was a dead dolphin, and the third was the fishing boat Erin and Gale. I heard about the beaching from my wife who monitors the Cape Cod Times online, had some time on Saturday March 6th , so I hopped into my Camry and headed to Dennis on a beautiful March day. Using HDR photography and out waiting all the sight seers, I was able to capture this image.

PPAM 2010

2010-06-11T10:14:00.002-04:00

I had the honor of being chairperson for the day at our state convention. It is always wonderful to be with photographer friends.

Happy 247th Birthday to my alma mata

2010-03-01T16:52:00.005-05:00

I graduated in 1969 from this prep school. My 40th reunion last June was wonderful. I wish all my classmates the best, and hope that you enjoyed my photography of the event.

Doug Bradshaw

The Process - Part 1

2009-06-09T16:53:00.003-04:00

"You just point and shoot, don't you?", was a question asked over the phone after I had quoted a price range to photograph a wedding. Another - " Hasn't digital has made your life easier?" These two questions beg to be answered. Of course, when I started taking pictures, I was just pointing and shooting , but that was over 30 years ago. When I would get the prints back from the lab, I'd wonder why they didn't look like what I thought I was getting when I was looking through the camera lens. I came to the realization that I needed to study photography - learn its mechanics, understand its theory and be able to apply them when I had a camera in my hands. Which film do I use? What lens do I use? How do I compose the photograph? What am I trying to say? How do I effect the lighting? What lighting style do I want to use? That was film !!! Then along came digital photography - computers, operating systems, hard drives, PhotoShop versions 2 through 11, Plug-Ins . Whole new processes !!! The ability to transform an image - from reality into something envisioned. Enhanced, retouched , cropped, dodged, burned, grunged, cross-processed, simulate InfraRed - you get the picture - many more options!! Now, how does this apply to wedding photography, being a wedding photographer and running a photography business, and how do I answer those two questions? I'll try in part two and beyond.

Bride with flu like symptoms + wedding ?!?

2009-03-09T11:35:00.002-04:00

Saturday, I think I experienced a mind over matter moment. My bride for the day was ill when I walked into her brother's home in Quincy. The house was too warm , which made everyone there uncomfortable. Add to this a warmer than expected day, and I had a physically sick bride. At one time, she was out on the deck covered by a towel with a bucket under her chin. Her stomach was quite upset. Before we left for the church I looked at her and said, " Mind over matter." ,and tapped her forehead. Well !! she made it through the whole reception, and even danced and had a few beers. A great finish for a " sour " beginning.

Stress !?!

2009-03-06T20:15:00.002-05:00

I have been watching my friends Tim and Kristy plan their wedding over the last six months. They both run a video company that specializes in wedding videos. They know weddings. It still wasn't easy sweating the details. I have an article on how to reduce wedding stress. If any one would like it e-mail me at doug@bradshawphotography.com. It's a PDF and I'll get it to you.

Why ??

2009-03-06T20:05:00.002-05:00

Why is it so hard to select your best images? I asked a friend's help for a new business card. Made a sample. Got home and gave it to my wife and was immediately reprimanded over the selection. What's a guy to do?

Epson Print Academy

2009-03-06T19:52:00.004-05:00

WOW! Usually when you go to a seminar with several PhotoShop geeks speaking . John Paul Caponigro, who's dad was a friend of Ansel Adams, Jeff Schewe who runs pixelgenius.com and Andrew Rodney who runs digitaldog.com. You expect most of the content to go over your head. SCARY !! I understood everything they were talking about !! Now the hard part is to put it into practice.