It's hard to keep up in a world that's changing ever-so quickly. This year alone has seen numerous changes to Kaufman Kramer. Brad has moved to D.C., Chris is getting married, and I'm engaged... as if we all aren't busy enough right? The thing that I'm most proud of is how our company has grown right along with us. We've been in business for a wonderful five years and so I thought that now would be a great time to put together our five-year reel and to also announce some up-and-coming blog posts we are planning to release.

Along with our posts about our engagement sessions and weddings, I plan to showcase more posts about technique, image processing, travel photography, food photography and photo gear. We're also running full swing into wedding season, so between edits and album designs, I thought it would be nice to read up on some of the things going on in the industry.

We've always been grateful to our family, friends and clients for all the success we've had thus far, and we're all looking forward to another five years of great photography with amazing people.

One thing that will never change is our commitment to using our passion to tell our client's stories... Enjoy the reel!

-Steve

It has been one hectic week! I've been lucky enough to chaperone a trip for Ashland University to Photoshop World 2011 in Orlando, Florida. I haven't been to this conference in a few years, and I can't tell you how nice it is to surround yourself with tons of people who are addicted to creativity and learning cool new tricks of the trade. I was explaining to my four students who came down here that this conference is one of the best opportunities they will have to take classes from world-renowned instructors. The courses range from web design, to photography, to digital copyright and all offer the unique perspectives of seasoned professionals. If you haven't gone to PSW before, you owe it to yourself to check it out.

Here are a few photos that I've shot thus far!

The first three images were shot on my iPhone. The next shot is the view out of my hotel window, and the final two are model shoots.

More to come!

I thought I'd share a video I shot a few months ago while I was hanging out in Chicago.  On this trip I decided to focus on creating more landscape/cityscape images, and through my research on google maps I found this small beach by the Navy Pier that proved to be a great setting for an early morning photo excursion.

At the end of the video you'll see all of the individual exposures that went into creating the end result (click to see larger version):

Copyright © 2010 Christopher Clements.

The individual exposures were imported into Lightroom. I used Nik Software's HDR Efex Pro to do the exposure blending.  From there I exported the image to Photoshop for some additional cleaning, dodging and burning.  I then used Nik Color Efex Pro to tweak the color and mood of the photo before importing back into Lightroom for some final tweaks to get to the final image you see here.

A beautiful fall day in Marion, OH. Jenna and Rob's wedding day was gorgeous. Amazing details, vibrant colors, and a fantastic bridal party. Chris and I love shooting in the fall and bringing the bridal party outdoors. We had some really bright and colorful trees outside of the church that made for some truly stunning shots. I think what impressed me the most was the choice in colors for this wedding. Chocolates, reds, oranges, coppers... it was the best of fall all wrapped up into one wedding. A great day for a great couple. Congrats to Jenna and Rob!

-Steve

It's been a few weeks since Kendra and Mark's wedding and I wanted to share some of the final images.  We captured some really wonderful moments at their wedding and I've highlighted them here.  Kendra and Mark had an amazing day full of love, laughter and one intense reception!  Enjoy the video and images.

It's time for the big game! (and it looks like OSU is taking care of business with relative ease)

Last year, Chris and I got a chance to shoot inside of the The Horseshoe, home of the Ohio State Buckeyes! We produced some great shots of the stadium and one of our favorites was this photo. We put together an amazing panoramic print and are once again putting it on sale!

This canvas print is 12" x 36", and is 1 1/2" thick. It's ready to hang as soon as you receive it. We are offering this size print for $285. If you're interesting in picking one of these canvas prints for the buckeye fan in your life, shoot us an email via our contact form.

Go Bucks!

Wanted to say hello from beautiful Sedona, AZ! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

-Steve

(Taken yesterday atop of Airport Mesa in Sedona, AZ)