Karen Evans Pictures Blog

Now, this is an oldie but a goodie.  (You know, I used to think I should show only my most current work on my website, but this year I changed my mind since I had so many pictures I liked from the past as well, that I think should still be shared.)

This picture is from Charley and John’s wedding “back in the day” at The Westin.  Charley was a beautiful bride and this was a portrait I made of her prior to the ceremony in The Westin’s lovely marble-clad ballroom.  You’ll notice there aren’t many – if any – portraits on my website.  In fact, this may be the only one that is an actual staged portrait.  My strengths lie in capturing interactions between people, so that’s what I choose to show in the hopes of attracting clients who share my vision, but I always loved this portrait.  I do make them, you know, just not a lot of them!

The next image in my Why I Like This Picture “website edition” is a recent award-winner from Fearless Photographers.  At the getting-ready portion of Karen and Zach’s wedding day, I alternated spending time with Karen and then with Zach.  During my time with Zach, the guys mostly did nothing, which is not unusual.  Zach shaved and put on his shoes, and the other guys just hung out, waiting for the next part of the day.  At one point, I looked over to see one of the groomsmen lying in repose on the hotel bed.  What made the composition on this one was, again, symmetry – the equal alignment of the lampshades with the bed centered between – and that I chose to bend my knees to be more level with the groomsman.  To have stood at normal height and to therefore have shot down on him would’ve totally wrecked the composition, to my way of seeing.  And positioning him at the bottom of the frame gives the viewer the sense of lying on a bed where the view is more of what’s above than what’s below, which is what he’s seeing.

Thanks to Fearless Photographers for recognizing this picture and giving it an award!