Authentic Eye Photography

Jessica & James are getting married next month at the White Mountain Hotel in Conway, New Hampshire.  They wanted to do their engagement photos in Boston’s Back Bay. It’s so fun to mix it up and get into the city to photograph for a change.

Love to hear your comments!!

-Thea

It has a busy couple of weeks here, but I wanted to make sure I left an Earth Day post.

This has been a big year for the Earth in the photography world.  Dawn Tacker and I launched Greener Photography this past Sept. and it has rapidly grown to an organization of almost 400 photographers who want reduce the impact photography has on the environment.

In fact, we’ve grown so fast, we had to stop accepting new members while we developed our Greener Photography Certification standards. This is the first of it’s kind in photography.  It will take the guess work out of knowing if a photography studio is green enough to call them self a green business.  It’s going to be fantastic!!

I’ve also re-written my environmental policy this year:

• We print double-sided on re-used and/or recycled paper.

• We refuse, reduce, re-use, recycle anything possible.

• We practice water waste and energy conservation.

• We offer discounts on our services for clients who choose other green vendors.

• We are actively seeking alternative printing methods and are pressuring the industry to print photographs on recycled fiber paper with soy inks.

• We offer press printed  cards and photos on 100 percent PCW recycled paper from a press powered by wind energy.

I’ve been toying with some other ideas, such as planting a tree for every child we photograph.  But I would love to hear from you!

What would you like to see a photography studio doing for the environment or for our clients?  I welcome you ideas!!

Feel free to email me or leave your comments below.

Happy Earth Day!

-Thea

Doing our part to keep the economy in motion, Authentic Eye Photography is looking a part-time Production Assistant.

The Production Assistant will assist our lead photographer at weddings, edit, color correct, RAW process and album design.

Requirements:

• Proficient in Lightroom 1.3, Photoshop CS4.
• Camera and computer equipment.  It doesn’t have to be the greatest stuff, just something so you can be practicing with.  Canon and Mac preferred.
• Some experience in InDesign is preferred as well.

This position will be 20 hours/week from May-October.  Pay is negotiable, depending on skills, commitment and experience.

At the end of October if you have successfully learned to shoot and edit in the Authentic Eye style you will have to opportunity to move up to the position of Associate Photographer.  Associates start as 2nd shooters and then graduate to shooting on their own for the studio.

This is a fantastic opportunity to get paid to learn more about photography.

Applicants please email me with a short (very short preferred) note about your past experience, knowledge, website, questions and pay requirements.  Qualified applicants will be contacted by phone so please give me a number to reach you.  If you do not have a website, please attach a folder of no more then 10 images representative of your work.

Look forward to hearing from you all!!

-Thea

thea@authenticeye.com

Who has heard of Portovert?  It’s the only magazine dedicated to green weddings.

I knew I’d really made a mark for myself as a green wedding photographer when Portovert’s editors contacted me for photos of real green weddings for a new feature section on their site.

They chose to feature Jill and James’ botanical garden wedding. They thought it was a clever way of having a tropical wedding in November.

Not only did their selection cut down on the need for decorations, it also eliminated the carbon emissions and pollution caused by floral transportation.

-Portovert Staff

Does anyone know of any other greenhouses that host weddings?

I know the Common Man’s Italian Farm house hosts weddings in their greenhouse, but I don’t think it’s a working greenhouse.  Please correct me if I’m wrong.

I’d love to know of others!