Welcome to the blog of Michelle Turner Photography!  Michelle Turner Photography is a boutique photography studio specializing in weddings and lifestyle portraiture. Michelle has photographed weddings all over the world from beautiful venues in New England (where she lives) to multi-day destination weddings abroad! Michelle has published a book on contemporary wedding photography and the evolution of the image, which is available from Barnes and Noble and Amazon. Michelle is also a seminar leader and a featured speaker at several international wedding photography conventions.  To visit the website for Michelle Turner Photography and to view portfolios, use the "Websites" drop down menu above.  Also, check the blog often- she blogs all of our New England weddings, destination weddings, portrait sessions, and True Romance shoots (aka Trash the Dress or Post Shoots).
Archive for January, 2008
January 30th, 2008

On Monday I spoke at Mystic 3, the wedding photography convention in Mystic, CT.  It was a great time to reconnect with other photographers and meet some new people!   I spoke at 10am (a much better time for me than the 8am slot I had in Tampa!)- my friend (and incredible photographer) Earl Christie was kind enough to take some photographs of me up on stage, so I wanted to share them!

Speaking of conventions, I received an email from my friend (and awesome photographer) Charlotte Geary out in Colorado- she emailed me to let me know that she had posted some pics from the Tampa convention.  What’s funny is that a few of my past brides chimed in on her blog to let her know that they knew me!  Anyway, if you want to see more pics, head on over to her blog here.

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I wanted to share Carrie and Nick’s slideshow (read more about them in the posts below) from their destination wedding in Caletas, Mexico.  See the slideshow here.

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I photographed Carrie and Nick’s True Romance Shoot the day before their wedding- we went to the Conchas Chinas beach to have a little fun on the beach.  Here are a few of my faves from the session:

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I photographed Carrie and Nick’s destination wedding on the Peninsula of Las Caletas, near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.  It was a little cold for Mexico at this time of year, which means the weather was PERFECT!  Not too hot, not too cold.  Here are a few of my favorites from the day:

The centerpieces were really simple and elegant.  I loved the ambient light provided by the candles.

Carrie and Nick had fire dancers at their wedding!

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I am happy to announce the first seminar dates for Get Real with Michelle Turner! To read more about the seminar, please migrate over to our seminar blog by clicking here. If you are interested in attending the seminar in any of the following locations or hosting the seminar at your own studio, please send me an email to michelle@michelleturner.com and I will send you info on how to sign up! Here are the current dates:

Maine: May 20-21, 2008

Boston: June 17-18, 2008

South Dakota: July 15-16, 2008

Tampa: July 29-30, 2008

Charleston: October 7-8, 2008

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I got back from Tampa a few days ago- I was presenting a seminar at the DWF Convention entitled “Diamond in the Rough”- and what an incredible experience it was! I met so many wonderful people from all over the world! My seminar was well-attended — there were probably around 180 people in attendance! I have received so many nice emails thanking me and asking me for more information, so I wanted to blog about the experience! For those of you that missed the seminar on taking photographs in less than stellar locations, I will be giving another one at Mystic on January 28th.

I will be also offering a two day workshop called “Get Real with Michelle Turner”. Dates are yet to be determined, but I will be offering the workshop in South Carolina, Boston, Tampa, and Maine. The cost is $500 for both days, $450 if you book before March. If you are interested in hosting a seminar or receiving more information, please contact us at info@michelleturnerphotography.com or michelle@michelleturner.com.

Back to the DWF Seminar. Essentially I talked about making pretty images anywhere in any kind of light. We talked about making images like the following and the process of enhancing them:

Shot in an abandoned lot:

Shot across from the elevator in a parking garage with really bad light:

Shot down on some stairs:

Against a crumbling cement wall:

Junkyard:

It also encompassed a very brief shoot. My beautiful “bride” and “groom” roused themselves from bed at an early hour to go to some of the uglier locations at the hotel in some of the ugliest light possible. I really wanted to get raunchy and go to the hotel’s parking garage, but it was not to be since all of the spectators wouldn’t have fit! So, with about 20 minutes to shoot, we stayed within a few steps of the convention. Here are a few pics:

And then here are a few of my shooting at the seminar, courtesy of Sam dePoy, a fellow photographer from Maine.

A special thanks to my cheering squad, my friends Alicia Williams, Virgil Bunau, Scott Henderson, and Lauren Griffin.

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