Bridal trash the dress portrait session at Lake Worth

This was an epically fun shoot! We went to Lake Worth in Fort Worth to photograph my version of a classy "trash the dress bridal portrait session". I wanted a more unique take on the trash the dress session with water, something sexy and fashionable edgy. It was all about the mood and the light during the shoot, we started at sunset and got lucky with a really nice sunset and we continued photographing through the night. The beautiful bride Katie was a real trooper, she had to fight off bugs, stings and critters through the night. We are very pleased with the results, what do you think?

Trash the dress session by Dallas wedding photographer Igor.

Fort Worth Japanes Garden Engagement photo session

A colorful engagement photo session with Alice and Cedric during a November fall day at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. Such a nice couple, I can't wait to photograph their upcoming wedding in Dallas. I'm blessed with great clients and a fantastic job, feeling good about it!

River Legacy Park Engagement Session

On a beautiful fall day I had the pleasure to photograph Alisha and Aaron's engagement photos. We decided to go to one of the best natural parks in the DFW area, the River Legacy Park in Arlington. It was perfect, Alisha and Aaron were so much fun and they were so spontaneously in love and goofy so it was a real joy to capture all their candid expressions and laughter. Alisha is from Virginia and Aaron is from Tennessee, they met in Dallas, fell in love and became huge Dallas Cowboys fans, isn't that awesomeness!

This Arlington engagement session has become one of the most viewed session on this blog!

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Fort Worth Water Gardens Bridal Session at Night

I had the pleasure to photograph this beautiful Fort Worth bride at the Fort Worth Water Gardens in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. We had so much fun shooting at night. She wanted some none traditional bridal portraits in an urban location, so we made it happen.

Enjoy a few more photos from Brooke's night bridal session at the Fort Worth Water Gardens, and "Hey Brooke, watch out for that chewing gum!" ;)

For earlier posted photos of this stunning bridal session, go here!

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Beaumont Ranch country wedding

A few photos from Stacy and Dwayne's awesome country wedding at the Beaumont Ranch in Grandview, Texas. It was a very fun day with a lots of laughter and a few rain showers, and of course great Texas barbecue, cold ice tea, country music and dance and real cowboy hats and boots. We captured some awesome wedding photos. Another remarkable wedding that we had the honor to photograph that we can now cherish for life.

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Times Ten Celllars Wedding in Fort Worth

A sneak preview of Liz & Tom's very entertaining wedding at the Times Ten Cellars in downtown Ft. Worth. A perfect wedding with a great atmosphere, good wine, food, decor and live music from Dan Quinn, a fantastic one man band. After seeing all that wine sipping during the night I just had to open a bottle of Rioja when I got home.

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Sneak peak of Brooke's bridal session-Fort Worth Bridal Sessions

A preview of my last night bridal shoot in downtown Fort Worth with Brooke. Doesn't she look stunning? I love to shoot creative bridal sessions in downtown Fort Worth. This one was done at the Fort Worth Water Gardens.

Let me know what you think? I will be posting more bridal photos from Brooke’s session in the near future, stay tuned.

More more bridal photos of this session, visit this page!

Bridal photography at the Fort Worth Water Gardens at night, by Igor Photography.

Preview: Lake Worth Bridal Session

Preview of an awesome bridal session at Lake Worth. This shoot was a lot of fun. It was a bridal project that I wanted to do for a long time. It's my version of a "trash the dress session". Thank you Kate for fighting against critters and stings, you were a real trooper, also thanks a lot to Jenny for being our super great make up artist and staying with us trough the night, and thank you Carl for being a great assistant. I will post several new photos from this shoot later this month. Please let me know what you think of this shoot and "trash the dress bridal sessions" in general?

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How to recover deleted images from your memory card

It's one of the worst feelings when you realize that your vacation or even worst, your wedding photos got accidentally deleted from your hard drive or memory card. First, curse like a sailor and scream in agony! But you don't have to panic, just take a deep breath and calm yourself, because there are several things that you can do to recover those precious photos. Just make sure that you don't save or write over the images with other images or data. Take out the memory card from the camera and follow the instructions in this link: http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-recover-deleted-photos-from-a-memory-card/

Engagement session at the Prairie Creek Park

On a hot day in June I met Ashley and Saville for a very fun engagement session at the Prairie Creek Park in Richardson, TX. The jokes and laughter were plentiful and it was a joy to see and capture their joyful spirit and love for each other. It's going to be very fun to photograph their wedding next year.

Engagement photography at the Prairie Creek Park, Richardson, Texas

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Posing advice for Bridal Portraits

Most brides are a little bit nervous and shy when it comes to posing in front of the camera, that’s understandable. Choosing a professional wedding photographer that knows his craft well definitely helps, but so can some good posing advice. Read below for my expert advice on how to relax and look your best during your bridal photo session.

1. Bring your Maid of Honor, friend or mom (only, if she is easy going and nice ;)

This might help you relax, letting you enjoy the moment and allowing your professional photographer to get really great shots of you having a good time! Just make sure to bring somebody that will cheer you up and that won't try to take over the photo session.

2. Don’t always smile

Be yourself, smile when you feel like it, relax your face and mix it up with different facial expression. Sometimes when a bride smiles heavily her eyes squint and her cheeks get wider from her smile, so it’s usually better to try to relax your smile and face, don’t try too hard to put up a smile if it doesn’t come naturally.

3. Strike that hand-on-hip pose

This common pose is called the three-quarter angle stance, and it will make you look sexy, slim and feminine. Extend one leg out in front, pivot, and plant the corresponding hand on your hip. "The result is a long, attractive, diagonal line that draws the viewers' eyes across the subject.

4. Show your female curves

The female body has beautiful curves. Improve your posture and body shape by proper balance and posing. Keep most of your weight on your back foot, and “Pop and twist your hip”, pose in front of a mirror and point your pelvis towards the right while your shoulders twist to your left. This helps show your waistline while making your knees appear narrower.

Beautiful bride Shailaun

5. Keep your arms away from your waistline

When you keep your arms away from your waist, you show your waistline and appear slimmer. Try to make some space between the inside of their arms and their waist. By practicing this in front of the mirror, you can immediately see the difference between showing your true waist and accidentally adding inches to your waist.

6. Keep your fingers together

Sometimes brides have a hard time to know what to do with their hands and fingers. Relax your hands and keep your fingers together with a slightly cupped hand. This will look the best for most poses and avoids distracting “spread out fingers” or “clinging hands”.

7. Keep your chin up

Avoid tucking the chin, or it will ruin a great photo. When brides get nervous they instinctively lower their chin to their chest while being photographed. This creates a double chin that nobody wants to have in their bridal portraits. Try to keep your chin away from your neck in a relaxed manner.

8. How to sit pretty

Legs crossed at the ankles, and arms and shoulders drawn inwards always slim a subject down and draw more attention to the vertical emphasis. Try to sit at the edge of the seat and with a straight back.

9. Know your best side

We all have a better side. Knowing which one is your better facial side can make a huge difference. Take a few test shots with your camera or phone and look at the results.

10. Most importantly, have fun during your bridal session!

Relax, have fun and don’t try too hard, a great Fort Worth wedding photographer will get you great bridal portraits if you listen to his posing advice.

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Valerie & Stephene's engagement session

On a marvelous sunny summer day I had the pleasure to shoot Valerie and Stephene's engagement session at the Fort Worth botanical garden. We had a terrific time in the lush garden and I was even able to convince them to step into the tall weeds for a fresh a green look.

Fort Worth engagement portraits at the Botanical Garden

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Ridglea Presbyterian Church Wedding in Ft Worth

Beth and Shawn's beautiful wedding at the Ridglea Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth, Texas. I had the pleasure to document both their engagement session during the spring and their summer wedding, both days we had storms passing by, which made for some nice clouds. It was such a great experience and joy to see their love and commitment to each other. I wish them a life full of happiness!

Beth & Shawn's wedding photography

The 20 most common wedding photography mistakes to avoid!

Read about the common mistakes below that you can easily avoid if you just take some time to properly plan your wedding and wedding photography.

1. Not having a Wedding Day Schedule

Talk to your wedding photographer before finalizing the schedule for your wedding day. There is a lot to consider in terms of photographing, time needed and natural light. Certain times of day are more photogenic than others and your photographer needs to have some time set aside for the portraits.

2. Letting Relatives Get in the Way

We have a name in the industry for a guest who shows up with pro photo equipment and takes “unofficial wedding pictures”, we call him Uncle Bob. Uncle Bob may think he's doing you a favor by taking more shots for the couple, but usually he just gets in the way and makes us miss our shots. Tell Bob to leave the camera at home and just enjoy his time at the wedding without working.

3. Not Sticking to the Schedule

Pay attention and respect the wedding day schedule you and your photographer discuss prior to your wedding. Being 30 minutes late can make or break your images. Don't just assume it only takes 5 minutes!

4. Not Explaining How You Like to Look in Photos

Beauty is really very subjective", explain if you have a physical feature that you are self-conscious about and if you have a specific angle that you like the best. Let us also now what kind of photos and style you enjoy the most, like candid, formal, artistic, in color or black & white?

5. Not Getting a Second Shooter

Sometimes brides want to save a little money or feel that it is too obtrusive for more than one photographer to be present on the wedding day. But consider this: The second photographer offers another unique point of view throughout the entire day that you would not have had photographed and one photographer can’t be at two places at the same time, and they also serve as a photo assistant.

6. Concentrating Too Much on the Photos

A good photojournalist can capture the story of their day and capture some artistic portraits without being visible all the time", try to just enjoy your wedding day.

7. Not Getting Help Organizing Your Guests

Designate a person that you trust and who knows your family and friends to be in charge of organizing people for portraits. That person can gather the people needed, direct them on what shots they will be in, and then release them when they are done. It keeps things moving quickly, smoothly, and enjoyably.

8. Trying to Make Things "Perfect"

Just have fun, whether it's getting a little cake on your face or some little detail that didn't turn out exactly like you had hoped, go with it, have fun, and keep smiling. The photos will be so different if the bride is scowling at her new hubby, don't you think?

9. Trying to Pose to Hard

A good wedding photographer gives direction for a reason: to get the best moments and shots from the day. The best thing to do is relax and act naturally. Be in the moment. Be hopelessly in love with each other, the pictures will turn out perfect!

10. Skipping the Bridal Session

The bridal session is the time for the bride to showcase her beauty and gown. Is also a perfect time to get to know your photographer and to find out how you look the very best, this is also the time when you can create something artistic and stunning.

11. Waiting Too Long to Book Your Photographer

If you find a great photographer, book them! Great photographers book a year or more out and won't be available forever, especially for a Saturday wedding. Nothing is more frustrating than choosing a wedding photographer and then finding out that they booked out your date a week prior.

12. Looking at the Camera All the Time

Some couples want candid photographs, but they always feel like they need to look up at the camera and stop what they are doing. It could be an instinct, but remember, unless the photographer asks you, try to act natural for the best journalistic shots.

13. Asking for Too Many Shots

If clients have done their homework and have chosen an experienced and reputable wedding photographer, then chances are that the photographer does not need to be provided with a two-page spreadsheet of every combination for family portraits.

14. Not Choosing a Photographer You Get Along With

Make sure that we get along. I work with clients for sometimes two years or more. If we don't get along, it's not going to be a very enjoyable time. The wedding photographer is most likely the wedding vendor that you will spend the most time with.

15. Having a DJ blasting the dance floor with “lasers lights”

Nothing is more annoying and looks worse than green laser light dots and streaks on your dance floor pictures, it will ruin those pictures every time.

16. Skipping the Engagement Session

Engagement sessions increase the confidence and comfort level of the bride and groom in front of the camera and allows the bride and groom to practice having their photo taken in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. Ultimately, an engagement session will let the bride and groom see how the photographer works, which leads to comfort and trust in the photographer. These photos make great reception photos!

17. Falling for Photography Trends

Too many times, brides fall for something trendy in photography. Remember all the colored bouquets in B & W photos or all the hazy photos captured against the sun? It is important that these images stand the test of time and are valued for each following generation. Trends are fun but rarely last! Look for a photographer with a timeless shooting style, and be wary of too much Photoshop and “digital tricks”, manipulations and fads.

18. Not Hiring a Professional Photographer

This is a big one! Choose someone who is a professional and not just anyone with a camera. Family and friends seldom make good wedding photographers for your wedding. Make sure the photographer you choose has training and experience as a professional photographer, has the equipment and ability to consistently capture the moments of your wedding no matter what situations may arise. You should expect to spend between $2,000 and $6,000 for any decent wedding day photography, this is not where you want to cut corners.

19. Not smiling, All the Time

Tell all of the people walking down the aisle to look up and smile. If they are too nervous to smile, they should at least keep their head up and look down the aisle. This helps keep the face from forming the 'evil double chin' look that happens when you stare at the floor while walking!

20. Forgetting the Details

Think about spending a few minutes to decide what details and decorations are important to photograph, did your mother make special wedding favors? Are you carrying important heirlooms with you?

OK, so here you have a few common wedding photography mistakes to avoid, now put them in your "memory bank" and continue with the wise wedding planning!

7th St Bridge Bridal in Fort Worth

Sneak peak of my latest bridal photography at the 7th St Bridge in downtown Fort Worth with beautiful Shailaun. We had a great time shooting this urban and modern session at night. Shailaun was terrific and so was make up artist Shay and assistant Daniel. I'm very happy with the results of this session, what do you think? Stay tuned for more photos and a short video from this bridal photo session!

Downtown Fort Worth bridal session

City bridal session

Fine art bridal photography

7th st bridal portrait session

Btridal photographer

Black and white bridal photos

Artistic bridal photography

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Bridal tip for your wedding day!

Tip of the day for the bride and bridesmaids! Wear a dress shirt while you are getting the hair and make up done! Why? Brides often wear T-shirts that have to be pulled over their freshly coiffed hair at the end. Dress shirts, however, can be unbuttoned without doing any damage to your beautifully done hair. A small tip that will make you wedding day more enjoyable.

Timeless wedding in Fort Worth with vintage limo

Here is Lily & Erik's wedding preview! A classic and timeless Catholic wedding in Fort Worth, Texas.

Since I love vintage cars this wedding was extra fun to shoot, their wedding limo was a beautiful antique Chevrolet from the 1930s, absolutely awesome, nice to see an original and unique limo.

The rest of their Mexican wedding was as timeless and classic as the car, full with happiness, a fun mariachi band, a lot of dancing and some great Mexican catering. I love my job!

Lily and Erik's Catholic wedding, reception and photo session at the Fort Worth botanical garden.

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Engagement session in Burleson - After the storm

On a stormy but beautiful spring day I got the privilege to capture the engagement photos of Elizabeth and Shawn at the Deer Creek Stables in Burleson, Texas. As the the worst of the storm passed us by we got blessed with an amazing sky and sunset. It was truly an engagement session to remember.

Sunset engagement photography in Burleson, Texas

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Fort Worth bride photography - Sexy in the city bride

As promised here is last weeks bridal session!

What better day than on a beautiful April spring night to have a bridal shoot in downtown Fort Worth. We decided to do a night shoot by Fort Worth's Sundance Square. The theme was "sexy in the city bride", with a moody and a little darker urban feeling.

What a blast, it was a fantastic night and I had a great time working with Kate, my assistant Daniel and hair/makeup artist Micaela.

I'm very happy with the outcome, it turned out exactly how I had envision it. What do you think?

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Bridal Photography in downtown Fort Worth

Bridal session with beautiful model Kate in downtown Fort Worth last week. It was an awesome night for a bridal shoot together with Kate, Daniel and Micaela. We concentrated in getting some fashion style and moody low light photos. I will soon post more photos from this wonderful bridal photo session.

Low-light bridal photography in Fort Worth, Texas.

Sexy bridal photography in black and white

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