Do you like to have fun? We do, especially with our photos. We wanted something a little different than the average blog out there, so along with our super talented Blog designer we came up with a Favorites section - or "Wiebner Faves" as we like to call it. What is it you ask? more »
Well, under each photo, you will see an "I Like This" box. If you really like that image, if it tickles your fancy, or makes you laugh, or just plain old makes you smile - go ahead - check it. We know you want to. Each time that box is clicked on a photo, it adds to the running tally for that image. The top 14 favorite images on the entire blog will be shown as thumbnails in this section. Just so you can see the most popular images of all time on the blog. A little something out of the ordinary - it never hurts to be different!
Also, blog posts can be favorites. Now that we have comments available, you will see a little bar meter at the bottom left of each post. Once the meter hits a certain number of comments, its automatically promoted to a "Wiebner Fave Post". :) Something else just for fun!
Are you ready to advance your business? Education in our industry is important to us. The more photographers that are aware in the industry the better it is for everyone. Won't you join us in making our goals a reality? We participate in various workshops, seminars and speaking engagements. Listed below are various engagements - some are our own workshops, others we will be hosting or speaking at. If you wish to participate, please drop us a line or click the link to find out more info!
I find it incredibly difficult to write about us when put on "The Spot". "I need a 500 word bio about you and Joel, now!" Who can do that? How do you make your own personality shine in a few words, let alone that of two people? Well, I am going to give it my best shot. If you really want to know about US - who we really are - read the blog below. We really try to keep it updated as often as possible, and hope that our fun, casual personalities shine through in the words you read and the images we capture for our clients. The blog below is our way of communicating our lives - both personal and professional - with clients, friends, family and colleagues. We believe strongly in using words and images together to communicate our passion.
I am going to keep this short and sweet - Joel and I were meant to be together - to live, love and be happy making photographs. We were both photographers before we met over 9 years ago - we met behind a camera, and continue to feed off of that energy. We are a rock solid husband and wife team and we wouldn't want it any other way - we work together 24/7 and never tire of each other. We have had our business since November 2000, and have thrived on photographing weddings as our main photography genre since 2002. We love what we do. We like to think we look at the world in our own way - not photojournalistically, not traditionally, not artistically. Just as a Wiebner. If you like what we see, then you will like us too. Oh and don't forget to comment in the blog on our two little darlings - Haydn and Zane - they are pretty darn cute little Wiebners. Enjoy! - Rita
Jessica and Justin had a perfect spring day on May 4th. No rain, nice temperature, blue skies - sigh. A beautiful day! We met up with both of them at the Hotel Warner in West Chester, PA and then walked to the church which was only a few blocks away. We had plenty of opportunities for great photos on the way! After a lovely Catholic ceremony at St. Agnes church, we walked some more to get some portraits of Jessica and Justin, and then it was off to the reception at the Chester County Historical Society. Everything was literally within a few blocks of each other! It was nice to be able to park the car in one spot and walk around all day!
The room at the historical society was beautiful, and Jessica had some great decor as well as florals by Katie Mac in West Chester. The party didn't disappoint either - those people could dance! A highlight was when all the groomsmen and Justin got up on the stage and performed, now that was a treat! I think everyone there could have completely danced the night away. So much fun, so much to photograph!
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Wedding No. 317: Christin & Dave's Wedding at that Big Yellow Barn! Tuesday, June 4, 2013
We love us some good spring weddings! Christin & Dave's was nothing short of wonderful on April 27th. Flowers blooming, sun shining, bees buzzing, pollen stirring (achoo! sorry, have to power through those silly spring allergies) - ah spring! We loved photographing them for their engagement session last year, and were really excited to see them again for the wedding! After a lovely ceremony at Zion Lutheran in Leola, it was off to that perfect yellow barn for photos and the reception. You know the place - Landis Valley Museum. There are so many great spots on that property. Sigh. So many spots, so little time. The reception was a go at your own pace style, with people milling about in the lovely setting sun outside, jumping in a photobooth with a piece of fake mustache plastered somewhere on their face, or sitting around inside the barn casually talking about the day. After the cake, the dancing really started and then everybody was up and hootin' and hollerin' and it was a good ol' barn dance going on. Perfect! A great way to end the day!
We worked with several of our favorite vendors (again, yay!) and they need to have a mention:
Catering - Rettew's - one of our favorite caterers around, and Jen was who recommended us to Christin and Dave. Thanks Jen!
DJ - Occasions DJ - always love working with Matt! Professional and gets the job done!
Ok, a day late and a dollar short. Or something like that. May is always a busy month between weddings and the end of school, and school stuff this week took a lot of our time! Joel didn't get this finished for yesterday, but he did get it done for today. Yippee!
So in my previous post, I mentioned how much Sagar likes zombies. When we initially Skyped with him and Lori, he had really wanted to try and get guests/wedding party to dresss up as zombies on the wedding day. Logistically, it just didn't work out, but we managed to set up a last shot that we (hope) looks great! I think it does. So at the end of the night, we had a bunch of rowdy guests come out around the fire pit and act like zombies (minus the makeup) and we took some shots with Lori and Sagar and their zombie props. Joel Photoshopped the photo and below is the result. We hope Lori and Sagar like it!
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Wedding No. 316: Lori & Sagar at Ironstone Ranch Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Those were Sagar's words to the vidoegrapher about us, during our time with him and Lori on April 20th at IronStone Ranch in Elizabethtown, PA. Let's just say this: Sagar and Joel "might" just share a slight zombie obsession. Just a teensy weensy little bit. :) We had several Skype meetings with Lori and Sagar from when we first met all the way up until just before the wedding. They weren't really local to Lancaster, and it was a good way to get to know each other. They are a cool and fun couple, who had a ton of great stuff planned for their wedding day. Even though Lori was pretty actively involved in the wedding process, Sagar really took the reins and came up with a bunch of ideas himself as well. Together they made the day memorable!
The property at Ironstone is really spectacular, and there is definietely not a lack for great places and spots to shoot. The horse-drawn wagons and carriages are a huge bonus too! What a way to make a ceremony entrance! And then they drove us around on the property on them as well. Totally made for some great shots. (Especially when they raced each other!) Our portrait time with Lori, Sagar and the wedding party was defintely a blast. Oh let's see, Joel fell down a creek bank (he was totally fine) and Sagar and Lori did a little fishing, planted a tree, played in a field...I could keep going but you get the picture. One of the best things about the reception was the surprise groom's zombie cake that Lori had made for Sagar. It was pretty awesome! And there was some great dancing - a party we actually didn't want to leave because everyone was having so much fun.
So that's it. A great day and Lori and Sagar were too fun and oh wait. Yeah. I bet Lori and Sagar are wondering, where is that LAST photo of the day? The one that was a little different? A little out of the ordinary? THAT ONE, will actually have to wait until tomorrow. See, we did a super special last shot with Lori and Sagar. And Joel needed a little extra time to make it look its best. So I am actually going to blog that one all by itself tomorrow. It is a shot you won't want to miss!
Sarah & Craig's wedding on April 6th was a beautiful day in Lancaster at Cork Factory Hotel. Lovely wedding party, lovely bride and groom, lovely everything! We don't often see purple in the spring time (for whatever reason, often we see like darker purple, eggplant shade, in the fall and winter) - but were glad Sarah went a different route with her colors and decided on such pretty colors for spring! We also loved Sarah's bridal look- her veil, jewelry and dress were just so classy!
So Craig & Sarah decided on a first look moment before the ceremony, and after we walked around with them a bit to grab some shots of the two of them, we snagged the rest of the wedding party and had a ton of laughs. They spontaneously broke out into some West Side Story action that was unprompted by us. It was pretty funny! and then we ended up with perfect lighting at the "big white wall" as I like to call it, and the sunlight and sky were just gorgeous. One of my fave wedding party shots ever.
The ceremony was short but full of emotion, and cocktail hour was a barrage of hugs and kisses. And you can just guess what the reception was like! Hellloooo dancing! We couldn't have had a better day!
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