Jason Lanier Photography
For those of you that use LinkedIn I have created a new profile. If you'd like to join me, or are a former client and would be so gracious as to endorse me, that would be great. The link is listed below!
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=51067547&trk=tab_pro
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Jason
This is a panoramic image taken in May 2011 as we traveled from Anchorage to Juneau through Canada...because it's the only way to drive down there. We spent the night in Destruction Bay and there was this amazing layer of ice that you see on the right. I waited for awhile for the sun to set with my boys and we captured this image. It was beautiful.
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Camera settings: Nikon D3, 1/200 sec at f/7.1, 35mm at ISO 500, flash did not fire. Taken at 8:49pm on May 28, 2011 by Jason Lanier.
This image was taken at a wedding of mine for Justin and Aliya 4 years ago in Chantilly, Virginia. It is almost exactly 4 years to their anniversary, I can't believe it! Well, when Aliya came out of her room and was ready to walk down the aisle, I had the great opportunity to be able to shoot her for about 3 minutes before she did. I asked her to slightly look down and smile, and this is what I got. Her wedding dress and veil were beyond gorgeous and her smile...well, it speaks for itself.
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Camera settings: Nikon D3, 1/60 sec at f/5.6, 165mm at ISO 5000, flash did not fire. Taken at 4:08pm on October 18, 2008 by Jason Lanier.
I love all types of veils because as a photographer it gives us SOOO much to play with. One of my favorites types are the Russian Blushers that cover just a portion of the face. I love them because they look so vintage while still looking so modern and amazing. It also gives us the ability as photographers to do some fun shots like this one where we light the veil and shoot through it. This image was taken a few years back in Maui Hawaii and is the same bride that I did the fantasy shoot for that is the icon picture on my Facebook page. Just sharing more images and thoughts from things that I see as I'm working on the new website!
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Camera settings: Nikon D3, 1/80 sec at f/2.5, 50mm at ISO 800, flash did not fire. Taken at 2:35pm on January 6, 2011 by Jason Lanier.
Just in time for the holiday season we are going to roll out our Client Appreciation Program to show our clients just how much we love them! We are going to be offering:
The program will come out this month and I can't wait to see all of you. One of my favorite things about doing events like this is that I get to see all my friends who I LOVE! Stay Tuned!!
This image was taken in the US Virgin Islands on St. John during one of my bridal shoots/trash the dress shoots. It was so much fun and the bride was totally amazing. The funniest thing is that as peaceful as this looks, it was actually pretty rough under the tree when the waves would come up. I actually got my foot cut pretty good because the water brought up some rocks and rolled it right over my foot. But hey, that's what it's like to be a photographer! Another image found as we prepare the new website.
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Camera settings: Nikon D3, 1/3200 sec at f/20 28mm ISO 6400, flash did not fire. Taken at 9:44am on December 16, 2010 by Jason Lanier.
This image was taken of a beautiful bride named Abbie Bluhm during his bridal session. Believe it or not this was shot in her bedroom with two red sheets that I bought at Bed, Bath, and Beyond. We laid the sheets one the bed and then on the headboard, I went to a local florist and bought 4 bags of rose petals, and then while standing on a ladder my assistant threw and rained down rose petals on her. She was and is so beautiful from the inside and outside that it made the shoot just unbelievable. I found this shot while going through my images for the new website. Hope you like it!
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Camera settings: Nikon D3, 1/80 sec at f/1.8, 20mm at ISO 200, flash fired. Taken at 7:05pm on January 4, 2008 by Jason Lanier.
I really love when I get to take the engagement shots of my new wedding couples. This is wedding booking season and it's one of my favorite times of the year as I get to meet so many new and excited couples who are preparing for their big day. The engagement session allows me the opportunity to see them interact with each other, and allows them to get to feel very comfortable in front of the camera. In 2013 all Jason Lanier Photography Packages will contain an engagement session because I think it's so vital for the relationship between the wedding couple and the photographer. I can't wait to start doing some more!
As a photographer you are not just taking pictures, you are capturing time and freezing it forever.
I would give anything to have a professional picture of me with my Dad who passed away 6 years ago. If you understand how important your role is as a photographer you will understand just how much your clients are depending on you to capture that Grandma, Grandpa, Brother or Sister etc. who migh
This image was taken last week at my fantasy shoot for Paul and Jessica at the Christmas House Inn and Gardens. Paul and Jessica actually met while playing poker, so they decided to play it up for their fantasy shoot. We had a fun time doing this shoot because Jessica would throw the cards and poker chips, I would throw some cards as well, and then we'd pick them all back up and do it again! Hope you like it!
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Camera settings: Nikon D800, 1/125 sec at f/4.0, 16mm at ISO 1000. Taken at 5:18pm on October 2, 2012 by Jason Lanier.
Congratulations to Carlos and Leanna who got married today at the Christmas House Inn and Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga, CA! We are here still shooting the wedding but wanted to post a quick shot of their wedding. Their first dance is starting right now so gotta go!!!
This image is from my wedding in Australia a few years ago that I shot for Mike and Melodie on Manly Beach. Yes, the clouds are real. We had an amazing time and this image is going up on the new website, so I'm excited to share it with you guys!
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Camera settings: Nikon D3, 1/1600 sec at f/4.0, 20mm at ISO 320, flash did not fire. Taken at 3:16pm on May 1, 2009 by Jason Lanier in Manly Beach, Australia.
This is one of my all-time favorite images. This was actually taken on the side of a road in Victorville California in what ended up being an 8-minute shoot. The Ceremony started very late and ate into virtually all of our time before the Reception. I told the bride and groom to follow me in the car and I found a tiny dirt road across from a hospital. We pulled over and I purposely had the car pointed to the side so I could shoot it with the cement road directly behind me. I practiced this one time with the bride and groom and then told him to chase her around the car....and it worked! What we really had to work on was the positioning of their hands/legs and feet, which can be done even while running. Hope you like it!
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Another image that I'm finding from preparing for the new website! This one is from the wedding of Christina and Mike Nash back in December 2010. We had some time in between the ceremony and reception and we went down to the beach. But while we were driving there we passed this amazing field located in Laguna Canyon. Mike being the manly man that he is picked up his beautiful bride and started carrying her away. Start working out grooms! Every bride wants a man that can carry her away....
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Camera settings: Nikon D3, 1/400 sec at f/8.0, 60mm at ISO 400, flash did not fire. Taken at 2:38pm on December 11, 2010 by Jason Lanier.
One of the biggest benefits to doing a new website is going through your images and finding something that you totally overlooked in the past. This image was taken nearly 3 years ago in Maui Hawaii with a beautiful bride named Patricia. I was reviewing with our design team on what we had and going through my Hawaii images and found this gem. Thanks GOODNESS I had the Raw file so I could edit it with my skills from today because if I only had a jpeg I'd be stuck with my editing from 3 years ago and wouldn't be able to use it.
For this shot I knelt down on the ground and really wanted to make it appear as if she was a world almost like Jurassic Park, where everything else is HUGE. This wasn't done through photoshop, it's done by understanding and shooting for unique perspectives. And the funny thing is by making her so small in the image she actually commands the entire focus of the image. Hope you like it!
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Camera settings: Nikon D3, 1/6400 sec at f/7.1, 20mm at ISO 800, flash did not fire. Taken at 2:37pm on January 23, 2010 by Jason Lanier in Maui, Hawaii.
I'm going through all my past images as I work to get all the images ready for my new website galleries. I am preparing my Trash the Dress Gallery and found this one that I wanted to share that was shot in Lickskillet Texas. Trash the Dress sessions by Jason Lanier Photography are always a blast as we don't just trash the dress, we tell a story as well. Hope you like it!
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Camera settings: Nikon D3, 1/80 sec at f/4.0, 18mm at ISO 500, flash did not fire. Taken at 7:20pm on April 9, 2011 by Jason Lanier.
I just love situations like this one where I'm able to plan for the natural shadowing and create fun shots like this one. This image was taken at my wedding for Cameron and Whitney last month in downtown Los Angeles. The sun was moving towards the later end of the day and because of the way the buildings were positioned, it created this gorgeous natural shadow. I purposely put the Groom on the light side and the bride and the darker side because the groom is wearing black and the bride is wearing white. It gave the image more contrast and helped them to stand out more. Hope you like it!
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YES THEY ARE! If you hire the wrong DJ they will ruin your wedding. If you have a friend who isn't a professional DJ do your wedding, they will almost certainly ruin the wedding. A DJ is vital to keeping the crowd going, understanding what songs are working or not working, and are key to really making it a professional atmosphere for your wedding. I have seen great DJ's and really bad DJ's, and the difference in how it impacts your wedding is ASTOUNDING.
I'm writing an advice section for our new website and including some information such as this...hope you like it!
This image was taken last month at my wedding for Cameron and Whitney. They got married at the Los Angeles Temple and then we went to the Disney Concert Hall and the Court Building down the street that has been used in countless movies and TV shows for decades. It's an absolutely beautiful building and I'm so happy we had the opportunity to be able to shoot there. Being that it was a Saturday it was pretty empty which made getting shots like this one so easy and fun!
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Camera settings: Nikon D800, 1/125 sec at f/22, 35mm at ISO 50, flash fired. Taken at 3:56pm on September 8, 2012 by Jason Lanier.
As I'm preparing for my new website launch we're going through a slew of images hand picking the best ones that will make it to the gallery sections. This means I'll be posting some of my favorites that haven't made it before. This image was taken at my wedding for Christina and Ransen at Disneyland in July 2011. This is the shot of her taken through her horse drawn carriage of her Dad walking her down the aisle. This was truly one of the most amazing weddings I've ever done and I'll always be grateful to Christina for allowing me the opportunity to shoot it!
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Camera settings: Nikon D700, 1/250 sec at f/9.0, 16mm at ISO 400, flash did not fire. Taken at 5:16pm on July 9, 2011 by Jason Lanier.
