This past weekend was my first free weekend in 6 months. No shoot, no wedding, so you’d think I’d take it easy and just relax.
Well … being a die-hard means that “taking it easy” is kinda out of the question, but to mix things up I let me photo camera in my bag and took a videocamera.
What we did, with who & why is still top secret, but Tom, being the great guy he is, was so kind to take some photo’s of me during the day

You can find more photos on his blog, so go check it out !

When being around mr Fotofolio, being serious is not an option

Hello handsome devil (ladies, you can send your resumees to pieter@fotografie-vanimpe.be )

(I wrote this post yesterday, but apparently I forgot to click “Publish” …)
Last year we had 7-7-7, next year there’s 7-8-9 en this year 8-8-8 was the date of choice for many lovers to walk down the isle together. One of those great couples where Cin & Nick, who got married in Halle.

It turned out to be a super fun, love-filled day, with lot’s of photos to serve as proof

Below you’ll find a short preview, the slideshow will premiere next week. Now I have to sprint to my car & race to Ostend for a day of shooting.

Enjoy !

When looking at today’s page in my agenda it stated “dinner with Gert & Ingeborg in Antwerp”. Unfortunately something came up, postponing our dinner, so I had nothing planned for tonight. Left & right I was hearing rumours about a Canon event in Anderlecht, a bloggers hands-on meeting where people would be able to test the brand spanking new, not yet available, Canon 5D Mark II, organised by the people of Canon & Adhese.

Too bad I didn’t receive an invitation . Being a Canon fanatic (I own a 5D, a 1D Mark IIn & a 1D Mark III) I had been looking forward to the new 5D Mark II for a long time now and I really, really, really wanted to test this amazing camera. But, no invitation … Time to contact some people from the Belgian photography underworld . Don Bert was, after paying some serious bribes ;-), willing & able to get me into the event. Event ? Sorry, I meant Canon Heaven !!!!! Besides the brand new 5D Mark II they brought a whole lot of camera’s & lenses that people could freely test & play around with.

Lately, the Canon 200mm F2L made a frequent appearance in my wildest dreams. Dreams being the key word in that sentence, since it comes with a price tag of 5600euro, making sure it won’t be in my camera bag any time soon . Much to my amazement, upon entering the studio, I noticed this beauty on the shelve & not even 5 seconds later it was already on my 5D & I was shooting portraits all around the room, sporting a huge grin on my face. This lens is tha bomb !

Ofcourse, everybody wanted to test the long awaited 5D Mark II, so people where standing in line. I almost ripped it out of Thomas Bouve’s hands, but managed to control myself and waited till he finished playing with it (it wasn’t easy though :p ).
From the moment I touched the camera, it was Love at first sight, and after a few test shots I knew this was a match made in heaven !
The 5D Mark II feels a bit more sturdy than the “old” 5D. The shutter became more silent (which is a dream for a wedding photographer like me), the high ISO images are fan-tastic & it being able to shoot high definition video is awesome !

I took a few test shots at ISO 6400 and these are, much to my amasement, GREAT !!!! The perfekt camera for a wedding photographer that loves to shoot available light : moi !

Also, a great added bonus was meeting the many bloggers that where present. I knew many of them because I read their blogs, but now I can finaly add a face & voice to their name.

Some of the bloggers that where there (I “borrowed” the following list from Pieter Baert) : Ine, Ake, Michel, Bruno, Karel, Bert, Nico, Thomas, Luc, Michaël, Serge, Pieter & Arthur
For those of you who want to read more about the event, watch some test shots or just want to visit the blogs of some great photographers : make sure to pay their blogs a visit !

Some shots from tonight : (taken with my 5D)

Thomas shooting one of the 2 models that where present

Mister Serge Shadow

Serge, Arthur, Ake & Thomas

Pieter trying to shoot with a Canon camera (+ tilt/shift lens)

Bert, giving a small Shakespeare performance

Bert holding my baby

Another one with Bert, his 450D and my dream lens

Ake, shot with my 5D and the 200mm F2L @ F2

Arthur, shot with my 5D and the 200mm F2L @ F2

Thomas, shot with my 5D and the 200mm F2L @ F2

Judging by the many responses I got on the blog & by email I think it’s safe to assume that you are all very curious to see the slideshow of Tania & Angelo’s wedding .

I’ll use this blogpost to respond to some of the questions you guys asked : The ceremonie took place in the Sint-Pieters church in Gent. A breathtaking piece of architecture in the hart of the city. Unfortunately part of it is still being renovated as we speek. Tania & Angelo chose not to see each other before the ceremonie. Something I love because it’s guaranteed to give some great emotions when they see each other at the church .
After the ceremonie we went to “Het Pand” in Gent to shoot their wedding photos. As some of you remarked : yes, this is the same location as where we shot their engagement session, but we loved the location so much we just had to go back !
The reception & party took place at the Eskimo fabriek in Gent. An AMAZING venue, especially when you dress it up correctly, and that they did .

Tania & Angelo, thanks for chosing me as your wedding photographer ! You guys are a stunning couple & I think I speak for both Sofie & me when I say we had a great day !

Thanks !

ps. Angelo, I hope I chose the correct version of the music for your slideshow ?

Some of you might still remember Tania & Angelo’s engagement session I shot a little while ago.
“Something different than usual” was an accurate description, and apparently many of you really really like the result (and so did Tania & Angelo btw ).

Their heavily anticipated wedding day was 2 months ago, but I’m sure the memories of it are still very vivid ! They took care of even the finest details, it was amazing to see and the result was breath taking !!!!

Enjoy the little appetiser below, there’s plenty more where that came from

Bon apetit !

ps. Sofie was second shooter that day, There’s some photos of Tania & Angelo’s wedding on her blog as well. Thanks Sofie !