WTF......

Okay, Just when life has you down, you have to come up with a blog post that inspires.......

I have been going through my wedding photography of the last few years, remembering the great times we had at these weddings and reviewing the images we captured.  From the Buffalo Launch Club to Shea's performing arts center....

We have captured some great wedding photographs.

We have also captured some beautiful moments during family portrait sessions.  MatchStickPhoto.com has made some very memorable images for a lifetime of enjoyment.

Family portraits, New Born Photography, seniors, I enjoy each and every session. 

I provide military discounts for wedding photography as well as other services.

 

If your looking for wedding photography in Buffalo, NY or Central Florida, MatchStickPhoto.com is where you should go to review all that is available to you for your wedding package or family protrait session.

 

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I'm happy to announce;

MatchStick Photography will hold the line on prices this year.  We will keep our cost to you as low as we can :-)

You can visit www.MatchStickPhoto.com for our list of package prices.....that's right I don't hide my prices.  Wedding photography (good) is costly why wait for the surprise.... you'll see mine right up front.

MatchStick Photography serving Buffalo, Western NY, Lecanto Fl, Citrus County Florida, Tampa Bay, Orlando, Ocala, and all other points in NY and Florida.  Military Discounts!

You can also visit:
www.weddingphotographercentralflorida.com
or
www.weddingphotographerbuffalony.com

Bond Family Portrait

Did a wonderful family portrait on Saturday.  This was our second scheduled shoot, the first I had to cancel because my granddaughter got STREP throat and I didn't want to pass it on if I had it.  I was happy to learn it missed me.  Really, who would want to give this beautiful little lady a sore throat?  MatchStick Photography is about about family portraits but not sharing sickness.  Some kids don't like strangers but, I have 3 granddaughters so it's easy for me to warm them up...she was great for as long as it took :-)  Beautiful family photographs in Gasport NY.

Nate...the cool kid of the house!  He had fun I think?  He kept looking at himself in the mirror so I think he thought he looked pretty good.....His cousin was there to lend support, it's great to have a cousin around when your getting your picture taken by MatchStick Photography..  Maybe one day I'll be his wedding photographer?

Ahhh...the quiet one..Shhhhh he's sleeping and god knows you don't want to wake a sleeping baby (I did). Newborn photography is always fun for MatchStick Photography.  Handsome young man.

Now you know where the kids get their looks from!

It was a great two hours....yes two hours...they have 107 photos of different moments and expressions from each of their children...memories they will cherish for a life time. Family portraits provide you with some great photographs.  I will come to you...your home/park/yard/town or pretty much anywhere.

Being a WNY/Central Florida wedding photographer also allows me to shoot family portraits....all my previous clients have kids, who else would they call?

Images of Buffalo, NY

It's always a good day when things don't work out the way they should and then you find the needle in the hay stack.  Just by looking around me, I was able to see those things that create a story.  Although it's cold and we get a bit of snow here in WNY we can create some great photographs with what we have.  

 

 

 

 

Even as a Buffalo, WNY and Central Florida wedding photographer I enjoy just picking up my camera and getting lost.  This is the small boat harbor in Buffalo, NY with ice fishermen on the lake.
The air planes are at the air park in Lancaster NY where the day before they received about 12" of snow.
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Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens

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A couple of days ago I went to the Buffalo Botanical Gardens for Tripod Night.  It's called Night Lights and started January 30th, during this event they allow photographers one night to come in with their Tripod(s) to take some photographs without bothering the general public.  I called a friend of mine (Raymond Swan) who is a great photographer and we set out to create some awesome photographs .

I think we were both surprised by the amount of people who were there, photographers, professional and novice and just some who wanted to take some photos.  It created a very nice canvas for using skills, knowledge and a weapon of choice (mine being the Nikon D-800).  The night was successful for Ray and I and others as well as the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens which  (by the way) is the most important point.

If you have never been to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens located in South Buffalo, I suggest you go there.  I take my wedding clients there as well as my family portraits  and engagement sessions, plus from time to time just to take photos of the gardens.

Here are a few photographs by MatchStick Photography I'm sure you will enjoy.  You can also follow the link below to see more photographs as well as purchase any that you find will hang well on your walls.  Enjoy and if you have any questions let me know.....

Night Lights at the Botanical Gardens in Buffalo NY

 

 

 

What a great year For MatchStick Photography

I have had a great year as the owner of MatchStick Photography.  I worked hard to provide some beautiful memories for my clients, I did get to meet some very special couples as they start their new life together.  I feel very blessed to have this opportunity to share with them and document for them the beginning of their life.

Creating special memories on their wedding day takes a lot of work, this is one of the biggest responsibilities a photographer can have.  Constantly moving and searching for the next moment!

Even in May of this year it was 85 and humid, so warm the bride fainted just before the kiss on the alter....(I thought I was going to pass out much sooner).  Through it all she was a trooper, got back to her feet kissed the groom and headed down the isle all before Mass started.

She finished the night.....

I did a few weddings this year with out of town couples.  Some were in the Military.  MatchStick Photography offers a Military discount on weddings, after serving 21 years in the Marine Corps I know what these men and women go through so for me to provide them with a military wedding discount...I consider it pay back for what they do and will do for our Country.

One of those couples were Sari and Kevin Murray.  Awesome couple who know how to have a good time.  We had a bit of fun taking the formal photos along Lake Erie and in West Seneca.  Wedding formals can be such a drag without Hockey sticks.........

Creating so much for so many...

Capturing special moments...

Creating stunning photographs to remember for a life time...

Knowing I can't fit everybody into this year in review....know this.  "I am blessed to be able to say that I am a Buffalo and Central Florida Wedding Photographer and I am blessed to have worked for all these couples!" 

Onward for 2013...I  will be living in Central Florida shooting weddings as well as taking care of my clients here in Buffalo and WNY.

A key component to my great year has been the two other shooters I have on the team. Rich Ersing and Paul Scharf have been the guys that capture some really great reaction shots as well as action.  It's called team work....I'm damn glad to have them on my team!

If you have not met these two gentlemen, visit www.weddingphotographerbuffalony.com 
Here you can read a bit about them...

New Year..HAPPY HAPPY

Hi everybody, I am the worlds worst Blogger!  I don't make timely updates nor do I move my blog to others the way I should.  Perhaps I have nothing to say?

If you know me that for sure is not true, as my wife sates..."you have something to say about everything don't you?"  Well the truth is no...I don't.  There are things that I know, that I love to share with others though.   

I will say this...I had a great year covering weddings for some very special clients.  I enjoyed every wedding and every meeting even if they did not book with me.  My year as a wedding photographer here in Buffalo, NY was awesome, 2013 is going to be a better year.  As I prepare to move to Florida, my wedding business has doubled.  I will be completely booked for the year soon which is good.  2014 weddings are starting to come in now.  I will cut in half my wedding business (for me) in Buffalo in 2014 however.  I do have other photographers that I will refer this business too.

If your looking to get married in 2014 call me first, or go to www.weddingphotographerbuffalony.com  my partner photographers.  Being a Buffalo and Western NY wedding photographer is the best!  Creating the new beginnings of a new family whether it be a wedding or new baby.....it's the best job in the world. 

Happy New year everybody, I will try to keep up with those things I need to do :-)

Regards,
David Hutchinson
www.MatchStickPhoto.com