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Top Five Tips for Wedding Photographers That Isn’t About Gear

Posted by Mark Hedengren on

Top Five Tips for Wedding Photographers That Isn’t About Gear

Wear Good Shoes If you have sore feet you can’t think and if you can’t think then you can’t do your job.   Wear Sunscreen Being a photographer is surprising like being a farmer. You spend a lot of time outside in the sun. Wear sunscreen and it will keep you healthy and looking young.   You are the MC of the Wedding. Own it. Read books on psychology and learn how to deal with people in expert ways. This aspect of wedding photography is more difficult than the photographing.   Keep Weight off Your Back When I first started...

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Gallery Show Opening This Friday!

Posted by Breanna Tucker on

Gallery Show Opening This Friday!

Show opening Friday the 11th at 6pm here at Red Finch Gallery! We'll be featuring the amazing work of two Utah photographers: Lyndi Bone with her series "The Robot Friend" and Mark Hedengren with his show "Natural Man." For more information feel free to visit our Gallery Website. Everyone is welcome! There will be food and live music courtesy of local artists Kelsey Edwards and Phebe Ryder. Don't miss this awesome opportunity to meet the artists and check out our gallery!  

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PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS I LIKE

Posted by Mark Hedengren on

I like photography books. I like them a lot. I don’t think this makes me unique in the world of people in photography. In many ways I feel that the photography book is the best from of photography. the purist. When a photograph or a series of photographs is hung on the museum wall it is trying to be what painting is. But it’s not painting. When a photograph runs in a magazine it’s there more or less to illustrate a story or a word blurb. More then that in both of those cases the photographer is playing second fiddle...

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WHAT TO WEAR WHILE PHOTOGRAPHING AND FILMMAKING

Posted by Mark Hedengren on

My last three big shoots were in Iceland, Northern Nevada, and the Salt Flats. All of these have very different clements and very different environments. As a result I got to think what is the best things to wear while filming. This is a very important question because unlike medium such a writing or painting photographers/film makers have to go out into the world. So below I’m going to list what I feel are the most important types of clothing to have while you are working and what I have found helpful.     Shoes—   This is by far...

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