Man I love shooting with digital equipment. I love the instant feedback. I love the versatility that it affords... but there’s still a small part of me that misses film.

Throughout my high school years my schedule always included a lot of art classes, ranging from ceramics to painting & drawing to screen printing. I loved and wanted to pursue a career in the arts but never felt like I found my niche. That was until my senior year. I took a Photo 1 class and instantly fell in love. I don’t know if it was the feeling I got the first time looked through the prism of my Pentax K1000 or the lingering smell of developer on my fingertips. I just loved it all.

Photography has changed dramatically since those days. Film is kept alive mostly by enthusiasts and the movie studios in Hollywood. With digital I can carry my darkroom (Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop) on my MacBook Pro and process photos while sipping on a cup of coffee at Starbucks. As much as I love digital and all of the cool things that can be done with it, I still get nostalgic every now and then and miss being in a “real” darkroom.

Would I ever want to go back to film? No... but I am very grateful that I started there. I don’t think that I would be the photographer that I am today if it wasn’t for my experience with both film and digital. Together they have helped me greatly to grow in my art and my technique.

Ken

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My first SLR. The Pentax K1000. It was a no frills 100% manual camera and it was awesome!

Natalie, Renee and I have all been busy coming up with new designs for our Save the Date cards and magnets. The colors can be customized to match your wedding. Here are a few of our new designs...

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Well not really (even though I think I just broke several man laws) but we are very excited to announce the we are now a preferred professional on The Wedding Chicks website. We will be posting real weddings and engagement sessions from time to time so keep an eye out for yours!

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This time of year always brings increased interest in our services. With that in mind we just added some special offers on our wedding photography. If you book any of our package options by February 15th you will receive your choice of a FREE 40-side guest sign-in book or a framed 20x24 signature print.

If you would like more information or would like to schedule a consultation you can call us at 440.843.4554 or simply fill out the contact form on our website and we'll get right back to you.

BTW, the offer cannot be combined with any other promotions and it is applicable to new contracts only.

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I traveled to Solon last night for Ashley’s senior portrait session. Ashley was a lot of fun to work with and she really enjoys being photographed. She exhibits a great deal of confidence in front of the camera and it definitely comes across in the images. I brought a new red background that I was itching to try out so you can imagine how stoked I was when I saw that she had chosen a red sweater for one of her outfits I set up the background, posed Ashley and “click!” Oh yeah! We had a winner! In fact we dubbed the new background “The Ashley” in her honor.

Since we started her session toward the evening we scheduled her outdoor photos for an upcoming Saturday. Weather permitting those photos will be coming soon...

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And there it is. Ashley posing in front of "The Ashley." :)

For those of you who do not know, Natalie and I are huge 24 fans. So over the last couple of nights we spent, no we “invested” four hours watching the season premier. So far it’s looking to be a good (but not great) season. The “24: Redemption” movie was outstanding and left me with high expectations for the new season. So far they haven’t quite been met. There are still twenty hours left, so there is hope. (Heck. Heroes took three or four episodes this season before it fully got my attention). What is it that’s bothering me? I don’t know exactly. Could it be that I’ve seen Jack Bauer save the world one too many times? Or maybe it was that topcoat that made him look less like the “don’t even think about messing with me” Jack Bauer and more like an insurance salesman. I can’t tell you how glad I was to see him ditch it for a black long sleeve tee and a flack jacket toward the end of hour four. “Alright. ” I thought to myself, “Now that’s Jack Bauer!” I think even Jack felt better in the flack jacket than the dress slacks and and button down shirt. I know I would if I were him... but then again I am definitely not him.

Ken

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"Now Mr. Jones, If you were to die TODAY would you be certain that your wife and kids were taken care of!!?"

It felt more like a spring day with temperatures in the 50’s but it wouldn’t have mattered if there was a blizzard. Jennifer and Greg couldn’t wait to be married and it was so evident in their expressions and interaction throughout the day. The ceremony was held at the historic and beautiful St. Bernard’s church in Akron. The reception venue (also historic) was at the Akron Civic Theater and was catered by Taste of Excellence (great, great food!). The reception was immediately after the ceremony so we weren’t able to stop anywhere else between the ceremony and reception but we did get a chance to slip away for a few photographs in the main auditorium.

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Man! This is something I've been wanting to do for quite awhile but it’s been hard to find the time to do so until now.

It’s not like we’re busy or anything. What? With my wife Natalie and I running a 60-70 per year wedding photography biz and six, (yes I did say six) kids why wouldn’t I have time for a blog?

Again, I’m really excited to finally be getting this off the ground! Throughout the life of this online journal I hope to bring you the latest weddings, sessions and news about Cavanaugh Photography as well as occasional personal news item. At this point I plan to provide most of the articles but you will hear from my fellow photographers Lynn and Renee from time to time and maybe... just maybe I might be able to get Natalie to post a thing or two. We’ll see.

Thanks for taking the time to check out the Cavanaugh Photography blog. You can also find us at our website or on facebook.
More to come...

Ken

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