Professional Affordable Wedding Photography (California)

When all else fades away, the photographs remain.

Incredible, professional digital wedding photography by Cory Trese.


Interested in a custom package? -- e-mail 'cory.trese@gmail.com' or call us at 530-753-2541. We still have dates open in 2009!







I guarantee that I will photograph your wedding personally. I do not send anyone in my place -- no second photographers and no one you have not met!

To ensure your precious wedding moments are yours forever, all of my wedding packages include all of the negatives, originals and high-resolution NOT water-marked digital files at no extra charge. In most cases I have the DVD of originals shipped to you within a few days of the event.

I will assign printing and enlargement rights to you so you can order prints from your vendor of choice (anywhere, anytime)

Want a la carte professional prints? I will make my preferred pricing at a professional printing lab available for every customer I serve. You will pay only $8 for an 8"x10" from one of the premier printers in the United States, shipped directly from the printer to your door.

Looking for premium quality wedding photography at affordable prices? E-mail 'cory.trese@gmail.com' give "Cory" a call at 530-753-2541!

• Platinum: ALL DAY, 300 Prints, THREE Custom Designed Coffee Table Book, Digital Negatives on DVD = 3700


• Gold: 7 hours, 250 Prints, Custom Designed Coffee Table Book, Digital Negatives on DVD = $2700


• Silver: 6 hours, 150 Prints, Digital Negatives on DVD = $1600


• Bronze: 5 hours, 75 Prints, Digital Negatives on DVD = $1300


• Engagement Session: 2 hours of bridal portraits + 50 prints = $400

California Wedding Photography

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Take a look and see if my California wedding photography services can help meet your wedding needs!

Nikon Sensor Quality King!

Nikon's new SLR leads the pack for sensor quality

Scientific proof!

It's not a surprise that the Nikon D3X, the company's brand-new $8,000, 24.9-megapixel SLR, tops DxO Labs' sensor performance test. What is a surprise is the margin by which it leads its rivals from Canon and Sony.

When the French firm unveiled its DxOMark Sensor benchmark test last year, Nikon's D3 was the top scorer at 80.6, a composite number that represents various performance features. Very close on its heels were Nikon's D700 at 80.5, Canon's EOS-1Ds Mark III 80.3, and later Canon's 5D Mark II at 79 and Sony's Alpha A900 at 78.9.

Wedding Expos Offer Discounts & Cost Saving Ideas

In my never ending quest to find good articles about weddings, wedding planning, affordable weddings and California wedding photography I found this wonderful page:

Wedding Expo offers cost-cutting tips for the big day

Plan a fairy tale wedding in spite of dismal economy

I thought this was a good story

Plan a fairy tale wedding in spite of dismal economy

Great Wedding Music

Check out Ohio Wedding Bells for some great wedding music in the Dayton, Ohio area.

What Can Go Wrong with Photography?

Laura,

I gave you an unfair answer to your "what can go wrong with photography?" question.  I've been thinking about it while I drove back to the studio.  Here are the ones I came up with:

• Couples who insist that they have all the photos taken somewhere that is too dark or is just ugly
• Couples who leave only 15 or 20 minutes for all the formals
• Couples who say they want "intimate portraits" but won't cuddle for the camera
• Couples who don't give me any idea of the style they like, provide no shot list and sample clippings
• Couples who don't tell me what is going to happen at the reception -- or say they want cake cutting shots but don't tell me when or where the cake cutting is going to occur and I end up behind all the guests

I think we'll do just fine.  You and Justin have done a good job organizing and planning the event.

Digital Photograph Workflow Discussion

As a digital wedding photographer I saw this article on the maltaStar.com new site. Honestly, I think the author is underestimating the need for a serious multi-disk backup system and vastly underestimating the storage requirements of a serious professional photographer. Instead of 500-1000 images a day I actually end up shooting between 2,000 and 3,000 images.

Digital dangers
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He talks about how a CD and an external hard drive are enough backups. I disagree. I suggest two external hard drives, two sets of DVDs and an online-upload backup for total off-site / off-organization, in case of a fire, major hack, or something else disastrous to other forms of storage.

Also, he fails to talk about using RAID10 or RAID5 on the main working disks, forgets to automate his backups, ect.

Good start though!

Seeking Associate and Affiliate Photographers in Northern California

I am looking to speak with professional photographers interested in shooting as associate (second) or affiliate (primary) wedding photographers, with my Northern California-based Cory Trese Photography studio.

If you are an interested:

• Working Associate Wedding Photographer in Sacramento California, Contact Me
• Working Associate Wedding Photographer in San Fransisco California, Contact Me
• Working Associate Wedding Photographer in Northern California, Contact Me

Nikon D3 -- Incredible!

I just need to say it: The Nikon D3 Rules.

Seriously, it shocks me every time I take it out. With the 85mm f/1.4 the camera is simply unstoppable. Even without AF-S, the auto-focus nearly perfect and at f/1.4 the camera's ability to focus in near darkness is incredible.

Even the D2Xs, another stellar auto-focus performer can't keep up. Both camera's low-light auto-focus is greatly improved with the addition of an SB-800 providing auto-focus assistance beams. However, the D3's 51-point 3D tracking mode makes easy work of difficult auto-focus situations ... for example, dancers on a dark dance floor. Not easy to get sharp focus in those situations, but the D3 comes through like a champ!