MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY - EMILY AND DALTON'S FANTASY WEDDING

Emily and Dalton exchanging the rings!  We had a good old fashion country hoedown right after this.  It was an awesome night and I’m very thankful to Emily and Dalton for sharing their time with me.

I’m sticking with the vintage look for Emily’s photos, but I’ve been using very different techniques for each.  Each photo is a work of art and each artist signature edit is delicately crafted for a distinct look, ensuring that your love story is told in a unique voice, and that every couple receives one of a kind artwork for their home.

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MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY - RACHEL AND RYAN'S WEDDING DAY IS FINALLY HERE!

Rachel and Ryan have a fantasy love story that can only be told with fantasy engagement artwork from Paul Bellinger Montana wedding photographer!  Thank you Rachel and Ryan for sharing your fantasy with me!  Today is your big day and I wish you the best as you take on the world together.  More engagement and wedding photos from this fantasy wedding to come.
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OUR WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN - BILLINGS MONTANA PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

Well this is a sad story, but it’s yet another that reaffirms the power of photography for me.  I’ll start at the end and let you know that Sala (our nine month old crazy mixed breed dog) is okay.  He’s going into surgery this morning to repair a broken leg and should make a complete recovery within 6 to 8 weeks.

BILLINGS MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER PAUL BELLINGER - SPARKS WERE FLYING!

Sparks Were Flying!  This is one of my favorites from Lindsey and Justin’s College Station wedding!  Sparks were flying all day for these lovebirds, but the reception was electric!  I had a great time at this wedding, I’m very thankful to Sarah Williams for letting me tag along.

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MONTANA WEDDING AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER - MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE

My beautiful wife Nini in downtown Nacogdoches.  For our anniversary she received a massage, hair and makeup at Julia’s salon, while I was given this photo shoot!  It was fun, my wife is awesome!  If you're an awesome wife you deserve a Paul Bellinger portrait commission too!

In this photo Nini is lit with one light, a beauty dish just out of the frame to the camera left.  I like how the beauty dish looks on Nini, but I also like how it creates a natural vignette on the brick wall.

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MONTANA PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER - CHEECH'S PORTRAIT SESSION

I made this Cheech portrait when my wife Nini was out of town.  Cheecher is lonesome without Nini, and I think this photo captures his emotion beautifully.  He is really her dog more than he is mine.  We’re both missing her and she’s missing us.  But at least she’ll have a new Cheech portrait to enjoy.

I grabbed my 135mm lens and a piece of white carboard for a reflector and set out to make some dog portraits.  I propped the cardboard up on a rubbermade tub and coaxed Cheech into position so that he was facing the reflector, and you can see a little bit of it in the top of his eye.  I made all three dogs pose, but Cheech was the best behaved, so he got better looking portraits.  I processed the photo in LR4, then Photoshop, and then LR4 again.  I used LR4 for the black and white conversion and exposure, and then used Photoshop to remove some unwanted things and to fine-tune the exposure, then back in LR4 I increased the clarity and the highlights just a touch before exporting to jpg.

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MONTANA PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER - LITTLE SIS

My little sis right after crushing a header for the camera.  Click through the photo to see full resolution details, such as flying sweat.  It’s really cool how flash can freeze action.  Normally I think she’d be somewhat out of focus due to how fast she was moving, even at 125th of a second.  But the super short flash duration freezes the action even without a fast shutter.  It’s fun to play with.

For this photo I used the Joel Grimes three light technique.  You can see the lights pretty clearly in this one!  Search for Joel Grimes on google for more info.

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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!

Dad on the banks of the Missouri overlooking our hometown Omaha Nebraska!  It was probably 0 degrees fahrenheit plus a cool breeze coming off the river.  Hence dad's snow suit!   Happy father's day dad!  I can't wait to shoot some landscapes together again soon!

My stepdad Bruce posing with my beautiful wife Nini in front of Bruce's huge smoker at our Husker tailgate party!  We had the smoker up and running before sunrise!  I wish father's day was during Husker season, so we could celebrate appropriately.  Happy father's day Brucey!


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It's time for this blog to take off like Sala leaping for the Frisbee!  My new Montana wedding photography business is launching and I can't wait to get to Montana and start photographing weddings!  I specialize in fine art wedding photography a perfect fit for nature's fine art landscape in Montana.  My unique wedding artwork is dramatic, romantic, fantastical and dream like.  Visit my site www.paulbellinger.com to begin making your Montana wedding dreams into artwork that will be cherished for generations.

This is our youngest pup, Sala is just about a year old.  He's our favorite part of Texas we'll be taking with us when we move to Montana.  His breed is a crazy mix, but he is ripped to the bone!  Mr. Muscles has been learning to catch the frisbee and, birds be warned, he can fly!