BILLINGS MONTANA SENIOR PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER – KATIE’S FASHION EXPERIENCE

Katie has been crushing the studio lately!  We’ve worked hard this offseason to develop a new type of senior portrait experience in Montana for a limited number of 2015 seniors.  We’re calling it “the Senior Fashion Experience.”  The goal is to provide an exclusive, fashion-inspired senior portrait session that will make any senior feel like a fashion model.  Only a very limited number of these sessions will be offered so that our senior fashionistas will stand out from the crowd of mundane senior photos.  The senior fashion experience includes a style consultation with a professional stylist so that our seniors will look like they just came off the runway.  Senior fashionistas will also receive the full super model treatment, with professional hair and makeup on the day of their fashion shoot.  The portrait session itself includes two hours in the studio with magazine style fashion lighting, as well as a two hours shooting on location anywhere in Montana.  Finally, each photo selected for print will receive my personal artist signature edit, fit for publication in a fashion magazine.  Hurry to book your senior fashion experience now so you can get the look that no one else will have!

Billings Montana senior portrait photographer Paul Bellinger specializes in crafting modern, stylish senior portraits that are as unique as you senior.  Seniors from all over Montana contact Paul Bellinger Photography for a unique fashion look that is not available anywhere else.  www.paulbellinger.com

MONTANA PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER – BABU PORTRAIT #2

This is the second photo in my portrait series of my brother in law Kaushik “Babu” Mukherjee. Babu stayed with us in Billings Montana for three weeks and during that span we did several portrait sessions together. Some of our sessions were short, such as this one where Babu is lit with all natural window light in my studio. Other sessions were more complex with intricate studio lighting, such as the first Babu portrait I featured here. We had a lot of fun and I think Babu learned a lot more about photography than he ever wanted too! Thank you Babu!

Tip for photographers: This photo is lit with all natural window light. Babu is standing only a couple of feet from the window and there is an 4’x8’ white reflector to his right (camera left). That’s it!

Billings Montana portrait photographer Paul Bellinger specializes in modern, stylish corporate headshots that will help you stand out from the crowd. Go from boardroom to badass with Billings Montana portrait photographer Paul Bellinger. www.paulbellinger.com.

INSTAGRAM ALERT - FOLLOW YOUR MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER ON INSTAGRAM!

This is one of my all time favorite iPhone photos!  I think it will be the first iPhone photo I have printed.  I love the colors and contrast in light.  This is a stairwell at my studio that I like to explore in the afternoon light.  Yes, I'm a wedding photographer, but I also have a studio where I hone my skills and experiment with all things photography.  And yes, even though I'm a professional photographer, I still shoot on my iPhone all of the time!  That's why you should follow me on instagram @pjbellinger!  Or just click this link: http://instagram.com/pjbellinger and you'll see tons of cool artwork like the one above, behind the scenes at the studio or on location, and even some wedding photography every now and then! Be sure to check out my website for all things wedding photography: www.paulbellinger.com

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER – MONTANA BRIDAL SESSION

I love bridal sessions! It’s so much fun for brides to dress up in their wedding dress before the wedding day! It’s a great time to make sure the entire wedding ensemble fits properly and to do a test run with your wedding photographer and hair and makeup artists. Usually the mother of the bride and a few bridesmaids come along to swoon at the bride’s dress and we always have a lot of fun. In this case we also had a nice trial run through the Moss Mansion, a popular Billings Montana wedding venue. The hard part is that I can’t share the photos until after the wedding! Thankfully Jenna gave me permission to share this photo of her engagement ring! Thanks Jenna!

I am Montana wedding photographer Paul Bellinger. I love photography and I specialize in dramatic fine art wedding photography that is as epic as your love story. From the mountains to the beaches, I photograph weddings of all shapes and sizes, and in any wedding destination in Montana or beyond. I would be honored to be your wedding photographer. Please contact me through my Montana wedding photographer website www.paulbellinger.com

MONTANA PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER – RED APPLES CREATIVE TEAM

Father and daughter duo, Kenneth Jarecke and Shadya Jarecke posing for the #redapples press release.  I love my team!  We’re already hard at work on the next big project!

Ken is an internationally celebrated photographer and Shadya is one of the best stylists in Montana.  Together, the three of us and our four lovely models created the visual event “Red Apples,” an after art party that was a huge success in downtown Billings.  The event was promoted and executive produced by J+M Creative group, Kenneth Jarecke and Brian Murnion.  Over 400 guests packed the Bin 119 Kitchen and Wine Bar to see our images projected onto the Montana Power Building, including one three story projection.  The photos depict a vivid marketing campaign for a fictitious cigarette company from the 1960s.  The project was completed in four weeks from idea to exhibition.  Signed, limited edition prints are available for purchase, but no additional photos will be released publicly as we consider publishing offers.  Thank you to everyone who came out to support this unique art event and helped to make it a success!

How do you dream of being photographed?  Billings Montana portrait photographer Paul Bellinger specializes in dramatic fine art portrait photography.  Paul has cultivated an artistic vision for portrait photography that is truly unique.  Contact Paul Bellinger Photography in Billings Montana for dfine art portraits that will stand out from the crowd. www.paulbellinger.com

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - THROWBACK WEDDING

For throwback Thursday I'd like to wish a very happy (three days) early anniversary to Emily and Dalton!  This was such a beautiful and heartfelt wedding that I remember it like it was yesterday.  Emily was radiant, Dalton was noble, and the love of these two families was overflowing.  They had a beautiful ceremony under a massive oak by the lake and the reception was a party that went on all night.  Now they celebrate one year of marriage, new careers and futures so bright even Emily’s smile is jealous!  Congrats to two of my favorites and thank you for letting me be a part of your special day!

Billings Montana wedding photographer Paul Bellinger specializes in dramatic fine art wedding photography.  Paul Bellinger has cultivated a unique artistic vision for wedding photography, offering a distinctive style of wedding photography that stands out as artwork.  Paul Bellinger Photography takes on a limited number of weddings each year so that each wedding client can receive his full artistic attention and be provided with exclusive wedding artwork that is not available from any other wedding photographer. Contact Paul Bellinger Billings Montana wedding photographer for any wedding destination in Montana or beyond.  www.paulbellinger.com

#REDAPPLE BEHIND THE SCENES PORTRAIT

Behind the scenes on one of our four #redapple photo shoots.  Here you can see Shadya (aka Shady, aka Shad, aka Shoddy) doing her hair and makeup thing with Arley Knerr, one of our beautiful models.  As a portrait photographer I was always on the lookout for beautiful light for our BTS portraits.  We did all four photo shoots in or around Billings Montana.  The show at Bin 119 was a huge success, thanks to everyone came out to support local artwork.  We’re already getting started on the next big thing and will continue raising the bar for photography, art, fashion and advertising in Billings Montana.

See more from the #redapple project I helped produce on the J+M Creative Group website here.

How do you dream of being photographed?  Billings Montana portrait photographer Paul Bellinger specializes in dramatic fine art portrait photography.  Paul has cultivated an artistic vision for portrait photography that is truly unique.  Contact Paul Bellinger Photography in Billings Montana for dfine art portraits that will stand out from the crowd. www.paulbellinger.com

BILLINGS MONTANA PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER - INTRODUCING BABU!

My wife and I have been very lucky to have her brother Babu come and stay with us for the last few weeks before he heads of to school at USC.  We don’t have any family in Montana so it has been great having some family around and Babu has assisted me for several important photo shoots lately.  Everyone in Billings has shown Babu a lot of love, and I’d say he’s damn near a local celebrity after the #redapple show.  Thanks to everyone for welcoming my brother in law to Montana!

Making photos of my own family was one of my strongest motivations for learning portraiture, so before Babu came I decided I was going to do a portrait study of Babu, if he’d let me. Well, he has been more than willing, we’ve made a ton of portraits together, and we’ve had a fantastic time while doing it.  We’re still shooting, but consider this your exclusive look at things to come.  Thanks Babu!

Photographers: click here, or “read more” below for the lighting technique used in this portrait.

MONTANA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER - JUST A GLIMPSE

Just a glimpse of something beautiful we've been working on.  Stay tuned for more to come this summer.

Model: Hayley Anderson 
Styling: Cassie LaGreca Better To Gather Events
Flowers: Katie Bennett Mac's Floral
Dress: Belle en Blanc
Hair and Makeup: Kendra Halvorsen
Venue: White Deer Ranch, Vacation Rentals
Rentals: Party Time Plus
Assistant: Kaushik "Babu" Mukherjee
Photography: Paul Bellinger Photography

Billings Montana wedding photographer Paul Bellinger specializes in dramatic fine art wedding photography.  Paul Bellinger has cultivated a unique artistic vision for wedding photography, offering a distinctive style of wedding photography that stands out as artwork.  Paul Bellinger Photography takes on a limited number of weddings each year so that each wedding client can receive his full artistic attention and be provided with exclusive wedding artwork that is not available from any other wedding photographer. Contact Paul Bellinger Billings Montana wedding photographer for any wedding destination in Montana or beyond.  www.paulbellinger.com