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Modern Wedding Photography with a touch of Awesome
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This just made my day! :) :) :)
Yusss….
O My and O deer For Sure..
HAHAHAHAHA…yess!!!!! This is amazing!
Disco Deeeah.
Boom! One click! Boom! One click. Man it is incredible all the things that can be done with VSCO FILM ;) Love it thanks for the laugh.
This needs to be a meme.
just needs a tooheys extra dry!
JONASS! So poppin yo. You gave me something to dance to naked! I do the thrust… thrust… THRUST! Respect.
Nice.
Genius :D
haha, awesome
haha… thumbs up!!!
awesome gif!!
Amazeballs!
HAHA!!
Mycket bra HJORT…!
Love this. :D
YES PAAAAAAAARTTTTYYYYYY! Thanks for the post! :-)
Hahaha, du är ju helt underbar! Älskar din humor!! :-D
This kind of made my day.
LOL
Beautiful set Jonas. I rarely leave comments here but I’ve been following from the begging and your work is fantastic. The subtle way you display the prep details emphasizing her hair, lipstick etc without showing her whole self is a brilliant way to build anticipation and have the viewer walk through the process. That shot of her writing her vows is absolutely stunning. The bride’s composed emotional glance out the window while reflected against the glass is timeless. Well done, but you already knew that ;-)
You are truly fabulous, what a life you have experiencing everyone’s happiest of days!
Amazing Shots. I feel so amateur when I browse your photos. Respect.
Incredible pictures. I like a lot your stile.
Incredible%20pictures.%20I%20like%20a%20lot%20your%20stile.
Incredible pictures. I like a lot your stile… Best wishes from Spain.
My heart melt just by looking to your photos. Well done!
The last week was the end of long and hard year of work for me. I still have a few weddings left to shoot before New Years, but something happened last week and I see things clearer now.
See, I taught a workshop at my studio with my friend Sean Flanigan. We talked, we shot, we shared, we partied, we hugged, we did a great deal together with all the attendees. And as always when it comes to teaching, I walked away feeling I have learned a great deal about where *I* am and where I’m going. And I know I want to do this again.
It was absolutely exhausting, but now, four days later, I feel pumped again. Excited about where I am, the people I get to meet and work with and the year I have ahead of me.
A few words of thanks.
I could not have done this without Jacqui, who ran the show perfectly behind the scenes together with friends and family, allowing me to be my usual scatterbrained self. Sean for knocking it out of the ballpark over and over again. Dan and Samm, my dear friends, who added some amazing perspective as our guest speakers. Our four models who rocked the crap out of a swamp.
And of course the attendees.
People come to workshops to learn, to be fed knowledge. The thing is that they already have it inside them. All Sean and I did was lead the horse to water.
I hope you all walked away at least a little bit inspired, knowing you have the skills to take this thing you do to new heights.
I love you all.
Can we please do it again?










All these images were edited with nothing but VSCO FILM. Get your copy today, the special launch price ends Monday night (PST).
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LOVELY. Wish we could have made it.
I think we’ll have to make a trip up to Brisbane for the next one. It sounds like it was an amazing day.
thanks for an amazing time and your hospitality. Looking forward to more one click booms.
Shame to have missed it, looks awesome. I love how people can see how you and Sean Flannigan have such different creative approaches to the same shoot.
I will have some money for the next one. Please do it soon – ish…
It was an amazing experience. I think you are right, we all have it inside of us but to be inspired and pushed and encouraged was more beneficial than a session on post-processing (though I picked up rad tips in that session thanks!). I don’t think things will be the same for any of us – we all walked away different.
Yes Jonas, do it again…
I hope I will be able to attend one of those workshops one day! Beautiful work.
It was my absolute pleasure to attend. A big cheers for Sean, Dan, Sa, Jacqui and yourself for hosting an incredible learning experience.
Do it again in Melbourne :)
I was there. It was amazing.
killin me :)
incredible photos
Please do a workshop in Los Angeles. Please. Please. Please! I will help you organize.
So, thoughts on the next workshop location? Chicago on the table?
It was so good that I walked away wanting to change careers. In the last three years i have worked my ass off in a business where I just couldn’t seem to find the one thing I desired, passion! Thanks for helping me to finally discover what I want to do!
Yes! Melbourne!
Amazing photos, hope to make it to one of your workshops one day!
Thank you for the awesome workshop Jonas & Sean.. and more thanks to having awesome peeps around like Dan + Samm to share their vision and big ups to Jacqui for looking after us all so well. I really enjoyed the balance of the workshop, and the time spent on vision and understanding who you are as a person & photographer.. and how you can then give that person to your clients. Very inspiring! Many thanks :)
awesome workshop, loved it!! thank you :)
Is there any chance you get this workshop to Europe one day? Please?
Lika fantastiskt som vanligt!
Europe – it would be great! I can help to organize – no problem :-)
Oh my, that Tenielle could not be any more beautiful. Seth is kinda alright too I guess. Beautiful, thoughtful frames.
it was so good to be amongst photographers and passionate people, the most inspiring 2 days ever! It’s changed me a great deal and i’m so appreciative of it all.
It also meant a lot of how much effort went into the non-photography side of things, the coffee, the bus, the dinner, the snacks and goodie bags….mostly the snacks. The cheesecake was the most delicious cake ever! (i’m a total foodie)
But yes, all four of you were so amazing!
thanks so much!
I feel like these are scenes from the village. Love your use of greys
in this country next time? promise? i’m in cincinnati, but chicago is sort of in the middle;)
hey jonas! lovely images, as always. just wondering what film presets you prefer for the colored images?
sounds like a great success! congrats. the images are just stunning…as alwauys
speechless!
Jonas these are spectacular. Wish I were there. Any chance you + Sean will make it out to the Carolinas? ;)
I love this photos, awesome work.
I just also look at Sean s page…it is intresting to see yours difrent approach…;-) ofcourse, both great
Bring on round 2 – Well done my friend.
I wish i could find a workshop as of level as yours here in massachusetts. these shots are wonderful, sounds like a great time!
Jonas/Sean/Dan/Samm the workshop was unreal, seriously how good was it!… so much was shared and I can’t thank you guys enough, seriously (can you tell i’m serious??:) btw the shots above are killer, just goes to show that a swamp really can be a romantic place…
Wish we could’ve been there… Looks amazing. Next time fo sho!
Looks great with VSCO film! Maybe you can set up a tour of workshops in Europe? I think it’ll be a success!
Gorgeous. Your trees always ‘pop’ out of the backgrounds?
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voila. awesome.
They look like really nice people. Nice pictures of nice people. Nicely done, Jonas.
Beautiful shots! :)
Nice toneski’s JP
Beautiful images Jonas! I also believe you got to work with the one and only Josh Lamont! I love that guy.
Very nice – would love to know the VSCO recipe for these shots. I love light in the portrait of the ridiculously cute bride.
That dog… how do you find these things? Fantastic shots. Gorgeous couple. Perfectly Jonas.
beautiful! that first shot is so rad. =)
That was one of the most beautiful weddings I’ve ever seen, and they were a gorgeous couple. The photos…are amazing! Cant wait to see more!
Ah ah ah ah ah! -ahmazing! What a CUTE CUTE couple. What was the reception like Jonas? The surrounds! Gosh. GREAT photos Jonas. VSCO = winner! Your skill = double winner! That couple = triple winner! Trifecta winner!
Love the first picture! :))
I love her dress and the softness of these photos.
o my jonass! so super duper goober good dude. you have the “eye of the tiger!” just spilled my coffee on my lap at first glance!
8=====D
Fantastic mate, looking forward to seeing the rest.
Total win for the dachshund sign. Great shots, Jonas.
beaut!
Love that first one and the one of her in the road. Can’t wait to see more :)
Love your style :)
Lovin’ the classic look of these!
Like the simplicity of our style. Clean and stylish.
What beautiful images:) And a super cute couple :) I love the background of the first image!
Real sense of stillnes and peace in these images. Beautifully shot and wonderfully composed.
These are just wonderful. Number two is def my favourite.
Pun not intended.
Wow. So gorgeous. Love the picture of just her! The light is great. :D
Breathtaking! I usually avoid products photographers endorse because in the end, the photographer just wants to make a buck. Knowing your character, I checked these out. I will be purchasing. The presets are like none other I’ve seen. Simply gorgeous! I can’t thank you enough for sharing these. With your name behind them, I know they will not disappoint.
Nicely done. Her bouquet is lovely.
They are all great but that vertical frame of Megan is just remarkable.
I adore the shot with the rackets
Man I love your photography. I spend a lot of time when not shooting weddings myself (in England) looking for inspiration from around the world. Your use of shallow depth of field really makes the couples ‘pop’. Great job!
Beautiful! :)
Gorgeous photographs!
When the guys behind The Visual Supply Co asked me to try their new product VSCO FILM, I almost didn’t want to like it. I have a love hate relationship with Lightroom, it seems to get my images half the way to where I want them, so I always have to finish them off in Photoshop. For someone who sits behind the computer as much as I do, that’s extremely frustrating.
I was literally muttering like an old man when I installed the VSCO FILM presets. I opened up a random image and clicked on one of the presets.
Boom.
I opened up another one.
One click.
Boom.
This can’t be true, I told myself. With one click a set of Lightroom presets gave me the look I was after, without tweaking?
I tried a black and white preset.
Boom.
I get asked to endorse products all the time. I rarely – if ever – do it.
But I can honestly say that I love these Lightroom and ACR presets. I don’t care if they give you the look of film or not, I care about the end result.
And I love it.
With saying that, I also love shooting real film, but it’s nice to have something great for digital raw files.
These images were all edited with the VSCO FILM presets.
One click.
Boom.
Order your copy here.








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“I don’t care if they give you the look of film or not, I care about the end result.” – Right on brother!
Yep. I am a believer!
Boom.
I will raise your BOOM with a BAM!
oh dear, looks like i could fall in love & i might need to check VSCOFILM out …..
thanks for publishing this hear Jonas :-)
(i can so totally hear you muttering like an old man as you were doing the install :-) i think i would i would have been the same )
I went to the website, checked them out and BAM! purchased.
I will boomshakalaka BOTH your boom’s and bams, suckas
BOOM I’m sold!
But you are an old woman..
(also, looks SIQ!)
wow. do you stick with the same color and bw or are you mixing it up?
Hooked, love it.
boom to your booms.
Brett: I used different presets here, but I like the Portra 800 for color and TMAX 3200 for BW the most.
hmmm boom… lol…going to try it… I’ve been a Florabella girl, I may need to check out VSCO Thanks Jonas… p.s I’m not sure I’ll be doing anymore weddings… I think I’ll stick to childrens photography!
w-o-w :)
Love this. Totally buying
Jonas, it appears that you’re issues with high traffic have now deferred to the VSCO site! Tried to get on and it crashed – gee no wonder people want you to endorse their gear!
ha! there’s a picture of you there! that is rare indeed.
Why not just shoot film? Then it really will look legit.
add to cart….
Jonas does this mean you are dropping ASE from your workflow?
As usual, your work is amazing.
Oh man, must have! Thanks for sharing this! Love the results!
Who wouldn’t want one-click-BAM!!!
Is VSCO the new standard in digital image editing? Or will everyone’s photo’s just look exactly the same?
more booms than Paul Lekakis!
To showcase a plug-in (or whatever it is) for photographs, the before’s without the after’s aren’t that informative.
Sorry, I meant the other way around (re: the comment above!)
Damn you, Jonas. Had to buy that stuff and now my wife will be bitching about money and stuff. She will probably divorce me just for a couple of stupid presets and will only get to see my kids every second weekend. GAH!
Funny I was just on their site before and was not sure because presets never quite give me the results but you may have changed my mind!
Your photography is beautiful!
If you could share that wedding by the pool immediately, that would be great. Thank you.
These are all magic, but I’ve come to expect nothing short.
Fantastic images and can’t wait to try it – wow!! Can’t afford the spend on ASE and this is amazingly reasonable…
I hope I can afford this some day…
Thanks for the heads-up on this Jonas. I’ve been yearning for a Lightroom-only workflow for a while now, so it’s great to see some nice presets that bring this another step closer.
men vad betyder det egentligen? Att programmet gör allt jobb åt dig? så att du bara behöver klicka och så är bilderna färdigredigerade??
i didn’t know lightroom could produce grain like that. i never liked how LR handled my raw images, so when i had a chance to try aperture i went with it. now all i hear about is LR among pro photogs, never hear about aperture. any one have advice who has used both..?
You still have to be a good photographer to get good results. Some of these pictures are dark and the end result looks alittle muddy.
@louis “@perspectiveye: with all the similar post techniques and presets available now, the IMAGE itself will be more important then ever.”
bang bang BOOM!!!
i have no choice i guess.i will have to get this.
SWEET AS
Not sure how I feel about this. Images look great but Lightroom isn’t THAT complex. Why not make your own presets and save yourself $$$? Who cares if your greens aren’t reproduced exactly as they would be on Portra 800? Use your eyes, do a bit of fiddling, add a user preset then BOOM! Your very own brand of boom.
How about you show the originals :-)
I would love to see though your eyes for you day. They see beauty.Everywhere.
Can I please ask whether you choose to use the ACR version or the Lightroom version?
Gorgeoussss!
Jonas,
I respect you as a photographer so does everyone that follows you work. I think it’s your responsibility from that stand point to be more transparent with your crowd. First, you should tell everyone that the one click theory only works when you nail your exposure 100%, that being said the different lighting situations would produce slightly different results that would need to be further tweaked. Let’s not even dive in the subject that if the WB is off the end result will be different as well. Last, perhaps you need to communicate the same message as the other spokesmen, is it one click or two(per Jon Keately)? I am not saying the product is bad or anything of the sort, I just wish that you were more transparent and admit that what the product accomplishes for you may not necessary translates to someone else’s work. I love your work, and I mean no disrespect what so ever, just think about it for a minute then determine your course of action.
I love reading the comments almost as much as your own words these days. You really have a way of instigating conversation Jonas.
Well done on being a spokesperson for VSCO. So nice to see a photographer from my own back yard for a change:)
Kool!! Solves the skin tone problem in lightroom!
i love watching all the sheeps following (or copying rather) whatever you do! all trying to copy ur look.
the bride on the second last photos, her lips sure looks like angelina jolie…
BOOM! THIS IS SOME GOOD SHIT !
I love the vsco film because everyone is getting it, making our processing look even more unique because we don’t use it:)
well at least not on every photo:) wink wink
They definitely need some new images to sell their product!! I also looked at it a while ago and thought what a crock o shit! another company thinking they can match film, but your images and some images my brother sent me (both of which was processed with the presets) look very very impressive, making me think twice about investing in this.. so thanks for making me want to spend more money!
A Stunning set of Images, I love the color tone…very cinematic!
Stephen Devlin
The shot with the pool and sunset is awesome, its just been added to my list of shots to get! :)
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Bought it thanks to you. And totally agree with you!
Cant wait to try this as I feel the same way about lightroom so maybe this will help me like it.
The sunset shot infront of the pool is simply stunning!
This sounds like a pretty good film emulator! I mean, I was shooting film just the other day and I was just enjoying the great world outside my of computer, then I took a picture of just a random thing.
And Boom.
Then I tuned and saw more beautiful light.
Boom.
I changed lenses and went to take a portrait.
One click.
Boom.
The best part was when I got the film processed and scanned. I opened the files up in finder. And with just one click, they all looked just like film!
Double up!
Boom.
Boom.
;-)
Den tredje bilden till vänster är helt fantastisk! Liksom alla andra iof!
by Jonas
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Natalie Champa Jennings - So incredibly lovely. Thank you :)
alyda - shit jp, amazingness
Stephanie - I love you JP! You are talented beyond words.
Alexis - 0633
Lou - Oh my word. This is like a royal wedding but way, way cooler. Well done!
ALMA - Awesome Jonas.
romin - magnificent. i love that you include establishing shots to nudge the story along.
Brian Davis - Killed it big time. Super impressed by the level of photography here.
Michael Wachniak - naaaaaaaaaiiiilllled it!
Theresa - Wow, you’re SO good.
nirav - Dude. I can no longer formulate comments for you man. I just love this.
sam hurd - what nirav said.
Marcy - This is an absolutely gorgeous wedding. Stunning work.
Jacqueline - Magical. How does one man capture so much in a single event so well.
Jo - I think i just cried at work – I don’t even know these people.
Jeanette Verster - Absolutely magnificent!! What an amazing setting too!
Joachim - 0576 Wow so gorgeous…!
Sara - Du är så himla bra. Så är det bara. Hatten av (om jag hade haft nån).
hannah millerick - You are ridiculous! WOW!
Catherine - You know what? Usually I read blogs like yours and I’m thinking about technique and composition and suchlike. And you just reminded me it’s all. about. the emotion.
I have been pwned in photographs.
Ciiku - So awesome!!
Andy Gaines - Great as always. Loving the PJ shots from early on in the day especially. Awesome work!
Catherine Ruth - Ahh the image with the two of them in the trees? With the red umbrella?
It made me stop and catch my breath.
So simple, and strong.
Love it so much :)
Erik - Kul att se dig gestalta en plats man faktiskt varit på. Mycket intressant.
Clare - Jonas – this is magic….
Hanni - Classy, unconventional, lovely. ~ You got it all.
Trish - sheesh! pure brilliance…
BodasCF - Incredible work and wonderful image processing
fer juaristi - one word: L.O.C.O
Brian Furbush - Damn Jonas – these are spectacular – ridiculous job.
Carl - Vackert i det stora. Magiskt i det lilla.
Tardy - what strong images
Shaun Menary - Unreal.
seonhye - ADORE…especially the one where bride is writing while wearing her veil. such a transitive moment.
Just Another Crazy Blonde - With Just Another Stupid Blog - B E A U T I F U L :)
Maja - wow, perfekt
Fotograf MissJeni - I say FAB!
Joel C - Really great wedding photography. Good mix of atmospheric, emotional and action shots
PJ Photos - love it…is it Vsco? seems like a little difrent from your usualy colors…
Lana - Your storytelling is unrivaled. I so look forward your posts. I have a ritual for them– go full screen, press play on the music, and slowly scroll down, appreciating every single picture. Thanks for sharing Jonas.
Liz Smith - LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!
Rachel - The one of the woman hugging the bride while she gets ready made me cry.
Alex - good job in low light conditions!
jon S6 - Very solid all round. Looks a nice wedding
Sarah H - You can even make an old overgrown tennis court look good… you are good!
Rachel H. - You work is amazing. There is so much depth to each of your photos. I love the tip of the gun photo. Wonderful work!
Gabriel Hernandez - Just discovered your work. WOW. Very inspiring.
Sarah Christensen - These are beautiful, Jonas.
Jonas Seaman - Jonas, this is such an amazingly beautiful post!
james frost - amzin work …
tim - Beautiful work – love the storytelling
Scott R - What an awesome wedding and amazing venue. Beautiful work.
Nikki Bezel - Love your Swedish weddings! There is always something a little extra special in them.
Karolina Pettersson - Det är helt makalöst hur dina bilder griper tag i en. Hade gåshud och tårar i ögonen hela inlägget. Just amazing. As always.
Andres Castaneda - Jonas – your work is stellar! Your sense of composition is second to none. Amazing work!
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Bec - Jonas, amazing wedding. I really enjoyed it. Such a beautiful vibe of the whole day, and you just do such a stunning job. Well done mate!
Gary Wong - so beautifully! Chinese style suit on groom is too cool…
Linus Moran - Beautiful, timeless photography – stunning work Jonas
Julianna - Reminds me of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty – beautifully captured!
M.Licar - Your work is a great inspiration to me. Take care. Mitja
maja. - hur fint som helst!
B. - I’m just curious – do you know why they opted for the non Swedish tradition of her father walking her down the aisle?