Charleston Wedding Photographers: Patrick Hall

Charleston Wedding Photobooth

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:11:02 +0000

For the last two years or so I have been setting up a “photobooth” at many of the weddings I have shot. Surprisingly, I have found out that a lot of my clients were initially confused about my photobooth because it is technically not a booth at all. If you have ever been to a friend’s wedding and they had a photobooth, typically it is an old fashioned booth with a curtain like you would find in a mall. Those older photobooths can be a lot of fun but what happens when you want to get a bit crazier or want to include more than 2 or 3 people in you photograph? Well that’s why I designed a photobooth that wasn’t a booth at all! This photobooth takes up a small area usually just outside of the dance floor and individual couples or large groups can stand infront of the white screen and instantly take a bunch of creative photos that the bride and groom will see when they receive all of their wedding photos. The pictures are immediately displayed so everyone around can see, and it’s always a huge hit at the reception. I’ve given the band or DJ a run for their money on many occasions, but what I usually find is the photobooth helps encourage people to get up out of their seats and participate even more at the wedding and on the dance floor. Here are a few of my favorite photos from 2010.

Fstoppers: Our iPhone Photoshoot Hits It Big!

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:12:59 +0000

If you have not checked out my other photography based website, www.fstoppers.com, it is basically a blog that features behind the scenes videos of photographers and videographers working on their current projects. Since Lee Morris and I launched it back in Feb, it has become one of the most exciting projects I have been working on outside of wedding and commercial photography. To help inspire other photographers, we decided it would be fun to try to organize a normal fashion photoshoot but instead of using a professional camera we would use the worst camera we owned: the Apple iPhone 3Gs!
I have never experienced posting a viral web video before but over night we had the most highly viral video of my career. Within 8 days, the video had been seen by over half a million people world wide and was featured on thousands of big named websites. Our own website was crashing, my email was being swamped with notes from people from every country, and our site had 10x more viewers than before the iphone video. It was fun having Lee doing all the photography as I filmed the whole shoot. I’m scared we may never top this Fstoppers Original video but it was a blast to create. I hope you feel inspired!

ION Creek Club Wedding Photography: Misty and Adam

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:00:26 +0000

I think Misty and Adam have known each other longer than any other couple I have photographed. They were good friends back in junior high school and years later as fate would have it, they fell in love. I first met Misty and her bridesmaids during her Bridal Shoot in downtown Charleston. I knew her wedding was going to be easy to photography because she was one of the happiest girls I’ve ever met. Living in Mount Pleasant, Misty and Adam decided to get married at the ION Creek Club. They had such a fun band and their friends made great use of the Photobooth. Check out their wedding photos below!

Kiawah Island Wedding Photography: Brent and Blair Beason

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:33:48 +0000

I think I met Brent and Blair back in the winter when they called me up to talk about having a wedding out at Kiawah Island’s Sanctuary. Kiawah Island is such a great place to have a wedding and it was fun hearing what this couple had planned. I knew their wedding was going to be fun from the first time I met them and shot their engagement photos. Usually it’s the guys who do not want to spend too much time taking photos but Brent came to the shoot with more ideas than I did. Having couples that are really affectionate towards each other and at times goofy really makes the photos come to life. At the wedding, Brent and Blair were surrounded by really fun friends (including Halle and Brian). Even the real Clemson Tiger mascot showed up during the ceremony. All in all a really fun time out at Kiawah Island and the wedding photos turned out great.

Seabrook Wedding Photography: Lauren and Jim

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:55:37 +0000

As a wedding photographer, one thing I always enjoy is shooting weddings all over the southeast. When Jim and Lauren first called me, they told me their wedding was going to be at the brand new Seabrook Island Club House called Ocean Terrace. I was pretty excited for them since I have heard so many great things about the Ocean Terrace in the short time since it was built. Although we faced a short rain storm that pushed the wedding ceremony up a bit, the day as a whole turned out really great. Seabrook has some amazing golf courses which always produce great wedding photographs. Check out a few images below and watch the slideshow to see the full wedding.

Charleston Wedding Photographer goes to New York

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:45:17 +0000

If you enjoy watching behind the scenes videos of photoshoots, you have to check out my other website Fstoppers.com. Back in April I was given the opportunity to fly up to New York City to film a behind the scenes video on legendary headshot photographer Peter Hurley. The experience was great both from a creative standpoint and from a networking standpoint, and I’m glad to call Peter a friend. Check my latest Fstoppers video and enjoy the fun personality that is Peter Hurley!

Fstoppers Original: Peter Hurley shoots the perfect actor’s headshot from FStoppers on Vimeo.

Middleton Plantation Wedding: Jamie and Keith

admin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:41:52 +0000

Jamie and Keith are a young fun couple from Charlotte, North Carolina that wanted to do something different so they invited all their friends and family to Charleston for their wedding. These wedding photos were taken at Middleton Plantation just outside of Charleston and they were married in the octagonal garden on the north side of the property. After the ceremony, we walked around the plantation and took some really fun photographs. I also setup a wedding photobooth for their reception which was a big hit. Check out the slideshow to see Jamie and Keith’s entire day.

Patrick Hall is a wedding photographer based out of Charleston South Carolina. You can view more of his wedding work at www.patrickhallweddings.com

Russell and Angela: North Myrtle Beach Wedding

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:13:25 +0000

Angela and Russell warned me that when you are the daughter of a state senator, you have to invite a lot of people to your wedding. With over 400 guests, they were not joking! Their wedding was a blast up at the Grand Strand Resort up in North Myrtle Beach, and their friends took some of the most outrageous photobooth pictures ever. I also don’t think I’ve seen a cake covered with butterflies made out of sugar before either Enjoy the wedding photos below

Scott and Jessica wedding: Charleston Place Hotel

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:36:36 +0000

Scott and Jessica are a really cool couple from Jersey City. They decided to get married at Middleton Plantation here in Charleston South Carolina but when some horrible weather brushed through the state they wound up changing their venue to the fabulous Charleston Place Hotel in the historical downtown area. Instead of having a big reception, Scott and Jessica opted for a more personal family style dinner at 82 Queen. Ironically, after changing the ceremony site, the weather opened up and we were able to get some great photos outside on an otherwise nasty rainy day. Here is a short slideshow of their wedding day.

Charleston Fashion Week

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 06:28:31 +0000

I have always wanted to make a consciences effort to bring exciting and fun items to those of you who take the time to keep up with me and my photography. Many of you are probably brides I have already shot or will soon shoot and a lot of you are probably followers of my website fstoppers.com . So I apologize if you have already seen this video I shot about my good friends over at King Street Studios. Lee Morris (the other owner of fstoppers) and I decided to have our latest behind the scenes video feature King Street as they shot the 2010 Charleston Fashion Week event. I have really enjoyed the little bit of video shooting fstoppers requires of me, and when you get to feature other photographers doing what I myself enjoy doing (shooting people) it’s always a perfect day by me. If you enjoy photography, video, fashion runways, or Charleston South Carolina, I recommend you take a look at Fstoppers’ latest video:

Fstoppers Original: King Street Studios Shoots Charleston Fashion Week from FStoppers on Vimeo.