Photo editing has historically been one of the most time consuming parts of a photographers workflow. When I started taking photos over 13 years ago, the two most time consuming parts of the process was picking the photos and then editing the selections. Back then I also didn’t have processes for making quality blogs, books, or other things either (everything took more time) but over time I got faster at those things, but photo selection and editing remained constant.
It is no mystery that I love hiking and being in the outdoors. It’s one of my favorite ways to spend time with my friends and my family. There’s something about being in the outdoors that’s relaxing, adventurous and so so fun. Recently i’ve been working with various brands while on these trips to take incredible photos of their gear in amazing places. I wanted to show off some of what i’ve been doing with them. Being that I live in the Pacific Northwest, I am often in the position to be in some incredible places, and I have the ability and the knowledge to take excellent photos of those moments. What a privilege it’s been working with these incredible companies and products.
Photography is an interesting thing, it’s a super saturated market (everyone is a photographer) but at the same time there is a vast difference between the people at the top of the market and the people at the bottom. There are a lot of factors that separate them; style, knowledge, desire, jobs and talent. Everyone’s journey through that market, and where people stop has so many factors you can’t point to one. I have friends that loved photography and just lost interest, or got burnt out, or didn’t like the “business” side of things. A successful photographer often doesn’t just have one factor (such as a desire to take photos) but has multiple factors that contribute to their success,
My name is Brent Looyenga and I'm a Spokane wedding photographer. I've been photographing weddings for almost 15 years now. In the course of time, I've found some incredible wedding venues, and also some horrible ones. Some private property locations have been pretty awesome when done right, and others have left me, a Spokane wedding photographer, also the planner of the whole day. There are so many things that will contribute to a venue being one of my top 5 wedding venues in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene, but we should talk about a few.
