Steve Matteo Photography


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Candid, original wedding photography and portraiture that captures the emotions of your distinctive story. Let Steve Matteo Photography make your wedding memories come to life.



As a wedding photographer, I'm strictly an observer but I also bring years of experience attending weddings to the table. I bring that insight to your ceremony and reception, and if you need support or a calming presence, I'm prepared to help you cope with the situations that will ultimately make your wedding unique. When you work with me, everything I shoot for you – whether I'm documenting your ceremony and reception or creating a portrait in which your personality shines through – I'm also shooting for myself as a photographer. And my standards of quality are exceedingly high. I bring my unique style of photojournalism to your wedding or portrait session, and together we can create beautiful images using natural light, creative settings, and non-traditional techniques. New environments and circumstances are invigorating, and I consider it part of my job to make the most of challenging situation so I can make your memories come to life.
Please visit stevematteophotography.com, call 312-719-3939 or contact me here!. I'd love to help make your wedding day a great success.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Steve Matteo Photography

There's still at least one photography technique that film can do and digital cameras can't, and that' s a double exposure. While you can take two image files and combine them on a computer, you can't do it in the digital camera, at least not yet. This photo of the Chicago Skyline was shot on film, the first exposure was of the moon and on the same frame, the city exposure was made. Here the moon appears between the Willis, formerly Sears Tower and the John Hancock Building when in reality, it was in the eastern sky. Getting the images to fit nicely in the composition is the tricky part. It's a fact that the exposure on the moon is ISO 100 at F16 and 1/125 of a second so you'll just need to take a proper reading for the second exposure. I shot the image of the moon with a 300 mm lens and the skyline with a 28 mm to complete my double exposure. When I'm not working as a wedding photographer in Chicago, I shoot features as often as possible.

[caption id="attachment_514" align="aligncenter" width="576" caption="Full moon on the Chicago skyline."]Full moon on the Chicago skyline.[/caption]

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