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The turning coffee wheel – anatomy of a cinemagraph

peace coffee minneapolis food photographerpeace coffee minneapolis food photographerThis is from a personal project I shot with Peace Coffee -  a series of cinemagraphs for a story on Heavy Table. This image shows the beans after they have been released from the roaster while they are turned to cool evenly. The problem with shooting this image was actually how mesmerizing the movement was – I actually had to shoot this process multiple times because I kept forgetting to take enough frames as I watched the wheel turn and turn and turn over the monochromatic contents.

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Observable / uncontrolable

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In a scientific world, like Jessica & Mike live in, there is still room for those things beyond our control. Snow, like love, is visible, observable, magnificent, and totally beyond our dominion. All we can do is acknowledge that it exists, and be thankful.

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JeanMarie Burtness - Absolutely beautiful mood with Jessica and Mike! Thanks for capturing these very special moments for us, Becca!

Howard and Kari Helgen - This photo is beautiful. Thank-you for the great job you did at the Wedding. We can’t wait to see the pictures. Howard and Kari Helgen.

Monochrome – monochrome!

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As much as I love black & white, I show mostly color images on my blog because it is hard to hide flaws in color – I want to show that I am capturing, editing, and processing images without flaws (at least, not technical ones).

However, sometimes a photo just demands monochrome, like this environmental portrait from a Erin & Paul’s lovely winter wedding in the stone basement of WA Frost in St Paul.

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Joel C - Beautiful shot, Becca. Love the lines and texture on the ceiling and there’s a great sense of the atmosphere conveyed through this image.

Andersson - Monochromatic doesn’t equal to boring! Black-and-white photos elicit certain moods that we don’t sometimes feel when looking at colored ones.

JJ Hill Library Wedding

Meg & Alan planned a lovely, laughter-filled, laid-back, library wedding, and I will let their photos speak for themselves.

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Ceremony & Reception: JJ Hill Reference Library
Flowers: Rosa Designs

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Elizabeth - I totally want to do a wedding here!! It’s super beautiful-fantastic job Becca! :D

Dara Chesley - Beautiful photos! I love the pop of color from the flowers.

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