Author Archives: PaulVonRieter

Nikon Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G ED … buy this lens

(*Disclaimer* this is a post intended for my fellow photogs out there. If you are a bride and are wondering why the heck you are staring at a picture of a lens on a wedding photographers blog… Please don’t be alarmed, I am at a wedding convention geeking out with the good people of Nikon...

First day at WPPI

WPPI has been a pretty amazing experience so far. I have had the opportunity to meet some amazing people, take a couple great workshops and classes, and use some fantastic gear. I am really sitting here at my computer typing this on the eve of my second day here, but my first day was so...

Leaving on a jet plane…

I am posting a blog post without an image for the first time today… I am guessing that I am going to have plenty of images to post over the coming days. So I figured I should give you a break. In exactly 3 hours time I will be at John Wayne airport boarding my...

Paul Von Rieter at WPPI with NIKON

Sounds unbelievable right?? I never in a million years thought I would write something like that. I am still a bit in disbelief. Last Friday I received a completely unexpected e-mail that pretty much blew my mind; “We love your work!” they said. “We want to send you to WPPI”, “We want to give you...

Before and After

I am getting asked more and more about how I make my photos look the way they do. I tried explaining some of my PP technique today… I think I kinda failed. I thought it would be simple, but when it really comes down to it there are a lot of different reasons my photos...

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