Tomasz Slota Photography » Prague

J&D: Pre-Wedding Portrait Session in Prague and in Vienna

tomslot — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:25:47 +0000

Jeanne and Desmond came from Hong Kong to attend their friend’s wedding in Budapest and they took the opportunity to take pre-wedding pictures in Prague and in Vienna. On the way we also stopped at the small town of Mikulov and took some snaps in there.

J & D are a fun couple to work with, I honestly envy the lucky photographer who will get to shoot their wedding in Hong Kong!

Big thanks to my assistants: Saneesh and Raifa for their contributions!

The make-up artists in Prague and in Vienna were Lucie Budinska and Alice Retzl respectively.

Lucie-Anne and Cleber Wedding

tomslot — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:32:21 +0000

Lucie-Anne grew up in New York, Cleber is from Brazil. They live in Paris, but they decided to get married in Prague, the city of Lucie-Anne’s ancestors.

The ceremony took place in the catholic church of St. Joseph in Mala Strana, just next to the Charles Bridge. What made this wedding very special from my point of view was a fabulous Brazilian music played by a band that accompanied the couple during the ceremony in the church, on the way to the reception site (Restaurant Konírna) and then all over the evening.

Saneesh Sukumaran was my assistant/second photographer during this assignment.

Jana & Matt: Pre-Wedding session

tomslot — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:22:14 +0000

Jana and Matt just came to Prague from Australia to get married in the picturesque country of Jana’s ancestors. I will be documenting their wedding this weekend. Here is a few snapshots from a quick warm-up photo session last Sunday:

The purpose of setting up a small photo session before the wedding is to build more confidence with the couple and make my work smoother on the actual wedding day, knowing clients’ temperament I can better plan the wedding shoot.

I was assisted by Saneesh Sukumaran during this assignement.

Angela & Hok – Newlywed Portrait in Prague

tomslot — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:32:12 +0000

Angela and Hok got married a week ago in Hong Kong. They flew to Europe for their honeymoon trip and chose my services to create their wedding portrait with the backdrop of Prague.

Unfortunately they had little luck with the weather. It was just the beginning of the heavy rains that caused serious floods around Central Europe. I took some unusual steps to prepare to deliver memorable pictures in spite of such weather: the lighting equipment was waterproofed with a plastic wrap and we had 3 extra voluntary assistants.

Luckily after a short shower the skies started to clear out and we also managed to get some shots without umbrellas.

I would like to give a special credit to my main assistant on this assignment – Saneesh Sukumaran. He actually took some of the pictures from the gallery below:

Big thanks to Raifa, Florin, Lucian and anonymous group of Malaysian tourists, their help was also substantial!

Anna: Pregnancy Portrait

tomslot — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:25:34 +0000

Yesterday I had the luck to document one of Anna’s last days before giving birth. We organized the the session at the comfort of her house, which has a spectacular view over snowy Prague.

The last few frames were shot on black and white film (Ilford HP5) and manually developed in Rodinal. I think the classical, timeless and grainy look of genuine film is very suitable for recording the memories of such important moments.

I would like to give special thanks to Anna Kazanova for helping me during this assignement.

Back to Film

tomslot — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:22:17 +0000

Many photographers, who moved to digital from time to time feel a need to prove themselves that their basic photography skills are still relevant and they can still shoot on film with all its constraints (limited number of frames, low and fixed ISO, etc).

Here is my take: a series shot with Leica M6 + Nokton 35/1.2, Kodak Porta 400NC. The models are my Kyrgyz friends: Alima and Azamat.

For some pictures I used a video light with umbrella for a fill (Lowell Id-Light).

Narinder in Prague

tomslot — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:40:21 +0000

Narinder will be getting married in Wolverhampton, UK in April. I will have the honor of acting as a photographer during his wedding. Here is a small teaser: a couple of shots I took at the club Cathedrale, while Narider was visiting Prague with his family and friends and enjoying his last bachelor days.

Shooting an Indian wedding has been my long time dream, ever since I saw one in Singapore. I am really looking forward to April!

Minuli Jsme Se Ve Snu

tomslot — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:45:07 +0000

In spite of living in one of the world’s most beautiful cities I seldom take landscape pictures. However one November morning I woke early and felt inspired, grabbed a compact camera (Leica D-LUX4), a small tripod and shot this series:

I am quite pleased with the results and I’ll try to do it more often.

Fabulous Gothic Wedding Portrait in Prague

tomslot — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:58:40 +0000

Katya and Andrey from Saint Petersburg, Russia got married in Pushkin, near their home city and the very same day they flew to Prague to start their honeymoon week. They аre both fascinated with the gothic culture and their wedding was themed by the gothic style. I am very glad they chose me to create their wedding portrait as thanks to their great style and wonderful personalities these pictures are setting a new quality in my portfolio.

Sandy Hu, my assistant, helped enormously to deliver these images.

UPDATE:
My pictures of Katya and Andrei were featured in international wedding blogs and received euphoric feedback from the readers. Here are some examples:

http://www.weddingbycolor.com/labrumwedding/milestones/78067
http://www.rocknrollbride.com/2009/05/international-goth/