Lucy's Buzz

Friday, February 20, 2015

Fun HomeComing Photos – What to Post?!

I’m working on the design of Anagi & Kokila’s wedding album. I’ve been working on it for the last several days. This morning, however, Lipton suggested I put some of Anagi and Kokila’s HomeComing photos up on FaceBook because he loves those photos and the colours! (And he wants to make more work for me!)

But rather than just post on FaceBook, I decided it calls for a LucysBuzz! --actually everything calls for a LucysBuzz!

Lipton took the photos of Anagi & Kokila and I edited them. The bride and groom are a fun couple and throughout their HomeComing Day, they didn’t lose their sense of humor.

My problem is choosing just a few of the photos. On first look I saved 70 (yes! 70!) images. Then I took it down to 42, then 26. Let’s see how many I end up with!

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Google Google Google That Thing!

Several years ago we, ShadeTree Productions, were consistently listed on page 1 of Google under ‘Sri Lankan Wedding Photographers’ and then when Google changed their specs we dropped to page 17. It killed me!

I contacted several Sri Lankan companies to do some SEO (Search Engine Optimization) work for us, but they didn’t respond. Can you imagine? So I tried learning about SEO and just couldn’t comprehend it well enough. I then paid our website people to change our website from Flash-based to HTML-based. I learned enough to know that we needed to do that.

Revamping the website to fit Google's new specs took awhile. And then I began Lucy’sBuzz and 126 posts and 26,619 pageviews later, the HTML-based website, current updates to the website and constant updates to our FB page, plus now owning a smartphone and being mobile compatible, we are back on PAGE 1! And we are getting requests galore!

Amazing what hard work, armed with some tech knowledge, can do!

Thanks also to YOU for checking us out, for your requests for coverage of your weddings and events; for photography and videography.

We love you, our clients! Our readers! Our FB fans! THANK YOU!

The Dynamic Duo!

Is Lipton a photographer or a pack horse!

Family Portraits! Adorable Louis!

Romantic Location Shoot in Galle!

Family Portraits

Small Wedding Shoot

Birthday Shoot

Fashion Product Shoot; Fashions by Mano!

Business Shoot at Salon 7th Avenue!

Product Shoot

We do all this and more!

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Friday, February 13, 2015

Fun Slow Motion Wedding Video!!

This slow motion video idea is something we’ve had up our sleeves for awhile and we’re proud to finally get it to you!!

This wedding crowd – Taniya and Dilshan and friends – had such a blast doing it! They were uber crazy!

Call us if you want a slow motion video with you and your friends! 0777 387735

Check out our Sri Lankan wedding photography, travel photography, portrait photography, female
photographers, commercial photography at our website at: http://www.shadetreeSL.com

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Pre-Wedding Video Shoot in Galle Fort

Today is Chathu & Kusan’s wedding (photos to come later). Two weeks ago Lipton did a pre-wedding video shoot with the couple and their retinue. He wrote the story, directed it and was the director of photography.

I am so proud of him! And proud of the couple and their friends on how creative they all were!

This is a must to share on LucysBuzz!

Enjoy!

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Check out our Sri Lankan wedding photography, travel photography, portrait photography, female photographers, commercial photography at our website at: http://www.shadetreeSL.com

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

New Year's Eve Wedding!

So where have I been?

After several weddings, I got the Sri Lanka coughing crud and yet I still carried on editing the wedding photos and even did a couple of weddings (praying that I wouldn’t start coughing up a lung at an important capture!). What’s a girl to do? Just pony-up and do what a girl’s gotta do!

I did, however, neglect LucysBuzz. And I’m sorry for that, since I had several people let me know how they love it.

The photos I’m going to post today are of a Muslim wedding held here in Colombo on New Year’s Eve (no chance of this couple forgetting their wedding anniversary!). The crowd was super friendly and the bride and her parents gave me permission to post the photos. Yeah!

There aren’t many traditional shots to be taken at a Muslim wedding. Usually the crowd is segregated into the women’s side and the gents’ side. So there’s just a few photos of the gents to be taken and many, many of the women. The weddings are segregated so that the women who are ‘covered’ can remove their veils and chat and eat with their friends comfortably, without the presence of men to inhibit them. To capture this side we use a female photographer. Usually me.

There’s no alcohol or dancing at a Muslim wedding, but there is a lot of chatting. Lots of it! And fabulous outfits, mostly bejeweled – even the burkas. Lots of sparkle and bead work. It was at my first Muslim wedding that I decided I needed a sparkly outfit to work in. I had to step up my game!

Enjoy!

Romany De Mel was the dresser!

Romany doing her magic.

To book us, call +94 777387734/5

Check out our Sri Lankan wedding photography, travel photography, portrait photography, female photographers, commercial photography at our website at: http://www.shadetreeSL.com