Paul Doumit Photography : Montreal and destination Wedding photographer

Destination wedding in Cuba : Dina & Renie

Paul Doumit — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:36:34 +0000

It was a warm sunny day now in Varadero , Cuba. The preparations were are the resort before the ceremony and reception to be held at the Casa Dupont. Dina was surrounded by her sisters, her mom and her little angle during the preparations in the morning. While Renie was taking it easy in the pool with friends and few drinks to start the wedding day on the fun side. We left the resort by car to the venue while the Dina took a horse ride. After the ceremony we took an hour for few pictures around sunset and then we hit the dance floor for some hot music time. The very next day, we went for a trash the dress session with the bridal party. Hope you enjoy the slideshow .

Nikon DSLR 1080p video

Paul Doumit — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:21:59 +0000

It would be very interesting to see this year a full frame Nikon DSLR with a 1080p video feature. Manual video control would be a minimum just enough to compete with the latest Canon EOS 5d MarkII. I have been following all the rumors in the internet and I am starting to imagine how the next camera would be. A D700 body with a new sensor similar to the D3s but with a video feature . Not that I will start making wedding videos but it would be an interesting approach to sideshows with a mix of pictures and short video clips. Interesting enough to see Montreal Photographers offering same day or next day edit of their wedding day in a short clip movie containing highlights of the day.

Maternity session #1 with Marianne

Paul Doumit — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:14:21 +0000

I cannot start expressing my feelings when I first found out that my sister is pregnant. Thats it I am going to be an uncle very soon .
Today’s session is a very casual one , no big setups not crazy props. Just me and my sister in the bedroom and the window light. We will be doing 2 or 3 more sessions in different locations the dad will be present next time. Love you sister

Congratulations to Ani & George : Montreal winter wedding

Paul Doumit — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:21:57 +0000

Ani knew a friend of mine and this how she heard about me . We met summer time for an e-session at the Old-Port of Montreal where also I met George. Here we are today on a cold winter afternoon, Ani and George get married at the Sourp Hagop Church, surrounded by a great number of people who matter to them , exchanged their vows together in an emotional ceremony and later danced the night away. The reception was held at Le Windsor downtown Montreal. Here is a glimpse of images from that day.

Wedding album design service

Paul Doumit — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:51:40 +0000

I have been getting a lot of requests recently from several clients wanting to design a wedding album through me. I was offering this service exclusively to other photographers which many of them are now outsourcing this service elsewhere. To cut the story short, now I am offering album design services to almost everyone and all this with a record time delivery.

My new Portrait website launched

Paul Doumit — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:33:05 +0000

After 2 month of planning , I finally launched last week my portrait photography website. I will be updating the site along with the blog with new images from recent sessions. Several portrait sessions are booked from the month of March and April involving kids, newborns and maternity. www.pauldoumit.com/portraits Hope you like it.

My next upgrade. PC or MAC ?

Paul Doumit — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:50:49 +0000

How come you are not using a Mac ? I get this question often from clients or friends when they come over to my office. I always replied , well I am a computer guy and I know my way around computers. I never really had any problems with PCs , no viruses, no crashes, hardware or software problems. I guess its the way I use PCs that saved me from all the troubles that Mac fanboys talk about. If I have a problem or need an upgrade, I dont have to call Apple or break my bank account to fix it. My system been running for years, 24/7 none stop and performing like day one. I guess after all Macs are not for technical people.

Its true that Apple’s Mac designs do look good. They are fast and very reliable. I am not here to favor any side. I am just explaining why I have been using a PC for my photography work, along with some gaming on the side. If you check the Alienware website, you get the top of the line PCs with a great design. You get to use a huge Dell 24″ or 30″ widescreen LCD and the latest computer specs that will blow any Mac configuration for half of the price.

It all stats with the OS. Using Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate in the 64 bits flavor changes a lot of things. Its not Vista or the old XP. The new OS is stable, clean and fast. Fast enough for Adobe’s version of Photoshop in 64 bits utilizing all the 12Gig of RAM installed. And the key feature to a fast system now days is storage. Using SSD hard drives as a system drive and a second for cache.

In the end, I would love to you use both platforms. Maybe an iMac 27″ for my clients to preview images and keep the PC workstation as my workhorse machine for processing.