June 23, 2016

Wedding reception with floral centerpiece, tiered cake, and appetizers.
Bride with bridesmaids, smiling, holding bouquets on a bridge. Dresses are varying shades of blue.
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About Luke

A skill can be learned, a talent is something you can’t help doing


Welcome to the about me section. I’m Luke Wayne, owner and lead photographer of Luke Wayne Photography. Photographing couple’s most important life events has been my career since I left the West Coast in 2010. My studio is in a historic commercial building in Collinsville, Connecticut. I’m published, rated with both Wedding Wire and Knot and a member of the Connecticut Professional Photographers Association


This page focuses on who I am, how I feel about my work and the way I capture a wedding.

Don’t forget to take some time to view some of my full weddings on the blog.  If you enjoy my work and think we would work well together, give me a call.  We’ll get started.

Bride in a

Light and Color

I work, you play!


My mission is very simple—take beautiful photos while my clients enjoy their day.  On the surface my job is pretty simple-I take pictures.  But as the saying goes a picture is worth a thousand words. Your wedding day will be filled with wonderful moments and powerful feelings.  I am passionate about making sure they are forever.


At the end of my work day, we have a product—a wonderful photographic record. But we also had an experience. We created something artful along the way and together we found your wedding story.


I’m always part of the action. We meet long before the wedding day. We spend time learning about each other. You learn a bit about my eye, my focus, what I think is important. And I come to see who you are, what you value. We plan together so our visions align and we have confidence in each other. Then you have the time of your life while I go to work.

Groom and groomsmen on a beach, wearing suits. Groom in navy pants, others in khaki. All with blue ties, ocean in background.
Bride and bridesmaids in navy dresses hold bouquets, posing outdoors.
Bride and groom on rocky shoreline, ocean and blue sky background. Groom in suit, bride in white dress, looking at each other.

Flow

No two clients are the same


My process is organic. Planning is always important but great pictures are often born in the moment. I may find or make beautiful light to put you in. Pose you a bit. Or let everything happen spontaneously. Either way I capture it all and the result is something relaxed and genuine.

Bride and groom embrace on a beach. Ocean, blue sky, and tree branch in the foreground.
Wedding party on a beach with blue sky. Bride and groom embrace, others stand nearby. Dark blue dresses and jackets.

Light

My guiding……


Light motivates me to make something beautiful. I follow the shine, the shadows and softness that is offered in order to create something authentic. A great photo has deliberate composition, honest emotion and above all a light that complements the scene. The fleeting glow suggests mood, sculpts scenes, draws the eye and adds drama. I am always moving after or before the light, working to create.

Two photos: smiling couple, man in blue suit, woman in white dress, embracing. Outdoors.
Couple on boardwalk by ocean, framed by beach plants under a blue sky with clouds.

My Studio at 51 Bridge Street Collinsville, Connecticut

I bought 51 Bridge Street in 2014. I love this building. It was built on a perch over the Farmington River in the late 1800’s. I started renovating a few years ago; thought I would never finish. It has the original quarter sawn floors. Old doors. The locks and knobs are from that long ago era as are the 1800 century architectural lines. My studio space is on the first floor where I meet clients for the first time and begin lifelong relationships.

Bride in white gown holding bouquet, posed outdoors. Sunlight streams through trees.
Bride and groom embrace on rocks by the ocean at sunset. The groom wears a blue suit, the bride a white dress.
Bride with arms up, making a funny face, groom looking at his hand, cake cutting in background.

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