Rainy Wedding

I photographed a great wedding last weekend in Muncie, Ind. Despite it raining most of the day we were able to get some beautiful images. Congratulations David + Megan.

David + Megan - Images by Chris Bergin

Indiana POW

I photographed a POW event in downtown Indy for the Indianapolis Star last weekend featuring five Indiana former Prisoner's of War. All five honorees had amazing stories and here is my favorite image from the event. This is former Indiana Governor Ed Whitcomb who was captured and tortured by the Japanese in WWII. He escaped by swimming through shark infested waters to an island where he eventually made contact with the United States Army.


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iPhone and Instagram

There is currently a lot of debate about whether professional photographers should be using iPhones and Instagram to shoot and post pictures. I for one embrace both. Some say that Instagram can make any crappy picture look great if you just slap a filter on it (in some cases it can). But most times it just takes a bad boring picture of what you are eating for lunch and turns it into a bad boring picture with a funky filter applied. The art to making any good image using an iPhone, Instagram, or a Canon 5D MKIII lies in the composition, the moments, and use of light. That shows through no matter what medium you are using. I have a great time pulling out my small iPhone when I am somewhere I don't want to lug around my gear. I can post images the moment I shoot them but I work hard to make them quality images. Here are a selection of iPhone images shot in the past week, some processed in Instagram, some right out of the camera. Follow me on Instagram and Twitter @cbergin

iPhone, no filter applied


iPhone, Instagram filter


iPhone, Instagram filter


iPhone, no filter applied


iPhone, Instagram filter


iPhone, no filter applied

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Lockout

Today I took a stroll downtown and documented the ongoing Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra lockout. A string quartet performed outside the Hilbert Circle Theatre to a good reception by passerby's and lunching downtown workers. The theme for today was Music for the Victims of September 11, 2001. The musicians are involved in a lockout after negotiations failed between the ISO and the musician union and have started performing outside their theatre daily as a form of protest.

Indianapolis Symphony Lock Out - Images by Chris Bergin

Friday Night Football

I shot high school football last night for the Indianapolis Star. It was the first football I have shot in over a year and was really nice to get out there and shoot some action and play around with the nice light as the sun came down. Enjoy.

Friday Night Football - Images by Chris Bergin

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Weekend Work

It was a busy weekend shooting for the Indianapolis Star that included a Blake Shelton concert, portrait of a local competitor on TLC's Craft Wars (airing Tuesday at 8), and a festival. Not to mention working it around getting our new house ready to move in to. Here is a selection of images from the three assignments.

Weekend Shoots - Images by Chris Bergin

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Train

Two concerts in two days... this time it was Train at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indy. They put on a great show (from what I got to see of it).

Train - Images by Chris Bergin