Wedding Photo Pub'd
Mar 13, 2021 17:21:55 #
One of my COVID weddings got pub'd in the Toronto Star.
A "moment" will always eclipse a perfect technical shot.
...you take enough shots, try to be in the right place and sometimes you get lucky... :-)
In the category of lemonade from lemons, we went to get our "Trellis" shot and the Bride said "Oh no! its overrun with people"... I said "Awesome! Its overrun with bubbles! " .... one of her favorites ... Not technically correct for staging, had to remove some people post-processing etc...still lots of flaws but she loved it ! (and thats what matters)
A "moment" will always eclipse a perfect technical shot.
...you take enough shots, try to be in the right place and sometimes you get lucky... :-)
In the category of lemonade from lemons, we went to get our "Trellis" shot and the Bride said "Oh no! its overrun with people"... I said "Awesome! Its overrun with bubbles! " .... one of her favorites ... Not technically correct for staging, had to remove some people post-processing etc...still lots of flaws but she loved it ! (and thats what matters)
Mar 14, 2021 11:40:11 #
Mar 14, 2021 13:58:29 #
The shot is PERFECT! Why make excuses for something that doesn't need to be excused? The image shows a beautiful relationship of a beautiful event happening at a very difficult time. The hands tell the story. You can't "stage" images like this. I love the brides matching mask! Back in the olden days before wedding photographers started to call themselves "photojournalists", we used to call it "candid" wedding photography.
Back in the late 1960s, a wedding photographer for Oklahoma City, Bill Stockwell, came out with a very casual, romantic and emotional style. Many of the so-called masters, ridiculed his images as sloppy and "poorly posed". Bill was a bit hyperbolic and poetic, by his own admission, and retorted.."y'all old-timers walk through the lovely wedding garden path ignoring the lovely delicate flowers and pick up all the stones and rocks instead"! Bill revolutionized the wedding photography industry.
You picked a rare flower. The bride will treasure that image!
Back in the late 1960s, a wedding photographer for Oklahoma City, Bill Stockwell, came out with a very casual, romantic and emotional style. Many of the so-called masters, ridiculed his images as sloppy and "poorly posed". Bill was a bit hyperbolic and poetic, by his own admission, and retorted.."y'all old-timers walk through the lovely wedding garden path ignoring the lovely delicate flowers and pick up all the stones and rocks instead"! Bill revolutionized the wedding photography industry.
You picked a rare flower. The bride will treasure that image!
Mar 16, 2021 10:26:46 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
The shot is PERFECT! Why make excuses for somethi... (show quote)
Thanks! ...the staged stuff is important but the "moment" ones are what makes the Bride cry....tears are the barometer of how well I did to capture the day. If the bride doesnt tear-up in the review...I failed :-)
Mar 16, 2021 18:02:29 #
Ed said "Perfect" and I really can't add any more other than to agree 100%. I can see why the newspaper used it. It is a moment, but a moment that impacts everyone and tells the COVID wedding story. Wonderful, nice job!
Mar 16, 2021 19:30:53 #
I try to encourage new and older but improving wedding photographers to look for and shoot family relationships and real romance. I see so many staged images that have no emotional content. Too many "saged" dancing dips and stuff folks don't really do. Weddings are a great photo-op for featuring beautiful family dynamics.
Even during a formal portrait session, romantic and casual images of the bride and groom can be produced if the photographer leans on how to set up the atmosphere and get the couple to relate to each other.
There has always been a generational gap between young brides and grooms and their parents and grandparents. Nowadays couples tend to be getting married when they are a bit older than in the olden days. Many brides and grooms are not living with their parents and not leaving home for the first time when they get married. Many have been "out of the house" for many years. Nonetheless, there is a bond between brides and their moms and dads and a wonderful relationship. Even in these days of "ageism" many couples adore their grandparents and visa-versa. I have seen it happen, many times, in front of my lens. A forty-five-five-year-old bride on her 3rd marriage but she is still daddy's little girl. If you can observe and catch these expressions you will produce unique work that's a cut above the regular stuff.
Even during a formal portrait session, romantic and casual images of the bride and groom can be produced if the photographer leans on how to set up the atmosphere and get the couple to relate to each other.
There has always been a generational gap between young brides and grooms and their parents and grandparents. Nowadays couples tend to be getting married when they are a bit older than in the olden days. Many brides and grooms are not living with their parents and not leaving home for the first time when they get married. Many have been "out of the house" for many years. Nonetheless, there is a bond between brides and their moms and dads and a wonderful relationship. Even in these days of "ageism" many couples adore their grandparents and visa-versa. I have seen it happen, many times, in front of my lens. A forty-five-five-year-old bride on her 3rd marriage but she is still daddy's little girl. If you can observe and catch these expressions you will produce unique work that's a cut above the regular stuff.
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