 Today I had the honour of photographing the wedding of Joshua and Jackee. I captured over eight hundred images in about seven hours, and I will be posting anywhere between five to ten of my favourite images (including one or two HDR portraits!) in the days to come (note: I'll be adding the images to my Wedding Gallery for convenience). I woke up early, and went through the routine of checking my cameras (the Canon 5D and the Rebel XT, which is still going strong), various batteries, CF cards, and the Canon 580 EX flash unit. I headed out to Jonesboro, GA, which turned out to be about a one hour commute from where I live. I arrived to the site very early (an hour before any photography was to start), since I absolutely hate being late (if you know me, can you name a single time when I was late? Probably not). I spent an hour photographing the lake in the vicinity; I was also testing out the new Lensbaby Composer which I received earlier in the week. Anyway, one of the first planned shots I carried out was the bride's wedding dress. I knew that it had to be set against the bright light coming through the window, so I did exactly that. It's a curious departure from my rigorous approach to never overexpose any portions of my images, but it's definitely a totally different ballgame when it comes to wedding photography. I am discovering more and more that I can start making these so-called 'mistakes' in order to give certain photos that special ambiance. I ended up using four lenses to photograph the wedding dress: the Canon 50mm f/1.8 (one of these days I hope to upgrade to the Canon 50mm f/1.2L), the Canon 100mm macro, the Canon 17-40 f/4L, and the Lensbaby Composer. Can you guess which lens I used in this case? Photography tip: to bring out the detail in the wedding dress, I imported this photo into Photoshop where I did a selective colour adjusment on the whites and the neutrals. In particular, I decreased the black tones in the whites, while adding blacks to the neutrals. After making that adjustment, I used a history brush to paint over areas where I didn't want the increased contrast to be so dominant (for example: the bottom of the wedding dress, which is still not perfectly clean). Finally, this particular image was processed with a red/pink filter, but if you're interested, I've also uploaded the B&W version (click here to see it). I'd be curious to hear which one of the two you prefer. |
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