I asked them to hold hands and walk slowly away from me down the dock. Leslie had the most beautiful custom detailing on the back of her dress so I wanted to capture that as well. But I mostly wanted the photo to feel like a truly intimate, quiet moment with just the two of them after all the buzz of the day died down.
Hold hands and take a minute to walk down toward the end of the dock together.
Calm
I really wanted to highlight the leading lines of the hanging florals and lights heading down the dock with the gorgeous sunset in the background. I couldn’t frame the couple directly in the middle because of the table, so I put them just to the side keeping the rule of thirds in mind. I wanted to shoot fairly wide to get the whole set up in the shot.
Lower Thirds
Since the shot was wide and the couple was fairly far away I didn’t need to worry too much about the focus. I just set it on the couple to make it easy! I like doing wider shots like this in live mode so I can see exactly what the photo looks like.
Single Shot Autofocus
Single Point
The back of the bride
The way the EXIF is written out follows the common photographic method (with the inclusion of White Balance at the end). Here it is broken down:
Shutter Speed @ Aperture ISO White Balance.
This was your very typical “blue hour” lighting. The sun had gone down past the horizon and the sky was beautifully pink and blue reflecting on the water. It was a tiny bit dark but mostly even lighting.
Natural Light
Sunset
I loved the natural colors and lighting in this photo so I didn’t want to change much! All I did was apply my custom preset. The only adjustment I made was desaturating and increasing the luminance a tad in the oranges so the skin tones weren’t as dark and vibrant in comparison.
Only having a short amount of time for portraits at sunset.
Planned out shots I wanted in advance and made sure we started at the right time!
West Shore Cafe and Inn
5160 W Lake Blvd, Homewood, CA 96141
Wedding / Event Venue
United States
When shooting in darker lighting situations like this I almost always use live view and the touch screen on my camera to make sure it’s focused. I have terrible vision at night so sometimes using the viewfinder doesn’t cut it for me and I find this a lot easier!
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