- 6x6
- Manual focus
- Still
- standing
- Square
- Schneider Xenar
- Rule of thirds
- Posed
- New Zealand
- Natural Light
- Harsh Light
- Bridal Portrait
- Front Lit
- Film Lab
- Film
- Direct Light
- coastal
- Coast
- Center Framed
- calm
- Bride
- Sunset
The story behind the image
Directions
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
Paris and Michael were very familiar with our distinct style of multi exposures and were big fans, so we just chatted through quickly what we were gonna hit (we’d already planned that spot together the previous day) and then we got to it. I always want couple to look calmly heroic, full of dignity, and the best version of themselves they can imagine when I’m shooting these kinds of portraits on that old camera.
What did you say?
“This is your light falling right here, lift your face up to it and just bask in this last glimpse of the sun on your wedding day.”
Tone of Directions
Calm
Composition
Framing compelling squares in 6X6 is a very different challenge to 2X3 or 16X9. A square is a very naked canvas and it’s easy to kook it if you don’t have your focal length compression right. Esp with multi-exposures I’m always dividing the viewing ground glass into a classic thirds grid in my head, placing subject detail and trying to remember excatly how much space I have to work with for additional exposures – and especially which part of the frame has the less exposed part of the first image so that it’ll take the next layer sharply. Composing great and compelling 6X6 images with texture layers overlaid in camera requires having a good solid idea of what you’re trying to achieve before you start building it in-camera. In this case I was trying to achieve a triple-lineup with each image just kissing the one before.
Compositional Rules
Rule of Thirds
framing
Center Framed
Focusing
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
A medium format camera, the Rolleicord is a TLR with a ground-glass that you look down as you focus. So I guess it’s a kind of live-view… lol. Shooting at f11 in full light you have a reasonable focus plane to deal with, but it’s still a challenge under pressure.
Focus Mode
Live View
Focus POints
Single Focus Point
Focused on
Bride
Equipment &
Exif
Camera
Lens
Flash
Filter
1/500 @ f/11 ISO400 speed film WB-Portra 400
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.
Light & Weather
With the sunset behind me , the light was falling directly on the bride which illuminated her directly which also helped to have her stand out from the background.
Light Type
Natural Light
Light Quality
Harsh,Front Lit
Time of day
Sunset
Weather
StormySunny
Editing Workflow
How did you edit this image?
No editing in post, scanned on Noritsu. The final image that you see is exactly as it came back from the film lab.
Editing Software
Other, Film Lab
Preset Used
Challenges
Using an old camera on a high pressure shoot is always a bit of a pulse racer, esp when you have a very small window of light and you have to choose digi or analog.
Solutions
Back yourself, know what the couple hired you for and roll the dice.
Location
Location Name
French Bay Yacht Club
Location aDDRESS
Otitori Bay Road, Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand
Loation Type
Coastal
Country
New Zealand
Making analog multiple exposures in camera is a really enjoyable discipline, requiring a refined understanding of your preferred camera, the lens contrast and tone, and especially of your preferred film stock and how much latitude you have to work with. And then you need some good ideas for building multi’s that actually add to the story of the day rather than just being a cool trick.
