We noticed the mosquito net on the end of the bed and asked the bride if it would be ok to take a few photos of her under the net before we headed out the door. We asked her to position herself in the middle of the end of the bed and simply look right down the camera lens with a ‘neutral look’. We also tried some variations with eyes closed, and asked her to look in different directions to get some variety. We also asked her to lightly move the net back and forth for a bit of movement in the photo.
If you could sit her behind the net that would be awesome, and all you have to do is look right into the camera lens for a bit. Amazing! If you could take the net and move it from left to right a little bit that would be great too.
Calm
We used an 85mm lens for this photo (our favourite portrait lens) and we we wanted to frame the photo so that the bride‘s upper body would fill the whole frame without any distractions around her. To do this always shoot vertical and move closer. We made sure to not cut out her hand that is at the bottom of the frame.
Center Framed
Single point continuous autofocus (centre frame) with the viewfinder, I focused on the brides eye, locked the focus and then recomposed the shot (‘focus and recomposing’ technique).
Single Shot Autofocus
Single Point
The Brides face
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.
The room was mostly dark with the only light coming in being a window to the bride’s left and a doorway to the bride’s right. Both sources of light were touching the bride. We wanted to shoot with just 1 source of light to create a more 3D effect on her face so for this photo we closed the shutters on the window that was on her left. This resulted in the left side of her face being darker and the bright side being brighter creating a slightly more dramatic portrait.
Natural Light
Indoor
Edited with The Kitcheners ‘Emotive’ presets used as a base. Exposure, white balance and tint corrected. Some exposure tool brushing was used on the top of the image to bring out a bit more detail around the bride’s face.
It wasn’t really a challenge but a big goal of ours was making sure that the bride felt comfortable in front of our cameras so that we could capture her and their day in the most honest way possible.
We made sure to invest time in building a good relationship with our couple (video chatting, having a beer/coffee together before the big day). We find that this is a good way to get comfortable with one another and instead of showing up the morning of the wedding day as strangers we already feel like we know one other.
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When taking portraits sometimes a split second of time can mean the different between a good portrait and a great portrait. For this reason it’s good to fire off multiple frames per second to make sure you don’t miss that perfect moment or expression.
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