- black & white
- Blur
- broken rules
- calm
- Center Framed
- Creative
- Dark
- Evening
- holding each other
- Moody
- Motion Blur
- Movement
- Natural
- Overcast
- Soft Light
- Wide
The story behind the image
I had some raws of them running towards me but not across the frame. In retrospect, I would have loved to have them running across and had the movement going in the same direction.
Directions
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
I asked the groom to snuggle into the bride’s neck, once he did that I asked him to step closer and put his hand in his pocket. I asked Kendall to look down at her shoulder and close her eyes.
What did you say?
[Groom], can you snuggle into [Bride]’s neck and while you’re doing that, get nice and close but keep your one hand in your pocket. [Bride], i want you to now look down across your shoulder and really enjoy this moment together.
Tone of Directions
Calm
Composition
I tend to be boring with composition, I position my clients center frame way to much. This was no exception, but I do think with motion blur this was a good choice so the blur surrounds my clients. Even something as ‘boring’ or ‘safe’ as center framing the couple can bring out a beautiful image.
framing
Center Framed
Focusing
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
The z6ii focus is pretty incredible. I use a focus area and rarely miss focus, the large box was over their heads in this image.
Focus Mode
Live View Continuous
Focus POints
Single Point
Focused on
brides eyes
Equipment &
Exif
Camera
Lens
Flash
Filter
1/5000 @ f/1.8 ISO100 WB-7200 K
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
The specific time the image was taken there was fog covering the sun, so the light was muted and flat. Because of this, I didn’t have to worry too much about where to position my couple. This soft light doesn’t last forever though – so we did have to move quite quickly before things got a little too dark.
Light Type
Natural Light
Time of day
Evening
Weather
Cloudy
Editing Workflow
How did you edit this image?
I started off in Lightroom applying ex film 8 by archipelago collective. I wanted the black and white to have a lot of contrast in the lights and shadows to pick up the movement. I adjusted the crop and then imported into photoshop. There I applied motion blur in the drop-down menu in a new layer. I then used the brush to erase the blur over my clients. I adjusted the opacity of the eraser as I moved from their heads down to their feet, as I wanted it to be a gradual shift.
Editing Software
Adobe Lightroom Classic
Preset Used
Challenges
I really struggled “erasing” the movement over my couple and where it should be erased in a graduated way. specifically over the vail. I edited it 5 different times, and kept coming back to it. Being happy with it at night and waking up and realizing it was terrible
Solutions
I eventually just kept working on the strength of the eraser and adjusting it slowly to almost only 5% over the vail.
Location
Location Name
big sur california
Location aDDRESS
Big Sur, California, United States of America
Loation Type
Garden / Field
Country
United States
I would love to do this affect again in a movement shot, but I know the brushing will be much more time consuming. One thing that I would advise everyone is to just try new ideas. Whether thats out shooting or while you’re editing. No one said you have to be placed in a box and do things a certain way. Experiement. Fail. Succeed. Find your voice.
