I asked the couple to stay very still, and not smile, because I wanted to evoke a more serious feeling. This feeling of seriousness brings out a different sort of emotion to the viewer – one that speaks more of “we are human. This is us”.
Guys, I want to try something new for you. Let’s have each of you stand in this spot and I want you to be still, be clam (no smiling) and then once i’ve got the shot, I’ll get the next one in. I have this idea and I think you’re going to really like it.
Calm
The image is portrait style, so the double exposure in the photo is what makes it stand out. First I chose to use a 35mm lens because I felt it was a good focal length considering the distance I was at and it allowed the couple to dominate the framing. I like to center my subject to avoid other distractions in the photos. The main purpose of the image is to capture the union of two people as if they were one.
Center Framed
I focused around the bride and groom’s eyes with autofocus. It’s almost impossible to lose focus using a sony a7iii – the focusing on this camera is absolutely insane.
Continuous Autofocus
Single Point
bride and groom eyes
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.
We had darker light in the late afternoon, as the sun was already setting. The soft outdoor light is always great because it gives you the freedom to shoot in any direction you want, but it goes pretty fast. I preferred to use the light at 45 degrees, to lighten the side of the face a little while casting a shadow on the other side. This creates a feeling of dimensions to your subjects as they feel a lot more prominent.
Natural Light
Sunset
First I did the double exposure in Photoshop and then I used our ‘Alev Folk BW preset as the base. I wanted the image to look dark and dramatic, so I lowered the exposure slider and added some noise. Creating a double exposure in photoshop can be quite simple, and in this case, it was simply a matter of layering the two images on top of each other and cycling through the blend modes until I found one that looked the way I had hoped.
The speed with which the light disappeared was definitely challenging, it was already getting dark and we had little time, we had to do it fast.
The only real way was to do it faster. I had what I wanted in mind and didn’t waste much time.
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