- Back lit
- Rim Light
- Unposed
- Tickle
- Sunset
- Soft Light
- Sitting
- Rule of thirds
- Playful
- Center Framed
- Natural Light
- natural frames
- Laughing
- giggle
- full body
- Energetic
- Wide
The story behind the image
When we asked him to tickle her, we didn’t give it much thought. We didn’t plan or even have the slightest clue that we would suggest this. It was all on the spot, and we figured – why not? If it didn’t work, we’d just move on to something else and forget about it. But if it did, and we captured an awesome shot from it – it was worth it.
Directions
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
We had the girl sit on the guys lap while he went to tie her boot. Just as he finished, he looked up towards us and we asked him to tickle her. We kept the energy up and let them go wild
What did you say?
Awesome, thanks for tying her boot. Hey [guy], tickle her! Squeeze her knees! Haha that’s it! Go go go!
Composition
To be honest, our composition was not the best in this image as we did end up cutting off the guys foot. This happened because we were more focused on this spontaneous moment between the two and we moved our positions slightly. We tried to correct it as best as we could while editing and we settled with keeping the shot wider to show more of the environment, and bring less attention to the cut-off foot.
framing
Center Framed
Focusing
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
As the girl started laughing and moving sporadically, we tried to move our focus point over her as we really wanted her to be the sharpest in the frame. Though the fact that the both of them were on the same position meant that both were easily focused as a result.
Focus Mode
Single Shot Autofocus
Focus POints
Single Point
Focused on
The Girls Face
Equipment &
Exif
Camera
Lens
Flash
Filter
1/2000 @ f/1,4 ISO100 WB-Auto
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 sun was had not completely set just yet, but it did drop quite far below a big mountain in the background. It was still high enough to cast out a stunning blast of light which made the image feel a lot more dynamic. Since we had the sun behind our couple, we also got a nice rim light (check the girl’s hair) which separated our couple from the background.
Light Type
Natural Light
Time of day
Sunset
Editing Workflow
How did you edit this image?
We applied our protea preset as a base and then tweaked the exposures and contrasts to get the overall tones we liked. Since the image was quite underexposed, we were able to retain a lot of details in the highlights – but nonetheless, we chose to push those highlights even brighter to add a bit more “haze” to the image. We then added in a slight sun enhancement via a radial filter to bring out more warmth, and finally ended off with a gradient slider from the left to introduce a bit more shadows.
Editing Software
Adobe Lightroom Classic
Preset Used
Challenges
The biggest challenge we had was finding a composition/crop that worked as the couple were quite off-center and the foot being cut off didn’t add to the feel of the image
Solutions
We decided to go with the best compromises we could by cropping slightly and keeping as “balanced” as we could. We love the picture nonetheless, and it’s only helped us to be a lot more careful when we’ve been shooting since.
Location
Location Name
Langbathsee
Location aDDRESS
Vorderer Langbathseen, Austria
Loation Type
Lake
Country
Austria
In the end, what matters more is what your couples/clients think. If the picture you created isn’t technically perfect, or you spot a ton of things you wish you could have done better, but the clients absolutely adore it and it brings back good memories for them – it’s a winner. That’s after all thats what we’re doing – creating these little windows for people to relive these moments.
