We chose to shoot this shot in portrait as it meant that the flower bouquet took up the majority of the frame and stopped it from being lost amongst the landscape. We had to lower ourselves slightly in order to tilt the camera just high enough to capture some of that sun flare too. Finally, we played the safe route and positioned the flowers directly center as we felt that simplicity is key here.
Center Framed
Since we shot this with our live view, we simply had our focus box in the middle of the screen and positioned it directly over the flowers.
Live View Single Shot
Single Point
The Flowers
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.
Since we wanted to have the sun play a role in this image, we positioned ourselves to have the couple between us and the sun, and a bit off to the side. We did this because we wanted to keep the flare of the sun. This also created a beautiful little rim light on our bride which really separates her from the background.
Natural Light
Afternoon
Sunny
This was not the most complex image to edit as we were fortunate enough to have the sun flare in the image (just as we had hoped) and it didn’t need much enhancement. We applied our protea preset, adjusted the usual white balance and exposure sliders until we had the tones that we liked, and slightly adjusted the HSL sliders to bring back a bit more of the natural colors of the flowers.
The only challenge we faced was being fast enough to capture this moment before our couple moved. It was not a planned shot and it just so happened that we saw and loved the way the flowers hung low with the dress sweeping with wind.
In this case, it was by chance that we saw it and quickly compose our shot to include all what we wanted. Sometimes luck does play a big role.
Sankt Peter-Ording
Sankt Peter-Ording, Germany
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