- afternoon
- broken rules
- calm
- Center Framed
- Directional Light
- full body
- Garden
- holding hands
- Leading
- Natural
- Olive Trees
- Soft Light
- Sunset
- Walking
The story behind the image
Directions
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
Since we had just finished with the couple shoots, we asked our couple to walk ahead of us and to head back towards the party. While they walked, we let them know that we’d still be taking pictures around them and may throw in a few last little things as we come up with them.
What did you say?
Alrighty guys, let’s head back. Walk ahead of us as we’ll keep shooting around you. When you walk, [Bride], hold your dress up with your one hand to help get through the field. Don’t worry about us, we’ll be moving around you.
Tone of Directions
Calm
Composition
As we were moving around our couple, we wanted to find a spot where we could include part of the olive trees in the frame. Since we wanted to keep our couple completely in the shot as well as having enough space around them to show where they were, we let them get ahead of us just far enough for us to get our composition.
framing
Center Framed
Focusing
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
When the light & moment are right, we often like to switch to live view as it helps us better understand the composition we are getting while also being more flexible in how we can adjust our angles. The focus in our live view was set to the middle square of the frame which was easy enough to track over our couple.
Focus Mode
Single Shot Autofocus
Focus POints
Single Point
Focused on
On the bride
Equipment &
Exif
Camera
Lens
Flash
Filter
1/320 @ f/2 ISO100 WB-Shade
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
By this point, the sun had already set well below the buildings surrounding the olive tree farm which meant we had quite a bit of time with soft, warm light. On the way back, we planned to have them walk in such a way that the light was hitting them from the side so we could create an image that had a play between highlights & shadows; which adds dimensions to everything in the image making it a bit more striking.
Light Type
Natural Light
Time of day
Sunset
Editing Workflow
How did you edit this image?
We applied our Protea Preset to the image and adjusted our exposure, white balance, and contrast settings to get the tone and feel we were after. We then added in a few radial adjustment filters to enhance the light as well as bring a bit more attention to our couple by darkening the edges.
Editing Software
Adobe Lightroom Classic
Preset Used
Challenges
Since we were already on our way back, our couple were focused on getting back to the party (and for good reason and to total expectation). This did mean that we were a bit limited in what we could ask from them at this point. We didn’t want to keep stopping them along the way and become annoying.
Solutions
We simply let them have their moment while walking back and took our shots from a distance. We threw in a few little suggestions like holding the dress up here and there but apart from that – this was their time now and we didn’t want to take it away from them.
Location
Location Name
Masseria San Nicola
Location aDDRESS
Strada Provinciale, SP3, 72015 Fasano BR, Italy
Loation Type
Wedding / Event Venue
Country
Italy
It’s been said over and over again, but don’t stop shooting. Even when you’re done with the couple shoot and your couple are heading back to the party – keep shooting. You can capture such awesome moments and even if nothing spectacular happens; it’s a logical transition in the storytelling when you deliver the images.
When letting your couple walk ahead of you, keep moving around them, and find different angles. You’ll soon start to see compositions and moments before they happen and can get yourself into a position to let it happen organically.
