- Back
- calm
- Center Framed
- Close up
- Cloudy
- Details
- Dress
- Hand on neck
- holding each other
- intimate
- Intimate Framing
- Lace
- Natural Light
- Soft Light
- Veil
The story behind the image
In this case, we wanted to emphasis the details of our brides dress as well as her hair styling. This image is not only beautiful for our couple to have, but it was also one of our most shared photos by the vendors.
Needless to say, that even with a simple close up detail photo like this one – we got a lot more exposure and through this and easily reached more brides.
Whether you are doing the bridal portraits or during the couple shoot, try focus in on the details of your bride and groom. They make for stunning images and can really be something beautiful for your couple.
Directions
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
We had our couple get really close to each other with our bride having her hand up to caress her grooms cheek. We asked them to just “love” each other here, and to completely go with the flow. Even forgetting about us. One quick tip we also did was have our bride turn her head slightly so we could capture a bit of her side profile.
What did you say?
Hold each other close and bring your hands up to his cheek. Caress him gently and really show him you love him. Turn your head slightly to your left side and just forget about us.
Tone of Directions
Calm
Composition
Framing this shot was a key factor in making it a compelling detail shot. We filled the frame mostly with our bride’s dress details but also made sure to keep her hair styling and details in frame too. We wanted the focus to be on the details first, and then to our couple and what they were doing.
framing
Center Framed
Focusing
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
We focused on the beautiful lace details of the dress so that we could bring emphasis to them as the key feature of the image. As we had the dress details and the hair styling on relatively the same focal plain, this also helped keep both sets of details in focus .
Focus Mode
Single Shot Autofocus
Focus POints
Single Point
Focused on
The Brides shoulder
Equipment &
Exif
Camera
Lens
Flash
Filter
1/800 @ f/2.2 ISO200 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
We took our couple out around sunset so that we could work with really flattering light. The weather wasn’t particulaly clear, nor was it too cloudy. It helped that we were in an area that was surrounded by neutral colors which the light could bounce off of, and being somewhat shaded by the one or two clouds in the sky meant we had really easy light to work with.
Light Type
Natural Light
Weather
Editing Workflow
How did you edit this image?
The edits are made to be warmer with a big focus on skin tones and light play with shadows and highlights. A few minor local adjustments were made (Gradient and Brush) as well as finishing off with a fine layer of grain. The whites are not blown out nor are the blacks 100% crunched.
Editing Software
Adobe Lightroom Classic
Preset Used
Challenges
This was a fairly straight forward shot and we didn’t actually have any major challenges.
Solutions
No solutions to share :)
Location
Location Name
ConneKT Technology Park
Location aDDRESS
ConneKT 1, 97318 Kitzingen, Germany
Loation Type
Garden / Field
Country
Germany
Never forget that your main role as the wedding photographer is to create incredible images for your couple first. They are the most important people and the ones you should always be aiming to impress. However, if you think you can create a kick ass detail shot that vendors would be able to share, absolutely go for it.
Try different details while your couple are in their pose. Think of the dress, the hair, the jewellery, the make up, the flowers, the hands, the lips and even the eyes. All of these are details and can really compliment your photo story by adding depth to the series.
