- Back lit
- Leading
- view point
- Sunset
- Styled Shoot
- Stormy
- Soft Light
- Ocean
- Natural Light
- Natural
- Mountains
- Moody
- Low Light
- Late evening
- calm
- Horizon Line
- High Angle
- Guide
- Golden hour
- full body
- Free
- Follow
- Dark
- Coast
- Cloudy
- cliff
- Center Framed
- Walking
The story behind the image
Directions
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
We were on our way to another location with our couple and when we do this, we always ask our couple to walk together. That way, we can
photograph them moving from the one place to the next, naturally. We simply asked our couple to hold hands and for our groom to help her out as the terrain wasn’t too easy to walk on.
What did you say?
Let’s move to the next spot guys, and when we walk, can you hold hands with each other and just make sure you’re safe
Tone of Directions
Calm
Composition
We wanted to show a bit of the city that was down on the coast so we took the camera away from our face and used live view to frame this shot. Sometimes it really helps to look at the back of the screen when composing to make sure you have everything you want in frame.
framing
Center Framed
Focusing
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
Depending on the camera you have, focusing in live view can be a pleasure or a nightmare. In our case, our cameras have a really advanced focusing in live view and we were able to track our couple as they walked passed us.
Focus Mode
Live View Single Shot
Focus POints
Single Point
Focused on
The Couple
Equipment &
Exif
Camera
Lens
Flash
Filter
1/640 @ f/1.4 ISO500 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 had just set below the horizon and we were fortunate enough to have the ends of the golden light. A storm was about to form which meant the clouds soaked up the colors of the sunset and gave us an incredible palette to work with. We also had our couple walk towards the light which meant we could illuminate the front of them.
Light Type
Natural Light
Time of day
Sunset
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
The only real challenge we had with this shoot was the fact that the light got so low that we had trouble focusing.
Solutions
We chose to use our live view auto focus since that uses a different method to acquire it’s focus. It also helped us to see just what we were composing and what part of our couple was being focused on.
Location
Location Name
Signal Hill
Location aDDRESS
Signal Hill, Cape Town, South Africa
Loation Type
Mountains
Country
South Africa
If your camera is somewhat decent with it’s live view mode, try take the camera away from your eye and use the live view to compose and expose for your image. You’ll be quite surprised at how easy it can be and how fast you’ll notice when something isn’t quite right.
Always keep shooting. Even when you’re moving from one spot to another. It also really helps with the story telling of your series later on.
