Welcome to my Blog, its a quick way for me to get stuff of my chest, talk about my work as a wedding and portrait photographer, and moan about having to lose some weight. I am rubbish at spelling, so I apologise in advance if some of it doesn't make sense, but being the creative type, grammer never really bothered me.

Monday, January 07, 2008

Gemma and Nicks Wedding



This weekend was a bit of a rush, non-stop shooting, mostof which I had not had alot of time to prep for. On saturday I photographed a wedding at Prestwold hall near Loughborough, it was a bit short notice as Nick and Gemma original photographer had been injured in an accident earlier in the week. I got a desperate phonecall on Thursday, and I obliged by standing in for him.
The Antiroom at Prestwold is stunning, and served as the ideal location to shoot the groups. I lit the groups with a single Canon 580Ex placed off camera to left of me. The flash was bounced of the wall behind me, even though the wall was not white, it had a soft shiny surface which reflected the light without too much trouble.

The star of the wedding was Harvey the Page boy, this little fella had all the girls after him, even married ones!!

I managed to grab the couple for few moments just before the sun went down, to create a couple of really nice portraits that also showed of Gemmas wonderful dress. I grabbed one of the guest to help, asking him to hold the flash and diffuser while I directed the shots. In all we were outside less than two minutes. Which was ideal, as it was freezing..

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