6 Years.....
Brad and I are currently on vacation this week, not doing much of anything which is wonderful. We celebrated our 6 year anniversary on Saturday. Well, I wouldn't really say "celebrated." More like, he got up, went and worked out, ran some errands. Then I had a softball tournament in Denver that didn't start until 3 PM. He went with me and we didn't get home until about 12:30 AM. But we both took this week off to just spend some time together which has been wonderful. My sister offered to take some pics of us this evening so I'm so excited about that, hopefully they turn out well!
Yesterday, we drove down to Pueblo (about 3 hours away) and scouted out the location where I will be taking my first (and probably ONLY) wedding pictures of a friend of mine on Aug 17th. The church is beautiful but I really wanted to do outdoor pictures for the majority of the poses but I am FREAKING out about where to put them. There are really no trees at the church, the only outdoor shaded area would be by the front doors where they have some brick arches. Thankfully, Brad was willing to be my guinea pig. If anyone has some great ideas for where to pose the wedding couple, I would be oh so grateful!!!!! I am really starting to freak out now.
The bride had mentioned there is a great place called the Riverwalk so we headed down there and aside from walking under the road by the river, there was almost no shade! Now most of the pics will be shot around 5:30 probably, not really late enough to soften the light so I'm really praying for a slightly overcast day now! Oh wedding photographers, give me your wisdom! How do you do it? I'm afraid to do anything backlit and blow-out the church building or sky too much.
I already knew that weddings weren't going to be my thing. I like knowing the location, not trying to come up with places at that moment. But she's a great friend!
I've been trying to really browse ILP to get some wedding shot ideas. But it's hard to really tell where they posed them for some pictures. There's just not a lot of shaded areas unless it's with brick as a background and I'm used to greenery or something. ARGGGGHHHH....now I'm just sick to my stomach!
Brad and I are currently on vacation this week, not doing much of anything which is wonderful. We celebrated our 6 year anniversary on Saturday. Well, I wouldn't really say "celebrated." More like, he got up, went and worked out, ran some errands. Then I had a softball tournament in Denver that didn't start until 3 PM. He went with me and we didn't get home until about 12:30 AM. But we both took this week off to just spend some time together which has been wonderful. My sister offered to take some pics of us this evening so I'm so excited about that, hopefully they turn out well!
Yesterday, we drove down to Pueblo (about 3 hours away) and scouted out the location where I will be taking my first (and probably ONLY) wedding pictures of a friend of mine on Aug 17th. The church is beautiful but I really wanted to do outdoor pictures for the majority of the poses but I am FREAKING out about where to put them. There are really no trees at the church, the only outdoor shaded area would be by the front doors where they have some brick arches. Thankfully, Brad was willing to be my guinea pig. If anyone has some great ideas for where to pose the wedding couple, I would be oh so grateful!!!!! I am really starting to freak out now.
The bride had mentioned there is a great place called the Riverwalk so we headed down there and aside from walking under the road by the river, there was almost no shade! Now most of the pics will be shot around 5:30 probably, not really late enough to soften the light so I'm really praying for a slightly overcast day now! Oh wedding photographers, give me your wisdom! How do you do it? I'm afraid to do anything backlit and blow-out the church building or sky too much.
I already knew that weddings weren't going to be my thing. I like knowing the location, not trying to come up with places at that moment. But she's a great friend!
I've been trying to really browse ILP to get some wedding shot ideas. But it's hard to really tell where they posed them for some pictures. There's just not a lot of shaded areas unless it's with brick as a background and I'm used to greenery or something. ARGGGGHHHH....now I'm just sick to my stomach!
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4 Comments:
I wish I had some amazing wisdom for you. BL still scares me to death too! I love the look of it when it's exposed properly, but I never feel like I know what to do!
Check out Smartshooter.com There are a boatload of awesome tutorials that honestly give some info you can start using right away. Lots of stuff about using TTL properly. They have a TTL DVD that I'm going to get that is supposed to be awesome. Maybe it'll help you know how best to shoot outdoors with back and sunlight! GOOD luck with everything!
Hey Audrey....just poppin in to say Hi and to wish you the best of luck on your wedding shoot. I know I was pretty nervous for mine but DH help so that was good. A little tip for what it's worth.....I printed off some ideas from the internet along with bridal magazine cutouts. It really gave me some great ideas. Just a thought. I know you will do fine....just remember to...breath!! LOL. Thanks so much for commenting on my lonely blog. Your sooooo sweet!!
Susan
Congratulations Audrey to you and brad!!!! Wow! Hope the wedding pics turn out awesome! I'm sure they will. Your pics always ROCK!
Congrats on your anniversary!!!!
Don't be scared...just relax & breathe ;-)
My best tip when shooting in full sun is to underexpose just a tad so that the dress won't blow out! Check out this forum http://www.opensourcephoto.net/forum/index.php? I think you'll get alot more ideas & learn more from there than ILP cause OSP is where a TON of the big wig wedding photogs hang out ;-) Good luck!!!
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