Katherine + David (lots!)

[lscottpht]

Shot at St. Andrew's and Glen Eagles CC.

[S-Man]

Wow Leslie, burnin that midnight oil?
Lovely stuff as always. I LOVE the bridal party group shot!+ I see you in 15 :)

[lscottpht]

Hahaha, you too, I see! Just trying to get everything done since there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day lol.

Thanks!! Yeah, I figured you would see me lol!

[Redneck]

Again, great work.

[lscottpht]

Thanks, Andre!

[tomdrink]

Nice images, Leslie. They seem to be a little less "processed" than usual. Did you do something different, or is it just me?
Anyway, I lke the set!
TomD

[lscottpht]

Thanks, Tom! Well, I tend to overprocess some of my bridals and e sessions, but for weddings (unless it's a vintage wedding), I mostly do straight forward processing. I did add a few that were a bit different in the processing, but most are not.

[rph]

More nice stuff here, as usual. I like the candids, during the preparation and dancing. You've captured some nice expressions, there. You've shown the mood and some of the character of the day. I tend to like those types of shots, because they provide more of the story.

[lscottpht]

Thanks, Paul!

[texkam]

I'm sure with a little photoshop work that OU logo can be removed.

[reader0428]

Lovely! I also love the group shot of the girls, the posing is fantastic.

Since I know nothing about shooting receptions I'm curious - would you mind giving a short explanation of how you light the reception shots? Curious if you use on or off-camera flash. I haven't been to a whole lot of weddings but all the ones I've been too, the photogs have used on-camera flash but I've read a lot on here about using off-camera flash at receptions. I want to get better at using my speedlite on the camera for event photography but I'm not making much headway - they end up looking more like P&S stuff than what you have here - either over or under-flashed. :)

[lscottpht]

Thanks, Amanda! For receptions, I always use on camera flash, usually bounced up, sometimes with my bounce card pulled out. I use typically ISO 3200 (occasionally 1600 if there is plenty of light, and if it's really, really low light, I go up to 4000). My f stop is always at its widest, f4, and the shutter is usually at 1/60th, occasionally 1/50th. Hope that helps!

[skyoftexas]

Hi Leslie,

I really appreciate you uploading so many images because it shows the diversity of your skill. Couple of questions:
– On the arial shot of the bride and groom leaving (in black & white), only the bride is focus (comparatively). How did that happen? Or was this via processing?

– I would really be interested in your flash/lighting set up for the reception dancing. But I suppose if you told me, you would have to kill me.

Thanks for the inspiration.
Michael

Oh, I'm still trying to decide how I feel about the back lit shoe photo. At least it got my attention.

[lscottpht]

Hi Michael!

Thanks! For the aerial shot, that was by my second shooter. He was on the balcony and (I think) using his 70-200. I asked him to get a panning shot of the b and g when they were exiting. So, he focused on them (albeit she is just in focus most likely b/c it was shot at 2.8), used a somewhat slow shutter, and panned. We never do this type of stuff in post processing.

As far as flash/lighting setup, all of these are mine at the reception, and I just used my 580 EXII on camera, bounced off ceiling. I might have pulled out the little white bounce card that is on the flash. My settings were most likely iso 3200, f stop 4, and shutter speed 1/60. Hope this helps! I never do off camera flash. Occasionally, my second shooter does.

Lol on the shoe shot!

Thanks, again!

[skyoftexas]

Thanks for the info, Leslie. But I am going to be greedy and ask one more follow up question. Why do you use ISO 3200 with flash?