Wedding in Baytown - Simple Good People

[MyKey]

A while back Cody and I had a WONDERFUL wedding from a young lady which found us almost 3 years before her wedding date. Normally only booking a wedding no more than 1 year in advance we actually accepted this amazing client a little before that and well we are both glad we did.


#1 - Wendy's Wedding Gown


#2 - The Day's events


#3 - Wendy walking down the isle not for her wedding but for a first look with her father. You see Wendy's father had not seen his daughter in her wedding gown and well lets just say it was a very special moment of many happy tears when he finally did.


#4


#5 - The something blue" aspect of Wendy's wedding day was a piece of her mother's actual wedding dress, a blue wedding dress, cut and placed inside Wendy's dress.


#6 - The Couple at the Alter


#7 - The Kiss


#8 - The Shot the Bride HAD to have, but since the limo driving got lost on the way to the reception hall we had only a little bit of light to capture the image. All in all it worked out well.


#8-1 - Processing of that image - One wireless flash - Canon 580ex on a light stand approximately 12-14 feet in the air - shot through a portable softbox. Main flash turned off only to transmit to the wireless unit.

Camera Information:
Shutter Speed: 1/40
f/stop: 3.2
ISO: 800
Lens: 16-35L
Focal Length: 16 mm
Metering Mode: Pattern
White Balance Temp: 5500 K
Exposure Adjustment: 0.00



#9 - On Table goodies from the reception - did I mention I love on table chocolate goodies :)


#10 - A couple of the couple on their bubble exit!


#10 - Grandma hiding in the Limo and popped out when the couple opened up the door to jump in. Quite a funny moment for everyone since Grandma hid the event to everyone including the Limo driver! Look at the Attitude of the bride - she laughed after wards but was quite lost at first seeing Granny!

[Daniel Bates]

Thanks for the walkthrough on the bridge shot - it's one of the trademark Tricoast shots, and I spend hours deconstructing your style way back when.

[ThiNguyen]

Nice works, and thank you for the turorial.

Thi

[ngoduyviet]

There's a problem with the tutorial. You need a technically good and even better artistic image to start with, two of which everyone will have a hard time to get before being able to get it to the look & "feel" of TriCoast

[JenJohnson79]

Isn't that venue in Crosby? the country club? I've taken that bridge shot a few times, I've had two weddings out there. It's a beautiful set up. Great PP on that shot.

[shoyles]

Originally Posted by ngoduyviet

You need a technically good and even better artistic image to start with, two of which everyone will have a hard time to get before being able to get it to the look & "feel" of TriCoast

I agree, come on Mike, that's not a tutorial, you are bating us with this one.

The key to that photo is the ability to spot the location, direct the B&G and setup the camera/flash.

The post processing is nice but it would be hard to mess up the processing on a shot with that sort of potential.

Great capture by the way.

[photojournalist]

3 years, wow. Some marriages don't even last that long.

[Photodan]

Hey Mike, I'd love to see the father's tears like you described when he first saw his daughter in her wedding dress... sounds like a wonderful moment!

[toverman]

Three years is a looooong time to be engaged!