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Dec 9'th 2007 - downtown Stratford

December 17, 2007, 08:28:47 PM

The bride who is very artistic and quirky or I should say unique in her way of looking at things, was quite concerned that I would not provide her with boring shots or traditional wedding coverage. She pointed out several shots from my website that appealed to her - several were taken at trendy restaurants, some in the evening utilizing whatever available light was available - - - and so my agenda for the afternoon was to make sure she would not be disappointed. Being the ceremony was over at 4:00 and we would only have about 1/2 hour with any type of sunlight available, we chose locations around downtown Stratford including an ally with grafitti, a busy building with areas that would be large enough (barely) to handle the bridal party and family, and a small cafe where I took the couple and best man and maid of honour for a few private moments sipping a bottle of wine.

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Olympus E-510 with 12-60mm lens @ 12mm - f2.8 @ 1/160'th - 800 ISO

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Olympus E-510 with 12-60mm lens @ 12mm - f2.8 @ 1/60'th - 800 ISO

3 )

Nikon D40 with 18-200mm lens @ 18mm - f5@1/60'th - 400 ISO - bounced flash

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robertwatcher

Reply #1 - December 17, 2007, 08:29:10 PM

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Olympus E-510 with 12-60mm lens @ 16mm - f3 @ 1/80'th - 800 ISO

5 )

Olympus E-510 with 12-60mm lens @ 12mm - f2.8 @ 1/25'th - 800 ISO

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Olympus E-510 with 12-60mm lens @ 16mm - f3 @ 1/30'th - 800 ISO

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robertwatcher

Reply #2 - December 17, 2007, 08:29:26 PM

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Olympus E-510 with 12-60mm lens @ 36mm - f3.7 @ 1/50'th - 800 ISO

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Olympus E-510 with 12-60mm lens @ 12mm - f2.8 @ 1/50'th - 800 ISO

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Olympus E-510 with 12-60mm lens @ 30mm - 3.6@ 1/200'th - 800 ISO

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robertwatcher

Reply #3 - December 17, 2007, 08:29:42 PM

10 )

Olympus E-510 with 12-60mm lens @ 17mm - 3.5@ 1/8'th - 1600 ISO

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Olympus E-510 with 12-60mm lens @ 21mm - 3.5@ 1/30'th - 1600 ISO

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Travis Minnig

Reply #4 - December 18, 2007, 09:39:45 PM

Robert, I really like the series, but my favorite is #10. It is as if the bride and groom are bored and anticipating the exit of their friends so they can finally be alone together. I sense a lot of tension and drama in the image.

I don't know if that was the intention or not, but that's what I get out of it. Did you set it up at all, or did your ever-watchful eye just catch it?

Travis

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BobEdens

Reply #5 - December 18, 2007, 10:57:53 PM

The shots are all amazing, I like 9 the best. I have a question. on 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 11 you werent holding the camera level. I'm sure this was intentional but shooting mostly nature, having the horizon tilt is a little odd to me. Is this a trend? Is it something the brides are expecting? I know its not a new thing, but I wouldn't expect to see it done so often.

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robertwatcher

Reply #6 - December 19, 2007, 06:04:11 AM

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Did you set it up at all, or did your ever-watchful eye just catch it?

It's a setup - there is a series of them moving from this point to turning to face each other and then moving in toward each other. This is my favourite of the series with its movie poster feel.

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robertwatcher

Reply #7 - December 19, 2007, 06:15:50 AM

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Is this a trend? Is it something the brides are expecting?

It's not a trend for me - it's the way I see and shoot. I have been shooting with this same style of dynamix motion for 28 years. I could show you snap shots from my teen years when I was a filmmaker before I got into photography seriously - that show almost the same compositions, framing and perspective. I really don't notice that I am taking my shots this way or do it deliberately - and I don't really see tilts when I view my images - - - they just look normal to me.

I presume that my clients notice the angles in all of the images on my website that they view for making their choice to hire me. I've never considered or worried about what the bride is expecting. I shoot the way I do and it is those images that they get to select from. There are many level ones, many dynamically composed ones, many normally processed ones, and many artistically manipualted ones. They only get between 40 and 100 images for their wedding books, depending on their photography budgets - so the choice is theirs what type of shots they want from the variety I give them. Of course most of the shots my couples choose are tilted, artistic and beaming with emotion and life.

If you look at any of the wedding book layouts I have posted, thaye are always the couples choice of images to include (I have no input other than designing the pages) - - - you will notice that they seem to have little problem with my "tilts":

http://photoartsforum.com/bay_street_lawyer_wedding-t133.0.html
http://photoartsforum.com/windsor_wedding_couple-t129.0.html
http://photoartsforum.com/bennmiller_resort_wedding-t130.0.html
http://photoartsforum.com/getting_this_years_wedding_books_completed-t639.0.html

Thanks for the nice comments -both.

« Last Edit: December 19, 2007, 06:27:43 AM by robertwatcher »

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BobEdens

Reply #8 - December 19, 2007, 09:34:24 AM

I think what we see is how you draw a square around your image. You don't intend it to be shown with the flat edge on the bottom. Actually adds an additional layer of complexity (not keeping the bottom of the frame level) to the composition of the shot.

very cool!!!

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