What a beautiful place to get married in! *___* Lovely photos, as always!
Thanks so much Igoy
Yeah, it was a beautiful place, the chapel had windows all along one side so it was full of light. A really welcome change from some of the dark churches I occasionally have to shoot in.
It's an old farm just outside Lisbon (there are loads of places like this and they rent them out for weddings and stuff). It's also nice to have the wedding and reception in the same place...saves on driving and stress.
Rambowjo said:
That looks like an expensive wedding.
I'm not sure if it was that expensive. There were around 60-70 people there (the previous week I shot a wedding with over 200), and one of the biggest expenses at a wedding is catering (I know this from experience of my own wedding). Also, they did everything in the same place, so there's no car rental or stuff like that.
On the other hand, I read somewhere that Portugal is the place where people spend more (as a proportion of their income) on weddings than anywhere else in Europe. It really is a business here.
007MIKE said:
Is she cutting the cake with a sword.. if so that is awesome!
Good stuff. I like that you are applying a similar set of processing for all your wedding shots. Gotta watch that outdoor white balance though. Their skin isnt that dark
Oh yeah, it's a sword
He's a Policeman, and had a guard of honour from his colleagues as they left the church. They borrowed a sword to cut the cake.
I mistyped my original post..I actually should have said "There's a LACK of consistency in the processing..." I only shot this at the weekend and I'm still playing around with different settings. There's a lot of different lighting situations (harsh midday light, late evening light, exterior shadows, internal shots with electric lights, internal with the window as a light source, night-time shots, and then that goddamn flare) so I want to get a look that works with all the images.
The shot you've highlighted, well the flare was spontaneous...I was set up to shoot candle light and the artificial lights on the outside of the building when the guy let the naval flare off. It was an "Oh ****!!!!" moment cos I didn't want to miss the cutting of the cake. These flares have the brightness of the sun, so of course the camera wants to radically underexpose...and it's at night, so I risked losing everything except for a bright white and red spot. I set exposure comp to plus 1.5 and put the flare behind her back...the WB was on auto. As it is, I still had to push the exposure by a stop in post, as well as bringing out the shadows. Like I said though, the shots are a long way from finished and I haven't touched WB yet. I'm not sure whether to leave it with the red glow and shadows, or convert to black and white (I've tried it and it looks cool, but it's a shame to lose the red, which was such a part of the moment).
Pine said:
Ah, rich people and their rich people weddings. Israphel, your stuff is fantastic as always.
Thank you Pine
I dunno if they are that rich. She's an air-stewardess and he's a policeman. Neither of those jobs earn that much in Portugal...but like I said to Rambowjo, Portuguese really like to blow out on their wedding. I've noticed that the biggest weddings are often from the people who appear to have jobs that make me wonder how they can afford it, while the smaller low key weddings I've shot are often with people who have quite decent jobs. That's by no means a hard and fast rule, but a friend of mine who has a string quartet and plays a lot of weddings has observed the same thing.
I've lived in this country for 12 years now, and I really don't get so many things about people and money here.
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