Some from the practice session for the Thurs. wedding

JulieLawsonPhotography

I met with the bride last night at the location. Here is only a few of the test shots.

exif data
55mm F 5.6 1/5 sec ISO 1600


200mm 5.6 .77 sec ISO 1600


55mm 5.6 1 sec ISO 1600

Her daughter



78 mm 5.6 1/60 ISO 1600 (bad choice, I know)

nicoleshilliday

I see some great possibilities with the last shot...the silhouette is calling me!

urbanaries

Wow, she is gorgeous!

I agree with Nicole.....definitely love the silhouette possibilities in that old covered bridge!!! Fantastic how the interior tracks of the bridge reflect some detail.

The 2nd and 3rd hots look a little warm to me.

It looks like she's possibly taller than you, if there is ANY way to bring a stepladder along for at least her individual portriats, I think the shots would benefit.

heatherfeather

I bet you will get some good ones of that blue eyed daughter of her too.
What a cutie.
Can't wait to see what you get! Good luck!

david_h

Julie, that F5.6 is killing you. You are not going to be able to have people stay still enough for 1 second exposures and the results here are nowhere near as nice as most of the shots you post.

The image of her daughter is by far the best. What did you do different for her?

I agree with the others that your shot on the bridge has a lot of potential (we have a lot of covered bridges out this way as well). I'd be inclined to blow out the background completely and just have it pure white. If you did this and added a nice B&W (or sepia) effect, that would be a dramatic powerful image.

JulieLawsonPhotography

nicoleshilliday wrote:

I see some great possibilities with the last shot...the silhouette is calling me!

She really liked that picture, at that distance. We have a few different shots that we want to do with this scene. Under the bridge has two amazing walls that will provide some excellent background for some romantic shots that she has picked out. If I can pull the shots off, it's going to be so romantic. I may even blush.

JulieLawsonPhotography

david_h wrote:

Julie, that F5.6 is killing you. You are not going to be able to have people stay still enough for 1 second exposures and the results here are nowhere near as nice as most of the shots you post.

The image of her daughter is by far the best. What did you do different for her?

I agree with the others that your shot on the bridge has a lot of potential (we have a lot of covered bridges out this way as well). I'd be inclined to blow out the background completely and just have it pure white. If you did this and added a nice B&W (or sepia) effect, that would be a dramatic powerful image.

Oh, I know that the 5.6 is killing me. For the posed shots, I think I can probably pull it off bouncing the flash.........i hope. The little girl won't be an issue. I'm not sure the mom is bringing her for the simple reason that it will be so late. I think they are going to stage a re-enactement later on when it's not so late. I had her do some shots where she is moving and I told her that I can't pull it off without movement. On the first shot, I did bounce the flash and it was more appealing to me, but she didn't think that it portrayed the atmosphere she is wanting to create.

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urbanaries wrote:

Wow, she is gorgeous!

I agree with Nicole.....definitely love the silhouette possibilities in that old covered bridge!!! Fantastic how the interior tracks of the bridge reflect some detail.

The 2nd and 3rd hots look a little warm to me.

It looks like she's possibly taller than you, if there is ANY way to bring a stepladder along for at least her individual portriats, I think the shots would benefit.

The second and third shot was shot with the light of a candle. That was my main lightsource. She really likes that warm ambient light.