Last week's wedding at The White Chapel

JulieLawsonPhotography

Here are some of the guys and a few of the ceremony. I'll try not to bombard ya. There is more to come of the bride and her girls that I'll post another day.
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This one has been PP (just in case someone asks)

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Well done, Julie! There is something about #1 that captivated me and drew me back to it. I think it's that they are all "casually posed", but each seem to be looking in a different direction, while the groom faces straight on. I can't put my finger on it exactly, but it's quite emotional.

mmmatt

I remember this church! This is the one where you shot some test shots with your daughter, right? You did a pretty good job dealing with the backlighting! It sure is beautiful behind all that glass! Did you use flash inside the church? If so, there isn't any noticeable glare off the glass. Could have used a little fill maybe and gotten some more of the exterior on the altar shots and they would have been just stunning. Still beautiful though!!

I'm shooting a similar situation tomorrow except it is a banquet hall with all glass walls and Lake Michigan in the background. Only 1 non glass wall from what I understand. Should be interesting, but at least it faces east and the shoot is in the evening. Any tips from your experience here would be cool.

Matt

JulieLawsonPhotography

mmmatt wrote:

I remember this church! This is the one where you shot some test shots with your daughter, right? You did a pretty good job dealing with the backlighting! It sure is beautiful behind all that glass! Did you use flash inside the church? If so, there isn't any noticeable glare off the glass. Could have used a little fill maybe and gotten some more of the exterior on the altar shots and they would have been just stunning. Still beautiful though!!

I'm shooting a similar situation tomorrow except it is a banquet hall with all glass walls and Lake Michigan in the background. Only 1 non glass wall from what I understand. Should be interesting, but at least it faces east and the shoot is in the evening. Any tips from your experience here would be cool.

Matt

This is that place. I really can't give you any tips. The images were washed out but not so bad that I couldn't bring back some darkness in photoshop. Oh I used spot metering too. I didn't use flash....a hint of fill would have been nice but from my practice, any flash shows up in the windows.

Thanks for your comments.

bloomphotog

Nice set. I would try and recover some highlight detail in the B/W's. And as usual, my pet peev is DOP. I love shallow DOP, and think you might be able to benefit by stopping down a bit in some of the shots.

Good job!

mmmatt

JulieLawsonPhotography wrote:

This is that place. I really can't give you any tips. The images were washed out but not so bad that I couldn't bring back some darkness in photoshop. Oh I used spot metering too. I didn't use flash....a hint of fill would have been nice but from my practice, any flash shows up in the windows.

Thanks for your comments.

Well, that is what I was looking to find out... if you found a way to get some flash without the glare. I'm going to try bouncing and using a polarizer and see what can be done. It's a 50th anv party and I'm only shooting from 6-10 so I will have plenty of natural light for all but the end of the shoot.

Thanks for answering Julie!

Matt