Courtney | 1yr Later

Darren Troy CDarren Troy C Registered Users Posts: 1,927 Major grins
edited November 24, 2010 in Weddings
She was married nearly a year ago to the day that we did these. The dress originally wasn't ready in time, so 12mos later we managed to finally tackle a bridal session for her. Being from and having easy access to The Holy City Charleston, SC -which gets its nickname from the plethora of church steeples that pepper the city's skyline- makes for spectacular venues. There are limitless possibilities amongst the hundreds of alleys and wrought-iron lined sidewalks. Images 3-9 are either in front of or inside of the newly renovated Dockstreet Theater. I actually got fussed at for placing the antique "courting couch" in front of the structure. :D Anything for the art! (C&C always welcome)

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  • heatherfeatherheatherfeather Registered Users Posts: 2,738 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2010
    Oh my! These are lovely. But I especially love #1 and #8. Nice work. I bet she loves them!
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  • AroundDWorldAroundDWorld Registered Users Posts: 67 Big grins
    edited November 10, 2010
    #1, 5, and 8 my Favorites........gorgeous job!
  • QarikQarik Registered Users Posts: 4,959 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2010
    lovely stuff
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  • WeiselWeisel Registered Users Posts: 235 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2010
    Beautiful images! 1,8,9 are my faves. Really nice work here. Kudos
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  • metmet Registered Users Posts: 405 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2010
    1 and 8 are my favs. iloveyou.gif
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  • AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2010
    OMG, GORGEOUS!!! Love the photos at the gate and the last one blew my socks off!! Fabulouuuus. Sooo uhmmmm, glad you know some pretty spots :D
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  • Darren Troy CDarren Troy C Registered Users Posts: 1,927 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2010
    Thanks so much everyone! Angie, scouted and tagged! I can't wait, June won't arrive soon enough! :Dthumb.gif
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  • KinkajouKinkajou Registered Users Posts: 1,240 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2010
    Weisel wrote: »
    Beautiful images! 1,8,9 are my faves. Really nice work here. Kudos

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    Love the feel that the antique furniture gives.
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  • Ed911Ed911 Registered Users Posts: 1,306 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2010
    Really nice. Favorites are 1, 5, 8, and 9. Love the poses and the post processing is spot on...artist.gif

    Thanks for sharing.
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  • ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2010
    These are stunning! love your treatments. 1, 3, 4 & 5 are my favorites
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  • Darren Troy CDarren Troy C Registered Users Posts: 1,927 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2010
    KJ, Ed, and Shima....thanks so very much! thumb.gif
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2010
    It would be hard to express just how much I love 1 and 8 of this set.... They're all gorgeous, but those are just jawdroppers.

    Can I ask about the processing on 8/9? I'm completely in love with it! Is it a bokeh texture, or....?
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  • Darren Troy CDarren Troy C Registered Users Posts: 1,927 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2010
    divamum wrote: »
    It would be hard to express just how much I love 1 and 8 of this set.... They're all gorgeous, but those are just jawdroppers.

    Can I ask about the processing on 8/9? I'm completely in love with it! Is it a bokeh texture, or....?


    Thanks so much, DM! The shots are a combo of textures and some bokeh brushes gathered up over at Deviant Art and various other suppliers. I could literally waste away staring at stuff from there and 1x.com. :D My textures and brushes folders have chewed some serious real estate into my hard drives. :D
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  • MoxMox Registered Users Posts: 313 Major grins
    edited November 17, 2010
    Awesome series. Any bride should be thrilled to be the subject of these images!
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  • FotobyMoMoFotobyMoMo Registered Users Posts: 98 Big grins
    edited November 17, 2010
    Beautiful shots! mind if I ask what lens was used for 8 and 9?
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  • Darren Troy CDarren Troy C Registered Users Posts: 1,927 Major grins
    edited November 18, 2010
    Mox wrote: »
    Awesome series. Any bride should be thrilled to be the subject of these images!

    Thank you so much! thumb.gif
    FotobyMoMo wrote: »
    Beautiful shots! mind if I ask what lens was used for 8 and 9?

    Thanks very much! This particular lens was a 50mm 1.4.
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  • FotobyMoMoFotobyMoMo Registered Users Posts: 98 Big grins
    edited November 18, 2010
    Darren Troy C wrote: »
    Thank you so much! thumb.gif



    Thanks very much! This particular lens was a 50mm 1.4.

    MUST BUY MUST BUY MUST BUY 50MM 1.4!! Laughing.gif!
    Damn, I'm beginning to think I made a wrong choice with 50mm 1.8. headscratch.gif
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  • trevorbtrevorb Registered Users Posts: 263 Major grins
    edited November 18, 2010
    These are stunning! I love #1 but I really love #8 The light is amazing!
  • gerry2153gerry2153 Registered Users Posts: 50 Big grins
    edited November 18, 2010
    Very nice, I love 8&9
    While I like the others too, a little more detail in the dress would have been nice (perhaps its just my monitor at work)
  • Darren Troy CDarren Troy C Registered Users Posts: 1,927 Major grins
    edited November 18, 2010
    FotobyMoMo wrote: »
    MUST BUY MUST BUY MUST BUY 50MM 1.4!! Laughing.gif!
    Damn, I'm beginning to think I made a wrong choice with 50mm 1.8. headscratch.gif


    The 1.4 is KerrrrRayzee sharp! Too sharp in most instances. I forget what I had the aperture set at but I feel fairly confident in saying it wasn't stopped down completely.
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  • KinkajouKinkajou Registered Users Posts: 1,240 Major grins
    edited November 22, 2010
    Darren Troy C wrote: »
    The 1.4 is KerrrrRayzee sharp! Too sharp in most instances. I forget what I had the aperture set at but I feel fairly confident in saying it wasn't stopped down completely.

    Would it be too much for me to ask you to either guess or find out what you had it at? I love this lens but haven't found that perfect sweet spot yet. I'm leaning toward around 2.8 at the moment, but was just curious to see what you thought.

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  • Darren Troy CDarren Troy C Registered Users Posts: 1,927 Major grins
    edited November 24, 2010
    Closest I could guesstimate would be 2-2.8. I get great bokeh/sharpness/exposure ratios @ 2.2 with low to moderate ISOs. Anything below 2.2 starts to dramatically affect DOF and as I stated before, it's almost always TOO much....bordering on a sharp, dedicated macro!
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