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Ron, thorough as always! Thanks so much for taking the time to have a look at my images. You do fantastic work, so I really do value your input.
45 - I think I can see what you're saying her, though I can't quite put my finger on what feels a bit off.
The foot bridge over the low dam adjacent to the restaurant was a perfect place for the lanterns. It had a great view of the reception, but it was dark enough the feel a bit separate.
1b - Noted. Sugar packets and stuff like that for sure. The s&p in this photo don't bother me too much, but then again the composition draws unnecessary attention to them.
I think some of these may be a bit harder to read partially because the wedding party is more difficult to pick out when they aren't at the front of the ceremony. For instance, 2 is a photo of the officiant's book on the podium, with the groom talking to a guest in the background--but unless there or scouring the rest of the images for clues, it is hard to know who anyone one is. Same goes for 3 & 4. 3 is the procession heading up the aisle, the best man waiving to the bride before heading up. 4 is the bride nervously waiting around the corner before she walked the aisle. 4 might have been better if maybe I was able to shoot a wide shot of her at the corner of the building on the right and show the aisle and wedding to the left.
With regards to 12 & 17, the brother of the groom is a retired photo instructor, so he did some large format portraits of the wedding party that were integrated into the ceremony. Actually, it was about a third of the ceremony! There were some sci-fi theatrics along with the photo and some stuff about time travel. In 12, the two young people are his assistants (grandchildren?). The boy was running the shutter cable and also used his cardboard viewfinder the compose the shot so his grandpa would know where to place the camera. I am anxious to see the photos that he took too!
17 - I was shooting a few during the receiving line at the end of the ceremony. The space was cramped (for the ceremony as well really) and it was a bit chaotic, so I was really just trying to catch some of the chaos. I love the expression on the older guy in the bottom left of the left photo, as well as the naked baby interacting with dad while waiting in line in the right photo.
19 - This was mostly me playing around. The ceremony was immediately outside the reception and I am shooting into the window. I liked the reflection from the late day sun outside and the hint of what was going on inside. Yup, it is abstract--probably abstract to a fault. I really just shot it for me, but I liked it as a transition from the outdoor ceremony to the indoor reception.
Portraits! Things went late. Very late. Our scheduled time for portraits before the reception was take up with the ceremony, receiving line, and people dashing for the bar. The couple wasn't stressed about it and really just wanted two portraits--one with the groom's family, one with the bride's family. Dinner went long as well, by almost an hour. It was pushing 9:30 when these finally went down. It was outdoor, so really no usable ambient light to speak of. I set up 3 speedlights for the portraits (two on stands with translucent umbrellas, one behind bare) while guests finished eating and scouted out some stairs to position people on. It was not ideal, but it worked. I kept another speedlight clipped to a power pole to cover the outdoor dance floor until I could move my stands over there.
© Ben Sandness 2014
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