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Sarah Dickerso
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p.1 #1 · A few from reception-only coverage..

Thursday night I shot this in nice warm 65 degree weather.

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Last night we had this snowy session. I shot this couple's reception on last minute notice (they were already married in Mexico). Here's a handful of the shots. We only had time to do bride and groom shots after dark, no place to do anything worthwhile inside and well, they were brave. 25mph EASY sustained winds (probably stronger) with no windbreak, the snow felt like little sand pellets. Ouch.

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6. ready to head outside

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Mar 21, 2010 at 09:11 PM

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p.1 #2 · A few from reception-only coverage..

LOVE #9!!!!!!!

Mar 21, 2010 at 09:17 PM

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p.1 #3 · A few from reception-only coverage..

haha i agree - the set is nice, but #9 is ridiculously amazing!

Mar 21, 2010 at 09:25 PM

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p.1 #4 · A few from reception-only coverage..

9 is amazing!

3 gets an honorable mention and the ring shot is cool (pun intended)

Mar 21, 2010 at 09:58 PM

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p.1 #5 · A few from reception-only coverage..

Love the back lit snow!
How did you keep the lens dry in the wind?

Mar 21, 2010 at 10:28 PM

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p.1 #6 · A few from reception-only coverage..

7 & 11 for the win!! last shot would have been awesome but her expression totally wrecks it for me....would have worked with a smile, or on profile

Mar 21, 2010 at 10:30 PM

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p.1 #7 · A few from reception-only coverage..

diggin 9, really works well

Mar 21, 2010 at 10:55 PM

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p.1 #8 · A few from reception-only coverage..

9+10+13.

Awesome work on short deadlines, Sarah!

Mar 22, 2010 at 04:54 AM

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p.1 #9 · A few from reception-only coverage..

7 and 9 are dreamy. Love them.

Mar 22, 2010 at 05:48 AM

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p.1 #10 · A few from reception-only coverage..

7 + 12 = yumminess!!!

Mar 22, 2010 at 06:43 AM

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p.1 #11 · A few from reception-only coverage..

Very nice set. However, there is a whole lot of centered images. Not always a bad thing, but it is something that *I* noticed because of all of the space on each side. Take #11 for instance, I would have cropped out the top right and right side a bit.

Again, nice set overall.

Mar 22, 2010 at 11:49 AM

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p.1 #12 · A few from reception-only coverage..

Thanks cordellwillis - point taken. A lot of these were shot in near darkness with help from focus assist on a 580EX2, so I didn't do a whole lot of creative comps (not to mention it was PAINFUL out there!) - but I need to pay more attention to what I can create in cropping the file itself.

I want to make one of these a canvas for my new studio, and am having a hard time deciding which one I like best.

Mar 22, 2010 at 02:25 PM

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p.1 #13 · A few from reception-only coverage..

#7 = WOW!

Mar 22, 2010 at 02:37 PM

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p.1 #14 · A few from reception-only coverage..

#9 is simply magical!

Mar 22, 2010 at 02:41 PM

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p.1 #15 · A few from reception-only coverage..

My vote is either 9 or 11 for the studio!!!

She had to be COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mar 22, 2010 at 04:17 PM

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p.1 #16 · A few from reception-only coverage..

Melanie - I was cold. The wind was unbelievable! I made sure I asked her "are you sure?!?" a bazillion times as we headed for the door. We broke the shots into two sets of about 5 min apiece and warmed up in between. It also fried her hair so I'm glad we waited 'til the "essential" part of the reception was behind us! But they absolutely are freaking out over the photos so I think she didn't mind too much.

Mar 22, 2010 at 04:49 PM

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p.1 #17 · A few from reception-only coverage..

Sarah Dickerso wrote:
Melanie - I was cold. The wind was unbelievable! I made sure I asked her "are you sure?!?" a bazillion times as we headed for the door. We broke the shots into two sets of about 5 min apiece and warmed up in between. It also fried her hair so I'm glad we waited 'til the "essential" part of the reception was behind us! But they absolutely are freaking out over the photos so I think she didn't mind too much.

It's always worth it in the end if they sacrifice a little! Just hard to convince them of that IN THE MOMENT.

You did a great job!

Mar 22, 2010 at 04:59 PM

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p.1 #18 · A few from reception-only coverage..

Thank you.

Mar 22, 2010 at 05:02 PM

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p.1 #19 · A few from reception-only coverage..

Just curious how you got snow over a shoulder and arm in #13, but not over the rest of her body? Thanks!

Mar 22, 2010 at 05:37 PM

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p.1 #20 · A few from reception-only coverage..

I have no clue. I wondered that myself while editing. The rest of the images took some ps to remove snowflakes from distracting locations (such as over lips or eyes), but on that shot, I really do not know. The snow was blowing HARD from the right side of the shot to the left - so she is standing perpendicular to the wind, which was blowing VERY hard (you can see the movement of the snow a bit in 12).

Magic, I guess! No editing was done to that one, though, from a snow standpoint. She may have had her body angled just enough that it blocked the snow's movement across the front of her. That is my only guess.

Mar 22, 2010 at 06:35 PM

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p.1 #21 · A few from reception-only coverage..

The only snow you can see is that which is lit by the flash. Looks like she cast a shadow where there appears to be no snow.

Mar 22, 2010 at 06:46 PM

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p.1 #22 · A few from reception-only coverage..

Don't know, but it worked out well... Nice shots... How many lights did you have in total?

Mar 22, 2010 at 08:43 PM

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p.1 #23 · A few from reception-only coverage..

Nice shots. Don't love 9 like everyone else does. The guy just doesn't look that interested... If he had had the same enthusiasm she does, it would have been epic.

Mar 22, 2010 at 09:06 PM

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p.1 #24 · A few from reception-only coverage..

Other than the spot on that guy's eye (#9), I like the shot... He seems very comfortable with a passionate kiss heading his way.

Mar 22, 2010 at 10:51 PM

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p.1 #25 · A few from reception-only coverage..

I'd be really proud of these!

Mar 23, 2010 at 04:10 AM


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