OK, I am proposing to my girlfriend on Thanksgiving (!!!). She was willed her grandmother\'s rings, which have been kept by her parents. After asking her father for his blessing, and after making her mother cry (and nearly collapsing in the floor), they brought up the ring. Her grandmother wanted her only granddaughter to use the ring as part of her engagement and wedding rings. I\'m on my way to the jeweler in 30 minutes to discuss our options. I told the jeweler that we can only discuss today because I want the ring for the weekend for a project:
Since I will be using her grandmother\'s 1.5 carat diamond as the center piece of my g/f\'s ring, I want to provide a keepsake of the original ring to the family. The ring is 63 years old and actually consists of the grandmother\'s engagement ring, wedding ring (split) and two anniversary rings. In the last years of her life, the grandmother \"combined\" the rings into one ring. The ring itself is not a thing of beauty as I consider that the combining was poorly done. Thats not the point though, I want to preserve my girlfriend\'s family\'s heritage/memories just the way they are now.
In the meantime I am getting history and information on my girlfriend\'s grandmother (occupation, hobbies, etc). I plan on using the grandmother\'s lifestyle as the composition for wedding photography style ring photos. I want to present the family with the photos immediately after I present my girlfriend \"my\" ring.
Can anyone give me ideas/tips/composition? I have very little time before her grandmother\'s ring is changed forever. I\'m posting here because I envy a lot of photographers in here and lets face it, Wedding Forum is the friendliest.
My gear:
D300
50 1.8
24-70 2.8
70-200 2.8
300 f4
full Kenko tubes
Canon 500D closeup lens
...I know I have gear to get this done, but I\'ve actually got so much, I don\'t know what to use.
Nov 06, 2009 at 02:14 PM
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