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My beautiful sister recently got married in January on a cold winter day in Montana, we had a perfect soft snow fall for this first look....
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My beautiful sister recently got married in January on a cold winter day in Montana, we had a perfect soft snow fall for this first look.
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cameraCanon EOS 5D Mark III

settings Aperture f/1.8 ISO 50 Shutter 1/800 Focal Length 85/1 

upload_dateFeb, 2016

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7 Comments |
EverydayLivingMoments
 
EverydayLivingMoments February 07, 2016
Adorable!
Cecirene
 
Cecirene February 25, 2016
Simply beautiful! What a great wedding day memory!
josiawiegand
 
josiawiegand August 02, 2016
that's just beautiful!
Elle63
 
Elle63 December 01, 2016
Beautiful!
jaiphotographies
 
jaiphotographies December 19, 2016
terrific wow
YelyzavetaSemenova
 
YelyzavetaSemenova March 27, 2017
ahah nice shot! :D
WhiteLilyImagery
 
WhiteLilyImagery August 08, 2017
How cute! It makes me cold just looking at tat poor bride!

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#Wedding photography #Winter wedding #first look #montana #snow #wedding
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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in Woodland Park in Kalispell, MT

Time

It was mid-afternoon, normally a terrible time to shoot with natural light, but luckily we had some awesome cloud cover as soft snow clouds starting to roll in.

Lighting

We had a lot of nice natural light bouncing around from the snow covered objects everywhere, it made for really nice soft and even light.

Equipment

Canon 5D Mark III with 85mm @1.8

Inspiration

Her wedding was winter themed so I couldn't pass up the opportunity for a snowy portrait session.

Editing

Minor post-processing was applied to this image in Lightroom

In my camera bag

I absolutely love shooting with prime lenses whenever I can, the three I'll grab first are my trusty Sigma Art 35mm art, the 85mm, and lastly the 135mm f2.

Feedback

I cannot recommend scouting enough, especially when you know you will only have a short amount of time to spend with your subject. It was around 20 degrees outside and as soon as the bride took off her shawl she was freezing, so having areas already picked out and knowing what angles I wanted to shoot ahead of time was very important.

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