Ground Leveled Love
Sep, 2014Views
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Location
This photo was taken in Paris, more precisely at the "Buttes-Chaumont" (in my opinion the most amazing public green park of the city!). That particular one was posed and shot after the wedding pressure went away...Time
That photo is one of my favourite since it represents to me the overall atmosphere of the wedding day: a smooth and soft summer light and this "just married" couple. I decided to wait until the late afternoon to have this warm and ground-leveled light. The photo was taken on September, 16 2014 at 5:45 PM.Lighting
For this photo, I only used avalailable light combined with a large aperture to give this shallow depth of field. Since I was in a backlighting situation, I just had to slightly compensate the exposure to balance the scene and recover details on my main subjects.Equipment
This was shot on a Canon 60D with a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L lens (set at 45mm and f/3.2 to isolate properly the couple). No other equipment was involved.Inspiration
I was looking for a particular spot to shoot the couple in a fresh and peaceful place and higlight their complicity from an original point of view. The event occuring in Paris, I already had several in mind (referred in my precious "spotbook") but my final choice ended in this calm bridge of the "Parc des Buttes-Chaumont". Since that place was really strong in terms of perspectives lines, I really wanted to break the rules this time and use it differently than a pure symetrical view with traditionnal headshots. I guided the couple so that they faced to each other on the bridge and just kiss without paying attention to me (quite difficult request since I was fully lying on the ground to get that point of view). The bunch of flowers was the final touch to put the scene in the wedding day context!Editing
I always shoot RAW since it gives me a better control of the shooting, especially regarding the huge flexibility of eventual post-processing! For this photo, I just developped it on Lightroom to warm up the White Balance and add slight ajustments for exposure and highlight to recover some details in the bride's dress. And to finish it up a bit of contrast and clarity were added to make it visualy more powerful.In my camera bag
My photo gear is quite often very light. I always have my Canon 60D with me mounted with my prime (and beloved) 50mm f/1.4 lens which fits most of my needs. When I take my bag with me, I always carry my 8mm fisheye lens, a speedlite flash with remote radio triggers, extra batteries, a mini joby tripod, my spotbook and... a fistful of candies for the energy (photographer can be quite an exhausting work!) I have a tripod for night photography but I usually don't use tripod for portrait & outdoor shooting since I consider it reduces possibilities and creativity (turning around a subject can give you more original angles than you could expect!)Feedback
One challenge I love as a photographer is to manage to take full advantage of available light (with its drawbacks). In some situations, ambient light could be your best friend and contribute to make a great photo... but sometimes you will have to struggle with it to match with your artistic approach and get the visual results you had in mind (such as this photograph) If I had one piece of advice to share with photographers shooting with natural light is to take advantage as much as possible of morning and late afternoon sun! In addition to make a shooting more pleasant, the visual results are usually softer and more impactful than mid-day harsh light. And last but not least : enjoy photography! This is the best way to unleash your creativity potential!
