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Glen and Jacinta

Glen and Jacinta's wedding in Melbourne

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Glen and Jacinta's wedding in Melbourne

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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

settings

Aperture f/1.4 ISO 2000 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 35/1

upload_date

Jul, 2015

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Staff Winter Selection 2015

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in Australia, Melbourne just before the Great Ocean Road begins.

Time

We jumped out of the car and saw the last lights disappearing. Everyone had their driving lights on and it was getting darker by the minute. It was taken at around 8:30pm, which at the time in Melbourne, was about 30 minutes after the sun had completely disappeared.

Lighting

Lighting was quite standard. At that time of the day, you have very subtle highlights coming from the same direction as the sun. If you look in the background of the image, you will notice that there are lights on in buildings in the background, that aren't overexposed. That should be a good example of how dark it actually was.

Equipment

Hand held, Canon 5D3 and a 35mm. After dusk light.

Inspiration

Jacinta's dress has those silver diamonds/diamantes on the top of each shoulder. It has nice leading lines for a center piece. I wanted to double expose and had nothing to work with, except my couples. It was open space, so we just used what was right in front of us. Honestly, not much thought went into it. Seems to be the common rule with my best images.

Editing

The horizon was about 2 degrees off and was fixed in post. The rest, as is.

In my camera bag

I have two bags; One for destination weddings and the other for local weddings. My destination bag is smaller but can carry more crap. It's more fragile, but it's good for overhead lockers in the plane. I carry two 5D3 bodies, a 35, 50, 85 and 135. I also have a TSE, which I take one or two images every second or third wedding.

Feedback

When you double expose, you can't force it. It's either going to work or it isn't. Finding your initial image is mainly what I am referring to. I used to try and force my double exposes too much, but I quickly learned that most objects simple aren't suitable for your couple/shape/composition of the couple or person being the second exposure. I'm quite average with double exposures, but if I take one image, see it didn't look right, I'll usually not try again unless it's a new object for my first exposure.

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