The trip to Virginia was worth it for Emily & Duncan's wedding on Saturday, even though more than a couple a guests were surprised when I answered the oft asked question, "Doesn't this remind you of Scotland?" in the negative explaining that where I come from we have hills :) while agreeing that the location was indeed very pretty.
Anyway, on to the subject of the post; "In a Minute"
In slightly less than a minute I captured thirteen frames of Emily just before her wedding ceremony.
None have been edited out yet from this sequence as I thought I'd share them in their entirety so that those who are interested may have a glimpse in how my "eye" was seeing this scene.
The ceremony was a little late in starting, Emily and her father waiting on the stairs. I like the image but was not happy with the emergency light at the top of the frame.
Emily let out a breath, as brides often do to help compose themselves and I grabbed it horizontally, and then went back to see if I could re-frame the first shot any better,
Almost :)
Now I'm seeing the banister on the left and I think "h'mm, interesting"
and use it lead the viewer into the image using the the wider lens.
At this stage I'm happy with what I have so far, and am looking for another "view" or in other words, I want to find another "image".
I step back and to my left, crouch down on my knees and see
this, which gets me thinking "Yup, there's something here", I'm back to my longer lens now and I'm "seeing" vertical images.
If you've heard me talk you'll know that I'm not a huge fan of vertical images for the most part, however in this instance I was using the bars to fill the frame.
Now, I'm asking myself "What about dad? Can I include him in the shot?" and so I switch back to the horizontal and I'm also lying flat on the floor. The next five images were all shot with my camera upside down to my eye
and the first one falls into my little "gifts-given-through-my-camera" category.
This one's not bad, I like dad's look, however I don't like the fact that Emily's left eye is obscured by a railing.
The same can be said for this frame, so I wiggle a little closer and re-frame the shot.
Yes, I now have a better view of both of Emily's eyes, however dad is neither here nor there,
Not much difference, except that dad is now turned towards the camera and we can see more detail in his face and expression.
I'm back to vertical again and concentrating on Emily and her expression.
So, that's thirteen frames in fifty-one seconds. For my final edit I will probably end up with six of them.
For those who are interested the above images were captured with 35mm and 85mm lenses. Metering by hand-held spotmeter.
Oh yes, I did capture images of the groom :)
