Goofing off at the Watson Wedding
Clay Blackmore said, “I scored you very high…you nailed it!” He was commenting on my submission for the photography contest held yesterday in Rockville at the VisArts Center. Pilot Imaging sponsored the event that featured a who’s who of Washington, DC wedding photographers. I was honored to be there learning from these super stars.
I can understand why Clay liked this image–it took a ton of equipment–four Photogenic strobes on 14 foot high stands modified by umbrellas. Clay also likes bringing the studio to the wedding including posing stools, back drops, reflectors, and soft boxes.
The flat lighting I set-up allowed for rapid fire shooting thus avoiding time consuming re-sets after each bridal group. And the bride, Sarah, had scheduled 50 different groupings to be shot in under 30 minutes!
At specific intervals, I asked those being shot to goof-off. This loosened up the group and allowed me to capture the image that took 2nd place.
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