Wedding Photography: Shannon & Jason

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Late summer wedding photography.  Photography session was scheduled at 2:30 but things got little delayed as usual wedding day.   I loved the inside of the academy chapel located in downtown Vancouver, Wa.   We used just one Elinchrom Quadra with an white shoot though umbrella and head was plugged in B socket.  It was plenty of power and recycle time was just immediate.  

I wanted to shoot quick outside the church shot.  Here, as you can see, it was shot bright sunny day.  It was really hard to over power the sun with 400w Elinchrom Quadra.  I just wanted to fill any shadow on the good looking subjects.  Lighting was on full power on camera right.  
I wasn't able to shoot without flash because of harsh shadow (it was very bright sunny day).  Quadra on camera right on almost full power.  A gold reflector would have been nice as long as they could see me without closing eyes  .
some candid shots before the ceremony


and after the ceremony
on the way to the reception, we decided to stop by waterfront.  I shot this with natural light.  My original shot was backlit pretty bad and I wasn't able to see subject.  I shot the image so that background was little over exposed yet the subject was underexposed.  I post processed the raw image in Lightroom and it was easy to do since I shoot everything Raw.  

I shot this with Elinchrom Quadra on camera left.  Little harsh but I think be able to shoot at F16 for small to medium size group on a very sunny day is pretty impressive.  I've never seen any wedding photographer bring studio lighting gear to shoot outdoor portrait on a busy wedding day.  Elinchrom Quadra is small and light enough to bring all day and my assistant, David is so much happier as well.

Dance with father picture.  I used a fisheye lens to capture dramatic moment.  Back of the stage, I placed two Nikon SB 26s and triggered via pocket wizard.  They are gelled (CTO) to match with ambient light. 

Inside the ball room was just totally dark.  
David backlighted using Quadra and I bounced the light using the back wall.  
We used a LED modeling light of Elinchrom Quadra with 1/2 CTO gel. White balance was tricky since the office building on the back was fluorescent and mixed with incandescent light. 
 Fisheye, ISO 3200, shutter speed at 1/20.  I love 5D Mark II 

Waterfront Senior Portrait

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Lot of things going on at the waterfront during 4th of July weekend. Jazz festival, good food etc. We found the place where not many people passing by. Can't move the boat behind Colleen. Instead I decide to include the boat - looks like a vacation photo.
The sun is on my right and I had to balance the sun light. Again, I am dealing with harsh shadow. Umbrella was not an option since the wind was blowing like 15 MPH and don't want my $400 Canon 580 EXII to drop on the sand or water. It was on full power, no gel, strait to Colleen from camera left (I needed use all the power I've got). I shot Raw so that I can brighten up her left face a little.
Canon 1D MK3, 85 1.2L, 580EX II, Pocketwizard II

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