So I have a quick preview from the wedding I did this weekend at the Westchester Country Club. It was fun because I have never been on a golf course before and at one point specifically during the photo session walked onto one of the holes to get a really wide shot because I know I wasn’t allowed to. Anytime I see a sign that says “do not go on whatever”, you’re just asking me to do it.
It’s rare for me to ask the couple to do something just for the camera, which is good because if I did then I would of had them run on the course while everyone was playing golf, which would of resulted in them getting kicked out and there wouldn’t be much of a wedding after that.
Anyway, I said I was thinking of not showing preview clips recently, but I knew what I wanted to show and exactly where it was on the tape, so here we go…
This is from the photo session after the ceremony. I’m choosing this because I really like how the bride, Caroline, plays with the veil and thought it looked really good as I was shooting it. I did a bunch of tight close ups when I shot this part because I just really love shots like that and her eyes really stand out well.
I have stuff I have to get done this week, so it’s pretty quick. Very simply edited. I really am liking the whole documentary approach to things recently, so I kind of did it like that to see how it would look, so this clip is also a test of how it would come out.
The photographer was great because he was very vocal and had a lot of personality, so you can hear him giving a lot of direction when he’s taking photos, which is awesome because you can really use something like that to your advantage (if you know what you’re doing). Most people would probably put music underneath everything to drown him out, but that would be really stupid. A guy like him is the opposite of how I do things, which is just stay in the background and not get in the way, just try to observe.
It’s like I always tell the groom when I put the mic on him, as soon as the ceremony is over I’ll take it off and you will probably never notice me for the rest of the day.
