Adele & George :: Sneak Peek
Yesterday I closed my wedding season off at the beautiful Beaumont House in Old Windsor. Working alongside Josh & Sukey from Spacebar Productions we provided photography and video booth for Adele & George’s wedding.
Whilst I edit all of their images, here is a sneak peak.
And finally here’s their one the evening slideshow, at Adele & George’s request we only provided photography from the ceremony onwards, our photos start at 1min 10 seconds. Thanks to Suhelya & Simon for providing the morning getting ready photos for inclusion in the evening slideshow.
Photobooth Setup Shots
Following another successful photobooth at Beckie & Chris’s Wedding last weekend I thought I’d share a few more setup shots.
You’ll find information of a previous photobooth setup here.
Again we used the Lastolite HighLite powered by a Elinchrom D-Lite 4 at full power, we placed a few LED Par Can’s (run cold, no heat produced) into the bottom of the HighLite to illuminate the background during idle periods, the lights were set to change colour in time with the music. We also used a number of other par can’s around the photobooth area to illuminate it.
I used another D-Lite4 with a white reflective umbrella as the main light source, set to about 3/4 power. After the modelling light overheating issues last time around we used another white par can to shoot through a shoot-through umbrella to illuminate the photobooth area (allow me to focus!)
We again shot with the Canon 1D IV tethered to the macbook pro, but this time displayed the images on the larger 47″ plasma. For the photographers out there, if I remember rightly I shot at 100ISO, 1/200s, f 8.0. The lights were triggered using PW Plus II’s.
As usual we provided an array of props and fun stuff.
You can see all the images taken using this setup here in Beckie & Chris’s Wedding Story gallery.
One of the issues I always run into is the width limitations of the Highlite, despite using it in the 7x6ft orientation, any more that a couple of guests and I’ve reached the limit! I have a plan to extend the width for next year’s wedding season, so check back for an update!
Cat & Tim :: Wedding Highlights
Yesterday I ventured slightly further afield to Tetbury in Gloustershire for Cat & Tim’s wedding at Kingscote Barn!
I arrived around 9am to a wall of fog (the journey wasnt much different), I couldnt see more than a couple of metres ahead. Kingscote is an amazing converted barn in the middle of a beautiful valley, as you can imagine the grounds were as amazing.
Luckily the fog lifted in time to allow Tim to arrive via Glider into an adjacent field, (note: Glider spotting is much harder than wedding car spotting). The weather held out all day, giving us a beautiful November day.
Visit all of their beautiful images HERE, or watch the highlights video below.
I have a vast amount of images from the evening so will post these separately.
You can view their pre-wedding shoot out at Kingscote Barn here
Thank You :: Clare & Marcus
I’d like to say a huge thanks to Clare & Marcus for their gift. It was an absolute pleasure being a part of such a special day.
View their Wedding Highlights HERE
Beckie & Chris :: Sneak Peek
We were fortune enough to be a part of Beckie & Chris’s magical day at Northcote House this past weekend. The weather was amazing for November.
I’m currently working through all of their beautiful images, and photobooth photos, but here’s a sneak peak of their on-the-day slideshow, courtesy of Josh @ Spacebar Productions
The Importance of Backup Equipment
Firstly, I’d like to apologise as I am slightly behind on my blogging. I’ll be posting Emily & Simon’s wedding from a couple of weeks ago soon (photos already available in the gallery), and then Beckie & Chris from yesterday.
I would however like to again highlight the importance of backup equipment, and yesterday’s wedding at Northcote house was no exception to this. I’m always asked why I bring so much equipment to weddings, and this is the exact reason. We provided a photobooth last night too, and again had equipment failures.
So here’s my run down of what broke or failed on me yesterday!
16 AA Rechargeable batteries although charged, dead when trying to use >>>>>> Used alternative batteries (I bring at least 48 AA batteries)
2 x Pocket Wizard Flex TT’s, 1 x Pocket Wizard Mini TT would not trigger Canon 580 EX II’s >>>>>> Resulted to using Pocket Wizard Plus II’s (with no ETTL)
2 x Canon 1D Mk II – Wouldn’t download photos when tethered (for display on plasma) >>>>>> Switched to Canon 1D MK IV (after trying both Mark II’s)
1 x Elinchrom D-Lite 4 – Sync Port broke >>>>>> Resulted to using Photocell sensor
1 x Elinchrom D-Lite 4 – Stand mount snapped >>>>>> Temporarily fixed with lots of Duct Tape! (preventing use of Octobox, resulting in using umbrella
1 x Manfrotto Light Stand – Jammed >>>>>> Switched Light Stand
I think my equipment is looking forward to the end of year as much as I am now!
I’ll catch up with my blog posts shortly, promise!
