Bridal Session in a Graveyard and other fun stuff!

[Mike Fulton]

We did all sorts of things with this beautiful bride! A good friend of ours (TriCoast) we started off in the largest hotel in Galveston Texas and captured some very beautiful traditional bridal portraits in a traditional white gown. Then moved into a sexy steamy session for her soon to be hubby inside a suite hotel room and finally the bride changed into a black wedding gown and we moved into a graveyard (much like the ones in New Olreans) which is about 150 years old in Galveston.

Thought I would share a few I worked up last night when once agian I could not sleep!
Hope you enjoy!

#1
http://www.tricoastphoto.com/Post_Pics/abel-lisa/001.jpg

#2
http://www.tricoastphoto.com/Post_Pics/abel-lisa/005.jpg

#3
http://www.tricoastphoto.com/Post_Pics/abel-lisa/003.jpg

#4
http://www.tricoastphoto.com/Post_Pics/abel-lisa/004.jpg

[Grace]

very beautiful friend! I love the black wedding dress! I LOVE 3!

[italianfemmy]

Wow.. these are awesome!

[liza]

These are fantastic! I'm envious.

[Teachflute]

Those are amazing! How fun and creative.

[MrsOpie]

super cool looking skies. I love all the pictures. lucky to get such an adventures bride.

[bcap]

Mike these are absolutely unbelievable!

I remember a while back, you posted a few before/after PP shots. Would you be able to do that for these? I'd love to see how they came out of the camera and see what kind of PP you did to them.

Also, do you have any "Behind the Scenes" pics? I'd love to see how you lit these!

Thanks for sharing Mike - impressed, as always!

[Mike Fulton]

Mike these are absolutely unbelievable!

I remember a while back, you posted a few before/after PP shots. Would you be able to do that for these? I'd love to see how they came out of the camera and see what kind of PP you did to them.

Also, do you have any "Behind the Scenes" pics? I'd love to see how you lit these!

Thanks for sharing Mike - impressed, as always!
I have both and will gladly post both

I am on my way to New Orleans about a 6 hour drive in 30 mins (packing now) to speak at the PPA Guilds over this coming week.

When I get settled into a hotel room over the next day or so I will get the images out and post them for you!

Thanks for asking, anything to help learn, grow and enjoy this artform!!!

Remember NO SECRETS its all a part of learning!

[bcap]

I have both and will gladly post both

I am on my way to New Orleans about a 6 hour drive in 30 mins (packing now) to speak at the PPA Guilds over this coming week.

When I get settled into a hotel room over the next day or so I will get the images out and post them for you!

Thanks for asking, anything to help learn, grow and enjoy this artform!!!

Remember NO SECRETS its all a part of learning!

Thanks so much Mike!

Look forward to seeing them.

Out of curiosity, I remember you saying that your video crew follows you and Cody around quite a bit. What do you guys do with the videos? I'd love to see some of them if they are on the web somewhere.

Have fun on the drive :)

[italianfemmy]

I too, wanna know what you did. :-)

[bcap]

I too, wanna know what you did. :-)

Copycat :p

[Mike Fulton]

Thanks so much Mike!

Look forward to seeing them.

Out of curiosity, I remember you saying that your video crew follows you and Cody around quite a bit. What do you guys do with the videos? I'd love to see some of them if they are on the web somewhere.

Have fun on the drive :)
We have some out on our product website (its got alot of bugs right now just got the site up)

www.FindingColor.com (http://www.FindingColor.com)

Other material will be coming out in time for other projects, from full sun bridal sessions to sunset sessions and everything in between!

Again check back on this post (if it has not disappeared by then) and I will post some behind the scenes and direct out of camera stuff. Only 2 actions of mine were used on the images

Storm on #2 - which is fast becoming popular with many Trash the Dress sessions the owner of Trash the Dress told me

and then TriCoast Glow which was used on all of them


95% of the work was done using the techinques in my Processing DVD which uses layer masks and other simple tools to color correct and balance and change.

Sorry sounding like an info-commerical - that is not my plan, but I hope it helps you understand what I did until I can get the images posted for you!

[howzitboy]

awesome pictures!! i love that black dress! wish i had more "daring" brides to shoot fun stuff like this.

[blueaerodynamique]

WOW ! I love that dress...I too am looking forward to seeing the before shots. Awesome shots Mike!

[Kathy H]

Fantastic!

[*Mike*]

Very unique - as usual! Feel free to post some more.

[jothefish]

Absolutely stunning!!!

The bride must be overjoyed!

[Fleurina]

Mike-
Your work is AMAZING as always! I am curious to know, if you would be willing to share, do you do this type of pp to every shot you give/show to your clients? How many shots do you edit?

[g-money]

Mike, Wonderful stuff. Your work is always inspiring to me.


Greg

[Scarlett Nic]

Amazing images and i look forward to seeing the before shots as well.
Nic

[JJacula]

Is she standing on gravestones?

[Mike Fulton]

Here are a few behind the scene set up shots showing you how simple the lighting is. However it is a mixture of lighting power, placement of that light and the settings on a camera which gives you the final product you want.

PULLBACK and SET UP #1:
Here Cody is lying on the ground we have one assistant holding the wireless flash (yep only one light) off to the camera left and then another photographer who dropped by to say hello holding the bride's veil (yeah we put him to work) :)
http://www.tricoastphoto.com/Post_Pics/abel-lisa/IMG_2482.jpg

STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CAMERA IMAGE #1:
http://www.tricoastphoto.com/Post_Pics/abel-lisa/IMG_0922-sooc.jpg

FINAL PRODUCT AFTER POST PROCESSING #1:
http://www.tricoastphoto.com/Post_Pics/abel-lisa/001.jpg


PULLBACK and SET UP #2:
http://www.tricoastphoto.com/Post_Pics/abel-lisa/IMG_2475.jpg

STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CAMERA IMAGE #2:
http://www.tricoastphoto.com/Post_Pics/abel-lisa/IMG_0910-sooc2.jpg

FINAL PRODUCT AFTER POST PROCESSING #2:
http://www.tricoastphoto.com/Post_Pics/abel-lisa/004.jpg



REMEMBER NO SECRETS - WE ARE ALL HERE TO LEARN AND GROW AND EXPLORE THIS AMAZING PASSION!

Hope these help!

[Lin-z]

These are so awesome. I love them even before the processing. I love your work so much. What an great dress. If I ever get married I want a black dress like that one.

[th3r0m]

Mike, great work! and thanks very much for the set up shots, they really make a difference in my learning curve.

[bcap]

Wow! Thank Mike for the behind the scenes shot!

Do you guys use omni-bounces on yoru flashes, even outside?

[gheesom]

Great shots yet again, your pp is great, how long does it take?

[sblais]

Wow, thanks for sharing! Your work is truly inspiring!

If you come to Canada and need an assistant, I'll gladly tag along! Even if it's only to carry your equipment! :)

[CyberPet]

Mike, will you marry me? :D

[Mike Fulton]

Mike, will you marry me? :D
NO but you know girlfriend I am always up for a honeymoon vacation :)

I miss you girl! I wish you could fly down to Amsterdam at the end of the month to hang out with us!


Thanks for the nice words everyone else, again I am not trying to hide anything for us (TriCoast) photography in our business is a marriage between your camera settings, your flash settings and already knowing how you want to process your images. That processing can be something as simple as a little V-Pop to it or sepia tone or can really be out there with blends and other things, but we normally already have it in mind before we capture the images... (Hince why I named our product line www.findingcolor.com (http://www.findingcolor.com)) it just makes sense now your seeing our before and after images....

Thanks away for the nice words once again, anything I can do to help just let me know.

[Hassan2285]

I really love your work. It is so amazing.

[CyberPet]

Mike, it would be great to meet - and give you some hugs (ok, I better keep this civil and professional now that I've gotten a no :D) - I really would love that!! But the end of both july and august will be *insane*, so I can't take any time off.

[Mike Fulton]

Mike, it would be great to meet - and give you some hugs (ok, I better keep this civil and professional now that I've gotten a no :D) - I really would love that!! But the end of both july and august will be *insane*, so I can't take any time off.
It was not a NO, I just don't think my girlfriend would approve :)

however since you are seperated by an ocean do all those rules still apply :lol:

And I understand how summer can be crazy with your cold winters you have to get in everything you can during those months!

We are coming back over there during the winter so many then :)

[CyberPet]

Mike, well lets try to make it a date!! Do you perhaps plan on visiting the WSPP Convention in London in early January 2008? I am planning on going to at least the trade show - not sure if I have to be a member to enjoy the speakers (one that I do want to listen to is Kevin Kubota).

[Mike Fulton]

Mike, well lets try to make it a date!! Do you perhaps plan on visiting the WSPP Convention in London in early January 2008? I am planning on going to at least the trade show - not sure if I have to be a member to enjoy the speakers (one that I do want to listen to is Kevin Kubota).
No sorry I have so much going on in Jan 2008 in Tampa area with PPA Nationals (Imaging) and other speaking events that I wont be able to make it over there then :( We will figure out sometime though thats for sure!

[canotographer]

Wow...Beautiful! Love them all!

[waves]

Hi Mike,
Fantastic!!!! I was wondering how much pre-planning went into this shoot. Did you guys scout out this location ahead of time and then plan on shooting at this time of day? I like to know your thought process on this, and again BEUATIFUL IMAGES!!!!!!!!!

[Raphael V]

Mindblowing... as usual.

[Mike Fulton]

Hi Mike,
Fantastic!!!! I was wondering how much pre-planning went into this shoot. Did you guys scout out this location ahead of time and then plan on shooting at this time of day? I like to know your thought process on this, and again BEUATIFUL IMAGES!!!!!!!!!
Actually zero pre-planning, we just saw the dress and said WOW we need downtown alley ways or something and even better yet a graveyard. She smiled and said, whatever you want I will do, so we went to the graveyard. It was the first time we had ever been there so we just walked around, found things to shoot and shot.

Fun to say the least, I have a TON more which gives you more the feeling of the graveyard, I will post those soon hopefully!

[waves]

Mike,
Its great when you have your craft down to a tee like that, you see an idea in your minds eye and are able to go out and make happen, once again excellant images look forward to seeing more!!!