Nicole Faith
27th of July 2007 (Fri), 20:41
I recently did a wedding that I thought would have an appealing setting based on what the Bride told me - which was that it was at a boat marina, on the water front, with plenty of foliage and trees. However, when I got there, I was disappointed to see how it really looked.
It was a boat marina and the ceremony was at the "point", in the grass area away from the BQ pit and docks. However - it was just grass and mostly dead grass at that. About 10 feet from the water in was dead, yellowish grass and tall weeds. There was only 2 trees close to the ceremony - one which was very close to the water, infront of one of those orange, constuction site fences and next to a bonfire pit. The other was next to the pavillion which was filled with strangers and members of the boat marina - also where the grandparents' parked their car. So there was no way to use the only 2 trees for shade. It was extremly bright out and when putting the subjects' backs to the sun to fill flash - were the docks and massive amounts of mis-placed boats and onlookers. This may have been nice being it was a "beach" themed wedding - but the docks weren't the best and there were just various placed boats or skiers. Something that would cause me excessive PP work. So most of the photos were taken on an angle to the sun or with direct sun light. Adding to this - it was pretty windy. So I had to work with squinting and wind-blown everything.
To add to that - there was no decoration at all to the ceremony. There where white chairs put in place about 20mins before it started - no color anywhere, no flowers, no runway, no nothing. And there was some weird pole at the end of one of the rows of chairs - so any photos taken of the crowd - I had to PP it out.
I am looking for suggestions on what could be done in this situation - when really all I had was the sun and some grass. What can you do with harsh, direct sun and a displeasing backdrop for all the formal related photos. Yes - all the formals were taken out here. It didn't help that the couple was not into taking photos and I felt totally rushed - but looking for suggestions either way. Thankx.
It was a boat marina and the ceremony was at the "point", in the grass area away from the BQ pit and docks. However - it was just grass and mostly dead grass at that. About 10 feet from the water in was dead, yellowish grass and tall weeds. There was only 2 trees close to the ceremony - one which was very close to the water, infront of one of those orange, constuction site fences and next to a bonfire pit. The other was next to the pavillion which was filled with strangers and members of the boat marina - also where the grandparents' parked their car. So there was no way to use the only 2 trees for shade. It was extremly bright out and when putting the subjects' backs to the sun to fill flash - were the docks and massive amounts of mis-placed boats and onlookers. This may have been nice being it was a "beach" themed wedding - but the docks weren't the best and there were just various placed boats or skiers. Something that would cause me excessive PP work. So most of the photos were taken on an angle to the sun or with direct sun light. Adding to this - it was pretty windy. So I had to work with squinting and wind-blown everything.
To add to that - there was no decoration at all to the ceremony. There where white chairs put in place about 20mins before it started - no color anywhere, no flowers, no runway, no nothing. And there was some weird pole at the end of one of the rows of chairs - so any photos taken of the crowd - I had to PP it out.
I am looking for suggestions on what could be done in this situation - when really all I had was the sun and some grass. What can you do with harsh, direct sun and a displeasing backdrop for all the formal related photos. Yes - all the formals were taken out here. It didn't help that the couple was not into taking photos and I felt totally rushed - but looking for suggestions either way. Thankx.