I wanted to blog it before driving home. Chris and Jen @ Biltmore

[kawter2]

I loved these guys, the day was just so great.


here are 3 teasers. ~80 more on the blog

http://www.ericjphotography.com/blog/biltmore-and-cicada-wedding-photos-in-los-angeles-chris-and-jen/414/


http://www.ericjphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/biltmore_cicada_jenchris-113.jpg

http://www.ericjphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/biltmore_cicada_jenchris-137.jpg

http://www.ericjphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/biltmore_cicada_jenchris-163.jpg

more on the blog
http://www.ericjphotography.com/blog/biltmore-and-cicada-wedding-photos-in-los-angeles-chris-and-jen/414/

[Jim G]

Mmm. First two are great. Not sure about the yellow in the third :p Old bathroom + bride =?

[Tiger_993]

I totally dig the yellow tiled bathroom shot! Her expression is what makes it though.

[Maureen Souza]

Awesome work, Eric! Loved looking at all the shots on your site :)

[tsw910]

love the first one .. and i actually dig the last one too .. with the white dress on top of the yellow tiles .. but i would get rid of the knobs or whatever you call those things .. too early for me to remember LOL

[shannyD]

ohh my goodness those are stunning! i love how the second one looks,, just everything about it.. and i love the third.. i love the colors.. the model feeling, the everything.

excellent work!

what did you use for the bride in the shower shot?

i have always wanted to do something like that.. but this is just perfect.

shannon

[Svetlana]

I love them all especially the 3rd!!! amazing photos!

[Svetlana]

OK I just looked through your blog - WOW WOW WOW!!! I'm in awe!!! Not sure what I liked more - the photos or the comments!:))

[AlexMoPhotography]

Nice work, but this should be in the photo sharing section.

[kawter2]

Thanks so much for all the positive comments!! I appreciate the kind words. As for the lighting in the shower, I totally lucked out with a frosted window on the opposite side of the subject!


Nice work, but this should be in the photo sharing section.

Hey Alex, thanks for the heads up. My bad! Can a mod move my post?

[AlexMoPhotography]

I'm really digging your photos.. very timeless. I like the USC shot. Did you tell her to strike a pose or was it just natural? A lot of times, I have to act out the pose to get the shot I want, but then again that's a part of trying to be a good lively/energetic photographer.

[bnlearle]

I love them! Great job :)

[david.p.livingston]

Wow fantastic set, every shot was very well done! I can't believe you got all these edited during the dinner!! How many of these shots were you using any type of off camera lighting?

Thanks,

David

[lil_miss]

Absolutely stunning! :) I love that first shot you've posted here, but there are some awesome ones on your blog too!

[kawter2]

Thanks everyone!! I'll be honest though, a lot of times, wedding images are a LOT dependent on the couple, venue, surroundings etc... they all came together for this one



Wow fantastic set, every shot was very well done! I can't believe you got all these edited during the dinner!! How many of these shots were you using any type of off camera lighting?

Thanks,

David


I actually had about 180 images for the slideshow. It is really easy in lightroom. Just dump the cards and fly through the catalog.

0 off camera lighting. ;-)

[rockfordhx]

kawter2 - Love the images...
but I have a question for you. For the images outdoors in front of the church would you mind sharing your flash setup? The images look very natural and not "over flashed"

[timnosenzo]

Seriously awesome work, well done! I love the shower shot--pose, colors, light, everything.

[kawter2]

kawter2 - Love the images...
but I have a question for you. For the images outdoors in front of the church would you mind sharing your flash setup? The images look very natural and not "over flashed"

setup = no flash ;-) Just 100% pure tasty natural light!

[ana1976]

great pics..how about indoors any flash settings or also no flash?

[kawter2]

great pics..how about indoors any flash settings or also no flash?



A few in the beginning i used a direct ray ring flash. I normally foof though. I'll go back and paste some shots and let you know the lighting type for my flash shots

[kawter2]

crap that will take forever,

ok here is the breakdown.... In the actual hotel rooms, 0 flash as I had some good window light.

most of the lobby shots had the ray flash attachment. I was experimenting with it.. Normally I would just point the flash back at a 45 and totally bounce. If i dont get enough catch light in the eyes i put a stofen cap on. I try not too as much as possible though

then, no flash until the "first dance shot" I had to use the stofen cause the room was to large with super dark wood surfaces that didn't bounce well


4,3,2 to last shots (starting with me shooting between the crowd) were all 0 flash shot at iso 3200 @ 1.4

The last one is actually very yucky light but just threw the flash back on as I had already packed up


I hope that helps, IMO understanding how light falls and how to work with it is crucial,. But you have to be able to make it second nature so you aren't tied up in the technicalities of shooting. The primary goal is to be so free that you can focus on getting the couple to have a fun, relaxed and easy going session



I really hope that all helped. I'd love to help more if any one has questions.

[rockfordhx]

kawter2, Thanks for the detailed response. The pics are amazing !

[pgb2ad54]

Aww Im so Jelous, That is a gorgeous location for any occation esspecially a wedding, Beautiful shots Kawter!

[rammy]

I just checked out your wedding site "brides" section on my 26" 1900 x 1200 monitor and I have to say that they are all amazing!! Very impressed with your work.

[shannyD]

i want to say it again.. i dont think i could say it enough..these are beautiful, and classy, and everything you want to have to remember your wedding day.

shannon

[PhotoMatte]

I actually had about 180 images for the slideshow. It is really easy in lightroom. Just dump the cards and fly through the catalog.

0 off camera lighting

I was going to ask you about the lighting in the 2nd image you posted; it looked at first like you used some kind of off-camera lighting, off to your left about 30 degrees. Then I looked more closely and thought maybe you'd just 'corrected' the exposure of the groomsmen to match that of the groom (using either LR or PS), since the face on the 3rd groomsman from the left looks artificially bright. Very nice B&W work, btw; is that all from LR?

[jgoodstein]

do you remember your settings for #1, that one should get you 2-3 more contracts alone. excellent image.

[Exposure101]

Great pix!!! Question: howcome a lot of those pix are a little slanted? I'm just wondering and would like to learn something new.

[kawter2]

I was going to ask you about the lighting in the 2nd image you posted; it looked at first like you used some kind of off-camera lighting, off to your left about 30 degrees. Then I looked more closely and thought maybe you'd just 'corrected' the exposure of the groomsmen to match that of the groom (using either LR or PS), since the face on the 3rd groomsman from the left looks artificially bright. Very nice B&W work, btw; is that all from LR?

All the photos are from LR and just click a few presets i have for the edits (sometimes i will bump exposure a tad if the action blows out the scene. Other than that i didn't do any "selective" edits on the photos. Actually come to think of it, it might be the batch vignette i put on them, darkening the groomsmen on the outside.

[kawter2]

do you remember your settings for #1, that one should get you 2-3 more contracts alone. excellent image.

thank you! not sure of the settings off hand, but im pretty sure it was my 35mm and probably shot @ f4ish, metered the curtains and made them about 2 stops under exposed. Probably picked a generic B&W preset in LR

[kawter2]

Great pix!!! Question: howcome a lot of those pix are a little slanted? I'm just wondering and would like to learn something new.



Not sure, I'm not one that really tries to execute a certain type of shot when im out. Most of my time is spent interacting with the couple etc and I just frame it too "look right" to me. Probably a lame answer but just the way my mind works.


I hope that helps :(

[Exposure101]

Not sure, I'm not one that really tries to execute a certain type of shot when im out. Most of my time is spent interacting with the couple etc and I just frame it too "look right" to me. Probably a lame answer but just the way my mind works.

I hope that helps :(

Good enough for me. :p
What I got is that it's basically your style. I just wasn't sure if that was intentional or unintentional so thanks for clearing it up. Great work once again! :D

[kawter2]

Good enough for me. :p
What I got is that it's basically your style. I just wasn't sure if that was intentional or unintentional so thanks for clearing it up. Great work once again! :D


After thinking about this, 1st of all you are not seeing a lot of the "formal" posed shots etc. So this is all the "artsy/PJ" stuff.. That said, none of them are cropped and/or rotated which does happen a lot when printing and placing in albums

[superstes]

This is the first time I have read (looked) at a blog from beginning to end, couldn't help myself.

Nice, very nice.

Steve

[sarahsphotography]

Hi there,

I just had a look at your site. Lovely images! Keep it up :)