How Did They Do That?
This is the part of our wedding photography blog where we share with those interested how we make the shots look how they look, especially without any PhotoShop tricks. For those of you who know us, we love photography and want to spend as much time as we can behind the camera and not behind a computer screen. Shooting the shot correctly to begin with enables us to spend little time in post-production and to enjoy what we do best – capturing beautiful wedding moments and doing suh-weet shots like these.
Destination: Destin, FL
Lifestyle Wedding Shoot on the Florida beach.
This image you have seen in an earlier post...
Here's behind-the-scenes beach shot showing our lighting gear...
How we did it:
This was taken at near sunset with a 32 inch WestCot soft box and a 500 watt Photogenic mono-light at around 300 watts.
Exposure: F/7.1 at /125th of a second
Lens: Canon 24-70L 2:8 at 24mm wide
Camera: Canon 5D at ISO 50
The image was slightly cropped (to make it perfectly straight with the horizon) and adjusted in Adobe LightRoom. The black and white is custom with near zeroed out blacks and some split toning to give it a little color.
And there you have it!
Here are some other shots from the day. To see more, scroll below for an earlier post this month! BUT just because we love this couple and for those who are too lazy to scroll down, I'll repost some of the same photos again :)
And of course, one of our favorite...
Pretty much same info as before:
Taken at sunset with a 32 inch WestCot soft box and a 500 watt Photogenic mono-light at around 300 watts.
Exposure: F/6.3 at /125th of a second
Lens: Canon 24-70L 2:8 at 24mm wide
Camera: Canon 5D at ISO 50
Adjusts made in Adobe Lightroom: slight overall color bump and slight crop to straighten the horizon.
If you have any unanswered questions on what we did or how we did it, shoot us an email!
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Hey guys! We are in the market for a new camera with the baby coming and all...what do you suggest? We are looking to spend $500 or below.
ReplyDeleteWow! Thank you so much for the behind-the-scenes shots! I have always wondered exactly what a shoot with you would look like, and as an aspiring photographer myself, knowing the details helps so much! You are an amazing photography duo (that fact cannot be emphasized enough) . . . too bad you live in Tennessee, or else I might try shadowing you in order to leaarn even more. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks again for the tips, I really have appreciated them all. Please post more when you have time.