Bill Weaver Photographers

This was a quick turn aroiund in order to get their book back in time for their December 26 wedding. I used the images taken Friday in Rochester, MN to build the guest book.

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Chris & Rachael

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We met Chris and Rachael the day after Thanksgiving to photograph them for their December 26th wedding and true to Minnesota we got 3″ of fluffy white snow. We love shooting in the snow and especially had fun with a wintery urban shoot.

We began the shoot at the Rochester Art Center using it’s minimalist setting and modern archtecture as a backdrop. We then wandered downtown Rochester and captured Rachael and Chris as they enjoyed the years first measurable snow.

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Romping in Rochester

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We photographed Nate and Dana the day after Ben and Marissa’s wedding. As is usually the case we worked on location at a place that had meaning to them. Dana had graduated from the College of St. Catherine (St. Kate’s) in St. Paul and she and Nate had their first kiss on the island of the campus’s pond. The abundance of leaves also provided an excellent opportunity for some play as the two chased each other with hands full of leaves.

Here is a link to the rest of their photos:
Autumn Memories

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Ben and Marissa got married on crisp late October Saturday. We began our coverage at the beauty shop photographing marissa and her wedding party as they prepared.

We followed them back to the church where they finished their prep and then we had some fun with the wedding party before the ceremony. Ben is almost a Ben Stiller look alike and had the guys rolling with his expressions. I used my favorite fish eye alot , I use it to really get close to my subjects and to help bring out a part of their personality.

After the ceremony we rushed to get the best light for more photos of the bridal party and families. The temp was a crip 46 degrees but everyone held up like true Minnesotans. We were able to get some outstanding shots during the sunset, which was nice since the sun set was a major part of our engagement session with Ben and marissa.

Lucky for me they had planned music and dancing ffor the reception. Why lucky? This is my favorite time to experiment. My approach to shooting activities is to capture the action and use it as the primary compositional element…and the action in dancing is movement together with lots of color and light. In the case of this wedding I slowed my shutter to 1/10 th of a second or less, and as the shutter tripped I zoomed my wide angle in or ourt very fast. The result is a kolidascope of color and light and if I did it right the motion ends or leads the eye to the primary subject. Here are a couple of examples:

As you can see above the technique can be used to accentuate the focus on a subject as well.

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Ben and Marissa get married

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