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.
Here is a link to the rest of their photos:
Ben and Marissa get married
