Sunita and Kelly were married this last Friday, October 7th – so time to release Sunita’s bridal shoot images. Also, stay tuned for Sunita and Kelly’s wedding images in about 2 weeks and you can click here for Sunita and Kelly’s Engagement Images. This shoot took place on August 31st at Laguna Gloria. Each time I shoot there, I love it even more than the last time.
For a variety of reasons, this shoot was mid afternoon rather than shooting late in the day which is generally the best light for photography. We started inside to stay cool. The rooms for shooting in the Mansion at Laguna Gloria generally face away from the sun or have windows with awnings which means we get beautiful, soft window light without having the light directly streaming into the room. We started on the ground floor, worked our way upstairs and finished in the art room with its green pastel colors and windows on 3 of the 4 walls. We shoot for classic full length and portrait shots, but as you can see, we also go for fun shots and fashion shots as well.
Once we finished inside, we headed outside and again, Laguna Gloria has several great locations for shooting even in the mid afternoon sun. In general we look to keep direct sunlight off of Sunita’s face while properly lighting her relative to the bright background. In the shots with the sun visible, that means two flashes at full power. With other shots it is just one flash at partial power. We also sometime exposed for Sunita’s face, but let the background go bright. All of these approaches are different “artistic” effects we can control with the camera and lighting.
You can also see below some of our creative / fine art processing effects. Sunita selected the square / angle cropped, black and white image of her leaning over the couch for her bridal portrait. We printed it at 20 x 20 and framed it with a black and white matt and black frame – very beautiful.
