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Wedding – Tracy and Nick

Last Saturday we had the pleasure of photographing the wedding for Tracy and Nick.

Tracy and Nick are a wonderful couple to work with. We met a few weeks prior to the wedding, in order to meet each other in person, and to discuss the upcoming event.

An intimate moment.
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Focal Length (real): 170 mm Aperture: f/6.3
Shutter Speed: 0.004 sec (1/250) ISO: 640
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II


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Focal Length (real): 62 mm Aperture: f/7.1
Shutter Speed: 0.005 sec (1/200) ISO: 200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED


A truly beautiful bride makes an entrance.
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Focal Length (real): 70 mm Aperture: f/3.5
Shutter Speed: 0.017 sec (1/60) ISO: 3600
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED


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Focal Length (real): 70 mm Aperture: f/4.5
Shutter Speed: 0.017 sec (1/60) ISO: 2800
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED


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Focal Length (real): 70 mm Aperture: f/4.5
Shutter Speed: 0.017 sec (1/60) ISO: 4000
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

At the Treasury Gardens.
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Focal Length (real): 105 mm Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 0.006 sec (1/160) ISO: 900
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II


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Focal Length (real): 70 mm Aperture: f/4.5
Shutter Speed: 0.006 sec (1/160) ISO: 400
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II


A walk at the Old Treasury.
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Focal Length (real): 200 mm Aperture: f/3.5
Shutter Speed: 0.006 sec (1/160) ISO: 1100
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II


Enjoying another kiss.
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Focal Length (real): 145 mm Aperture: f/3.2
Shutter Speed: 0.006 sec (1/160) ISO: 800
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II


Having some fun near the Princess Theatre.
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Focal Length (real): 135 mm Aperture: f/3.2
Shutter Speed: 0.006 sec (1/160) ISO: 3200
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II


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Focal Length (real): 70 mm Aperture: f/4.0
Shutter Speed: 0.017 sec (1/60) ISO: 8000
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

Overall, this was a wonderful experience. The challenges faced were very interesting, Tracy and Nick were fantastic to work with, and, in the end, some great memories were captured. The event allowed for some interesting locations to shoot. The Treasury Gardens have some very nice locations. The reception in turn was a fantastically warm location.

A very popular groom.
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Focal Length (real): 24 mm Aperture: f/4.0
Shutter Speed: 0.013 sec (1/80) ISO: 5000
Captured with a Nikon D3s and a AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

Bounce flash

As any of you that have shot in low light know, the use of a flash can save you out of a dark and/or blurry photograph. In fact, you may have even used your flash during the day, if you are trying to equalise a strongly backlit subject.

However, a flash can be used to do a lot more. You can actually point it away from whatever you’re shooting, and watch what happens…

Some ideas for you to try are to point it to a wall next to your subject, or the ceiling. Things become more interesting when you have some coloured surface to bounce your light off, such as a wooden table (yes, you can also bounce the flash from the bottom up).


Hmmmm...

Note : You cannot do this with a built-in flash unit. Be it a P&S (Point and Shoot, ie pocket), or DSLR, camera, that flash is built to always point the same way as your lens. You need an articulated flash unit, ie a flash that can, at least, change elevation (and, in better units, rotation).

Some interesting portraiture

Here are some simple, but nice, examples of what you can do with just a flashgun. These shots were taken with the use of the ambient light, and bounce flash.

Here we enhance the available room light.

And here we almost completely override it.


Hmmmm...