March 20, 2009
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Bridal Shoot at MUZEO in Anaheim...
WOW, what an AWESOME photo shoot!!!
Two or three days ago I got the call from a partner in crime - Professional photographers needed- to shoot bridal portraits at a new wedding venue in Anaheim, CA
Well, since I'd been driving up to Anaheim every day that week, I figured I might as well make it four days in a row! Except this time I didn't go to Disneyland for a corn dog...
MANY thanks to the awesome people who made this possible!
The kind staff at MUZEO, of course,
Lorena at Palomaya Divine Celebrations,
The flowers were from Ngoc Kimmie Lu and "Diamonds and Pearls Affair"
The makeup was by Toni at "All Dolled Up"
The stage / ambient lights were courtesy of Amber Yin,
The (wind / brass?) instruments were from ABI Music,
And the tables and things were from Big Top Rentals.
Of course my BIGGEST thanks is owed to Alice for being the lead photographer, (and letting me come!) and to Hanssie for even thinking I'm qualified to invite!
Alright I'd better get back to work! The days are just PACKED. (T-minus FIFTEEN days! Wow!!!)
=Matt=
Comments (10)
Okay partner in crime. If you continue t make me look bad by getting better picturs tan me, I'm not inviting you anymore...;)
Loving all the full body shots, but especially the big rhino. Thanks for all the lighting tips. Now I just have to figure out how o set the whole thing up by myself!
LOVE the second and last pictures! Beautiful work!
3 and 4 are beautiful, I love the lighting! I bet you are glad you stayed!
nice shots, really nice ..
my mooooossttt favourite is the one with rhino on the background!
@h1t5uj1 - BTW that's a triceratops...
(gettin' my geek on!)
=Matt=
@MatthewSaville - HAHA. whoops... i didnt pay attention close enough ;p
love the satin, powder fresh skin tones...please tell me your secrets!
And the candid moment of the bride fixing her skirt is delightful...looks like an ocean wave
@broncomom - Mary, there are two tricks, well three, to getting skin to look nice and soft:
1.) Light- The softer the light, the softer the skin!
2.) Focus- Shooting wide open, such a very thin plane is actually in focus, so the rest of their skin is not just soft, but slightly out of focus! If you shoot down-ish at a person and angle your camera just right and focus on their eyes JUST right, you can actually get almost every visible piece of skin to be slightly blurred, except for their eyes of course and the tip of their nose. Makes for very soft portraits!
3.) Retouching- Just a FAINT splash of smoothing in photoshop. I only ever really need to use this on full-face portraits that are really close up, and even then it's not because the model had bad skin, it's just because I was too lazy to get the tones right in my contrast etc. adjustments, so I smooth it out in PS...
=Matt=
@MatthewSaville - Your eyes are amazing! I will try to focus on them now.Thank you for the tips