April 26, 2009
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Wedding days. There's NOTHING like 'em!!!!
There really is nothing quite like a wedding day. I miss MY wedding day! (And I can't WAIT to see the rest of my wedding photos!)
Here are two photos from this weekend that represent two things to me- The entire essence / heart of a wedding day, and the core of my photographic style as a wedding photographer...
After shooting more than a dozen photo shoots in the past few months, I almost acquired a taste for shooting with models etc. It's easier to execute the image concepts you have in your head, for sure. But this weekend, I reaffirmed what I feel is the truest photographic enjoyment. What, by FAR, gives me the greatest sense of reward- the candid, un-posed, DECISIVE MOMENT.
I'm HARDLY a Henri, and these images sure aren't perfect, but I'm just 1000x more happy to have captured them than any other posed, well-lit portrait I've ever made...(Congratulations, Tracy & Dan! You were both so beautiful, and your wedding was fantastic!)
=Matt=
Nikon D300 - Nikon 85mm f/1.4 - 1/125 sec - f/1.4 - ISO 3200
My in-camera custom B&W preset that I like to call "Kodak T-Max"
Push-processed (+exposure) in Bridge CS3, grain added in PS CS3.
Comments (11)
Yes, I love these! To be cliche, these pictures are the kind that really speak to me.
Glad you had a good weekend. IT's always nice to be reminded of what we love and are good at! Great catch!
Noice
Very nice!
I love both types of shots, but there is something about capturing moments and not totally setup posed shots. The pictures you posted bring to mind happy memories of these moments.
See you in the morning so we can get more "posed" shots of models...sigh 
So pretty!
Matt, I feel the same way! Models are for wimps! LOL!
Love the feel!
Hope we get to see photos of your wedding!!
for sure...and that's what makes documentary style wedding photography stand out from the rest. it's just good. it's not contrived and you don't have to belabor the thought of perfection...it's innately perfect.
soooo...you pushed it from iso3200! that's crazy...looks awesome though.
i'd like to see some hp-5 in camera processing or some x-pro velvia!
@mrayatpa - Oooh, pushed HP-5? I might need full-frame to execute that!
And yes, I have a Velvia preset on my camera...
=Matt=
I'm in your boat.. I REALLY want to see my wedding photos... great captures here.. love candids