This is the first series of six photo shoots that we have lined up. So stay tune for more in the coming weeks. For this shoot, we got the chance to photograph onboard the luxurious sailboat called Blue Dawn of Sark. Owners Geoffrey & Geraldine Ashby were so gracious and hospitable in opening up their home to us. Here’s the link to the owner’s blog.

The weather was overcast with showers but that didn’t deter us and Emily even attempted to climb the sail pole (which I am sure has a proper name but I am not savvy enough to know) see behind the scene photo.

At times we were shooting in the showers and our camera gear was getting showered as well. As it was rather windy, I decide not to use a soft box for my off camera flash (sb900 with PW Flex TT5). Instead it was wrapped up in zip lock plastic container to keep it waterproof. Thank goodness the boat owners had some on them as I didn’t bring my other bag which contained the zip lock bag, the only ones I had was too small and could only fit the flash. Tip to remember, always have large zip lock bags in all your camera bags.

As we were shooting in a confined area and it was showering as well, I went with one flash instead of two which is my preferred lighting setup. I had Dorin as my voice activated off camera flash. She did a great job and even managed not to fall over board!

It was also good for us that Emily has good complexion and the direct flash on her wasn’t an issue. See for yourself:

Hair, makeup and styling by my talented wife – Dorin Ranee

Fashion and Glamour photography - Natasha Fagan

Wedding details:
Ceremony: St Mary’s Catholic Church, Birkenhead
Bridal party shoot: Old Government House, Auckland City
Photographer: Jeffery
Videographer: Dorin

I used a couple of texture layers from Flypapers Spring edition. The fun part about texturing is you never know what you will get till you try it. No magic formulas to follow…just the flow of your own creativity. To some extend it feels like painting with the capability to undo any mistake. The finish photo on the right is how I would imagine vintage to look like.

Texturing with a vintage look

More photos to come…watch this space.

Photographer: Jeff Chan

Ceremony venue: St Mary’s Catholic Church

Couple shoot location: Around the vicinity of Old Government House, Auckland

I took these photos out in the garden and applied the HDR effect. The effect is amazing and I totally like how the photo was processed. I must say it was rather quick for HDR, thanks to the dual core chip in the 4S.

One good feature of the app is the ability to focus and set the exposure separately. You need to use 2 fingers for this, the first is for the focus and if you touch again it will set the exposure on the area selected. Great feature for high contrast scenes where you don’t want the camera to adjust exposure to middle grey.

The following photos shows this result and with the help of HDR, sky and shadow area are clearly visible.

Here are the photo’s of the day as it unfolds…

samsama

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Sama getting ready

Primary photographer: Jeff Chan

Videographer: Tommy