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Sunday, Mar. 23, 2003 - 8:09 p.m. Yeah, I�m still alive�(wedding photos are here) I have hit the proverbial wall, though�. I haven�t had much sleep in the past 48 hours. I woke up Saturday morning around 5 am. I didn�t need to be at the wedding until 11:30. I couldn�t fall back asleep. I spent most of the morning going over my equipment, surfing the web looking for new camera angle and pose ideas, and watching the never-ending, depressing war coverage. Not a good way to prep for a big photo shoot. We beat almost everyone to the church. Codeman and I spent about � an hour checking out the chapel (Way too dark in there, and would come back to haunt me later), and talking to the very friendly preacher. By 12:30, everyone had shown up. Codeman and I shot photos left and right, with every conceivable combination of family members you could come up with (without a computer program) before the wedding started. I took the bride and groom outside for some more relaxed shots just before the ceremony. These turned out pretty good (if I am allowed to comment on my own work). Compared to the shots I took inside of the dimly lit chapel, anyway. I have spent most of today trying my best to edit the inside shots taken with my digital camera. I gave up on a few of the images. Too much shadow, too little illumination. Red-eye from absolute Hell. If I don�t have to use my editing program for red-eye reduction again for another 5 years, I will be a happy man. I am just too tired to write tonight. I woke up several times last night, ideas of borders and cropping running through my head. Yes, I am a dork. I will leave you with a couple of shots. Any input would be appreciated. I have a week until the married couple return from their honeymoon. If you can think of ways I can make these photos look better, my ears (or my email, anyway) are open� Shot 1: Using my PhotoElf editing program, I added borders to a few of the shots. This one is of the moment (you know, the �I now pronounce you, man and wife� kiss): > Tacky? Let me know, before I show it to the happy couple. I made the frame soft focus on purpose, in case you wondered�(I deleted this photo today, after agreeing with y'all that it wasn't focused enough. You just reaffirmed what i was afraid of when i amde it. I made a new photo with what I think is a better shot.Check March 24th's entry to see it...) Photo 2:
This is the bride, Kathi. I had to really work on her eyes (the Red-eye from Hell mentioned above), but I think this view captures her personality pretty good. The next shot is one of my favorite formats- the candid shot. I took this right after the cake/punch shots, and I don�t think they even knew I took it.
In this case, the �happy couple� describes them pretty well� The next shot is my other favorite � black and white. I think it really gives a wedding photo a classic look. The bride said she didn�t like the black and whites in my personal wedding album, but that didn�t stop me from making several of my favorite views into this format, too: Another thing I liked about this shot was the daughter of the groom (Taylor), who snuck into the background of the shot. I like when things don�t go quite the way they are supposed to� Another black and white version of a pose the bride requested: Two last photos�. Codeman took this one of me, while I was shooting the garter toss:
And I shot this one of him, shooting inside of the chapel: It�s not like the wedding party will wanna see these two photos anyway, so I�ll just post them here� I am very happy with all of the help Codeman gave me yesterday. I couldn�t have done all I did without him being there. He has to run for 15 minutes as punishment for his prick/baseball coach for missing practice Saturday. I would run them for him, if prick/baseball coach would let me� I�ll fill you in tomorrow on everything else that passed this weekend. I need to go to bed right now�..
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