4th of July Wedding with Scott Nelson
I’ve never heard of a wedding being held on the 4th of July, but it’s ok. I wasn’t doing anything anyway. Scott needed an assistant/second camera. I guess I am the first one that comes to mind for him.
It was an easy shoot; the bride and groom were young, in there early 20s, and the bride was very photogenic so we didn’t have any problems shooting her. We spent a good half an hour shooting the bride with the bridesmaids. While the bride was getting ready, Scott and I set up the ring shot with the invitation and the ring pillow; that turned out really nice.
We moved on to shooting the groom with the groomsmen. They were already getting some beers in them and said they wouldn’t get through the ceremony without it! So, when Scott was shooting the groom, I was taking candids of all the guys drinking and having fun hitting each other. Reminds me of my friends. Then we got the whole groom party together for the portrait and we could not get them to be serious so we had to make do with goofy portraits.
From there, we moved on to the reception area to shoot the tables and the dance room–which was a good idea because both places got thrashed after the reception. We shot the tables untouched, and the dance room had a bunch of different types of lights set up, so we turned them all on and it looked like a disco party room. That shot came out great.
Time for the ceremony. That was the time I was allowed to shoot. I was using the Nikon D300 with a 18-200mm lens, no flash because it was outside. Scott wanted me to shoot all the angles that he was not shooting, so that way we both came up with something different and not a bunch of the same shots.
After the ceremony, it was time for dinner. When everyone came inside, the salads were already served due to shortage of time. What’s great about this venue was that we were treated to food the same time as the reception. Which Scott says is rare because venues don’t understand that photographers don’t take pictures when people are eating. We were served huge salads, after that, there was a big steak with mashed potatoes, and asparagus. Must say the best meal I have ever had at a wedding so far!
Now, when I said earlier that the place got thrashed, I was not joking. It’s understandable if one glass breaks through the whole night, Oh no, a wine glass was breaking every 5 minutes. It was getting wild on the dance floor, but it made great candids. I think the bride and groom are going to be very happy with the photos from the reception.
After capturing someone else’s wild party for the 4th of July, it was time to go home and sleep. I didn’t want to sleep, but my feet were telling me that I had no choice. It was a great experience to capture someone’s happy moments.
*I will have the link to the slide show up by next week.*
July 26, 2009 at 1:36 pm
was wondering when you were going to put up the slideshow of the 4th wedding?
Would love to see them.