I was asked to capture the "First Look", a thing in weddings now. When the bride gets into her wedding dress and finery, she emerges from the dressing room so that her mom (and/or other important persons) can set eyes on her for the first time. I arrived at the location in time, and was glad to see that a couple of other photographer relatives/friends were there to do the same thing. Good to have backups. The lighting and background were atrocious so we had our work cut out for us, and frankly I didn't have much confidence in the Bigger Cahoona's ability to make sense of it all.
There was a little delay before the bride was ready, so while I, along with the other two designated photographers, waited, we took lots of test shots to see if the situation was salvageable. It was definitely going to be difficult; the sun was out strong and in just the wrong place, backlighting a very busy pattern on the curtains. I was worried. Are we going to end up with silhouettes here? Yet to see...
After taking our test shots there was still time, so I began to look around for more interesting stuff to capture, and settled for the ceiling fixture above.
Finally the bride comes out, with mom looking on. I must admit it was a touching scene, and got a little teary-eyed myself while everyone boo-hooed and blubbered about. And in spite of the conditions working against us, I was able to create something useful:
The curtain pattern was done in hues of blue and was really distracting, especially since it was backlit by the sun, so I totally desaturated the color and gave it a Gaussian blur. This allowed the eye to focus on the subject a little better, and in the end I was pleased with the story that it told and the result in general.
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