Window light, hand-held.

[Garry Lee]

Avril doesn't do serious much.. by gearoidmuar, on Flickr

This is the bride. A beautiful girl, always smiling. I told her to not smile on this! You can't beat the variations of window light for portraiture, with or without shadows.

 

[Dave Moss]

Great portrait

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Lovely use of available light.

 

[Asun Olivan]

Nice lighting!

 

[adrian jordin]

Lovely portrait..

 

[Paul Lange]

It's great to see so many different kinds of portraits. I'm still wrapping my head around lighting at the moment and there ar just so many styles and ways of doing it never mind the PP!

 

[Pete Askew]

True indeed Paul. But it has to be said that available light is usually the best no matter how hard we try!! Maybe helped with a reflector.

 

[Brian Moore]

Delightful image Garry. I'd like to see one of her smiling too, though.

 

[Ralph Thornton]

Very nice Gary. The lighting is smooth and natural looking. Great job. I'd like to see one smiling too and maybe looking right at me.

 

[Garry Lee]

Here she is smiling. This was in the church. I burnt out the background.


This one has the background photoshopped out by gearoidmuar, on Flickr

 

[Brian Moore]

And she has lovely teeth! Who knew?

Very nice Garry. Thanks for posting.

 

[Garry Lee]

Avril is phenomenally photogenic. Any angle, any expression, no problem. She never has an unattractive expression on her face.

 

[Ralph Thornton]

Very nice.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I like the balance of the natural light on the bride, and the warmer tungsten light in the room - really gives a lovely separation of subject from background (as well as the DOF)

The colour in the eyes is amazing - draws you in.

Which lens did you use for the first shot Garry?

 

[Hamish Gill]

Great pair of shots Garry!
Most of my wedding stuff looks a lot less "perfect" than these... I'm not sure if that's a bad or good thing really!
We definitely have a different style!
I'd be interested to see more wedding shots!

 

[Garry Lee]

Thanks Chris,
Both shots with 24-105 L.
That's the lens I most use in weddings these days. Very versatile and has IS. I have an 85 f1.8, 100 f2, 100 f2.8 macro, 70-200 F4 L non-is and 28-70 F2.8 L, but the 24-105 reduces the fiddling around!