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Capturing images that are quirky and fun

Capturing images that are quirky and fun

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Capturing images that are quirky and fun

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One of the things that's true about most weddings is that they are incredibly fun and exciting. Weddings are a celebration, and when you're capturing portraits of a bride, you want to keep that in mind. You may want to ask yourself, well, how can I move beyond some of those traditional photographs and capture something which is quirky or fun. For example, let's say you're photographing a wedding, at an old ranch. And you notice that there is an old vintage boat sitting there, and it's been painted, and it's beautiful. Well, why not ask the bride to step into it, and to capture some portraits of her there. You know, there's some unique pictures that you can make on that wedding day. At our shoot, it wasn't the wedding day, but still our bride, she was done up and she looked stunning. And I had this vision of capturing some photographs of her on top of this wine barrel that I had seen. Now, if I had been there any other day and asked Cara to climb up on that wine barrel, she wouldn't…

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