Wedding - Peter and Thuy

I've known Thuy since I was a little kid and I haven't spoken to her for a long time, she got in contact with me and asked me to be the photographer for her wedding. I felt honored to cover their special day.
I sat down with Peter and Thuy and had a nice catch up. Thuy is lovely and charismatic whilst Peter is quiet, thoughtful and down to earth.
I really do enjoy it when I feel as though I've captured their personalities in the camera, and my clients can really relate when I present the photos to them.


5DII + 24-70L = 1/250, f/2.8, ISO100

This is my favourite shot of the day.
I sat Peter and Thuy down on a bench and tell them to chat amongst themselves. They chatted and giggled to each other whilst I figured out the lighting setup. The sun was coming from camera left, and acted as a rim light for my shot. I also purposely used the sun as backlighting to obtain a nice camera flare.
"Okay, now look at each other and touch nose to nose". After a few seconds of holding the pose, the smiles just naturally popped and *snap*.


5DII + 24-70L = 1/320, f/2.8, ISO100

Now in case you haven't noticed, I really like using flare to create artsy shots.
Peter and Thuy were posed up against the door, hand in hand. I directed them to simply walk slowly looking at each other toward me.
As I was walking backwards with my camera continuously snapping, the sun popped out from behind the pillars and made this shot. I lucked it!

As much as I can appreciate how wedding photographers shoot a bunch of staged photos, I try and make my staged photos look as natural as possible. Someone did make the comment after seeing some of the shots from the day and asked me whether they were posed or not; mission accomplished :)