Trash the dress shoot No2 at Worsenden Farm.

This was shoot No2 at Worsenden Farm, Kent.

Our poor model for today was Sarah Vincent, not knowing what she was letting herself in for, Sarah was drafted in at the very last minute to assist in content for the new cap2ure website.

Clare Passmore, owner of the House Meadow, booked the photo shoot, to assist in the advertising for her own site http://thehousemeadow.com/

Not always taking into consideration, "the weather" - Clare still insisted the shoot go ahead, initially we got to work inside one of the stables adjacent to the house, but soon I felt fairly restricted on space and more noticeably lack of light.

So I got to work, and brought things back down to basics and went for natural light, and one reflector. The beauty of working on a cloudy, overcast day is the quality of light you get for portraiture, to the point it is shadowless.

This style of shoot favours flattering light, and keeps exposure levels constant.

Letting the camera chug along on a constant level, I can concentrate and devote more time to Sarah and her posing position.

The whole shoot lasted 2 hours, with Clare providing hair and make up.

The finale of the shoot was for Sarah, to "Trash the dress" in the style of puddle splashing, and general fumblings around on the farm.

Being conscience of Sarah's welfare, and the ever increasing risk of Hypothermia I knew we had to work fast, firing off frames left right and centre to get that golden look.

There was one killer shot from the session though, and that was when "Big Dave" made his guest appearance and showed up as Jack Ryder's body double, jumping from the lap of Sarah as she sat in the middle of a puddle in the farm yard.

Thanks Clare & Heather for hosting me again

Thanks Sarah for allowing me to torment you all afternoon, and remember "think warm"

Big Dave - without you, I would of struggled.

Leez Priory wedding - Joe & Emma

A selection of images from Joe & Emma's wedding at Leez Priory, Chelmsford in Essex.

Much to the disappointment of the heavens opening up on us throughout the day, we found we had to work inside the priory for most of the shots.

For the preparations Mark and myself worked our normal procedure of one with the bride, and one with the groom.

I stayed with Emma, inside the priory - working only with natural light on my 24mm & 85mm lens. Thinking that flash would kill the scene.

Mark worked inside a small bedroom with Joe & James ( best man) getting ready, ring shots, and the final getting ready shots.

A few select groups were taken in the "piano room", space was tight and lighting was none existent.

Mark had me holding one Quadra with a 4ft softbox, and some ambient was pouring in from a window camera left which seemed to work perfectly.

after the ceremony we did manage to get a break in the clouds for 15 minutes to walk Joe & Emma around the gardens for a handful of posed shots, again ambient levels were right down to a level that we had to re-introduce the lights. Mark shooting, and me acting as the light stand. ( know my place)

The remainder of the day was spent with us working as our normal tag team, bouncing in and out of each others way.

The great thing about having us both at a wedding shoot is that we can be in two different places at once, one inside - one out, one upstairs and one down.......you get it?!

We did actually have some great comments from friends and family at Joe & Emma's wedding, that they noticed how well we worked as a team and it was refreshing to see how professional we were ( even down to our outfits!).

All in, it was a very successful day considering the poor weather even if it did take us a whole hour to find a local shop open for breakfast ( Mark will understand).

A big thanks to Tracey ( front of house) at Leez Priory, catering for our every need.

http://www.brideshead.co.uk/leez_main.html

Behind the scenes....

We will be using the blog to show off our behind the scene shots from a majority of our photo shoots.

From the funnies through to the how to's, insights into our lighting set ups, locations and we will soon be adding behind the scene video footage in HD.
We will even be shooting behind the scenes on live weddings, and our portrait sessions, I guess that is the bonus of having 2 photographers, one working and one watching ( didn't mean that)

it can be very intriguing to find out how we achieved the final look on some of images, some of you will want to know how was it lit?, where was the location? what problems did we come up with, and how did we cope with them?.

The behind the scene post will answer all of those questions and more.

Some of you will have questions on what camera gear we use, and shortly we will be adding gear reviews.

We can't wait to get out and use the new Nikon 85mm f1.4 g lens in anger on a live wedding, along with the Elinchrom Quadra lights.

Lots to blog.....

So for now please take a look at the images from this first set.

Trash the Dress shoot at The House Meadow, Worsenden Farm, Kent.

This was the first shoot under the cap2ure banner, working along side the owner of The House Meadow in Kent http://thehousemeadow.blogspot.com/ It was a Trash the Dress style shoot on the farm, with Models Vicky Marston and Eva George.

The shoot is a first of many planned for 2011, we will be implementing this style across the whole of Clare's new website and assisting in the promotion for the new wedding venue. The day was a huge success, allowing us to get out and about with our Elinchrom Quadra's - a great addition to our location lighting.

We will be adding a Trash/Cherish the Dress style photo shoot as an additional bolt on to our wedding packages. This also allows previous brides to slip on their wedding dress for that unique and special one off photo shoot in a location of her choice.

We know at cap2ure how difficult and rushed your wedding day can be, what with family and guests all wanting a piece of the action. This style of shoot allows you to really let your hair down and express your personality. This can be anything from paddling along a seashore to rolling around in the mud!

So before you even think about sealing up that box, or throwing your dress into the loft consider slipping into it one last time and booking a photo shoot.

You know you and your dress deserve it....

A Trash/Cherish the Dress shoot starts from £250.

Please take a look at our first shoot in this series.