Lauren’s Bridal Session

(Above) I really like this image due in part to the bride’s beauty but also because of the way I was able to isolate her face from the rest of the portrait. I was able to calculate how much blur would be in the portrait in addition to were it would fall. The idea was to place everything in a zone of blur, yet keep the face in proper focus.

(Above) This is a close-up of the previous bridal portrait.

(Above) For photographers, I was taking full advantage of a wall of light emanating behind and to my left. You could say that it was a 15′ x 10′ softbox pushing through natural light. A close inspection of the catch lights will reveal the light source and its size.

(Above) Here I asked Lauren to bring her chin over to her right (camera left) and thus provided an added “female mystery” to the eyes. Would you agree?

(Above) Sometimes (well… really always) we don’t find the kind of backgrounds we salivate over as photographers. Here is a case in point where the lighting was great but my surroundings came up short of a great background. I found myself in a hallway of sorts leading into large meeting rooms. TO make a short story even shorter, the wall behind the bride a divider wall that separates the guest bathrooms. I kept everything perpendicular which I knew would contrast well against the natural curves of our beautiful bride Lauren. Furthermore, the stark contrast between the dark wood texture of the wall and the wedding gown created added interest. BTW… I was not too crazy about the “asterik” symbols on the floor.

(Above) Same portrait as above, but cropped tighter.

(Above) I will leave to your imagination to figure out what the background is behind the bride. I placed Lauren up against the (#$&@+$^) and captured this image with the available light descending from a spotlight above.

(Above) A colorful background was used in this image to compliment the bride’s beautiful reddish hair.

(Above) This “pull back” is to demonstrate the area in which the first portraits were captured. I found a chair nearby which made for a great posing tool and a comfortable place for the bride to sit. The reflector was used to add some highlights to the bride’s veil.

by Angel Navarro Photography

Lauren and I met at the Hyatt Hotel in Sarasota, Florida on an early afternoon to create some portraits of her in her wedding gown. After locating a bank of natural light, I started by creating the first portraits shown above. Following these images, we experimented with several different locations for some added creativity. Lauren is a great bride and I am positive she will make an even better wife for her ‘prince charming’—Corey. Great pictures Lauren, I hope you enjoyed creating them and that they remind you for years to come how beautiful you looked in your wedding gown.

~ Angel

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