Meadows, Woods, Sunshine, Love & an Engagement Shoot
I met this couple through my church I attend in Cambridge they had asked if anyone would like to do a photoshoot for them for their newly-announced engagement. I personally jumped at the chance to take photos, especially to test out my newly perchance Lumix g9. I met this lovely couple on separate occasions I met A at a coffee shop after responding to a message of requesting someone who could take their engagement photos. I lept at the chance this was something different for me buzzed as I was, it was the idea of showcasing someone special moment comes with being engaged. I was more used to doing event photography however, I loved the significance and importance of expressing someone’s story through photography. All the same, I was excited to be given the chance to showcase the announcement of this couple Engagement. We sat down in the cafe enjoying a warm cup of coffee on a wet day. We began talking about how they got together and how they met being friends beforehand. When they were in a prayer group she knew she liked him more than friends, the moment she first heard him pray. Then notify me how she waited a year until she informed him how she felt. She had such a sweet smitten smile on her face as she told me.
We then began discussing location she told me where he had proposed in a graveyard. I contemplated this idea for the shoot however it seemed like they did not feel comfortable enough to re-act their proposal. We set a date for the shoot promising to think about other locations too. I looked at the possibility of doing a shoot at the graveyard but felt that it would have limited us to thinking about the weather to much. In the end upon further discussions we decided to go a little out of the city and the location of our shoot became. Waldersbury park in Cambridge. They asked for a location that was natural lots of greens and told them to dress up in colours that were possible wedding themes. Waldersbury works out to be a great setting for the shoot, the weather for a fine summers day it was slightly on the hazy side not what I thought was ideal, however, in the end, it changed up the shoot.
We arrived at the park along with a friend of mine in tow, the car was a pay display we found a few cars in the carpark. However, I was pleased to discovered that we rarely bumped into many people along our stroll. To begin the shoot I expressed to them the need for them to feel that they can relax. I always wanted the photos to be as natural as possible helping to. bring in realness into the shoot. Who wants their portrait photos to look forced.
The Camera
Upon walking around giving space for exposure, shutter adjustments. I was using my Lumix g9 for the first shoot, I had recently purchased this camera with a 12 - 60 lens. I've regularly used Lumix before this one being a lot more professional. I find that Lumix by Panasonic is a really easy camera to use and has a lot of great features including 4 different burst shooting modes as well as 6k and 4k video images. I decided for this shot I would shot in jpeg being also aware of the constant changes in light during the couple of hours I did for he shoot.
Upon walking around giving space for exposure, shutter adjustments. I was using my Lumix g9 for the first shoot, I had recently purchased this camera with a Leica 12 - 60 lens. I've regularly used Lumix before this one being a lot more professional. I find that Lumix by Panasonic is a really easy camera to use and has a lot of great features including 4 different burst shooting modes as well as 6k and 4k video images. I decided for this shot I would shot in Raw being also aware of the constant changes in light during the couple of hours I did for the shoot.
The shoot begun in a meadow area getting a few practice photos before I became happy with what I was getting then I got them to sit on a bench close by taking some simple head shots. The light was starting to look a lot better the further around the park we walked as we came into different areas of stunning wooded areas with light creeping through the canopy of the trees giving way to beautiful soft light. The park also offers stunning tunnels of trees making epic archways introducing whispers of light. Further giving way to dense areas where barely any light crept through to a various meadows with small purple flowers and long grass. All this added a real natural rustic feel to the photos which ended up being very similar to the overall wedding look. They really expressed this when seeing the photos afterwards.
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