Marie wanted to have some simple images of her and her newly wedded husband which they could proudly show off, so we decided to re-shoot in Cape Town on Lions Head and Camps Bay - after all, if you cant replicate your wedding day why not shoot some photos in the most beautiful part of South Africa? Thankfully we chose a nice warm sunny winter day so we headed up to Lions Head (for the few remaining pine trees) to get away from the harsh midday sunlight and find some shade. Once there we immediately found a nice umbrella type tree divided between all the endemic fynbos. This particular variety of fynbos had thorns as my bare feet quickly found out.
For the midday, there was a large contrast of lighting - I definitely had to make use my external Canon EX 580's to combat the shadows casted on Marie and Jonathan's face. My trick is to use the setting way down to 1/8th of their normal power otherwise it starts to look like fake lighting - I guess this comes down to personal liking. Below are some examples used with my 10mm wide angle lens.
Later in the afternoon we saw it was going to be a awesome sunset evening, so we decided to very quickly make our way to Camps Bay - great sunsets are always guaranteed here, with stunning white sands, massive brown boulders, palm trees etc the list goes on and on. (For a quick glance on google map follow this link.) When we arrived, I immediately noticed the waves were throwing up large sprays when crashing into the boulders and thought we got to get some evening long exposure shots. Great stuff - bring out the tripod, Canon 50mm Len's, flashes, etc. Setting used ranged around 2 second exposures, F/6 and included my ND filter.
Here are some of the wedding photos which turned out really stunning - well at least I think so!!!!!
Thanks Jonathan and Marie for the great enthusiasm and willing to try all the angles we asked from you - you guys were great! I wish you all the best of luck!!!!!
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