I'm glad that Jacqueline had chosen the location that she did simply because it offers clear views of the sky and the waterfall is gorgeous! I knew it would be a scorcher having to photograph in the late June heat so I made sure to get my fluid intake above normal and for me, that only needs to be one glass of water. I arrived at the location armed and ready to shoot, but I suppose I underestimated the heat that this day would bring! Maybe I should have brought along that second bottle of water with me and another for the road. I arrived just a few minutes early to scout the area and get ideas that I hadn't used before and the results showed that and extra few minutes would prove to be well worth it.
Jacqueline arrived with an entourage of family and friends to support her in her exciting(but hot) portrait session. I want to thank that group for being so helpful and excited despite the blazing temperatures and the sheer length of time spent to create these portraits.
As I mentioned earlier, this place is wonderful for portraits especially in the late evening and early morning hours because the sky comes alive with color and shapes! Maybe this balances out the heat index :)
From the environmental to the close ups, it was a ton of fun to create these exciting portraits and I look forward to the wedding day to have, yet another opportunity, to work with such a cooperative bunch.
Okay, okay, so I do actually create an occasional traditional portrait or two. While NYT prides itself on pulling away from the masses, that traditional portrait is still among the most requested portraits that are created.
This was definitely one of my fav's! All of the elements just came together so nicely here and Jacqueline does a fantastic job of following "hand signal" direction. :))
If you know anything about photography, I'm sure you're complaining about the rule that's broken here. Let's focus more on the actual image rather than the rules because this is definitely another of my absolute fav's. We made a great team, Jacqueline, so let's do this again really soon!
