Engagement Pictures in the Snow?!

[discpad]

Ann, that was a Good Choice for film, since it was very high contrast lighting, and Kodak's chromogenic films are relatively flat.

 

Also, Kodak & Ilford XP2 chromogenic films scan well, since the silver is bleached out and doesn't screw up IR/ICE.

[jennifer valencia]

Anne, those are FABULOUS. I absolutely love them. Now I want to find snow (hard, as I live in Phoenix) and a couple to photograph. Wow. Those pictures are stunning! I'd be proud to have images like those. :)

 

Jennifer

[fotografz]

Bravo Anne, you work is progressing so fast it makes my head spin ; -) And you are brave to

go out into the bitter cold we have been having.

 

BTW, I love the script you use for your name on the site. What is it? Did you do it, or did you

have it done? Very elegant lines, but still highly readable.

[afs760bf]

Just had to jump in, Anne, and say these shots are wonderful. The emotions are evident in the pics, and that's a big part of it. She does have beautiful hair, that's for sure.

 

I'm from Maine, and you could get pics like this about eight months out of the year sometimes. You just can't wait until summer (two days in August) to get everyone engaged.

 

Great job. I'm betting they're gonna figure it was worth it to get cold for those pictures.

 

Best Regards,

Barry

[paul_sokal___dallas__tx]

Anne,

 

Great shots. Here in Dallas, we don't get a lot of engagement shoots with snow. I wonder if there were someway, with a shade perhaps to cut down on the squinting. I personally like the high key effect in the bland sky/snow, but it might be interesting to apply a gradient layer to the sky in some of those shots to see how it looked. I'm not at home now or I'd give it a try. Just a thought, but wonderful work. I did read your magnum opus BTW and glad to here things are going so well for you.

[wedding-photography-denver]

Anne, marvelous, with heart warming intimacy and a touch of fun. That should be a great wedding..

 

D.

[anner]

Jennifer -

Maybe not in Phoenix (although it did snow a few times when I lived there- poor

elementary kids thought that the hail were stones falling from the sky), but Flagstaff isn't

too far away!! You just gotta get up those steep two lane mountains ;-)

 

Marc-

Thank you very much, your praise means a lot to me because I know how critical your eye

is. You're a humble and kind person to go out of your way to make wonderful comments.

;-) The font, as previous revealed, is freely available for download.. but I don't remember

where. It's called Scriptina (I think) and that's EXACTLY why I picked it. You KNOW how

difficult (and important) it is to find a nice but easy to read font. However, since my secret

is out of the bag, eventually I may have to custom design a script so that I can look a little

more "original." I'll have some time off in September to really focus on my web design and

overall image, and I hope I can look forward to getting your critiques. ;-)

 

Barry-

I think you gave me the greatest compliment I could get. The fact that the emotion is

apparent and can be communicated through a still image makes any freezing temperature

worth while!

 

Paul-

Hopefully most of the squinting is due to their smiles but I guess I could have put a large

black backdrop behind me, to help the eyes relax a little more. I actually did take that into

consideration and wore all black so that they'd have something dark to focus on, but

there's still a lot of light reflected from the snow which can strain the eyes. I actually tried

to keep them back-lit most of the time for the squinting reasons. I think there are a few

places where I actually could have benefitted from adding a reflector to utilize some of the

backlighting, like with the image below...<div></div>

[elizabeth_f1]

Anne, I think you did a great job. I love how you incorporated the tree into the composition. Nice work and great inspiration for all of us!

[matthewkane]

Very 'cool'.

[david_schilling___chicago_]

Nicely done!!! Good exposures and terrific emotion! Yes, the script is called scriptina and it can be had as a free download.........

[avril]

Anne

Brilliant job-the couple are obviously very much in love.What came across to me is the amazing relationship that you must have developed with them in order to gain such photos. You are obviously not just talented in the technical part of your job.Well done and good Luck with your future work.

[neil cowley - visual artis]

<p>This is a funny place to see you Anne, I googled before I went to shoot and look what

I found - shall we compare notes?</p>

<p><a href="http://makelovereal.net/tag/engagements"><img src="http://

makelovereal.com/photos/12-14-07/opening.jpg" alt="snowy nightime engagement

photos" width="450" height="301" border="0"></a></p>

<p>My clients wanted the additional biological elements of their 'family' included. A wild

puppy always makes it more interesting!</p>

<p><a href="http://makelovereal.net/tag/engagements"><img src="http://

makelovereal.com/photos/12-14-07/1%20originals/images/tanya_eric_0007.jpg"

alt="snow engagement photos" width="450" height="301" border="0" longdesc="http://

makelovereal.net/tag/engagements" /></a></p>

<p>This one they used for the back of their card^</p>

<p><a href="http://makelovereal.net/tag/engagements"><img src="http://

makelovereal.com/photos/12-14-07/1%20originals/images/tanya_eric_0015.jpg"

alt="snowy dog plays with engaged couple" width="450" height="301" border="0"

longdesc="http://makelovereal.net/tag/engagements" /></a></p>

<p><a href="http://makelovereal.net/tag/engagements"><img src="http://

makelovereal.com/photos/12-14-07/1%20originals/images/tanya_eric_0067.jpg"

alt="engaged couple under snow laden pine boughs" width="450" height="301"

border="0" longdesc="http://makelovereal.net/tag/engagements" /></a></p>

<p>They used this one for the front of the card.</p>

<p><a href="http://makelovereal.net/tag/engagements"><img src="http://

makelovereal.com/photos/12-14-07/1%20originals/images/tanya_eric_0166.jpg"

alt="winter night engagement photos" width="450" height="301" border="0"

longdesc="http://makelovereal.net/tag/engagements" /></a></p>

<p>I liked shooting the dusk best as usual</p>

<p><a href="http://makelovereal.net/tag/engagements"><img src="http://

makelovereal.com/photos/12-14-07/1%20originals/images/tanya_eric_0170.jpg"

alt="red tree blue sky snowy wedding photo" width="301" height="450" border="0"

longdesc="http://makelovereal.net/tag/engagements" /></a></p>

<p><a href="http://makelovereal.net/tag/engagements"><img src="http://

makelovereal.com/photos/12-14-07/1%20originals/images/tanya_eric_0186.jpg"

alt="snowy engagement photo" width="301" height="450" border="0" longdesc="http://

makelovereal.net/tag/engagements" /></a></p>

<p><a href="http://makelovereal.net/tag/engagements"><img src="http://

makelovereal.com/photos/12-14-07/1%20originals/images/tanya_eric_0251.jpg"

alt="red oak engagement portrait" width="450" height="301" border="0"

longdesc="http://makelovereal.net/tag/engagements" /></a></p>

<p>BTW: Weird Al is the only voice I hear for that song any longer</p>

<p>Why all B+W was that a request?</p>

<p><a href="http://neilcowley.com/weddings/">Neil</a></p>

[anner]

Nice shots Neil - I love their card choices... isn't it interesting that they only went for the

natural light?

 

Yep - my clients only wanted B&W, so I shot it all on film so that I didn't even have to bother

with highlight balancing. I only got half way into the second roll before they decided it was

too cold to keep shooting. The B&W definitely helped with the red noses!

[neil cowley - visual artis]

". isn't it interesting that they only went for the natural light?"

 

No, it quit snowing at dusk and I was ticked cause it would have been so cool to have the

snowflakes illuminated!