Image of the Week No. 9 - Vicar of Dibley !
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Last week's IOTW was taken during a wedding looking down the aisle from the back of a church. This week's photograph was taken at the same wedding, but before the service had even started. I was second shooting for Cathy of Oehlers Photography, and before the start of the service I tried to set the scene before the arrival of the Bride. The usual opportunities were there, including one very special ingredient, the Rev Kate Bottley. This wedding photographer from sleepy Warwickshire got one hell of a shock.Background - I have previously posted about this wedding and magnificent Lady before, please see this link of the post titled Vicar of Dibley. I apologise again for the cheap generalisation and link with the Rev Kate Bottley, but I've never met such a lovely and entertaining Vicar as my job as a wedding photographer. In summary, she had just finished welcoming and 'warming up' the congregation a few moments before the start of the service. When she had finished talking she turned around to continue her own preparation, and started to walk towards me. As much as possible I will always try and keep the camera up to my eye ready to shoot, just in case an unexpected event may happen!
Wallop, that was a classic case of the unexpected !?! Technically it's absolutely hopeless, not the best composition, and slightly out of focus. But I tell you what, this image probably has more impact when viewed compared to an image of a slightly more normal subject that is technically perfect. Since this wedding I've had some lovely comments left on my website about the Reverend, and I've followed her on Twitter. If you are a Twitter fan then I encourage you to follow her as well, she is absolutely hilarious and a real gem, see @revkatebottley .
Technical details:
Camera : Canon EOS 5D Mk11
Aperture : f8
Shutter - 1/40 se
cISO - 2,500Lens - 24-70mm f2.8 L USM at 24mm
Flash - Did not fire
Exposure Bias - 0 step
This image was post processed using Adobe Lightroom with my preferred method of subtle adjustments with levels and curves, and slight noise reduction due to the high ISO setting.If you have any questions regarding wedding photography, then please feel free to contact me via email. Please do leave a comment on this post just below, it's always nice to hear from people, and it's easy to use. Live with passion everyone.
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