Meredith & Blake - Wedding

Meredith and Blake got married last week at the Squantum Association in East Providence, RI. They’re a great couple. And this wedding, barring the 95 degree heat, was amazing.

Lots of great opportunities to do some photos outside. And the sunsets at this place are incredible, as you can see above. At the very bottom of the post is the setup shot for the portrait up top and this was the same setup for the vertical images directly above it. That’s my second shooter, Jason. He’s holding a SB-800 with a shoot-thru umbrella on the end of light stand and pointing it at Meredith. There’s also a SB-800 in a small softbox laying on the train tracks and pointed up at Blake.

The small size of the softbox keeps that light from getting too soft or too big, and the lovely bride gets the nice big soft light. But I had Jason hold it almost above her pointed down and away so the light falloff would be where I wanted it and not blow out the bottom of the wedding dress.

Basically, I would not have been able to get these shots without my second photographer / assistant, Jason. So thanks to him, and a heads up to all you potential brides out there. It’s a little extra for a second shooter, but in my opinion totally worth it.

All the photos on the tracks used this setup, even though Meredith was standing for the three final images. She bent down to give her new husband a kiss while I pulled back to get the setup shot… don’t worry, the kiss was captured too!