The Where:
Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge, California is a beautiful wedding locale and a great for engagement
photos too! Thanks to the perfect SoCal weather...my friend Rebecca's Southern charm and of course her
handsome fiancé,
Devon we had a great time and got some really fab photos!
The How: Photographic Experimentation
I'm breaking
the posts up into a couple of days/weeks because I experimented with different
camera formats. In this post all the photos are taken using my Canon
5D and processing it through Adobe Lightroom. Future posts will have
photos taken with my polaroid camera and a toy camera with real film!
I'm hoping by breaking it up you will see that there is a difference
(no judgements!) between the different technologies.
The Who: Rebecca
Rebecca and I have been working together just under a year.
We are the calm in the eye of the storm but I must say - she is calmer than I
could ever be! She has this quiet
demeanor that hides a will of steel. She's polished, smart - I mean really
smart - has an amazingly photographic smile and an outstanding
sense of humor. Rebecca is a throw-back to a time that was more civilized but she's perfectly
grounded in today.
Devon
Devon is from the area and grew up going
to the Descanso Gardens so they were a natural choice of location. As
a child his parents had problems keeping him in their sites during their visits
and as he tells it, once the family made their way past the entrance he would
take off running to explore and his parents would spend the day searching for
him. Hours later he would come running through the trees and pop up
in front of them! Parents - not amused. Devon -
enchanted!
The Challenge: Working with Film
I took a few photos with the Diana Mini, Kodak Instamatic x-15 and my newly purchased fab find - my Polaroid SX-70! I'm really excited to introduce vintage film cameras into
my photographer "tool kit" as a compliment to the digital photography
work I do. Working with Rebecca
and Devon was a great opportunity to experiment with just a few of the
different cameras I own but I think the Polaroids were the biggest hit of the
day!
The Digital Darkroom: Adobe Lightroom
3
All photos for
this post were edited with Totally Rad Actions Lightroom
Presets.
TRA has made processing my digi photos easy and quick and with so many
different presets available I find that their bundles include everything I
need.
