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Wedding Bridals in Balboa Park

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Wedding Bridals in Balboa Park

So in my career I've shot 250+ weddings all over the world.  In recent years my wedding workload has diminished quite a bit due to picking up commercial work along with my teaching and speaking schedule.  But when I got the opportunity to do a commercial shoot with Mia Bella Couture shooting wedding gowns, it took me right back to my roots as a wedding photographer.

We went down to Balboa Park in San Diego which is an absolutely beautiful location.  Using a reflector and the Flashpoint Xplor 600 I started shooting with my Sony A7Rii and the Canon 200mm f/2.8.

My mail goal with this shoot was to create a very light, bright, romantic type of a shoot.  The model was Daryl Rene and she did a truly fantastic job in helping me create these shots.  The mood of the shoot was created by the combination of using the off camera flash with a beauty dish on it (the Westcott Rapid Box XL) and the reflector on the other side.  It should be noted that this shoot took place at around 1pm on a day where the lighting was very harsh, so controlling the light by overpowering the sun was crucial.

Below are some of the shots created by using this lighting set up under a row or lattice work and columns in Balboa Park;

We then tried something new and I fired the Flashpoint through the Scrim Jim just to see what effect it would give.  The thought was in essence to create a giant outdoor softbox.  I thought the shots came out pretty cool and created some very soft light.  You can see these shots below:

It was a really great shoot and I hope you take a moment to watch the video as well so you can see how these were created.  A big thanks to Mia Bella Couture for hiring me to do the commercial shoot.  If you'd like to get in contact with us for wedding or commercial photography please contact me at jason@jlpros.com.

**Links to Gear:

*Sony A7Rii-  

*Metabones Mark 4 Adapter-  

*Canon 200mm f/2.8 lens-  

*Westcott Scrim Jim-  

*Westcott Rapid Box XL-  

*Flashpoint Xplor 600-  

Thanks!

Jason

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Every Man Should Chase His Woman- Making a shot out of nothing!

This is one of my all-time favorite images.  This was actually taken on the side of a road in Victorville California in what ended up being an 8-minute shoot.  The Ceremony started very late and ate into virtually all of our time before the Reception.  I told the bride and groom to follow me in the car and I found a tiny dirt road across from a hospital.  We pulled over and I purposely had the car pointed to the side so I could shoot it with the cement road directly behind me.  I practiced this one time with the bride and groom and then told him to chase her around the car....and it worked!  What we really had to work on was the positioning of their hands/legs and feet, which can be done even while running.  Hope you like it!

Next Workshops:

  • Morgantown, WV- October 22-24
  • Myrtle Beach, SC- November 6-7
  • Tampa, Florida- November 13-14 

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