I have never shot a wedding, as of yet. I am going to shoot my first wedding February 19, 2011! I am really excited for this because one it is my old high school friend’s wedding, and two because I am going to do my first wedding! I have done some research and found that a lot of wedding photographers do macro shots of the wedding accessories; for example, the take macro shots of the wedding cakes, rings, invitations, centerpieces, and so much more. Therefore, with this assignment I decided to think of it as a practice run. I went to my mother’s room and searched through her jewelry. Since both my parents have lost their rings constantly, and buy new ones (granted they get it from the pawn shop or at Avon) I had a few to choose from. My dad only had a gold ring, and my mother had a silver ring with lots of diamond (or should I say rhinestones!). Then I went into my prop closet and found some fake flowers to put in the background, and in my room I found my bible that my grandmother gave me. I composed this shot in various ways. I found it difficult to showcase both rings properly. The rings kept on falling, the flowers were just too big, and the word ‘Holy Bible’ was not lining up right. Then finally I found a great composition, and just kept on shooting with my macro lens. I felt like I was shooting a product shot. In actuality, I was. I was representing and/or selling the love between two people. I felt that I needed to make the photograph to pop more. Therefore I went into Photoshop to play with the colors and cropped it into a square. I lost the 'Holy Bible', however I feel that the 'Holy Bible' wasn't too important to this shot. The importance to this shot is the rings. The bond between the newly weds. I feel that I have successfully accomplished the photo challenge! I did a great job for my practice run/assignment!
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