wedding

Megan Got Married!

Posted November 29, 2010 by Ivy

Last weekend I flew down to Pensacola to go to the wedding of one my oldest friends. Megan and I have known each other since seventh grade, and it was a real honor to be invited to the ceremony. I wish I’d had a little more time to check out Pensacola—it seems like a neat place to be—but just being around friends was good enough for me!

I took photos during the preparations, ceremony and reception, and later converted them to black and white because the whole event took place in three very different lighting situations (and, because I wasn’t the official photographer, I didn’t bother bringing my flash along).

All of these were shot using either my 20mm f/2.8 or my 50mm f/1.8. The 50 is no match for the f/1.4, but it IS very portable, so I just tucked it into my purse. Awesome!

Some selects:

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Aly and Elisha’s Wedding!

Posted October 26, 2010 by Ivy

I photographed my first wedding ever last month- a nerve-wracking yet excellent experience if there ever was one, compounded by the fact that the reception took place in a large barn. At night. My poor 430EX flash cried (I eventually gave up on it in favor of slow shutter speeds, which I tend to like better anyway. Nobody tell Rita).

But besides the barn shenanigans, the wedding itself was fantastic—you know it’s going to be good when there are not one but THREE drum kits set up at the bandstand—and I feel so lucky that I was able to shoot it.

I shot well over 600 photos, which I edited down to about 250 that ended up being toned and uploaded to Flickr. It’s hard to choose selects from those, but these are some (well, okay, many) of the ones I liked best.

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Absolutely Engaging

Posted August 2, 2010 by Ivy

My college roommate Kim got engaged this past weekend! In a truly fantastic turn of events, the proposal happened in Rhode Island, where she and her now-fiancé were visiting his family. I had been planning to do an overnight trip over there for a month or so, because I never get to see Kim anymore due to the fact that I’m no longer in Texas.

I asked Kim and Nate if I could take engagement photos for them while I was visiting; I’d never done that sort of photography before (I didn’t even know such a thing as engagement photos existed until a couple years ago…) and wanted to practice. Portraits have never been my strong suit, but I do tend to do a lot better when I actually know the people!

We really lucked out with the weather, because it was overcast during the morning we took the photos- no harsh shadows to worry about, just beautiful, even lighting. I kept rambling on about this for the rest of the day after the sun finally decided to come out. I’m pretty sure Kim and Nate thought I was crazy

I sent off about 200 photos total (half color, half converted to b&w). These are a few selects, shot with my 20mm and 70-200mm. My 50mm, the obvious choice, decided to act up and refuse to focus on anything (even on manual setting). I’ll be sending it off for repairs soon…