Image of the Week: Emmy Lowe

This amazing image from Emmy Lowe was shot in the Little Sahara Sand Dunes in Eureka (Utah) at about half past seven in the evening to have some perfect light.

The Image was shot on the Canon 6D with the Canon 35mm 1.4 at 2.2.

Image by Emmy Lowe - www.emmylowephoto.com

Dress | Daughters of Simone - www.daughtersofsimone.com

MUA | Jill Marie Makeup - www.jillmariemakeup.com

Hair | Tatum Wetzel - www.instagram.com/tatumraewetzel

Model | Hannah Mariah - www.instagram.com/iamhannahmariah

Florals | Rachel Osguthorpe -  www.rachelflorist.com

Image of the week: Joel Bear

This Image was taken this spring at Taft Point in Yosemite. It is one of our favorite places in the national park, with its pristine and great use of backlight. The model for this shot is my wife @maggiebear. I wanted to show the vastness of the valley bellow as well as the ratio of the person standing on the ledge.

I waited for the Backlight of the sun to give a warming effect, as well as the placement at 45 degrees of the model, to create a silhouette, but also create rays of light. For me, the details of the valley were extremely important, thus I exposed two stops over and pulled back in post.

The design and placement of the image was very important to me, I wanted to create a sense of balance, yet a slight degree of tension, so i framed the subject just a little to the left of center. Your eyes want to make her center which creates tension and interest.

My camera settings were Sony A7 at 28mm F/4 at 1/500 at ISO 100.

Image by Joel Bear - Joelbear.com

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Image of the Week: Zach Ashcraft

“It took 2 trains and about 60 images, but we finally walked away with this image that both the couple and I were incredibly happy with”

When this couple hired me to shoot their wedding, they let me know that they wanted to do a photoshoot in full wedding dress somewhere in Downtown Dallas. Needless to say I was excited about that opportunity! We decided on a session in Fair Park, where the Texas State Fair is held every year. Its home to some beautiful Art Deco architecture from the 1930's. We met 2 hours before sunset in hopes of getting some great natural light.

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As we were wrapping up the shoot, we began walking to our vehicles which were parked past the DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) station. While waiting on a train to clear the tracks we took a few more photos. At some point I had the idea to try and capture the train passing behind the couple. After several attempts and several failures I realized this was not going to work, since the train was moving too slowly through the station to create much of a blur. 

Once the tracks were clear, I had the couple cross to the other side of the tracks while I switched from a wide angle to an 85mm lens. This resulted in a lot more motion from the train in the foreground, though it gave me an incredibly tight window to capture the couple through the train cars. I had locked focus on the couple and just before the train passed in between us I started firing away in burst mode. It took 2 trains and about 60 images, but we finally walked away with this image that both the couple and I were incredibly happy with! 

Technical Details: Nikon D810 + 85mm 1.4G 

64 ISO, 1/30 second, F/9

Agfa Vista 100 with minimal post processing. Mostly contrast added to the train cars for a bit more definition and color. 

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