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Drummer Bride
Drummer Bride
LeeD


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Color Portrait II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Garage Studio
Date: Mar 17, 2007
Aperture: f/9.0
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Portraiture, Wedding
Date Uploaded: Mar 18, 2007

 This is part of a series of of shots I'm doing as part of a wedding package to a young couple. I'm fortunate to be working with such a photogenic couple and am very excited to shoot the ceremony which is a planned oceanfront sunset wedding.... Challenging, but should be a lot of fun.

Background: The brides fiance is a drummer for a local band and this is his drumset. The bride managed to sneak away with his drums long enough for us to shoot this. To date it's my most elaborate set-up and the background was constructed specifically for this shoot. The bride wanted to get a shot that has both of the grooms "loves". I staged it with colored gels (red and yellow) to give it a fun "club" feel. I'm pretty happy with the final look and hope it breaks 6 in this challenge.

Cloned out small seam on brick panelling
Levels, USM, Color burn, soft light, resize, done!

Statistics
Place: 168 out of 268
Avg (all users): 5.3147
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 5.2887
Avg (non-participants): 5.3400
Views since voting: 1659
Views during voting: 342
Votes: 197
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 04/16/2007 10:33:54 AM
Haha... you noticed my comment (during voting). Did you also notice my daughter's comment right above it???
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/22/2007 11:18:39 AM
Very happy looking photo. 8
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 03/20/2007 06:15:15 AM
Getting her toplay the Drums would have caught the imagination
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 03/20/2007 05:25:22 AM
I dont like how she poses her armes in this picture. Very nice lightning though.
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 03/20/2007 04:39:42 AM
Challenging setup to light with the highly reflective drums - the highlights on these draw my eyes away from the bride.
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 03/19/2007 01:48:54 PM
drummers rule!
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 03/18/2007 08:35:02 PM
Hey, my daughter was a "drummer bride" as well! :-)
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