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Umstead Hotel & Spa wedding photography

Ted & Lynda’s wedding at the Umstead Hotel & Spa

Wedding Planner: Elegant Creations by Michele

Ted and Lynda were married on a beautiful day at the Umstead Hotel & Spa. I started the day with a “Holgarama” of the hotel.

Macro photographs of the rings and digital pin-hole shots of the hotel exterior (accomplished by poking a super tiny hole in your body cap).

The ceremony was outdoors. The weather forecast was a little dicey- random thunderstorms. We lucked out. No rain.

The photograph of the ceremony was shot with a technique called free-lensing. It achieves a tilt-shift effect without the tilt-shift lens.

A digital infrared photograph of the ceremony grounds and lake.

Arioso Strings provided the musicians.

The Reverend Carl Johnson conducted the ceremony.

This is Lynda berating me when I asked her to lift her cowgirl hat up a little (I could not see her eyes). This was one of my favorite photographs from the day.

Congratulations Ted and Lynda.

Ryan Fox

R. Fox Photography LLC

(919) 645-8345

ryan@rfoxphoto.com

June 22nd, 2010 by admin | No Comments »

Engagement photographs- Raleigh skyline & Raleigh Rose Garden

Last Monday’s engagement session with Lara and John was fantastic. The heat was slightly bearable. We started at the Boylan Street bridge to capture the city skyline in the background. However, in order to compress the background (make the buildings larger behind the couple), I had to stand on the other side of the street with my zoom. Thus, they could barely hear me over the noise of the cars passing. Several of these photographs are featured below:

Luckily, they did not need much direction. I told them to act natural. Little kisses, hugs, etc.

John’s an uber-talented musician in a local band- Psychic Saviors. He has done a few photo shoots before and was real natural in front of the camera.

Most of these shots were lit by a slaved-flash off-camera on one side of the couple.

A few digital infrared shots while we were leaving the bridge.

Afterwards, we headed to the Raleigh Rose Garden.

Hi-key photograph. Basically, all you have to do to get this look is overexpose the image by 3-4 stops in camera (hopefully intentionally).

A “Brenizer effect” photograph. 30+ small JPEGs merged in Photoshop to create a depth of field impossible to achieve with a standard lens.

“Stalker” pictures! We shot several sequences with several variations. These are a few of my favorites.

Thanks Lara and John. I am looking forward to the wedding.

Best wishes,

Ryan

R. Fox Photography

(919) 645-8345

ryan@rfoxphoto.com

June 4th, 2010 by admin | No Comments »

Jeremy & Rebecca- Fuquay-Varina wedding photography

Wedding: Barwick & King

May 22nd, 2010

341 Jackson Rd.

Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526

Macro-shot of the rings and digital B&W infrared of the trees near the river.

Jeremy & Rebecca were married at a sprawling spread of land near the Raven Rock State Park in Fuquay-Varina. Unfortunately, thunderstorms threatened all day. It started downpouring at the time we were scheduled to start shooting formals. Luckily, there was a back-up plan as the guests and groom took cover under the tent (pictures below).

The rains did stop (eventually) and the sun peaked out from behind the clouds.

As you can tell from several of these vantage images: I was lying on the ground.

I did get rather wet. However, you can not be a self-respecting wedding photographer if you do not get dirty. After all, it is not about my comfort.

The bridal party arrived in classic cars.

Two more photographs using the digital infrared. As you can see, anything alive glows a surreal white. A very useful camera to have at beautiful outdoor venues.

Digital infrared (not converted to B&W) straight out of the camera.

Another shot lying on the still-wet ground. +2 flash exposure and -2 exposure in camera darkens the background tremendously.

You can not fake sunsets like this. I have waited (often in vain) too many times for sunrises and sunsets while traveling internationally. After a while, you can tell when it is going to be a good sunset.