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Judy + Jay Engagement

Chad Wright — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:31:33 +0000

Last Saturday, I had the honor of shooting a ring blessing ceremony for Judy and Jay. Having never seen a ring blessing ceremony I was really excited. We started at Judy’s hotel to get some shots of her in her dress. This is a great example of how shooting with off-camera lighting can save you. Trying to shoot beautiful portraits in a hotel hallway is basically impossible if the only way you shoot is available light. Using lights, I was able to kill all the ambient light in the hallway, effectively erasing the hallway from the photo. The only thing I used Photoshop for was to take out a few small lights behind her that were further down the hall.

The ceremony itself was held at the St. Louis King of France Catholic Church in Austin. I like the idea of a ring blessing ceremony. It pulls both families together to pray for and celebrate the engagement and upcoming marriage. Here are a few of my favorites from the day.

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Chad Wright — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:07:10 +0000

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Alyson + Brandon Engagement

Chad Wright — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:40:41 +0000

This was an incredible shoot with Alyson and Brandon. We canceled our first shoot because it was supposed to be terrible weather. Of course, that day turned out beautiful. The backup date was last week. So naturally it rained cats and dogs and was very cold. Most people would have canceled the shoot, but we decided to push ahead. It turned out amazing. There’s something about shooting in the rain that creates a look you don’t normally get. Because it was such a unique shoot, I’m going to do an ImageRecap episode for it tomorrow. I’ll post it here on the blog. In the mean time, here are some of my favorites from the day.