In case you have asked that question, I took my header picture at my cousin’s wedding back home in Virginia. You see, I grew up in Virginia on the Eastern Shore. Many of you may know it as the DelMarVa Peninsula. Others may know areas near where I grew up such as Assateague Island or Chincoteague, home of Misty.
My cousin Bo married his wife Melanie at Camp Silver Beach, along the Chesapeake Bay. The grounds were beautiful. I do a lot of shooting, but wedding photography is not something I want to do. I am afraid of screwing up or not capturing the right moments of someone’s special day. That’s another topic for another blog.
So, me being me, I of course brought my camera with me to get some photos. It turns out that the photographer that was shooting the wedding had sort of a connection to the bride. Melanie had been the photographer’s flower girl many years ago and the photographer was doing the shoot as a wedding gift to Bo and Melanie. Very cool! So, I introduced myself to Deb, and told her that if I get in the way of her shooting, just yell at me and tell me to get out of the way. She obliged by saying that I was more than welcome to shoot along with her and even offered me use of her low light lens, as my speedlight had broken.
As we were shooting the bridal party pics on the beach, this amazing sky formed right behind us. It was perfect. After the bridal party shots, I grabbed a series of shots across the horizon and stitched together the panorama that is now my header. I was so happy that I was able to be part of this shoot, without the pressure of ruining the wedding should the pics not be good. I ended up getting a ton of shots over the two days there. Here are some of the shots;
The Bridal Party
The Men
The Kiss
You can see the rest of these pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelthenry/sets/72157622565027980/
All photos ©Michael T. Henry and may not be used without permission.
I LOVED the sky
Such amazing pictures and a fun story to go along with them. You’re doing great at blogging so far!
Thank you so much. I don’t plan on becoming a major player in the blog arena, but I have some free time on my hands now, and maybe it will motivate me to learn new thing about my photography and helping others with theirs. Let’s just say I’ve had some great inspiration lately.
Love the photos with the story to go with them.
Thank you! I think that with the tons of pics I have, it will be pretty easy to write a little about them each day. It seems like I have a captive audience already after just one day. You guys and gals are surely making this easier than I thought it would be.
Absolutely awesome. The only downside to your post being so great is that it makes me realize that I need to get back into blogging regularly. >_<
Looking forward to more!
Thanks Keith. I really appreciate the input. This is all new to me and I am on a roll right now. I just hope that I can keep focused on it and find new things to blog about.