Ashlee Taylor Bridal

I was thrilled when Ashlee and Travis asked me to be their wedding photographer and thrilled again when Ashlee decided to do a bridal shoot at Laguna Gloria.  I have always wanted to do a bridal shoot there and finally was going to get the opportunity.   I had to wait until after the wedding so Travis couldn’t peak – and his first look at Ashlee in her dress at the ceremony was priceless.  Look for those images to be posted in about 3 weeks.  For the curious, we put up bridal shoot images in a password protected website on Pictage, so only the bride can see them.  Once the wedding has taken place, we remove the password so everyone can see the images.  And we provide the wedding guests each with an “event card” which is a business sized card with an image of the couple on one side and instructions to access the website to view images and order prints.

As it was very hot on July 24th when we did this shoot, we started in the mansion at Laguna Gloria and shot there for an hour and then spent about 25 minutes outside getting these images.  We always have a plan for shooting so there is not a lot of sitting around or waiting, but even more so when we are shooting outside in the heat.

Laguna Gloria is such a beautiful setting inside and out.  Inside, the decor with iron gate, the upstairs “green room”, the satay, the stairways all provide wonderful areas to shoot.  But more than anything else is the exceptional window light.  Soft directional light is key to beautiful images, and window light can often provide some of the best light, and Laguna Gloria window light is the best of the best.  Large windows and windowed doors with beautiful surroundings provides the photographer with so many options to capture beautiful images.  We do use some flash on occassions to provide a bit of fill light or hair light or just a touch of brightness to the bride.

Ashlee, her Mom, my son Michael who assisted and I had a wonderful time on this shoot.  We played “Modern Bride Model” up in the green room and on the satay.  But as you can see, we also captured beautiful traditional images as well.  Stay tuned for the wedding images in about 3 weeks!