The Vineyard in Florence, Texas was the perfect backdrop for this lovely wedding on October 7th. My wife loves wines and I know we will be needing to make a daytrip here. The expected rain held off a day and other than some strong winds, everything was perfect. I was assisted by Amanda Cook, one of my very talented 2nd shooters. The drive from Austin was about an hour and we took Highway 183 to avoid Friday afternoon traffic to Dallas for the UT / Oklahoma football game.
One unusual aspect of this wedding was a change into Indian garmets after the wedding and meal. The families were great, the band was excellent and the staff at The Vineyard was outstanding. As pretty much everything was outside that makes for some lighting challenges once it becomes completely dark. Amanda and I used two lightstands as well as our on camera flashes to get plenty of light on the dance floor and reception area. I love shooting into a light as you can see from some of the images. It creates a “Hollywood” like effect from the flash, rim lights the subjects and coupled with other lights creates good lighting. Since there was no ceiling to bounce the flashes off, we had to shoot them directly at the subjects and used this technique to get some great shots.
You can also see Sunita’s Bridal Shoot and Sunita and Kelly’s Engagement Shoot here on my blog.
