I had the honor of being the wedding photographer for Runar and Ebony on Valentines Day, held at one of the most stunning locations in Tasmania! The ceremony took place at the base of magnificent Russell Falls, in Mt Field National Park, Tasmania. To be honest, I almost said no, as I knew this would be a massive challenge, but the couple insisted after seeing my previous work.
When I left home early, it was overcast and I was relieved with the promise of low contrast, but past New Norfolk and the sun burst clear of the clouds presenting a beautiful clear blue sky. Perfect day for a wedding, but I knew the sun would be bright on the falls, with heavy shadows below, creating huge contrast I’d dreaded and using the entire dynamic range of the OM1. I had to get this right first time!
Against my usual style of underexposing to preserving highlights, I chose to blow out the highlights of the waterfall, hoping I could recover enough in post, and lift enough detail back in the all important shadows where the action was happening.
Below is an unedited jpeg straight from the camera, looking spectacularly ordinary, to give you an idea of what I had to work with. Looking at them at the location on the back of camera, I honestly wasn’t fully convinced I’d nailed it. I think I was hiding more nervousness than the groom!!
After a full day including ceremony, lunch and reception, taking almost 3000 photos, it wasn’t until I got home, uploaded the images to PC and did a quick test edit, that the weight finally lifted of my shoulders. Final edit below.
I’ve edited 40 ceremony photos so far and picked out 150 faves up to the start of the reception, which I will refine over the next few weeks.
Congratulations Runar and Ebony!!
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Congrats to the happy couple, and to you, Tone, for taking such lovely photos of them on their special day.
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Thanks Anneli 😀
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Very beautiful photos, Tone, I like how you brought out the shadows and color! God bless them. 🙏🏻✝️😎
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Thanks John, editing was certainly a challenge making things pop and conveying the emotion of the day without making it look too unreal.
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Ya welcome! Be well!
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Wow! 3,000 photos are a lot to work through. I’m sure you got many beauties though – as evidenced here.
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Thanks Terry, I will likely create a separate page on my blog when I’m done with all the edited photos so the couple can share the day with friends easily 😀
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Beautiful wedding vibes 💍🌿 such a magical setting! 📸✨
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Thank you, it is a pretty special place. The waterfall has three levels, but you can’t see the highest level from where they married! There is a track to the top. There’s also platypus in the river 😀
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So beautiful! I’m sure the happy couple will be even happier when they see the rest!
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Thanks Morgaine, hopefully the rest will be easier to edit with less contrast pushing the limits! Pretty happy I got so many keepers to choose from 😀
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Well done, Tone. Such a gorgeous venue, and well-documented via your excellent skills and vision.
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Thank you! I’ll probably convert a few to mono too for the couple, but the colours here are striking and add to the story!
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