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Nighttime wedding at Bay Watch Resort

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I was worried because this ceremony started about 20 minutes before sunset at last weekend’s wedding at the Bay Watch Resort in North Myrtle Beach.  I’ve never tried to do family and couple portraits after dark.  Thanks to the fact that the hotel has some lights out back and my Nikon D700 has amazing low light capabilities, I thought I got some really unique and interesting shots.  It was fun try to push myself doing something different. I don’t want to go into it too much, let’s just say I will never work with Seaside Wedding Chapel again.  They brought their own “photographer” and “videographer”, I’m putting them in quotes.  The videographer, a guy with a camcorder in a bright orange shirt, stood near the front in the middle of the isle.  I tried to get him to move but he wouldn’t.  The officiant, I guess is used to just working with his guys, actually interrupted the ceremony to say I was getting in the way of his videographer.  I also had to try to work with their “photographer”, which the bride asked them not to bring.  Anyway, I’ll just say I can’t go through that again, please brides be careful about hiring all in one packages.  I’m glad everything worked out though overall with the pictures.  I hope you enjoy a few of the pictures below.

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Wedding at Marriott Resort and Spa, Myrtle Beach

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Here are a few of the pictures from my wedding this past Sunday at the Marriott Resort and Spa at The Grande Dunes near the ocean in Myrtle Beach, that’s a long name for a location. The weather actually turned out to be perfect for the wedding. This couple was very easy to work with, I did engagement portraits with them previously that turned out really great as well.  There were actually a ton of pictures I liked, I tried to pick out a few to post on the blog.  I normally like my pictures really clean without a lot of silly Photoshop effects, the kind that I’ve noticed some photographers use to draw attention away from bad pictures.  If you see a short depth of field (blurry out of focus background) it’s being done in camera.  However one of the pictures below I used the Totally Rad Actions F-Zero action for a tilt shift lens effect.  It looks like something you might get from a Lens Baby without the trouble of using one, and I thought it really worked for that picture.  I hope you like the pictures, if you do don’t forget to click the Facebook like button above.

Kiss at Marriott Resort and Spa at Grande Dunes

Bridal portrait on stairs Marriott Resort and Spa at The Grande Dunes

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Love the 70-200 f2.8 Short Depth of Field

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I’ve included some images below from last weekend’s wedding up in North Myrtle Beach that feature use of the Nikon 70-200 f2.8 lens.  The Nikon 24-70 f2.8 that I probably do 90% of my photography with is one of the best lenses ever made, however there is just something special about the 70-200 f2.8, when I’m in a location that I can use it.  Because of the focal length, I have to be typically outdoors with plenty of room to maneuver and typically for closeups, that is why it doesn’t get used all that much.  I hope you enjoy the images.

Listening to a really long wedding speech

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Nikon FX Camera

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I’ve finally made the move fully to the Nikon FX full frame sensor format camera. My D300 is a great camera, but I really want the low light performance of the full frame sensor.  I have both the Nikon 24-70 and 70-200mm ED lenses so I’ve been ready for full frame from that end for a while. I just never went ahead with the camera upgrade until now. If you are not familiar with the advantages of the FX format, one huge thing is the low light sensitivity.  This really comes in handy with reception pictures because the camera can almost shoot in the dark even without flash and still get a good image. This camera blows away what was possible in the film days. I’m looking forward to seeing what is possible.