Images: ries.duo and cinziabruschini
It’s Lensel. Your weekly wedding photography wisperer. Here’s what is on this week:
Betting on weddings
Layers: How they make every photo better
BTS feature of Paige and Tommy Paul’s Iconic Wedding
+ all the news from the week
Alright, let’s dive in ⬇️
NEWS
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NEWS
Happening this Week
Annonymous Horror Stories. Have you thought of writing a book full of your crazy wedding stories? (Just us, ok). This thread asked for people’s craziest horror stories to get started and the read is as wild as you would expect. Dig deep for the good ones.
Apple Upgrade launches in the US this week. Allowing you to lease instead of buy your Apply products. Hello new Macbook! Here’s the release from Apple, and here’s how the system works.
The EU makes it law to label AI images from this Sunday.
Sony and Tamron are a match made in camera heaven. And Sony is reportedly trying to buy it. Sony already owns 14% of Tamron but this deal would take that to 100%. Good news for lenses? Has to be for $1.2 billion. Details here.
Canon R6 Mkiii gets a firmware update with some convinient fixes.
Bet on the groom crying. Yes this new platform let’s guest and others BET on things happening during the wedding… 2 or 3 dresses? First kiss longer than 3 seconds? Some say it makes the wedding more ‘interactive’, others think it distracts from the meaning of the day… but whatever it is, the couples honeymoon fund isn’t complaining. See the app here.
THE BIG IDEA
🧅 Layer Baby: How to Make Any Photo More Interesting
Images: @davidvanderleeuw and @haute.weddings
Stop taking photos ‘OF’ things.
You see something happening. You point the camera at it. You take the photo. A simple photo just ‘of’ your subject in the middle of the frame.
At weddings that usually means the bride and groom.
And if you’re not careful, you go home with 400 medium photos of said bride and groom doing different things.
But where are they? What’s the interest in this photo? Where’s something in the frame that will hold your gaze more than just a few seconds?
Maybe your photo needs a layer. (you missed the onion emoji didn’t you?)
Something in the foreground. Some background element. Something poking in from the side of the frame randomly…
We’re going to break down ‘how to shoot layers’ to absolute 101 level ⬇️
Images: michaellajelin and @camilaurreaa
It’s not that complica….
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WEDDING FEATURE
A Wedding to Define the Moment: Tommy and Paige Paul by Kayleigh Taylor
Full Feature on lensel.com captured by kayleightaylor
If there was a wedding that captured the cultural moment of weddings ‘right now’ — this is it. Paige and Tommy Paul’s Wedding at the Old Westbury Gardens.
Some kind of magical blend between classic luxury elegance and the whimsical nostaligia of film.
Come behind the scenes and read about how Kayleigh Taylor captured the day, how she felt the colours and editing, while dealing with time pressured portraits and tight Vogue turnarounds.
INSPO TO KEEP YOU FRESH
⬇️ Can it get better??! Do yourself a favor into this wedding captured by Cinzia Bruschini. That last shot with the carriage. Utter perfection.
⬇️ Waited for the perfect moment…. and LAYERS. Each of these film frames is pure summer vibes. And that fish and earrings shot? Somehow genius.
⬇️ Interactive posing wins.
⬇️ It’s the little things that stand out on socials. And yes staging moments with your clients can be fun - give them a funny/dangerous dancefloor task?
Until next week,
