It’s LENSEL. Your secret side kick through the wedding world.
Here’s what is on today:
“The Mix Era” explained
Big wedding venue and camera news
POV you shoot film at an old monastery wedding
Wedding Photographers to watch in 2026…
New Workshop by Bushwhacked!
Alright, let’s go ⬇️
NEWS
Happening this Week
Is this the ultimate niche wedding venue this year? Belmond just unveiled Celia - a carriage on the 1932 British Pullman train. The Bridal Journey dives into it all here.
Instagram Instants. This week Instagram introduce an all new feature called ‘Instants’. An all new way of sharing, that disappears after 24 hours. Full details here.
A bride considered over 60 luxury wedding photographers and shared her insights from ALL the interviews. Get her insider perspective and see the comments here.
Editing film scans. This reel diving into how and why you should edit the scans your lab sends you. Curve lessons 101 this week.
Sony’s High Res Monster the A7RVI is here this week. Full review here. Better/Faster in almost everyway and with an all new bigger Sony battery… But damn, 66MP is hefty for weddings.
An icon re-imagined. You can now pre-order the re-issue of the iconic moving lens film camera - the Widelux. How freaking cool is it that we are getting re-makes of these old cameras. Go support it.
DJI will unveil their new pro version of the Pocket 4 camera TODAY. Stay tuned.
Canon made waves as they announced the R6V - a video focussed version of the R6mkiii that might just kill of the Sony competition.
Apple has purchased the small but mighty editing software company Color.io.
Did they ruin Villa Balbiano? The most iconic Lake Como venue had some recent ‘upgrades’ made to their ceremony area. Spot the new stone columns in this reel and let us know what you think…
iphone snap provided by Light Feels Weddings. If you know this view… you know something interesting happened here.
WEDDING FEATURE
An Old Monastery Wedding and Film Vibes: Captured by Dias de Vino y Rosas
The Photographers POV, featured on lensel.com
Where else can you get actually commentary from photographers about HOW THEY SHOOT A WEDDING ⬇️
“Janneke and Vincent walked out of the church through a corridor of guests. The space was tight, and the walk itself was quick, just a few seconds. I immediately decided to go for a wide frame and include the guests’ hands tossing petals, rather than zooming in for a cleaner, more traditional shot.”
THE BIG IDEA
🥣 The Mix Era: Style isn't dead. But the style box might be.
Images: normanandblake
The concept of ‘style boxes’ dominated wedding photography for a long time.
The fine art, bright and airy look.
Pure documentary.
The dark and moody adventure vibe.
Art directed editorial…
But photographers today are mixing things up more than ever. And there's a reason for it.
*But before you read further, we aren’t saying styles are done. We’re saying this is a reminder for photographers to think beyond just reproducing a certain aesthetic and to see their voice and perspective through a wider range of photographic technics.
Here's what is going on….
*The rest of this piece including what The Mix Era means for how you shoot and how you market yourself is for Lensel PRO members.
JUNE WORKSHOP
Posing & Direction with BUSHWHACKED
How to heck do you get those perfect candid looking photos? Well, the trick is, it’s not really candid. It takes what we call “INVISIBLE DIRECTION”
It’s the art of making it feel candid, but keeping it curated. In the moment, yet completely intentional.
And in this workshop, Rachel from Bushwhacked will break down her “Invisible Direction” process. You’ll learn about:
Building the frame then letting real moments fall into it
Adjusting one person to shift the energy of a whole scene
Keeping energy alive while still getting exactly the shot you want
Still using light as the entry point for every decision
How to control but not control a room
The subtle posing prompts that always work
You’ll learn practical tips, tricks and ways of thinking that will elevate your posing and directing game.
Join LIVE June 3rd - 5:30PM CET / 11:30AM ET / 8:30AM PT
- Q&A extended session included.
- Replay available the following day if you miss it
2026
This Year’s List
Cover image by @madisonaycoth
Congrats to the photographers who made our list for the “Photographers to watch for 2026 list.”
INSPO TO KEEP YOU FRESH
⬇️ PRO member Rob James had this full sun beach wedding featured in VOGUE this week. Posting in Lensel PRO he said:
“This wedding was one of those days that was incredibly fun to be part of, but also genuinely challenging to shoot. The entire celebration was centred around a single stretch of beach, with minimal styling and some pretty unforgiving Antiguan sun. I left feeling okay about the images, but honestly, I didn’t think it was my best work.
A few weeks later, the bride approached me about pitching the wedding to Vogue. I remember gently trying to manage expectations, thinking that while it was a beautiful celebration, it maybe didn’t tick all the traditional boxes the publication looks for stylistically.
Short version is I got proven wrong.
And I guess what I’m saying is go for the pitch being objective is great but being overly self critical can sometimes stop you from taking the leap, and you never really know how your work will resonate with other people until you put it out there.”
⬇️ Something about this just feels good. Take a look.
⬇️ The Ferros are back pulling off insane getting ready concepts at REAL weddings. Like how is this real?
⬇️ Jackson Grant doing the good things only he does.
⬇️ Just hid your subject a little sometimes. Who doesn’t love that little bit of mystery.
Alright, a big one! Until next week,
