Hi All,

I have my first mature age wedding (2nd marriage, the age of my parents) this saturday, im pretty sure everything will go sweet, and im happy with the plan of the day and the couple is really friendly.

Any pieces of advice or tips on posing the couple during the location shoot? Photos that have worked?

Also, they have requested a photo in front of stained glass windows, any practical suggestions to make this work - is it the middle of the day (summer in Aus), is it easiest to take two photos and extend the dynamic range in photoshop?

I did a 25th anniversary vow renewal last Summer. You can see some pictures in the slideshow here.

And as far as the stained glass, underexpose so you get the colors of the glass, and fill in with a flash dialed down. Do everything on manual because your camera and TTL flash will want to overexpose. Turn the flash way down and chimp until you like what you say.

Thanks for sharing adam i really enjoyed looking through your shots.
I think the key will be just to get them to be themselves and hoepfully capture that throught the lens.

Adam, you did a great job on that anniversary shoot!

The "bride" took a big chance with that champagne dress but she looked fabulous! Thanks for posting on this becuase I have a 25th I'm shooting this summer.

What, no "Trash the Dress," rolling around in the surf shots?

Just like any other couple. In this case, they were even more in love than 25 years ago, with so much history between them. Weddings (or vow renewals) with older couples are much easier in some ways. It doesn't require more retouching, as you might think, because they're usually comfortable with how they look. Also, they realize that parts of the day might not go as planned, and are mature enough to know that things just happen sometimes. They don't blow a gasket about it.

I'm glad you enjoyed the slideshow.

Thanks for the compliment. Yeah, that dress. Hmmm. I thought it was a little too much, umm, overflow. She loved it and they loved the pictures. They didn't have an album credit, but ended up getting a $3000 album. Had a terrible time with Zookbinders on that one, but it worked out in the end -- sort of -- for the couple, at least.

Another nice thing about couples older than 30 is that they usually have more income and can afford to get what they really want, rather than settling for what they can afford.

Nah, not really their style. Not mine, either, come to think of it. Anyway, surf shots are hard to come by in Ohio. But if you want a Buckeye-themed wedding, this is the place.