i just wanted to share with everyone a few of the shots from today... it was an extremely bright and sunny day... so i had to stay real careful with the sun and i mostly lit everything with off camera flash.

there are more on my blog!

Very solid work, love the colors, tones and angles

thanks mike... she made it easy for me... what a beautiful girl!

Niiiiiiceeee. Awesome job. They rock!

a lot of really nice shots... i'd have loved to see a few more where shes not looking dead on at the camera. just a thought

Great shots. The balance of fill and ambient is perfect.

Its so soft and the catchlight is to large to be straight on. Umbrella? Please share your lighting on this.

thanks man for the compliments... i was using a 580 wirelessly with the st-e2 so i could maintain the use of ettl.

i diffused the light with a shoot thru umbrella and most of the time kept the bride with her back to the sun and the light to camera left around 45 degrees. then make minor adjustments for more dramatic effects.

i am just starting to get the hang of the fill... i mainly like to natural light... but most of the times these locations are restricted to certain times and they are usually during the bad times of the day so i have been forced to learn how to deal with terrible light. the exif is still embedded in the images so you can extract that and see the settings for all the shots.

thanks again for the compliments.

Matt, I always enjoy your work. Very solid!

thanks mark!

great shot. I love the last pose especially.

Great shots! I love the colors and the separation from the background you got in these! They just pop!!!

Hey Matt,
I thought that place looked familiar I am from Arkansas also. Located in LR. Those are some great shots.

thanks sarah... i didnt know there was another arkansan on the board!

The bokeh on these is AWESOME! Were you using a 50 mm 1.4? Very solid.

Bethany

I really LOVE the 1st and 3rd shots - awesome!

WOW! They are beautiful. Nice Job.

My goodness those are nice!
It wasn't just because you had a beautiful subject...you have done a great job!

Thanks for sharing!

beautiful images....!!!

yep... my new favorite lens... the 50mm 1.4

Sure. Crystal Goss in Conway got me to join!

Great job!

Wow Matt. Would love to see a slideshow. Love my 50mm 1.4 too, I gotta take it outdoors more ofen now that i've seen what you can do with it.

are you the sarah that works with crystal... if so we have met?

I love the one where she is laying down, Awesome job

I really like the first one and the one where she's laying down...great work!! Thanks for sharing!

Nope different Sarah