During the Cherish The Dress seminar last week I shot a series of intimate shots and showed the delegates other lighting styles including silhouettes. I thought I’d share some more of these pictures with you here. Chris has kindly sent through a few more of his shots from the day too.

I shot these frames into a window with a smidgen of increased exposure to blow the background to white. Some intimate shots like these fill the Cherish album and add value to the finished product.

I love working into windows because no matter how bad the hotel wall paper or curtains are they can't spoil the windows. So this kind of shot is universal and available to all.

Get clever with levels in Photoshop and you can create cameo shots like this.

A high key beauty shot taken without the need of a background roll.

Here I pulled the background down and lit the groom with a striplight softbox on my Mobil kit. Shot on a Pentax K200D camera that I'm reviewing for Warehouse Express.

This is the last window shot of mine. Never miss the opportunity for an ahh picture.

The Hilton staircase from the lobby to the 1st floor is fantastic. Every conceivable angle was shot on the day. I took this picture on the Pentax 10mm - 17mm fish eye zoom lens.

Here is another deceptively simple pose I showed the delegates on the workshop. This was shot on the spiral staircase too.

I took this frame with the Broncolor ringflash attached to my Mobil kit.

I shot this using just one Speedlight and the ambient light that was in the corridor.

I love to shoot fluffy pictures too. This shot wat taken with natural light.
When the day was done I had shot 300 frames and these were weeded out to just 88 and edited by Marko. If I had shot these frames for a client it would take me just 2 hours. The end result would be an album containing 50 to 60 prints. I’m pretty sure Chris was shooting just as many individual shots as me. When you embark on this kind of shoot ensure you have the end in mind. Make sure the client is expecting you to be shooting for an album or shooting a collection of images for CD. Also make sure that they know how much they are likely to spend. This avoids embarrassing scenes at the viewing stage followed by a hacking process where the bulk of your effort gets rejected through price objection. If this sounds familiar it might be time to invest in some sales and marketing training with me. Email Laura for more information.
Here are some more of Chris Hanley’s wonderful pictures from the day. Chris and I shoot in a very different style and all the delegates I spoke to valued the mix of shooting methods.

Chris Hanley shoots drama and symetry beautifully.

Never forget to shoot the back of the dress. Simple vignetting in Photoshop has added to the focus of attention.

Chris used a gold reflector to bring this shot of Hannah alive.

I love the way Chris has used the camera frame to crop this picture.

How cool is this light. A patch of sunlight gives this picture a three dimensional quality.
If you want to add fashion shooting to your repertoire then get yourself on our next Cherish The Dress workshop. All these shots and more will become part of your portfolio and client offering. More information can be found here.
Please feel free to comment below.
Thanks for your words of encouragement everyone.
The shot of the groom with the dramatical sky and the window is insanely awesome oO
Love it.
As one of the models i had a great day, Damien and Chris were an absolute pleasure to work with as were all the other photographers and crew.
Thanks guys. And superb images too.
Gorgeous photos Damien. Beats Trash the Dress in my opinion.
Wow Damien and Chris,
thank you for a wonderful day and giving me the opportunity to take some really stunning images.
I’ve posted a few of mine on my blog
http://lottiedesigns.blogspot.com
No where near as good as the masters but somewhere to start from.
Thanks once again.
Charlotte
Absolutely stunning… as always!