Once upon a time...

 

...a handsome Fijian from the backblocks met a very attractive French Canadian girl. They fell in love, had a baby, got married in Fiji and returned to Montreal to live happily ever after... and watch and wait for their wedding pictures! Well they are all completed and I will burn to disc and post and begin the album design, but in the meantime I know everyone has been waiting to see some of the shots of this beautiful wedding...(these are all obviously available in good old normal colour shots too- the blue colours Mylène chose were beautiful)...

Today: some getting ready shots... Mylène and her friends and relatives got ready for the ceremony in a room full of ambience, their favourite music playing on the laptop, the shutters closed, and just some bedside lights and the light of the adjoining bathroom area. It was serene and there was a happy busy feeling of anticipation. So I turned the flash off, I just felt it would've been too intrusive. 

 

When I meet elegant women like this I always feel so bad my french is so lousy! Je l'apprende pendant quatre ans à l'ecole mais j'oublie beaucoup tout! I have written that out of my head without the help of one of my favourite sites babelfish... I'm sure Sarah can pipe up and correct that for me!

So I used the light coming off the mirrors and lamps and really it was quite nice, I thought. I also used the sigma 30mm f/1.4 and nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lenses- good fast glass which helped alot. Usually I'm not so big on actions (for you non-photograhers these are small programs for photoshop which process your photos for you to a certain look), I have written some of my own which allow me to automate things and save a lot of time, but apart from that I don't really buy many. However for these plays I have been using some which have been recommended to me many times (!) the totally rad actions by Doug Boutwell. Actually I haven't bought them yet, but I will: get this! when you visit the website you can get some sent free to you to try. Which I did. and they're awesome. Good on you Boutwells, I'm recharging my credit card in preparation for a purchase...(maybe don't tell GB). I have combined their action called "bitchin' black and white" with a touch of extra brown tone. The partially coloured ones I have played with some overlays (all my own work so please don't blame the Boutwell's for those!). 

But you're asking "where is the bride?" eh? Picture one with everyone fussing over her is an action Laureen had which I tried while she was here. Different huh? Its "honey" by Lilyblue. OK actually probably you're not interested!! Sorry!! On with the bride pics...

(this shotis from a whole series and is also stunning in black and white...) And this is one girl who didn't need her hair done!

I love the emotion in this one... (it's time to go...)

So we're outside, blinking in the sudden daylight and waiting for Mylène...

and we're off...

to where Jim is waiting... (to be continued!)

Comments

[sageg]

And if they need a photographer in Montreal...

I can't speak English right now, let alone speak French. But I came to check it out.

Love the bnw. :)

[meg]

thanks o sage one... the colour ones are gorgeous too. I'm glad of your comment because I was just thinking oh.... I should've posted the colour...

[wendy]

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! Where were you when we got married in Lautoka over 40 years ago! Probably not even a twinkle in a gentleman's eye! These are fabulous photos and reveal the human faces of the occasion so well.
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[meg]

Those were the days of film though Wendy! shudder!!!! I'm a lazy digi shooter! thanks for the lovely compliment!

[Danna]

these are so so wonderful, how nice to get a glimps into a day that seems like it was so full of emotion. Beautiful work Meg!!

[Mands]

Beautiful Meg! Love the emotion and the details! ....for some reason your blog got dumped out of my Feed...have reinstalled and now I can stalk you again, LOL!

[meg]

Thanks Danna and Mands!

Mands I had a bad experience with feedburner, that's probably why you dropped out (my bad)...