Category: Photography
This part weekend, I had the honour and privilege to witness and capture the wedding of my cousin, Rachael, and her husband, Ho-Lik. This set of photos holds special significance in that I had captured the wedding of my own cousin for my grandmother who is in Hong Kong at the moment, and was able to attend the ceremony due to age. The wedding was held at the beautiful Bellevue Manor (http://www.bellvuemanor.com/), located at 8083 Jane Street, Vaughan, Ontario.
For the purpose of organization, Part 1 presents photographs from a traditional Chinese event, Fetch the Bride. Part 2 presents photographs from the wedding ceremony, while part 3 presents photographs from the beautiful reception.
Shot with a Canon 5Dmk2 w/ 24-105 f/4L, Canon 40D w/ 70-200 f/2.8L IS, and a 580exII.
PS: if anyone is getting married soon, check out my buddy’s work at www.spencerfu.com/blog. He’s an awesome wedding photographer.
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Part 1 – Fetch the Bride
This traditional event symbolizes the “handing over” of the bride by the parents, where the groom must be “tested” through games, accompanied by his entourage. Once successful, the groom “fetches the bride”.
The event’s most important and ceremonious part is when the bride and groom serves tea to the bride’s parents, thanking them for their years of care. Words of congratulation are offered by the elders, and “red packets” of “lucky money” and jewelery are exchanged.
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- The “hybrid” character consisting of “joy-joy”, which used in this context symbolizes marriage, is displayed proudly at the entrance.
This part weekend, I had the honour and privilege to witness and capture the wedding of my cousin, Rachael, and her husband, Ho-Lik. This set of photos holds special significance in that I had captured the wedding of my own cousin for my grandmother who is in Hong Kong at the moment, and was able to attend the ceremony due to age. The wedding was held at the beautiful Bellevue Manor (http://www.bellvuemanor.com/), located at 8083 Jane Street, Vaughan, Ontario.
For the purpose of organization, Part 1 presents photographs from a traditional Chinese event, Fetch the Bride. Part 2 presents photographs from the wedding ceremony, while part 3 presents photographs from the beautiful reception.
Shot with a Canon 5Dmk2 w/ 24-105 f/4L, Canon 40D w/ 70-200 f/2.8L IS, and a 580exII.
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Part 2: The Wedding Ceremony
This part weekend, I had the honour and privilege to witness and capture the wedding of my cousin, Rachael, and her husband, Ho-Lik. This set of photos holds special significance in that I had captured the wedding of my own cousin for my grandmother who is in Hong Kong at the moment, and was able to attend the ceremony due to age. The wedding was held at the beautiful Bellevue Manor (http://www.bellvuemanor.com/), located at 8083 Jane Street, Vaughan, Ontario.
For the purpose of organization, Part 1 presents photographs from a traditional Chinese event, Fetch the Bride. Part 2 presents photographs from the wedding ceremony, while part 3 presents photographs from the beautiful reception.
Shot with a Canon 5Dmk2 w/ 24-105 f/4L, Canon 40D w/ 70-200 f/2.8L IS, and a 580exII.
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Part 3 – The Reception
A Networked Toronto
Some quick thoughts on the 5D2
This set is taken in the vicinity of University of Toronto’s downtown campus. I recently upgraded from a Canon XSi, and this is the forth/fifth shoot that I am doing with the 5D Mark II. So far, I’m finding that the AF system to be very accurate (although the placement of the focal points and the lack of cross-types to be inferior and disappointing). The greatest difference is in the image quality. The 5d2 produces a much cleaner and “creamier” image. The expanded tonal range, as well as the smoother gradations, are amazing, and I could see this camera excelling at capturing the intricate details of, say, a wedding gown. The colours, as many have noted, are actually somewhat subdued/more cautious than the Rebels. Saturation is less exaggerated right out of the camera. For raw shooters, this camera handles really well. I do find myself having to re-learn the aperture-priority mode due to the more sensitive metering. In the past, I could care less about using exposure-compensation on the XSi. With the 5D2, it becomes a necessity now that you CAN accurately control for so many things. Also, because of the full-frameness, I’m still learning to see differently. I can’t wait to try it on with the 70-200 f/2.8L IS.
Here are some of the better works from yesterday.
UT's Stauffer Library 
Being a photographer, I’m always on the look out for cool creative photographs.
Singlatheorist.com’s post on roomba’s cleaning path showed an excellent use of the long-exposure technique. In his case, he used a 30s exposure (and a Canon XSi, my all-time favourite camera.)
To achieve this technique, it’s actually pretty simple.
1) Turn the command dial on your camera to “Tv”. This is your shutter-priority mode. The camera calculates the size of the aperture.
2) Dial down the shutter speed to your desired duration.
Tips:
- These kind of shots work well to convey motion Adding a light source into the scene that moves during the exposure will leave a very interseting light trail.
- Dial down the ISO to eliminate noise and to gain control over the aperture.
Give it a try!
