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[JanJan]

So I did my first bride and groom photo session. They did a low-key, tiny wedding at a chapel in Vegas. I wouldn’t necessarily call this an elopement because it looked like it was planned and her parents and some family and friends were present.

At first I was going to turn them down, being that I’m terrified of shooting weddings at my level of experience (been only shooting people for less than a year, and landscape since 2006), but I decided to accept because I realized that many chapels in Vegas do not allow 3rd party photographers during the ceremony. So the pictures I took of the bride and groom were after the ceremony, but before dinner. This was much more manageable for me.

I recently stumbled upon their chapel’s photography portfolio and they look awful, but their customers are forced to buy them because they are part of a package deal.

Here is the chapel’s photography portfolio:
http://weekirk.com/Professional_Photography.cfm

Selective coloring, they must love:
http://weekirk.com/images/gallery_photos/24.jpg
http://weekirk.com/images/gallery_photos/2.jpg

Of course they love vignetting:
http://weekirk.com/images/gallery_photos/8.jpg

The bride posted her proofs and one of them had major vignetting, like the one above.

Here’s one of the shots I took of the bride. I’m still in the process of doing editing the rest. I was nervous about not doing a good job, being that they were my first bride and groom, but if the bride seems excited about the bad proofs she received from the chapel, I’m sure she’ll love mine. I showed her this picture and she loved it!
http://anjanette365project.tumblr.com/image/50012238231