In late July the daughter of our neighbor at Nordegg got married. The wedding ceremony was at their cottage, followed by the reception in town at the hall. I was asked and volunteered to take a couple of photos with my big film camera. In particular they wanted to attempt to replicate a shot of the bride and her mother at a mirror. They had an old family photo of their grandmother in a similar shot.
I've shot weddings on a film a number of times in the past, but never with my big 4x5 view camera. I've done studio portraits with the 4x5, but never something as fluid as a wedding. It takes far too long to set up the big camera and there is too much activity on such a busy day to consider it. Most people have no understanding of the process and the time requirements and hence there is limited patience. In this case the wedding party had a full time photographer hired to shoot the entire wedding with a digital camera. I was only asked to try to supplement that with a couple of film shots.
The mirror shot was fairly simple as I was able to set up in the bedroom in advance and thus there were only very minor adjustments needed once the bride and her mother arrived. I attempted a couple other formal shots while the digital shooter was doing her thing. I got one of the entire wedding party and one of the bride with her parents. The shot that I attempted of the bride alone did not work out as I was rushed too much and was a little out of focus. But all in all it went pretty well and our friends next door are quite pleased. At some point soon I will make them some prints.
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