Luci & Adam at Allerton Park

What a fabulous sunny autumn day for Luci & Adam’s big day at Allerton Park, North Yorkshire! This certainly is an impressive venue for a wedding but is also a challenge photographically as it is very dark inside the cavernous main hall where the wedding takes place – the shadows just soak up the light even when you throw a bit of flash in the mix along with some outrageously high ISO settings. Due to the chiily temperatures, the drinks were served indoors for the guests, so we did most of the formals indoors in front of the sweeping staircase and in the sumptuous drawing room before heading outside with the bridal party. Following the wedding breakfast, I did a bit of a fashion style shoot with Luci on the staircase and in the main entrance. I love doing this kind of shoot, using just a couple of speedlights to provide the illumnation while making sure the light gets blended with ambient to keep the pictures balanced. It’s amazing how much light these small units can produce when used even at very low power in such a big venue allowing me to produce some really nice creative bridal portraits. It also helps when the bride has some experience in front of the camera and I’ve worked with Luci in my studio on a few occasions in the past so she’s no stranger to the camera :¬)

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