Amazing Wedding photo shoot! Night shoot around London

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12 жыл бұрын

A rare look behind the scenes of a real life wedding photo shoot. In celebration of the London 2012 Olympics, I wanted to join in the action and commemorate this historic event by producing a unique set of wedding photos showcasing not only London's finest architecture, but a quiet romance and tranquillity that is so rarely seen in the city.
To produce the peaceful and romantic images I'd envisioned meant only one thing -- shooting through the night! This way we could avoid the crowds and traffic and have London to ourselves. I wanted to capture the magical first light that comes with dawn; a light that is rarely seen by most people. The shoot took place at the height of Summer Solstice, meaning we had a nice early sunrise before the crowds appeared, and it was warm enough to shoot through the night. We started at about 2 in the morning, and carried on until the sun came up.
All in all I couldn't have asked for the wedding photo shoot to go better; miraculously despite being the wettest June on record we had a completely dry night and a perfect sunrise.
Here is my tribute to a truly magnificent and majestic city, showing a side of it we so rarely see.
Credits
Wedding Photography by Joe Gilbert - www.joegilbertphotography.co.uk
Facebook - / joegilbertphotography
Soundtrack by Natasha Gilbert
Dress by Regardezvous Bridal - www.regardezvousbridal.moonfru...
Make up by Victoria Hooker - www.victoriahooker.com/
Video by Storybook pictures - www.storybookpictures.co.uk/

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@tommytandradynata704 9 жыл бұрын

Gosh these are amazing shot Joe!!! I really don't know how you can pull night shot this ambient. Great job!!!

@OneWorldClubMK 12 жыл бұрын

Amazing images, what an awesome wedding photo shoot by a very talented photographer! Great job.

@marieroyseth 10 жыл бұрын

Your work is amazing. Thanks for being so generous with your skills and know how. Inspirational work

@NatashaGilbertMusic 12 жыл бұрын

Can't stop watching this. You photos are so beautiful, as are the couple

@Alattar19771 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing Work, Love it

@indianweddingphotographerbipin 7 жыл бұрын

Joe, great to see another London wedding photographer taking on a night shoot in central London. Not easy but nicely done and great pictures.

@JennyMartinPhoto 12 жыл бұрын

Fab and great to see you working in that light yet creating those images x

@jrfvismanos 10 жыл бұрын

You've got a new subscriber! I shot some night landscape and long exposure time to the and also some portraits. Your method with the tripod for portraits at night are juat awesome. You've got to put some tutorials and share some of your setting. I love your video and thank you!

@SarawuthWeddings 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing night portrait wedding. I love it. Thanks for sharing.

@aksonnebeyatta 11 жыл бұрын

apparently you have a magic camera my good man...cuz those images seem like somethin out of this world...Excellent stuff!

@gypsygraph 10 жыл бұрын

Well first off Thank You! This video was my inspiration to a wedding I did Sept 14th which I ended up getting some good night shots that I wouldn't have thought to have gotten without coming across your video here. Your shots are beautiful love the composition in everyone. Your subjects were fab as well! :P

@kaokue90 10 жыл бұрын

Very gorgeous photos! I love your technique..Thanks for sharing!

@quack18 10 жыл бұрын

i got a night pre-wedding shoot after tomorrow and this has been great to learn from and to get some confidence. awesome awesome work!!!

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

thank to quack18 - really appreciate your feedback!

@brianmelcherts2478 11 жыл бұрын

Wow! I recently discovered strobist photography, and these are the exact pictures I would like to learn to make one day. They're absolutely beautiful! If you do any more shoots, please post them! You have a Dutch fan here... ;-)

@rahmadprayogo1903 9 жыл бұрын

It was so awesome. Share us more great videos. And please add exif in every picture. So we can learn from it.

@shannonhutchisonphotography 9 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! So impressive!!

@AlmiraMasteR 11 жыл бұрын

Realy Amazing...I love it !

@AlexFlores-ly7vc 11 жыл бұрын

beautiful shots, i was amazed by your quality and passion seen in your pictures perfectly done, cheers from peru :)

@63Aquaman 10 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is absolutely fantastic. I was browsing and looking for some wedding photoshoot ideas until I saw this amazing video. I am an aspiring photographer and haven't had any experience on wedding photography and recently I was asked by a friend of mine to do a photoshoot on their upcoming wedding in September herein Calgary, this is really what I wanted to do. Thanks for sharing this and please post more videos like this or great even if you can share tutorials.

@PedroKarsan 9 жыл бұрын

That was some pretty good stuff, great work!

@lonjay4 10 жыл бұрын

I sooo love this one Joe...thanks for sharing... :-)

@robbyjai 11 жыл бұрын

beautiful images!! I love your work!!!

@CReyes811 9 жыл бұрын

Your work is awesome brother, you should Definitely make more videos!

@joegilbert9349 9 жыл бұрын

CReyes811 Thank you man appreciated :)

@ShortJourneys702 5 жыл бұрын

Love Love Love!

@clairewinstoneph.d.9027 12 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@tjpisano1717 10 жыл бұрын

Great images!!!!! Thank you for posting and telling us how you did it. It was very inspirational

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your lovely comment :-) have a nice day! Joe

@joegilbert9349 12 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yeah it was a great photo shoot to do, really enjoyed it!

@MultiFriendsForLife 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andy, appreciate your comments! Behind the bride's vail I used an LED video light mounted on a small pocket tripod. The torch in my hand was just a little torch to help me to autofocus in the dark. All shots were taken on the Canon 24-70L lens. cheers, Joe

@KiwiDeveloper 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing photographer and I thank you for your reply to others comments. I would love to come to your courses if you one day do it in Australia. Count me a fan of your art.

@annycosa 9 жыл бұрын

Loved it!

@briellejacobs1045 9 жыл бұрын

What lights did you use, and id you have them behind the couple as well for a kicker light? Love these, I stink at flash outside. How did you get the ambient light in so well? Could you tell me your settings on one of them?

@MultiFriendsForLife 11 жыл бұрын

Hi Brian, thanks for your lovely comment, really appreciate that! Thank you :) keep at it and you'll master off camera flash before you know it ;) Joe

@ronnieacebedo1058 10 жыл бұрын

love your work here man! pls post more videos.

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

thanks Ronnie!

@MultiFriendsForLife 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I was using 24-70mmL lens, shooting at F2.4 and about iso 800. I mainly used off-camera wireless flash bounced from a gold brolly. Sometimes I used a white video light for the backlighting. Tips - really check your focussing because it's easy to get it wrong at night; even if it's fine on screen zoom in close because it might be out of focus. Use a tripod obviously. Never ever use direct flash as it will kill the ambience - always take your light source off camera! Joe

@loman1212 10 жыл бұрын

Stunning pictures. I wonder how brilliant you are to manage any noise in such a low light situation. As far as I know, there is not any good material teaching how to shoot in such a low light situation and come up very very beautiful and romantic pictures like you did. Truly, if you release any material or a book I WILL SUPPORT YOU. Cheers!

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

thanks Thipphasay Saysana that means a lot! I shoot on the Canon 5Dmkii, which lets you shoot with quite a high iso without noise. Also if you shoot wide open, ie 2.4, you can let in quite a bit of light. If your background is illuminated as it was here, you don't actually need too much light as they're pretty bright. Thanks again for your lovely comment :)

@loman1212 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for such a kind comment. Cheers! Joe Gilbert

@joegilbert9349 12 жыл бұрын

Thanks Giorgio! The photos by Tower Bridge were lit using a gold brolly / off camera flash, and about 1/15th exposure to capture the ambient light.

@441greenleaf 8 жыл бұрын

the groom just flirted with ur assistant at 0:49 , way to goo man ))) boys will be boys ))

@colinleonard1487 9 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work Joe, what time where these taken? I mean Tower Bridge and no people or cars? what did you do?lol. Can I ask about shutter speeds to get the amazing ambiant light and no movement? Im doing a shoot soon, cant wait.

@joegilbert9349 9 жыл бұрын

Colin Leonard Thanks Colin, appreciate that! These were done at 4am on a Sunday - even London is a little sleepy then :P but there were some cars so we had to rush the tower bridge shots a bit. You can go down to about 1/15 hand held without it being too blurry, and if you're using flash for your subjects it will freeze any movement anyway

@3lcd3 10 жыл бұрын

Wow !! Beautiful pictures :)..more videos :)

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michal :)

@MrArmybrat 11 жыл бұрын

Man.....you are good!!!!! your photos are little peralers and the video on how ya do it, sweeet!!!! What type of light was used behine the brides viel and what type of torch was in your hand when you were photographing the bride and groom and what type of lens did you use. Cheers and awesome work. Andy

@bighead671 10 жыл бұрын

Joe thats some fine work, I,m surprised you haven't got 17000 likes. Did you use any modifiers on your flashes. Great work this inspired me loads. A very positive LIKE from me

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

thanks Lee Ellerker appreciate that! No flash modifiers, just a gold brolly

@joegilbert9349 12 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jenny, yep the light certainly was challenging especially with the 5Ds focussing problems, but managed to work around that :-)

@MrArmybrat 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome photography. What equipment did you use?

@nikhilshirur9284 9 жыл бұрын

Hey you are amazing Photographer. Keep it up

@zulracer 11 жыл бұрын

Excellent shots. Need to ask you some tips..What lens you use for night shooting? Any support of wireless flash or continuous lights? What is the ISO and Aperture? Any specific time or tips for night shooters.. Thanks

@boska-ja 9 жыл бұрын

Nice nice nice @ Joe Gilbert :)

@gioarts 12 жыл бұрын

It's amazing, really wow!!! Can i ask you what did you use to light the couple at 3:21 ?

@michaeljansoliven3461 10 жыл бұрын

you just got a subscriber..! :) great job… hope you share the settings you used on some of your amazing shots and how you post processed them …. cheers!

@MrArmybrat 10 жыл бұрын

Gday I love your work. I would like to know how big was the LED lights display that was put behind the bride and how much are they these days? Keep up with the great work. And another thing I want to buy myself another Canon L Lens and the choices are Canon ef 35 F/1.4 or Canon ef 16-35 F/2.8. What would you choose and why.

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

Hi thanks Diesel! Appreciate your comments :) the light I used was about £20 on ebay - just search CN-126 LED Video Light. It all depends on what you want the lens for really. If it's specifically low light work I'd go for the fixed 1.4 every time - what you lose in flexibility you more than make up for with the extra fstops. I personally use the 24-70L on a full frame, and the 50mm 1.8 when it's really dark

@Suna.X 10 жыл бұрын

Beautiful photography love your composition. Can i ask What settings you used to make the ambient light properly exposed ? and how you used the flash on your subjects ? thanks alot

@ceddy1031 10 жыл бұрын

Hi Joe,. First of all Stunning pictures. At 3:43 did you shoot it with manual mode on camera, what settings did you use to balance the background ambient light with the sky, that looks beautiful. Using the the off camera flash is a challenge. Were you using a softbox or any modifier ?

@IMABOSS191 10 жыл бұрын

Excellent pictures! Would a 700d/t5i be able to coup these shots off with a good lense?

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Logan Schellenberg - Never used the 700d, but I don't see why not. So long as your lens has a decent aperture and you're body can do about 800iso without a noise problem you'll be fine.

@monamunshi1797 9 жыл бұрын

your works amazing!!! ive just subscribed, cant wait to practice...

@hotmas1989ify 8 жыл бұрын

brilliant!

@jupinu 10 жыл бұрын

fantastic shoots! what WB do you use? thank you :)

@The1000113 10 жыл бұрын

You're amazing.

@jimmytjon8710 9 жыл бұрын

Joe, from what I see it was quite dark, how did you manage to get the right focus, especially with the lens wide open. GREAT video and shots by the way, scares the hell out of my upcoming wedding.

@joegilbert9349 9 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Tjon Thanks Jimmy! Yep the focussing was tough and a few of the shots I had to ditch because they wern't focused right. Generally I'll zoom all the way in, manual focus (auto is a nightmare in low light on the 5Dmk2!) then zoom out again (and don't move!)

@maximusperseo 8 жыл бұрын

wich settings do you use in camara an also in flash thank you very much. I apreciate your tips.

@DrAbanoubAzmi 7 жыл бұрын

can you tell me what about ur iso range ? to get that light in backgrounds thanks in advance

@walterig33 10 жыл бұрын

Wonderful job, congratulations.

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

thank you :)

@bomotsot 10 жыл бұрын

Hi! Great great shots and compositions! Were you using TTL or manual on your flashes? Cheers!

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I use manual for my off camera flash in order to get the exact balance of light needed. cheers!

@himanshu1032 10 жыл бұрын

wow good job .. tnx joe..

@jacobmctaggart1351 10 жыл бұрын

You seem to be able to keep a fairly reasonable shutter speed in these photos? How are you achieving this... Stuff Ive done previously Ive really had to drop the shutter speed down to bring out the background enough (mind you the background was very dark). Just curious as to what kind of shutter speeds your using and how you get the background to look so gorgeous? :) Also what WB do you use for night time while also using the flash? Thanks for the video, they are absolutely gorgeous photos!

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

Hi Jacob - thank you so much for your kind words - that means a lot! If your background is illuminated you don't need a very slow shutter speed - 1/60 will do the job fine. If the background isn't lit up, such as in this shoot with the Houses of parliament, I used 1/2 shutter speed on a tripod. Using a tripod keeps the background super sharp, and so long as the couple hold still you'll be fine. Using off camera flash helps too, as if the couple do move they've only been illuminated for a fraction of a second so they won't blur. It feels a little cumbersome using a tripod for wedding shoots, but trust me it's worth it! Joe

@jacobmctaggart1351 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the response I appreciate it. Most of the stuff I've done recently has zero illumination so I've had to go for really long exposures. Thank you again :)

@ezbron 10 жыл бұрын

Joe Gilbert Really enjoyed it as i am doing some weddings in london too and one will be there as well... flash wise, was it manual? what power, because you managed to get a very good ambient light there and the flash quite balanced when is actually dark... really good work :)

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

Bruno Conceição Thanks Bruno appreciate that. I do set the flash on manual, here's how: 1) Compose your photo and stand where you plan on taking the picture 2) Turn off your flash and take the photo - adjust exposure until the background looks perfect. 3) Turn on your flash, set the power (I normally start on like 1/4) and holding the flash next to you, take the picture until the balance is about right, adjusting flash power as necessary 4) Give your flash to your assistant (i.e. best man, dad etc) and instruct them to hold the light as desired. If your camera is on a tripod, which I would use for this kind of portraiture, you can walk with the assistant to guide them to the exact position you want 5) if the light is either too powerful or not powerful enough, the quickest and easiest way of fixing this is to tell your assistant to take a couple of steps forward or backward. As I was using a brolly for some of these shots, it's a bit different as moving the light changes the way it illuminates the couple. In this case stand next to the light, adjust power accordingly, then move yourself to where you want to be.

@ezbron 10 жыл бұрын

Appreciated for your input, for writing all that, I understanding the concept, just need to see it hands on, need to practice, haha.. I saw your video somewhere, on your work, other page and I saw you explained the context, being during the night and being sunrise and what day...magnificent initiative and for them to do that... All the best

@MrArmybrat 7 жыл бұрын

Love it

@joegilbert9349 12 жыл бұрын

thanks Claire!

@lonjay4 10 жыл бұрын

What is the settings of your camera? ISO, Aperture and shutter speed? thanks!

@tomashric 9 жыл бұрын

What settings did you use on these photos?

@oswaldotorreslondono8991 9 жыл бұрын

What configuration do you use for these photos, and what kind of flash? Thaks you.

@joegilbert9349 12 жыл бұрын

Thank you, really appreciate that :-)

@himalayanbug 10 жыл бұрын

Great night shot Images...Just one question can I use soft box with low power in speed light instead of using umbrella?

@walterig33 10 жыл бұрын

Yes you can, use one of about 50 Cm high for more directional light. If you put the softbox or umbrella way outside of your depth of field zone, you will blur the speculars.

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

Yes you can use a softbox, but in my opinion the light isn't as flattering. For one, I find the brolly really scatters the light everywhere, giving a much more natural look to the images than a softbox (softbox can look great for studio photography, but isn't so natural outdoors). Also the gold brolly gives a very warm light - I don't believe you can get a gold softbox, and the white is a little colder, even with the correct white balance.

@FranBoloni 10 жыл бұрын

Some interesting insight here, thanks. What's with the flashlight at 2:46, what's it's purpose ?

@JOSAMA5 9 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work Joe Gilbert. I have been assigned to shoot a wedding aboard a USS Navy Carrier. The ceremony starts at sunset. Your method of shooting is what I need to pull this off. I shoot with a 7D and a JTL Mobilight 300. Do you think this is possible with what I have ?

@buckcanon827 8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Sauceda no

@brianminkc 9 жыл бұрын

very nice dude.

@ashokastudio3235 7 жыл бұрын

hi Joe. the London wedding shoot is awesome. can u share Ur technical details with me. can u guide me to Ur tutorial s. ashok, Bangalore

@abnerfrans8540 10 жыл бұрын

you are the man

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

thanks :)

@MrArmybrat 10 жыл бұрын

Hey Joe thank you for getting back to me and just one more thing. Do you use the flash on I think it is called 2nd sync flash. Thanks, Andy

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

Hey Diesel no problem. No I just use one flash off camera on manual power. I position the flash where I want it, then stand next to the flash and test shoot, checking the exposure on camera and changing the flash power until I'm happy with it. I then reposition myself so I'm at the angle I want to be, normally 45* from the flash, and I know that the exposure will be spot on. Saves me running back and forward to the flash!

@GCFAFootball 10 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video, Joe! Do you remember what setting your white balance was...? Did you have to adjust since you were using the gold umbrella? Thanks

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Really appreciated :) I shot in RAW and manually adjusted the white balance in Lightroom afterwards - I think I also spot white balanced to get the right colours on both the bride and groom and the sky.

@tanyacanam6258 9 жыл бұрын

Hi Joe. I really love this video. I really hate that I don't get a good look at the flash in most of the set ups. :) Could you please answer a couple questions? I apologize if they were answered below. I scanned a few pages but didn't see. The light on the models looks so soft. Did you use any modifiers on the flash? Or, alternatively, was it just the dusk light evening out the flash shadows? I guess I also want to know if you only used one flash for these. Pretty please? Great work. I aspire to this. Thanks.

@joegilbert9349 8 жыл бұрын

+Tanya Canam thank you! Some of the shots were taken using a Gold brolly to soften the light, the ones down by Tower Bridge and St Pauls. I think the ones on embankment were just using the ambient light from the streetlamps with an LED light behind them to backlight the veil. The ones in front of the London Eye I bounced the flash off a wall. I only used one flash throughout the shoot :) thank you again for your lovely comments

@tanyacanam6258 8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Gilbert Thanks so much. Great information sharing. I really appreciate it.

@mshlby886 10 жыл бұрын

Hi joe, Did you use any editing software after? Or that's directly out of camera? Also the flash the one comes with the camera, is it enough to get like this pix? I have canon t2i would it do job? Thank you

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

Hi M ShaLBY - these were all edited in Lightroom after, using the shadows and highlights to increase the tonal range of the image, i.e. illuminate more of the background without over exposing the couple. You couldn't do pictures like this with the inbuilt camera flash, it would look horrendous lol

@oswaldotorreslondono8991 9 жыл бұрын

Que configuraciones usa para estas fotos que tipò de flash? Gracias.

@buckcanon827 8 жыл бұрын

+Oswaldo Torres Londoño Que es?

@MultiFriendsForLife 11 жыл бұрын

Subjects are lit using a Canon 580 speedlight bounced from a gold brolly

@KwentongPictrato 8 жыл бұрын

what a shoooootttttss.. i love it ^_^

@kathyrobinson1975 6 жыл бұрын

💕💕💕🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

@shallfrisch1 10 жыл бұрын

I was yelled at for using a tripod on that walkway....

@ceddy1031 10 жыл бұрын

I see that you said bounced from a gold brolly, what if using a silver one. Will it look totally bad ?

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

It's personal preference to be honest - I find the silver light quite cold and unnatural. I used the gold here as my subjects were quite pale, and the gold light just warms up the skin tones a little. However last week I was working with a couple with dark complexions, so I used a white brolly to keep the natural warm tones of their skin accurate. The white doesn't affect the colour tones, and if you WB for flash if will be pretty much spot on.

@BernardoArgenal 10 жыл бұрын

"" I was using 24-70mmL lens, shooting at F2.4 and about iso 800. " what speed you got approximately with F2.4 ? 1/30 ? 1/8 ? 1/ 60?

@MultiFriendsForLife 10 жыл бұрын

I shot on about 1/15 - as I was using a tripod the background didn't blur, and the flash froze any slight movements by the couple. That speed is long enough to capture the ambient light. Any faster would have been too dark, or required additional ISO, resulting in extra noise.

@BernardoArgenal 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@BernardoArgenal 9 жыл бұрын

Joe Gilbert Hi Joe, one quick question ( it might sound stupid ... but ) how do you book your weddings or sessions? do you use Google Calendar, any online calendar, regular phone calendar, paper + pen agenda? or all the above? Like I use photobiz.com calendar however I am planning to change the method ,but just to want to make sure what is the most secure way to keep contracts books organized and safe not to accidentally delete a booked wedding. Thanks and warm regards.