When I mentioned I was shooting a wedding on Saturday, Jose Rodriguez (who follows me on Facebook and who had been to my original “Shoot like a Pro” seminar) wrote, “Don’t forget an iPad to take pictures of the rings” which brought a flurry of follow-up questions from photographers asking why.
Here’s why — it makes a great surface to create reflections of the rings if a glossy black piano (my first choice) isn’t available. This is a trick I shared in my original Shoot Like a Pro seminar, and it was my wife Kalebra who came up with the idea when we were doing a shoot last year at the reception hall and couldn’t find a black piano, which is our first choice for ring reflection shots.
Above: That’s me shooting a 100mm Macro using natural light to light the rings. By the way — the iPad mini (shown here) is turned off to give you that solid black background.
So, right after I post this tip on my Facebook page we’re in the middle of our wedding shoot on Saturday, and it’s time to shoot the rings, and I realize I left it downstairs with all the gear (we’re up in the Bridal Suite), so I went with “Plan B” – I pulled out my iPhone 6+ and shot them right on its screen to get the reflection of the rings. It worked pretty darn well, but in the middle of the shoot my phone suddenly woke to a twitter notification (see the third pic below). LOL! :)
Above: here’s the rings from Saturday – I love the design of the groom’s ring.
Above: The wireless trigger is still on there from shooting earlier – this was just window light.
If you’re wondering if I did that…
…cliché shot where you lay the ring flat between the pages of a open bible and then fire a flash behind it at an angle to it makes heart shape shadow… well…yes…yes I did! (and the bride absolutely loved it!). She liked it so much, in fact, I was tempted to do a selective color effect (but I restrained myself).
I wanted to share with this you all this morning…
…in case you don’t follow me on Facebook or missed it there (the two posts really struck a chord with folks, getting 7,200 likes (that’s a LOT for my Facebook page), and 358 comments. I read every single comment, but what’s been really cool is how many people who literally tried the technique this weekend on their Wedding shoots, or they just tried it with their wedding rings now and posted examples. Some really great stuff, including my favorite taken outdoors, under a tree, on the hood of a Camaro by photographer Laura Beth Robinson. Lots of really great shots!
Anyway, hope you found it helpful, and here’s wishing you all a great Monday! :)
Best,
-Scott
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