Mike,
Tell me about the special "copper plated", deep saturation and HDR effects in these pictures. I imagine they would be printed on metallic paper. Is this something folk ask for now or is this a style from many you offer? Why do it?
I'm surprised this look would work for the bride's mother to show off as it might not be their taste!
Asher
It is not HDR one image captured by using TTL Metering and one off Camera Speedlite. By metering for my subject first then underexposing from there to the extreme limits of where my speedlite can still expose my subject correctly using the TTL metering built into the flash and still have that deep background exposed as well you get what appears to be an HDR effect.
This only works when you have heavy cloud cover otherwise the light is too extreme. Meaning the background is too bright to expose correctly and the little speedlite to expose the subject correctly so you have to choose just one (which clearly would be my subject)
In post work I added a sharpening effect which is one of my personal actions I created, then turned the overall image into a sepia tone with a layer of black below it to give an even deeper look.
The groom wanted a "gangster" image with his groomsmen so this is what I presented to him and they loved it. In fact the bride's mother is a photographer herself and cried when she saw it on the back of the camera she loved it so much. The wedding day is not always about the bride, of course most of it is, but a few images are just about the groom and his wants/needs this is one of those. These images complete the wedding day story by giving everyone a little something of their own, at least in our business it does. Images like this is why we are hired around the world to capture weddings, its just some of the things we are known for.