Sony A7III | Sony 24mm GM 1.4 | f2.5 | 1/200 | ISO 2000
OWN PRESET
Can someone win Image of the Week twice with the same wedding? Well it turns out that they can because this week, I’ve chosen this shot from the brilliant Matt Parry who also won a few week’s ago with a portrait of the same couple at their wedding. Matt must have been on fire that day because I think this image is just as strong as the last one. This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about Creative Process as I’m writing my talk on it for the Boring Conference in Warsaw. I’ve also been recording the new series of Farm Podcasts as discussed this a little with Sam Hurd who told me that he has started fasting when shooting to improve his focus. Matt spoke before about how this wedding was challenging, it was winter and the venue wasn’t offering many obvious options. So I wonder if having to really push himself has enabled Matt to push his creativity with this wedding. He has very kindly provided us with the original shot here so that we can see how this shot was elevated by the post production and Matt having the confidence to know that he had options beyond what was presented to him at the time.
Read Matt’s take on this shot below …
What Matt says ...
I added my standard B+W preset and got the couple looking how I wanted and then using the heal tool to remove a few bits, the brush to dodge the hell out of the wall and finally the graduated filter to burn in the black geometric element.”
