On Thursday afternoon, Brian and I set off for another adventure.
We flew to Newark, NJ and then got in a car and drove four hours upstate to Lake George in NY. It was 4:30am when we pulled in. As we fumbled into our suite, we had no idea how beautiful our surroundings were. Why did we go? A year ago, we were asked to be the photographers for Shachar and Jason’s wedding at the breath taking Sagamore Hotel.
What an amazing four days we’ve had with their family and friends and the Sagamore staff!
There are so many images to share and a slideshow to be posted, but for now, here are two of our favorites. These two images alone show you the incredible chemistry Shachar and Jason have together.
I shot this first one, and minutes later Brian shot the one below. For all my photo recipe lovers, the settings and equipment for the two images are the following; ISO 100, Aperture 2.2, Shutter Speed 1/500. 85mm Prime Zeiss Lens and Sony DSLR-A900 camera body.
In this next image, you can almost hear Shachar whisper to Jason. It’s one of my favorite images from the whole day.
The settings for Brian’s image are the following; ISO 100, Aperture 2.8, Shutter Speed 1/250. 70-200mm Zeiss Lens and Sony DSLR-A900 camera body.
Shachar and Jason,
Brian and I wish you a WONDERFUL honeymoon! We had the BEST time with your families, and I know we will be seeing them all in Israel soon!
xoxoxo, Me Ra
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***The Five Finalists for the Simple Gifts Photo Contest go live THIS WEEK! It’s really going to happen! 🙂 Prizes will go to the Finalist who gets the most votes, and also to the two Random Voters!
Sneak peek, tease 🙂 I can’t wait to see more!!!
WOW!! WOW!! I love love love the whisper shot!!
What a moment!!!
Awesome!
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I grew up near there and always dreamed of having my wedding at the Sagamore. Beautiful location!
stunning as always!
good, good job.
What a beautiful moment, beautifully captured!
you’re flippin’ awesome!
So so beautiful.
When are you guys going to Israel, Me Ra? How exciting!
Oooooooh, the whisper shot is super nice! Beautiful!
Me Ra, these are stunning!!! I can’t stop looking at the last image. What a wonderful moment!
PS, I am going to Thailand in a week and a half for a missions trip with 7 women, 3 of us are photogs. One of the goals of our trip is to try to capture some of the injustices that are happening there to women and children involved in trafficking thru our lenses. We hope to use the images to help bring awareness to the issue and to inspire more people to get involved with the cause. Having just come from Thailand, do you have any tips on how to be culturally sensitive to the Thai people while taking photos?? Not only is this the first time that I will be traveling to Thailand (we will be in Bangkok and Pattaya), but I am also a beginning photog. I want to be sure to respect the Thai people, yet I want to adequately capture what is really taking place there. Any suggestions would be amazing! Thank you so much!!
Blessings,
Kara H
Me Ra & Brian, these are stunning!!! I can’t stop looking at the last image. What a wonderful moment!
PS, I am going to Thailand in a week and a half for a missions trip with 7 women, 3 of us are photogs. One of the goals of our trip is to try to capture some of the injustices that are happening there to women and children involved in trafficking thru our lenses. We hope to use the images to help bring awareness to the issue and to inspire more people to get involved with the cause. Having just come from Thailand, do you have any tips on how to be culturally sensitive to the Thai people while taking photos?? Not only is this the first time that I will be traveling to Thailand (we will be in Bangkok and Pattaya), but I am also a beginning photog. I want to be sure to respect the Thai people, yet I want to adequately capture what is really taking place there. Any suggestions would be amazing! Thank you so much!!
Blessings,
Kara H
Simply amazing….your work is breathtaking 🙂
oh god, the last two are beautiful! like, cover of a magazine, make me want to get married, absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!
The last one does raise a question for me though – what makes that gray background??? When you shoot a bride and groom – what do you look for when walking around for places to shoot? What makes you say, “this is a good spot” or “this is good light” or “lets stop here to take some photos” ? I know how to look for and find soft light but how do you look for and find interesting more dimentional light?
These are just gorgeous!! I would love to see more! I want to be able to do that!:)
We can’t wait to see the rest!!! You guys are amazing.
Thanks for being part of our unforgettable wedding weekend.
Love, Shachar & Jason Scott 🙂