The pictures of the bride and groom during recessional depict a relaxed couple walking out after the tied the knot at Château the Parc.
While both the processional and recessional are very emotional, it is usually a different kind of emotion that dominates each of them. Usually during the recessional, when the bridal party and the bride walk down the aisle, the couple and their guests are very tense for their quite a few things that can go wrong at this moment in time.
There are lots of questions and concerns that race through the couple's mind: What if I stumble during my wows? Will the ring fit? Should I dip her during the first kiss? Should I pump my fist?
Arguably, the bride and groom are prepared during the rehearsal but the big day is generally more emotional because it's the real thing.
This wedding album spread features and ecstatic newlyweds couple who walks out holding hands and dancing together. This candid photograph captures the moment when the bride was turning towards the groom and both of them are laughing. I want to preserve the sense of motion and candid nature of the photograph so in post production I selected a black and white processing.
During the recessional at Château Le Parc the bride and groom exuded happiness and love. The walked out dancing and holding hands and at one moment the groom stopped the bride and kiss her intensely. We were able to capture this beautiful moment of love you can see in this photograph.
Generally, after the wedding ceremony the bride and groom are very excited and cannot wait for the cocktail hour and reception to start because typically they don't have time to mingle with their family and guests.
I also learned in my wedding photography travels that the recessional can offer some of the best opportunity to take candid shots of the guests interacting with the couple.
In this photograph the composition is asymmetrical and to achieve the balance, I placed the bride and groom on the left-hand side of the frame. They are visually balanced by the guests on the right. As everyone in the courtyard was looking at the newlyweds couple, the viewer's attention gravitates towards the bride and groom.
As this image was photographed around 4 PM on the summer day, I only used ambient light to capture the scene. In terms of equipment, I used my Canon 35mm 1.4 lens mounted on a Canon 5D III camera. Because add plenty of light and they wanted to make sure I have my couple in focus, I shot at F5.6. As the couple was leaving the courtyard, I asked, the wedding photographers were walking backwards taking pictures of the bride and groom. That is why shooting at a high aperture was crucial to avoid missing the focus.
Location: 1745 Langstaff Rd, Concord, ON L4K 2H2.
