Sorry for the long delay on FF, we took a small vacation to the HIGH country of Colorado. Spent the last week or so at 8,000 ft of elevation of more in the Rocky Mountains.
We feel pretty lucky to bring the Cenote scene to the professional photography market and even more lucky that our brides are willing to take the plunge in their wedding dresses.
As original as we would like to keep this concept, it was just bound to explode and I must say, we are seeing more and more photographers using these locations. Recently, I've spoken with John Michael Cooper, considered one of the primary pioneers of the Trash the Dress movement, who told me he was shooting in a cenote location.... can't wait to see that stuff! Hopefully he can make an appearance here.
I found a shot recently from Patrick Pike, Yosemite Photographer. Patrick actually went on vacation there and found a model for this session. This frame really stands out to me.
Patrick writes:
1/15 sec
f 4.5
1600 iso
22mm
5dII
For this shot, she the model was heavily back lit by the sun. There is a flash on a stand camera left with a 3/4 CTO gel probably about 20 feet away from the model. I am using the new Pocket Wizards, so I have no idea how much power was used, but it wasn't much. Most of the light in the cenote was pouring through the roof, I just wanted to fill her in a bit. I was handholding the camera and taking advantage of the 5dII's low noise to bring out the form of the cave. The image is also flipped in post but thats about it, the photo was there.
Visit Patrick Pike's blog to see more stuff!
@ first it got me thinking and actually didn’t come to mind that it was flipped that way. But after reading the comments I had to give it a better look over. Definitely an image that makes you think. Good job!
Thanks for the pick up Matt!
Scott- I flipped the image for artistic reasons. First off, I love the abstract nature of reflections and shadow play. The idea of drawing the viewer into something that isn’t real adds drama to the photo. Granted the reflection is no where as clean as the real image, but on a first glance the mind doesn’t pick up on that and when it does, it searches for the real image - I hope!
Yeah, the image flip sorta caught my eye. For me, something like this is already mysterious. Now that it is actually turned upside down sends it just a little bit further out there and keeps the mind wondering what is happening.
Wow. Wowowowowow.
Did I mention Wow?
Why was the image flipped in post? Seems kind of weird to see ripples of water and a ‘fuzzier’ image on the top. Of course, just my opinion.