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So what we're about to go into is

shooting the bridal party.

Now, bridal party portraits don't normally unfold this

way, but today this is what they did.

I had about 5 to 10 minutes to

work with the guys, and I had about

10 minutes to work with the girls.

So what we're going to go into is

how I shot the guys before the ceremony,

how I shot the girls before the ceremony.

And then what we did after the ceremony

is we photographed the group in one area

that I felt like at least I got

the safe shot.

If all else fails and I can't get

any more photos of the bridal party, at

least we got one shot of them all

together.

Now, the goal is for after the ceremony,

once we have a little bit more time

and latitude, is to actually shoot one more

group photo, hopefully in better light, maybe in

the vineyards.

We'll see what light it's going to give

us.

So that's what we're going into.

Now, as far as family photos go, I

knew that the briding room did not have

a large family, so I was able to

work through them as quickly as possible.

So you're going to see how we effectively

moved through bridal party photos, and how we

effectively moved through family photos.

You're going to see us jumping around at

different parts of the day, because that's how

it unfolded during the different parts of the

day.

So hang on with us, and at the

end, I'm going to bring us all back

and tie it all together, hopefully, with a

cute little bow.

Gentlemen, we're going to make this as quick

as possible, so that you guys can enjoy

the partying later on.

So this shot right now, we're going to

see, we have music going, ambient stuff.

That's right, show me the dance moves.

This is good, this is really good.

Okay, so guys, I'm going to set you

guys up.

May I ask who the best man is?

Very nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

What was your name?

Jesse.

Jesse, nice.

That's my brother.

Oh!

Good looks running the family.

All right guys, we're going to have Taylor

and Jesse right here in the center.

So Taylor, you standing exactly how you are

is exactly how I want you, but turn,

angle in towards Jesse a tiny bit.

Jesse, you're going to angle in towards Taylor.

Now, who comes after Jesse?

Down the aisle?

Yes.

Or in the corner?

And who comes after, I'm sorry, what was

your name?

Justin.

Justin, nice to meet you, Justin.

Who comes after Justin?

You're going to be on this side.

And then who comes, get you on this

side.

Great.

So gentlemen, on this side, can I have

your right hands in your right pant pocket,

your top button done.

Your left hands in your left pant pocket

with your top buttons done.

Jesse, you're going to come in closer to

Taylor.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So, so it depends.

So just make sure that the coat isn't

puffing like this.

So just relax in just like that.

Great.

We're going to come in nice and close.

So what I'm looking for right now is

I'm going to have to crop out their

feet because I don't have enough space and

I'm just going to have to be okay

with that.

I'm going to create this as a frame.

Gentlemen, can I have you guys all just

scoot over about three feet.

Right about there.

Great.

Taylor, scoot it back a little bit.

Great.

You're going to come in this way.

So Jesse, come in closer to Taylor.

Justin, come in closer to Jesse.

You're going to step in just as close

to Justin.

Great.

Perfect.

So right now I'm cropping out their feet

because I don't have another option for open

shade.

I'm shooting this at 200, oh, I don't

want to say that.

You are going to be looking, I know.

There's a lot of cameras, guys.

Don't worry.

You guys, I'll be walking you through the

process.

Right now I'm at 400 ISO, 160 for

the second, F4.0. I'm cropping out their

feet because this is the options that I'm

given.

I want to make sure that there's no

gaps.

So Jesse, take one step in closer to

Taylor.

Justin, one closer.

One close.

This is perfect.

Gentlemen, you're going to be looking at my

camera.

I'll be talking you through the whole process.

No, great guys.

Can you guys get in a little bit

closer?

Stand a little bit closer.

Nice.

Nice.

JD, are you ready for Taylor?

Taylor, can you look at JD?

Gentlemen, you guys will be looking here at

me.

Fantastic.

Great.

So now what we're going to do is,

Taylor, take two big steps towards me.

Nice.

Great.

Can you take one step back?

Beautiful.

Now, can you take one step back and

then square your shoulders towards me?

Square them towards me.

Have this hand in your pant pocket.

Yeah, that's great.

Gentlemen, take two steps back.

Takes one step back.

Take that one step towards me.

Fantastic.

Can you square your shoulders towards me?

Nice.

And you're going to be looking out in

that direction.

And take one step in closer this way.

And then, yeah, there you go.

I'm actually not really going to be joining

you.

Bless you.

One step out towards me.

There you go.

Nice.

Thank you.

Cool.

Yeah, no problem.

Eyes right here, gentlemen.

Nice.

And then, Taylor, can you look over at

JD?

Nice.

Good.

Now, gentlemen, on the count of three, I

want you guys just coming up behind Taylor,

just wrapping your arms around her.

However comes natural.

You got to sneeze again.

I got you.

Take your time.

Okay.

If you sneeze in the middle of my

photo, I mean.

That'd be a really good photo.

On the count of three, guys.

One, two, three.

Come up from around Taylor.

Nice.

Nice.

That's good.

That's good.

And then, Taylor, look at the guys.

Guys, look at Taylor, just relaxing.

Yeah.

Good.

All right, guys.

All right.

What we're going to do is we are

going to create a walking formation for the

guys so that I can shoot head to

toe because at this point I haven't been

able to.

So, Taylor, I'm going to have you here.

You're going to be facing this direction.

Now, guys, we're thinking of like, depending what

generation you're from, Reservoir Dogs or Mighty Ducks.

Okay, so he'll be the Apex, right?

Okay.

So, I want the, I want, yes.

I want the slow clap.

Ducks.

That's right, guys.

Okay, not quite yet.

Taylor will be at the Apex.

We'll have, let's see, Jesse on this side.

It was Justin, right?

On that side.

And then, guys, you're going to kind of,

just kind of create the V a little

bit around him.

Now, it's a little, exactly.

And the reason why I'm doing this, exactly,

I want those motions too, is because we

don't have enough room for you guys to

walk all next to each other.

So, I'm going to have you guys just

walk in.

Now, the idea is not to look like

you're angry, like have angry faces.

The idea is just simply to walk, enjoy,

kind of create a casual type vibe.

So, you're going to be looking at the

guys.

You guys are going to be looking.

You guys can trash talk.

Whatever it's going to take Taylor to smile

and enjoy.

Right now, I'm shooting with the, let's see.

Taylor, one step this way.

Guys, if you can't see my camera, the

camera can't see you.

So, careful, because they're going to be walking

to us.

So, I'm just going to test the light

right about now.

I do understand that this light's not very

good, but I'm going to do it.

I'm going to own it, and I'm going

to rock it.

Here we go.

I'm at 4.0, 200th of a second,

400 ISO.

I have just about a few feet for

them to walk.

So, guys, on the count of three, you

guys can start with your left foot first,

taking it nice and slow.

One, two, three, talking trash, enjoying the moment.

We just have about this amount of room

to work.

We're going to be good.

Here we go.

So, in three, two, one, left foot.

Taylor, looking at the boys.

Guys, there you go.

Okay, pause, pause, pause.

Guys, come up all around Taylor.

Back up, Matt.

Back up, Matt.

Bye.

Nice.

Come in nice and close.

Just casual, casual, casual.

Yeah.

Very good.

Nice, guys.

Thanks, guys.

This is great.

This is good.

Thank you guys so much.

If there's other casual shots that you guys

want, J.D. will hang out with you

guys all day.

If you guys just want to chill, relax,

that's okay.

I'm going to get one shot of Taylor,

then I'm going to go shoot the bride.

Taylor, I'm going to shoot you guys.

Tay, I'm going to shoot you just right

now.

We're going to add you in that photo.

So, I'm going to shoot this at a

2.0. I just need to get a

solid shot.

I'm in mud right now.

Wow.

I just need a solid shot of the

groom.

Man, this song and everything is just firing.

Okay, Anise, can I have you take one

step to the left?

I'm shooting to the, so sorry, love.

So sorry.

Nice.

Taylor, can you look out towards, there you

go.

Nice, chin down a tiny bit.

And then eyes here.

Nice.

I'm just loving this music, man.

This is great.

How are you feeling, Taylor?

Good?

Good.

Wait till you see your wife, your future

wife.

She's looking so good.

That's good.

Can I have you button your jacket?

Unbutton it.

Unbutton it and then button it.

You're going to look down.

Now look off towards the side, towards that

portico.

Yep.

Eyes down, back at the coat.

Slight smile.

Looking at the portico again.

Oh, there we go, homie.

There we go.

Eyes here.

Atta boy.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay, let's do that, that photo.

Thank you, Taylor.

Okay.

Here we go.

Here we go, girl time.

Now that the guys are safely tucked away

and enjoying their drinks and enjoying the day

and JD's hanging out with them, I can

rest assured that that's being taken care of.

We're about to shoot the girls right now.

The bride will get into her dress.

We'll have it, keep it light, keep it

fun and keep it directive.

Once we have everybody in, we will be

stepping outside to two locations to shoot bridesmaids

photos.

I will make sure that I get two

variations of the bridesmaids photos and keep them

very candid.

The knot has a penchant for posting bridesmaids

photos, not in the traditional sense, but them

just enjoying and laughing.

And because I know that, I wanna make

sure that if this thing gets to print,

those are the types of photos that they're

gonna be using and wanting.

So having said that, the next move would

be for us is to get her in

her dress, go outside to two different locations,

shoot two poses in both of those two

locations, get them back tucked in.

And then once we do that, I will

then be shooting set up detail shots for

the ceremony.

So that's what's going on.

So ladies, I'm going to have you grab

Sam's dress.

And we'll get going with that.

Oh, so probably my husband's wearing it, huh?

Maybe not, you never know.

I'm shooting at a 2.5, 500 ISO,

1 60th of a second.

So actually, whoever needs to be in the

room, can you be in the room?

And if not, we're gonna close these doors.

And if you could stand in front of

the door so people can't see in.

Great.

Got it, yes.

So this is what happens.

If I'm working with a male videographer, he'll

stay in the room if she's okay with

it and Sam is okay with it.

And he's looking away and I'll call him

when he's ready.

So Sam, I won't be shooting you until

you're fully covered.

There will be no cameras on you until

you're fully covered.

And then we're gonna flip on them.

Okay, cool.

Yeah, no, no, no.

And you can keep your robe on until

you're fully covered and then we'll open the

doors.

We'll have Matt turn around.

So if you hear me shooting, I'm just

shooting things that are around you, not you.

And so ladies, if you guys want to

hop in the frame.

In, out of the frame, however you feel

most comfortable is exactly what I want.

Tammy, you can be shooting too.

I switched my ISO because it seemed to

get a little bit darker.

The light in here is really weird because

I have video lights going on because of

the filming for the knot.

So I'm just doing my best to really

work with it.

So she's getting into it, so I'm gonna

stop shooting.

Oh, I should put all my shoes on.

No, not yet.

First?

Oh no.

No, we'll get there.

Oh yeah, I need people to help me.

Yeah.

I'm used to it.

So ladies, what you want to do is

you want to get the dress as low

as possible so she doesn't have to hurdle

it.

And then we want to make sure that

we can see the floor all the way

beneath.

Just like this.

Gorgeous.

Oh, that was my hand, sorry.

Okay.

There we go.

Oh, I'm so excited.

So once we get her covered, she's gonna

remove the robe and then I'll have Matt

turn around.

Once you're covered, you take your time.

I lived in a swimming marathon a long

time ago.

So we're gonna drape those items behind on

the sofa.

Thank you.

So Samantha, whenever you're ready, whenever you feel

comfortable, you tell.

Okay, so Matt, we're good.

Thank you.

Okay, jump, jump in her.

So pull down her dress because it's gathered

around her belly.

Sam, we're keeping the face nice and light

and happy, beautiful.

So what's happening right now is the knot

is putting on a mic.

And so we're just trying to wait it

out.

I think I just lost the time for

the bridesmaids photos before the ceremony, which totally

bumps me out.

We still try to fight for them, but

just depends how things are gonna unfold.

So we'll see.

So ladies, what I'm gonna each have you

guys do is grab maybe her shoes, her

jewelry, her handkerchiefs.

So then once the mic's on, we're gonna

pop her in.

We're gonna set you guys outside as quick

as possible.

Take one step back, Sam.

Great, so Leigh, are we good?

Thank you.

We'll have time to adjust the mic before

we go down to the ceremony too.

Thank you, thank you.

So we're gonna, can you guys can unbuckle

her shoes and then, great, fantastic.

Princess, can you stand over here?

Thank you, princess.

Oh, you look so beautiful.

Thank you, love it.

Now you can look at Sam.

Oh, how beautiful.

You're gonna come down and get her into

her shoes.

Thank you.

So I have to be careful.

Samantha's arm is cocked in such a way

that I don't think it's, but I'm just

gonna be patient with it because her right

arm is just not in a complimentary way.

So I'm not gonna fire off too many.

I'm gonna wait until she's elevated.

Oh, right there.

She, nope.

I'm just not gonna shoot because her arm

is cocked in such a way that it

makes it distracting.

So I'm gonna wait until she's in her

left shoe.

That brings her body up and relaxes that

right arm.

So Sam, we're keeping the face nice and

light.

Light, light.

Beautiful.

My focal point's on the ground.

I'm shooting at 2.5, 640 ISO, 160th

of a second.

Now she's lifted up and her arm is

relaxed.

I'll shoot it back.

Toe down, toe down.

There you go.

Double toe.

Why?

Because of my dad dancing.

So ladies, we're gonna go into jewelry.

Put it on, however.

This is beautiful.

Am I putting them on her or is

she letting them off?

Let's put on the veil before we go

down to the ceremony.

So we'll do bridesmaids photos, fingers crossed without

it, and then it'll be a nice little

change of look.

We're gonna do that before we go down.

If you can put it on, that'd be

fantastic.

You can wrap it around the bouquet as

you walk down.

I'm done.

The bride is getting touched up right now.

She just had a beautiful evocative moment of

reading a letter from her husband, Tibby.

I instructed the bridesmaids to get their bouquets

and meet us outside because the bride will

actually get there faster if she sees her

friends out there going en route.

We'll be right outside.

I've instructed and cleaned out a certain small

area.

We were working in very small areas today,

but I think that we'll be able to

rock that out in hopefully seven to 10

minutes because that is all that I have

before I have to shoot the ceremony.

So here we go.

I'm just kind of adjusting the dress a

tiny bit.

I do have other stuff here.

I want you, let's see, yeah, there you

go.

You'll just relax it, relax the elbows, bring

it down in.

I'm gonna need everybody to back up.

I'm getting a shot from back here.

I need, yeah.

So Sam, take one step forward.

Samantha, take one step forward.

Right there, perfect.

Beautiful.

Just relax, you're gonna be looking out there.

Beautiful.

I'm just gonna get a bridal portrait with

her.

Sorry, I'm at 329, I said, beautiful.

Samantha, relax the bouquet slightly lower.

There you go, boo, thank you.

Gorgeous, beautiful.

Look over your left shoulder, down at the

floor.

Beautiful.

With your left hand, can you get the

back of your dress and slightly adjust it

like that?

Bring it up to your hand, now lift

the shoulders.

Yes, like this, beautiful.

Looking out the window again.

Beautiful, relax your hand.

Yes, and then the other hand.

Drop both hands back to the bouquet.

Back to the bouquet, atta girl.

Good.

Pause.

I'm not looking back, because I'm holding myself

up, but is it making me?

Not at all, and your bouquet is there

too.

So take a deep breath, relax that left

shoulder, peel it on back.

Beautiful.

And there's somebody in the background, okay.

Relaxing the shoulder, looking down at the bouquet

again.

Beautiful, chin towards me slightly.

Beautiful, then bring your eyes here.

Atta girl, we're going.

Here we go.

No, you look fierce.

You are like, so we're gonna have you

peeled out this way, and we are gonna

get you tucked away.

So everybody on this side, please.

I'm gonna be shutting these doors.

Okay, I can't move the carpet.

So let's see.

Sam, I need you center here.

I need your feet there.

Beautiful.

Now ladies, there are a total of five,

correct?

Can I have your sister stand here?

Sam, you're gonna turn your body in this

way.

Your sister's going to stand here.

Who's third in line?

Perfect, I'll get you right over here.

Want to step out towards me, love?

Beautiful.

We're having fun over here.

I know, let's go, let's go.

We're keeping you on time.

Beautiful, I'll have you right over here on

this side.

Gorgeous.

No, we're gonna be in front of the

portico.

So you're gonna be angling yourself in towards,

I'll fix this.

Oh, the button popped off.

Let's just tuck it in right now, and

then on the break, we'll have it adjusted.

Right there.

Turn it in this way.

Ladies, you're going to, I'm gonna take your,

yes.

Can I have your cell phone?

Tammy?

Ladies, you're gonna have your bouquets here.

Bring it on in this way.

I'm gonna bring you over here, and I'm

dividing up the brunettes on this side, lighter

hair on this side.

Beautiful.

So turn out this way towards your sister.

That's okay.

The mic was just coming off.

Should I put my hair in front?

One side.

You know I'm a big fan of the

one side hair.

That's fine.

Okay, very good.

I'm glad we all agree.

So turn in towards Sam.

Beautiful.

So ladies, relax.

Come in this way.

Come in this way.

Take one tiny step out towards me, and

then ladies, your bouquets will be in your

left hand.

Ladies will be in your right hand.

Sammy, you're good there.

Line up the bouquets to match up with

Sam's height.

Gorgeous.

Beautiful.

Okay.

I'm shooting at a 4.0. I'm shooting

at ISO 160.

I'm gonna touch that.

Okay.

This is the light that I like.

I'm at 320 for the second.

So ladies, what I want you to do

is, oh, let's get princess in there.

How can I forget?

I saved the best princess for the last.

Can you come over here, princess?

Yes, flower girl first.

I need a shot of flower girl.

Get that.

Oh, you look so beautiful.

Oh yeah, we'll leave T out for a

few.

Okay.

I got cloud coverage.

Okay.

So, beautiful.

Everybody, ladies, take a deep breath and then

relax the shoulders.

So, abdomens in, relaxing the one hip.

Already, ladies, I'm just loving this.

Gorgeous.

Beautiful.

Relax.

I'm shooting at horizontal and vertical.

There we go.

There we go, Jeannie.

Thank you.

Beautiful.

Now, ladies, take a deep breath and everyone's

just gonna chat with each other.

Yes, there we go.

So I'm doing this primarily to get candid

photos as well as for the videographer.

That's great.

Now, lovely ladies, when you laugh, just be

conscious of the ha-ha-ha.

Let's do the ha-ha-ha, okay?

So, right, right, exactly.

There you go.

Beautiful.

Oh, this is so beautiful.

Hi, princess.

Can you look here?

Oh, yeah.

Hello.

Oh, so beautiful.

Okay.

So now what we're gonna do is, ladies,

while you guys have your bouquets, we're gonna

just kind of like create one tiny step

out.

Beautiful.

Turn out, square your shoulders towards me.

Now, ladies, you guys are just gonna be

looking at Samantha and you can maybe fix

the back of her dress.

Doing slight little zhuzhs and modifications.

Zhuzhs, that's right.

So light change.

There's a light change.

I have to compensate for that because of

the light in front of them.

Yes, please.

So this right here in front of me

is a natural reflector.

And so I just need to make sure

that I'm compensating for that light.

Sam, flip your view to the other side.

There you go, girls.

Beautiful.

Now, everybody, can I come in?

Come in nice and tight, nice and tight.

So we're gonna get, I'm sorry, forgive me.

We have to make room for your sister.

We're gonna do the quintessential sorority pose.

So Samantha, queen.

Yes, I know.

I'm gonna bring you on this side of

Sam.

You're gonna sit your feet underneath her dress.

Beautiful, lovely.

Angle in.

So remember, ladies, oh yeah, pop the knee.

I'm gonna take that.

Pop the knee.

Pop the knee.

Come in, come in over here, baby.

Oh yeah.

Come in this way, come in this way,

come in this way.

Hey Sam, I approve of that.

I really do.

Okay.

And exactly, just broadcast the voice.

Exactly, exactly.

So JD, you ready?

Okay, so I have a shot in my

mind that I want JD to go.

I'm at 4.0, 320th of a second.

160, got it, got it.

I'm at 500th of a second.

Beautiful.

Ladies, eyes here, leaning in for that sorority

pose.

There we go, ladies, beautiful.

Take a deep breath, relax it out.

You're gonna lean in and then everyone's going

to be looking at me and Sam, when

I have you look at JD, I'll tell

you when.

Right there, there he is, hey.

None of the cute stuff yet, none of

the cute stuff.

Okay, everybody take a deep breath.

Relax the shoulders, leaning in for that sorority

pose.

Oh, and Sam at JD.

Beautiful, thank you, ladies.

Pause here, bouquets all down.

Princess, can I have you stand right over

here with me?

Beautiful, line up the bouquets here.

JD, side.

Can you guys line up the bouquets here

to Sam?

There we go, come in, come in, come

in, come in, come in.

Beautiful, beautiful, ladies.

So I'm getting dressed the bouquets, but I

want you guys to sell the upper body.

So lean it in, beautiful.

That's it, ladies.

Girls, girls, girls.

Okay, other sides, we can get you away

from guests.

So let's pop in.

Tammy, can you pop out and verify that

there aren't guests on the other side?

Way to set it up, Sam, they're like,

no.

So this is what just happened.

We were in one location with two to

three different poses.

Now we're gonna go to the second location

and get two poses there.

I feel confident that even if we didn't

get to the other side, it would be

okay.

But so far, I'm gonna take it and

maximize it so that I can get time

to shoot the ceremony.

Start on our way.

Okay, ladies, we'll pause here, we'll pause here.

Beautiful, beautiful.

Oh, this light, I mean.

Yes, please, great.

So I'm noticing that there's not the exact

best light that I want and not enough

space.

So I'm gonna kind of create like an

arc.

So I'll have the bride in the front,

ladies behind her.

So we're gonna think of, we can classic

outside, traditional outside, a little candid.

Now we're gonna do something a little bit

more editorial.

Okay, so think of Vanity Fair, think of

Vogue.

So you don't want to be looking pissed

in photos, but you want to be looking

fierce.

And if I see you looking fierce, I'm

gonna call you out.

But you already got this down.

Don't act like you don't know, like, smizing.

Yes, smizing with the eyes.

That's exactly, that's exactly what we're doing.

So while he's prepping her, can I have

you pop her around this way?

Sam, you're gonna turn around this way and

he's gonna follow you.

Twist, twist, twist, twist, twist, twist.

Great, so now what we're doing is we're

maximizing time.

I think right here is gonna be great.

Let's see, I'm gonna get her sister on

this side.

So ladies, the way that you had lined

up on the other side would be fantastic.

So I'm just actually gonna get one girl

on this.

I'm gonna get you right over here, Olivia,

you're nice and petite.

Step into it this way, beautiful.

Square your shoulders towards me, all the way.

Yeah, I remember, me and Vanity Fair, we're

thinking looking good.

I'm gonna take you over here, love, and

have your hand here and the bouquet down.

I love where your bouquet is there.

I'm gonna be staggering the bouquet.

So give it to me real quick and

let me see what we're doing here.

No, no, no, the look, the gorgeous look.

Okay, good.

Take one step in closer to Sam.

Beautiful, good.

Okay, good.

Now, instead of putting it back, I want

you to rest it back.

There we go, darling.

Put it in right here.

Great.

We're gonna have you come over right over

here whenever you're ready.

I'm gonna have you stand just like this.

So shoulder to shoulder, beautiful.

Beautiful.

I'm gonna take you right in here.

It's okay on the other hand.

Beautiful.

And then I'm gonna take you right over

here with your bouquet all the way down

and your hand here.

So Tammy, can you hold up the diffuser

above the lower parts of the dress?

Even if I could just save a bit

of one, even if I didn't have the

diffuser in this situation, it wouldn't bother me

whatsoever.

So Tammy, I'm gonna have you on the

opposite side of the tree.

So I'm gonna shoot this at ISO 200.

I'm at 4.0. Great, I'm at 200

at the second.

We're gonna get one last minute of zhuzh.

This is beautiful.

Tammy, lower it to the left, to the

left.

I'm sorry, to the right.

And Tammy, actually, let's pass it, let's pass

it.

Let's pass it.

Beautiful.

So Sam, your shoulders are squared to me.

I want you to turn in slightly towards

JD.

Turn your, beautiful.

So turn your hips and shoulders towards JD.

A little bit more.

Put your toes at him, put your toes

at him.

There you go.

Now bring your shoulders to, there.

There we go, there we go, there we

go.

Beautiful.

Now everybody, now we have to be very

conscious that this is not the look.

Oh, we have somebody behind us.

We're just gonna ignore it right now.

Here we go, everybody's dealing with me.

And yes, slight smile, slight smile.

Sam, relax, it's beautiful.

Take a deep breath, relax it on out.

Pop the hip, pop the hip.

Think sorority and fierce in three, two, and

one.

Beautiful, beautiful.

Gorgeous.

Now take a deep breath.

Now everybody can just lean next to the

next person.

Just kind of like, however it happens.

Yes, I want you to turn in towards

your sister.

Link your arms with your sister.

And pop in, come out closer to Sam.

There you go, beautiful.

Oh, ladies, I can't even deal with this

right now.

I'm sorry, can I have you back up

a bit?

Okay, we have Princess in the shot.

We're gonna keep Princess in the shot.

We're just gonna roll with it.

She's gonna turn towards us.

Beautiful, there we go.

We're leaning and we're feeling great.

Oh, ladies, I can't.

Looking at each other.

Gorgeous.

Now what we're gonna do, ladies, nice and

slow.

In a cadence of three, two, one.

You're gonna be walking towards me, looking at

each other.

Sam, you can link arms with your sister

or you can have it down, whatever you

feel most comfortable but I need you to

go three, two, one.

Exactly, so we're relaxed, we're feeling good.

We're keeping the faces nice and light but

we're not doing the ha ha ha.

Then, you're keeping your faces light.

So it's not like this, just pleasant.

Okay, here we go, guys.

We're gonna relax, beautiful.

And we're gonna start with your left foot

first.

In a cadence of three, two, one.

Side to side, looking and join.

And starting in three, two, and one.

Left, side to side, slow, slow, ladies, slow,

slow.

Oh, ha ha ha, we lost one, we

lost one.

That was good though, you totally owned it.

Let's back it up, let's back it up.

We'll do it one more time and we'll

get you tucked away.

That was good, that was great.

There's no apologies.

But you guys, look what we gave her.

We gave her nothing.

Like, good.

So you guys, squeeze it a little tighter

so that we get room on this end.

Beautiful, ladies.

Squeeze it in nice and tight.

Squeeze it in so we're not losing anybody

in the process of us going.

You got it, are you going?

Great.

Okay, ladies.

Beautiful.

So, this light is amazing.

So ladies, we're looking at each other.

We're going even slower than we did last

time.

So in three, two, one, left foot, go.

Lovely, looking side to side.

Beautiful, beautiful.

We're not falling, we're not falling.

This is good.

Beautiful.

Every, lean in, just casual.

Gather around, however it works, however it works.

Gather around, gather around.

Get it nice and close, get it nice

and close, get it nice and close, get

it nice and close.

Eyes here, eyes here.

Oh, ladies.

So right now, I'm just trying to pick

off important family members because this is the

time that we have a very short, limited

amount of time for family formals.

So I wanna make sure that we have

everybody so we're not spending time wasting, looking

for people.

I'm gonna get the couple in the shade

as much as possible.

So this is not an ideal situation, but

this is the only situation we have right

now.

So this is where they brought the couple.

So we're gonna try to do family pictures

as quick as possible.

Oh, actually, look at this area.

Can we squeeze everybody in, you think?

For family photos?

Yeah.

This area is super tiny.

I have literally about a foot of shade,

but their families aren't that big, so I'm

gonna try to keep them here.

So, JD, can I get her sister, please?

Yeah, but since her dad's here, Mr., where's

Mr. Karish?

Oh, Mr. Karish, I'll take you right over

here.

Sam, I'll take you here.

You know, and my aunt, I may get

a picture with her dad.

Absolutely, absolutely.

So where's your aunt?

She's making her way over here.

Fantastic, fantastic, fantastic.

Did it all go okay?

Oh, brilliant.

I know, we're gonna try to keep you

guys in the shade.

It is warm, I know.

So we're gonna try to do this.

Let's see, JD, I also need the scrim,

please.

So, Sam, I'm gonna have her right behind

her.

Sorry.

That was perfect.

So, dad, I'll have you right about here.

You're gonna stick your feet in underneath her

dress.

Yeah, just, yeah, and then Sam.

Absolutely, absolutely.

Beautiful.

Taylor, you're gonna turn in towards Sam.

So you know what we'll do while we're

waiting for your happy family?

We'll just do photos real quick right here.

Okay, great.

So Sam, you're gonna turn towards me.

Dad, you're gonna turn towards Sam.

Taylor, you're gonna turn in towards, beautiful.

Relax the bouquet.

Diffuse, please.

I just want that broken light.

It's okay, I just need facial as much

as possible.

So this lighting is not the best, and

I understand it, but it's just something I

have to go through.

I'm gonna have you peel in as much

as possible.

You're gonna stand off to the side.

Yeah, and then just kind of, great.

And so Mr. Karish, I'm gonna need you

closer to Samantha right now.

So even closer, even closer, beautiful.

That's nice.

Oh, fantastic.

I'm gonna give him a kiss real quick.

Great.

So J.D., I'm ready for you when

you are.

Taylor, can I have your hand in your

pocket?

The huge.

Yeah, there you go.

There you go.

Everyone's looking here.

Everyone's looking here.

Beautiful.

Beautiful.

Nice.

Gentlemen, can you put your arms around Samantha?

Just around that backside.

Mr. Karish, there we go.

Nice.

I got it.

I'm good, thank you.

I'm good, thank you.

Great, so now what we're gonna do is

we're gonna add the rest of your family

in.

So Taylor, you're just gonna scoot in closer

to Sam.

There we go.

Yes, a lot, thank you.

Princess, can you stand over here with Uncle

Taylor?

Thank you, you're such a good queen.

Oh yes, please, please.

The only thing I ask is if you

remove your sunglasses.

Yes, love.

Oh, sorry.

You tell me, hon, when you want me

out of the picture.

No, no, no.

Is this?

Okay, would you like this group shot, if

not?

Why don't we do it without me?

We're all good with it.

You're not hurting anybody's feelings.

Fantastic, thank you.

Fantastic, fantastic.

So Taylor, I'm gonna get you on this

side.

Mr. Karish, I just need one more photo

of you and Samantha right after this one.

You're so sweet, you can call him Bob.

Okay, Bob.

Okay, Bob.

Okay.

You're gonna step in this way.

We're enjoying Mr. Karish.

Beautiful.

You're gonna come in this way.

Princess, can I have you stand right over

here with Taylor?

That's okay, that looks good.

Actually, that looks really good.

Turn in towards Sam.

Beautiful.

You're gonna take a step in this way.

You can close up.

Beautiful.

Okay.

It's okay, Sam, you take the time you

need.

Jay.

This light is not my best friend, but

this is the best I have.

Everyone's looking here at this camera.

Beautiful.

Beautiful.

Everyone's here?

Beautiful.

Hi, Princess.

Looking here.

Everyone's here.

Beautiful.

Can everyone lean in?

Beautiful.

Princess, can you look here, sweetie?

Oh, thank you.

Okay, that's great.

Okay, great.

Great.

And you got a photo of her and

her sister by herself?

I did.

Okay, perfect.

Great.

So then I just need Bob and Samantha.

Actually, I can have Tammy do that and

I need you to get the side profile

shots.

Thank you.

You're gonna turn in towards Bob.

Bob, you're gonna put your arm around her

waist.

There you go.

Bob, can I have your hand in your

pant pocket?

There you go.

Beautiful.

Oh, that's nice.

Beautiful.

Tammy, I need it on her nose.

Beautiful.

Eyes here.

Everyone looking here at this camera, this camera.

Beautiful.

This camera right here.

Lean in a little closer to your dad.

Beautiful.

Sam, can you get up on your tippy

toes and give your dad a kiss on

the cheek?

Cute.

Thank you.

Beautiful.

Thank you so much.

Lovely.

Great.

Anybody from your family that we're missing right

now, did you want to be on?

Janet.

Yeah, and maybe my dad would be.

Janet.

Janet?

Meg?

Do you want you, Janet, Taylor, and your

dad, or just you, Janet?

Oh, yeah, sure.

Just you and Janet.

Oh, thank you.

You could.

It's my sister.

Of course.

Taylor, I'm gonna get you back here with...

Bob, I'm gonna have you take a step

out.

Yay, look at your dad.

Thank you.

It looks cute with my sister.

Janet, you look beautiful.

Come a little closer.

It's your sister.

We're all friends and family.

And then, Taylor, can I have your hand

in your pocket?

Yeah, I can tell you that is.

Kenny, can you just look it up, just

straight up?

Oh, I'm sorry.

Beautiful.

Eyes right here.

Everyone's looking here at this camera.

Beautiful.

Everyone lean in nice and close to Samantha

and Taylor.

Lean in.

Bob, lean in.

Lean in a little.

There you go.

Oh, this is it.

Thank you guys so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I appreciate it.

Thank you.

Where's Jim and Carol?

Great.

So, I'm gonna have Carol, Jim, and then

Jesse.

Cool?

Jesse, can I get you on that side?

See?

Beautiful.

Fantastic.

Ooh.

Okay.

So, let's see.

So, Carol, I'll have you stand over here

with Samantha.

Can you lift up your left foot, Sam?

There you go.

Beautiful.

Carol, you're gonna step your feet right underneath.

Beautiful.

Beautiful.

So, you're gonna hold the K, and when

you're holding the K at your time, you're

just gonna rest your hand on her elbow.

You're gonna turn in toward the end of

your hand in your pant pocket.

There you go.

Yeah, just like casual, handsome.

I like it.

I'm liking this.

Jesse, can you turn in?

Nice.

Hand in your pant pocket.

Beautiful.

You guys create such gentlemen.

I mean, truly.

Truly.

Truly.

Let's see.

Tammy, I need you standing up on this

chair, and then back.

So, you'll cast a bigger shadow.

I got it.

I know love stories.

And my focus is basically in the bride

and groom.

I understand that.

Okay.

It's okay.

We're just gonna...

Great.

Everybody's gonna turn.

Jesse, take one step in towards Taylor.

Beautiful.

Oh, this is beautiful.

Everybody, eyes here.

Gorgeous.

Beautiful.

Can everybody take a deep breath?

Relax the shoulder.

There you go.

Oh, beautiful.

Everybody lean in.

Beautiful.

Beautiful.

Now, we have...

Your boutonniere is competing with Samira.

Yes, it is.

It's a big boutonniere, and you're so tiny.

So, Sam, can you take a step forward?

There we go.

We're gonna do this.

Turn in slightly towards Taylor.

Oh, towards Taylor?

Yeah, just a little.

Step in this way.

Beautiful.

There we go.

There we go.

Beautiful.

Beautiful.

Eyes here.

Gorgeous.

Thank you guys so much.

Beautiful.

So, now what we're gonna do is, Jesse,

we're gonna have you take a step out.

Sam, you're gonna turn in towards...

Beautiful.

Yes, Carol, you're gonna take a step out.

I'm sorry, out of the frame.

Forgive me, Jesse.

Yes.

Oh, sorry.

Have you take a step in this way?

Beautiful.

Jay, you're getting a side angle?

Okay.

Beautiful.

Relaxing the bouquet, Sam?

I know it's heavy.

Right?

Beautiful.

Eyes here.

Everyone at this camera, beautiful.

Thank you so much.

Oh, this is so stunning.

Thank you so much.

Now, what we're gonna do is, Samantha, we're

gonna get you out.

We're gonna do a couple shots with Taylor

and his parents.

You good?

I'm good.

JD?

Oh, I'm good.

Are you sure?

Watch me go.

Okay.

Can you grab this, please?

Actually, Taylor, do you mind if maybe we

have your mom in the middle?

I always think it's nice to have a

lady by her men, by her boys.

Hand in pocket.

There we go.

Beautiful.

Oh, this is lovely.

Jesse, we'll have you come in.

Right hand in your right pocket.

Fantastic.

Everybody looking here.

Gorgeous.

Eyes here at this camera, beautiful.

Beautiful.

Now, what we're gonna do is, we're gonna

get a photo of just Taylor and his

mom.

I know, Taylor.

We're powering through.

We're powering through.

Beautiful.

Eyes here.

Gorgeous.

Good.

Can you guys do me a favor?

Can you guys look at each other?

There you go.

Nice.

Thank you, guys.

Aw.

Okay, so this is what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna shoot a safe shot, and then

I'm gonna keep the bridal party after, because

I notice that the reception's already getting set

up, and I don't want guests to touch

it.

So, so Samantha, bridal party.

Real quick, you guys.

What we're gonna do right now, is we're

gonna just do one bridal party photo.

We're gonna keep it on the safe, on

the safe side, and it'll get time for

press.

Give me five minutes for here, and then

after the reception, we're gonna do another more

casual, kind of vineyard style bridal party photo.

So we want you guys to get hydrated,

get some drinks, have some fun.

Give me five minutes, and then the rest,

you guys are partying, until after the reception.

Perfect.

Cool.

Oh, I love you.

Gosh.

Why didn't you tell me?

We're gonna walk behind in the shaded area,

so we can try to keep everybody cool.

So what I'm looking for right now, is

natural reflectors.

We have this big natural reflector.

This is a really, really, really dark area.

That's not my favorite, but I'm gonna get

the safe shot, and then hopefully later, they

get a shot that I'm actually a little

bit more happy with.

Wanna bring it out here?

Right about there.

That's great.

Thank you.

We're gonna start placing the guys, in relation

to where you guys stand.

Let's see.

Taylor, Jessie.

We'll get Samantha.

Yeah.

Ladies, we're gonna get you on this side.

Let's see.

Let's see.

Samantha.

Ladies, we're gonna line up.

Everybody right over here, in the order in

which you are standing.

Take your time, Sam.

Yes.

Yes.

Then you know what I'm gonna do is,

let's see.

I need somebody to get the efficient.

Taylor, I'm gonna have you here.

Brilliant.

Sam, I'll have you here.

Now Sam, there's like a slight little incline.

I want you on that incline.

Give you a little bit of, boom.

There we go.

There we go.

Yes.

Right back there.

Beautiful.

So ladies, I need you lined up in

the order in which you guys descended on

the aisle.

Oh, that's okay.

That's okay.

Down the aisle or straight up?

We're gonna do one right behind her.

Right about there.

Thank you so much.

That's brilliant.

Thank you.

So ladies, we're gonna get lined up so

that when the bouquet arrives, we'll leave a

little bit of space for her.

We'll have pop you guys right in.

Ladies, come on, lean it on in.

You're gonna come in this way.

You're gonna get your feet.

You're gonna stand one tiny step behind Samantha.

Yes, and then get in closer.

Oh, wow.

Why don't you leave it on the ground?

I don't know where that came from.

Come in this way.

It's okay.

It's been a long day and it's hot.

You guys can get drinks right now.

Okay, princess, do you wanna be in these

photos?

Of course.

We're gonna have you stand right here next

to mommy.

Thank you.

I'll hold this for you and then you'll

get it back to me, okay?

Or get it back to you.

Okay.

So gentlemen, can you guys line up after

Jessie?

Jessie, can you get on this side of

Taylor?

I know they make it interesting.

Turn in this way.

And gentlemen, can I have your right hands

in your pant pockets?

So come in slightly towards me.

Nice.

Good.

Let's see.

Yeah, hand.

Now Taylor, Taylor.

Yeah, yeah, there we go.

Can I have all four fingers in your

pant pocket?

I'm gonna shoot this with a 35.

So gentlemen, I need you to angle in

a little bit more.

Can I have you take one step out

towards me?

How about one baby step more?

Boom.

Ladies.

Boom.

I'm moving her because she had a major

hotspot on her chest and I'm just gonna

sacrifice a tiny bit now.

And that's okay.

I'm gonna crop out the, I'm gonna crop

out the natural reflector in front of them

because I don't want it to be a

distraction.

The light is just, it's pleasant.

It's fine.

I don't think it's anything magical, but they're

also not in the sun.

So can I have Princess look here at

me?

Ladies, line up your bouquets.

Beautiful.

There you go.

Oh, how beautiful everyone's looking.

Okay.

Everyone looking here at this camera in three.

Princess, can you relax your dress a little

bit?

Relax it, relax.

Oh, just like that.

Everyone looking here at three, two, one.

Everyone take a deep breath and lean in.

Thank you.

Oh, there we go.

There we go.

Beautiful.

Sam, come out to me a tiny bit,

boo.

There you go.

Nice.

Love it.

Thank you.

Okay.

So that's the classic photo.

We're gonna be okay with it after.

Just give me one five minute photo, vineyards,

fun, beautiful light.

Just hydrate.

Have a good time.

Thank you guys so much.

Yes, hydrate properly.

Thank you guys.

Thank you guys.

So if you guys wouldn't mind, can I

have everybody just step like maybe four or

five steps over this way?

Just, JD, can you please remove those four

items?

I'm gonna get you on this side.

You're gonna turn in towards Taylor.

Taylor, you're gonna turn in towards Sam.

I'm gonna get you.

Oh, that's no problem.

I'll position them when they arrive just so

that we can save time.

I'm gonna, so your daughter and her boyfriend

are still coming.

Perfect.

Then great.

Then we'll have this right over here.

So perfect.

I'm gonna have you guys take a step

back.

I'm gonna get you on this side up.

Actually, forgive me.

I'll get you on this side so that

I can bring in, we'll keep both families.

I'll have you step in this way.

You'll come in right in here.

Jessie, I'm gonna have you right over here.

Oh, here they are.

Here they are.

So then we're gonna have you here.

Did we find the boyfriend?

Yeah, right?

That was fantastic.

Can I have you have, remove your sunglasses?

Beautiful.

So you're gonna angle your back.

You're gonna angle in towards Sam.

Beautiful.

You're gonna angle in towards this way.

Have your hand in your right pant pocket.

You're gonna turn in towards him this way

and you can rest your hand on his

elbow.

Beautiful.

Very good.

Awesome.

Have your hand in your pant pocket if

I can have you remove your sunglasses.

Thank you so much.

Take a step in towards him right here

and take a step in.

This is beautiful.

Everyone will be looking here at this camera.

Camera.

This is lovely.

402, 50th of a second, 320 ISO.

Everyone's looking here.

Beautiful.

I'm gonna shoot a vertical and I'm shooting

a horizontal.

Fantastic.

Thank you.

Let's see.

Let's do bridal party.

Let's do bridal party.

JD, yes, talk to me.

What about the boys and the parents?

I don't think we were, did we?

I forget.

Yes, I think we did.

I think we did.

Just the four of us.

Of course they did.

Samantha, don't worry.

I know, I'm thinking of things that we

didn't do.

Yeah, you did the four of us.

Okay.

Not yet.

Can I get a photo of the two

of you and then we're done?

That'll be the last shot.

There it is.

The best looking shot.

Here we go.

Sorry, Jesse.

Jesse, five minutes.

Five minutes.

You guys will be looking here at this

camera.

This is beautiful.

Thank you guys.

Thank you.

Taylor's gonna appreciate that photo.

I know he is.

Thank you guys so much.

Okay, great.

Wedding party.

Here we go.

We're gonna make this quick.

We're gonna make this easy.

We're gonna make this fun.

As fun as possible.

Let's see.

JD, I also need my 50 on deck.

For some reason, it's not in my bag.

So, Sam.

Sam.

Yes.

Let's get you right over here.

Okay.

Right here, let me.

Okay.

This light is stunning.

I'm gonna bring you in right over here.

You're gonna turn in.

Ferris, you're gonna turn in.

Ferris.

Oh.

Yep.

This guy's a little sad.

He's a little sad.

Aw, we'll turn it towards you.

I know, exactly.

Taylor, I'm gonna have you come in right

over here.

Ladies, can I have you line up starting

with the matron of honor.

And I'm gonna have you remove your sunglasses.

Thank you.

You're gonna come in right next to your

wife.

I know.

Taylor, I'm gonna get you on that side.

Great.

Bridal party, bridal party, bridal party.

So, gentlemen, remove your sunglasses.

We'll pop you guys right in right here.

Actually, I'm loving.

Right there.

You guys are just kind of staying.

Actually, let's switch the positions.

Jessie, I'm gonna get you closest.

Ladies, we're gonna stagger you guys behind the

bride and groom.

This is very similar to what we did.

Thank you.

Yes, darling, yes.

You guys are ready for this.

Oh.

Oh, no.

Hey, Ferris, we're missing a bouquet.

What do you suggest we do?

Yeah, I know.

So.

We're gonna stagger.

See, you got me.

We're on this.

Yeah, this is it.

This is done.

This is great.

Okay.

Nice.

Okay, so ladies, what we're gonna do is

we're just gonna stagger.

This is very, like, this is the vanity

fair, kind of like from earlier today.

Can you switch your shoulders towards me?

Face your shoulders.

Oh, towards you?

Taking one tiny step back.

Beautiful.

You're next in line, correct?

Yep.

You're gonna be right up next to her,

because by height, you're just gonna, now you're

gonna drop this bouquet all the way down.

Up right there.

Beautiful.

Back it up, back it up, back it

up, back it up.

This way, I'm sorry.

This way, this way, this way.

Have you right about here with your bouquet

down, or actually up.

Up?

No, we're gonna have you separate.

We're gonna have you up, we'll have you

down.

Just like this, beautiful.

Yeah, I like that.

Or interlock, let me see interlock.

I like that.

That's good.

No, you don't have any.

This angle, it's good.

Yes.

Y'all, I am not like, I am

not a reconstruction, but you guys don't need

this.

You guys don't need it.

Photoshop.

Oh, well, I mean, you guys don't need

it.

It's on a need-only basis when you

guys don't qualify.

I'm gonna have you guys step in this

way.

Step in.

Photoshop it.

Thanks, but I'm gonna have your hand up.

And then you're gonna turn your shoulders out

a little bit more towards me.

Beautiful.

Chin is gonna be towards my camera.

That's beautiful.

So gentlemen, this is kind of, we're gonna

be kind of setting up a little bit

angular, kind of like cover of like a

record or a magazine.

Jesse, we have the flask.

I mean, that's looking pretty clear.

Classic, right?

That's classy.

I mean, I'm not lying.

We're gonna hang in.

See, Sam, take out one step.

Beautiful.

Right about there.

And then come in this way.

Hand in your pocket.

Nice.

Beautiful.

Jesse, can you take it this way?

Square your shoulders.

I'll take this.

I'll take this.

It will come back empty.

Here we go.

Can you keep this up?

Jesse, square your shoulders towards me.

One step back.

There we go.

Hand in your pocket.

Justin, turn in towards him.

Come out a tiny bit.

Square your shoulders towards me.

Square, can you square your shoulders?

Yeah, square your shoulders towards me.

Yeah, there we go.

Yeah, we're having your, hand in your pocket.

However you feel most comfortable is where I

want you.

Right about there.

Square it a tiny bit towards me.

Towards me.

And then your face is gonna come out

towards my camera.

One step in.

Right about there.

Fantastic.

Okay.

Okay, bridal party, here we go.

Here we go.

The faster we get this done, the faster

everybody's drinking, except for you guys, because you

guys are troublemakers, so that's not happening.

Yes, I just called you guys out on

that.

Okay.

Yes, they are just crazy.

All kinds of crazy.

Okay.

Beautiful.

I want you.

Yeah, a little bit.

No, square your shoulders this way.

And then put your right hand up on

her shoulder.

And then with your left hand, I want

you, no, just holding the side of your

dress.

That, like that.

And then just relax the hand a little.

Beautiful.

Thank you, darling.

Okay, here we go.

Everyone's looking here at this camera.

Everyone's looking here.

Beautiful.

Beautiful.

Gorgeous.

Now what I want everybody to do is

to come in closer to the bride and

groom.

And then what we're going to do is

we're going to walk.

Super casual.

Yes, Jessie, a little less of that.

You guys are gonna, yes, the cadence.

Don't steal my verbiage.

I've worked 10 years on this stuff.

Okay.

That's right, friend.

Let's get this together.

I'm gonna start with your left foot forward.

Everyone's gonna be looking at each other.

So guys, we're thinking Reservoir Dogs, Flying V.

Ladies, Cover Magazine.

We're walking nice and slow.

We're working it.

We're enjoying this.

Okay, so don't, well, it depends.

If he's so far ahead of you and

you guys are looking this, that doesn't make

sense.

Right now, looking at him makes sense.

If he comes out a little too far

from you guys, just look side to side.

We just need one frame.

And ladies, remember the laugh.

Smaller laughs, not bigger laughs.

Okay, that's right.

Just like that.

Everybody look at her.

Let's laugh that way.

Okay, you guys, in three, two, one.

Left foot, go.

Looking at each other.

Taylor, Sam, look at each other.

Can you, Taylor, Sam, can you guys kiss?

Can you back up, Matt?

Matt, back up.

One more kiss, one more kiss, friends.

One more kiss, one more kiss.

That's it.

Praise, praise, friends.

Okay, Bridal Party.

Great.

Thank you, guys.

Thank you.

Get some drinks, guys.

Boom, boom.

High fives all the way.

Thanks, guys.

Thank you, guys.

Thank you, guys.

Oh, Jasmine.

Can you do a picture of me with

the guys and him with the girls?

Let's do that.

Let's hammer that out real quick.

So what are you envisioning for this, Sam?

Oh, anything.

I don't know.

Pick her up.

I just want a picture of her.

Okay, well, if she had a vision.

So, let's see.

Guys, hang out right over here.

Taylor with a vision.

Now, ladies, come out this way.

Ladies, come out this way.

They should be like, if it made a

difference.

Yeah, you can rub them.

So, come in.

So, Taylor, I kind of want you to

square your shoulders towards me.

This way.

Nice.

Hand in your pocket.

Undo the bottom button.

Now, ladies, you're just gonna come in.

And I think that those kind of like

over the top, like don't sell as well

as you guys just having fun, poking fun,

just kind of looking good.

Okay.

We're gonna bring it in right around him.

However, ladies, just get a nice and close

move.

Go ahead.

You're right here.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

Oh, that was organic.

There we go.

Boom.

Everybody like lean in.

Taylor, put your arms around the ladies around

you.

Taylor, act like you're happy, bro.

Nice.

Thank you, guys.

Beautiful.

Great.

We're good.

We're good.

Ladies, sorry, bride, gentlemen.

Yes, lady.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

So what we're gonna do is, gentlemen, we're

gonna have Samantha in the front, front and

foreground.

And then we'll do, I have a feeling

you wanna do something like silly or big.

I'm all about it.

I'm all.

I'm not a very serious guy.

Okay.

So take one step back.

Take one step back.

Just until you got one step right about

here.

Take one step back right about there.

Nice.

So, Samantha, you're just gonna be here, gentlemen.

However, if the coats are open, if your

hands are in your pockets, however it looks

good, Samantha's gonna be the focus.

You guys are just gonna be her entourage.

Are we looking at her?

You're looking at me.

You're looking at me.

And we're doing that light smile, Sam.

Relax that bouquet, Sam.

Beautiful.

Gentlemen, can you come around, Sam?

Put your arms around her.

However, whatever happens, happens.

It's all good.

Good.

Nice, guys.

That was fantastic.

That was great.

That was great.

So what you saw was me probably at

my most frantic throughout the day because we

were on very strict time constraints, but I

found a way to make it work.

And so how we actually saved time was

traditionally on a wedding day, I get about

30 minutes to shoot the bridal party and

I get about 30 minutes to shoot the

family.

In this particular situation, I had a total

of 25 minutes to shoot everything.

So my time was cut in half.

So how I was able to save time

was that instead of me photographing the bride

and each bridesmaid and the groom and each

groomsman, I delegated that to JD and I

came in and I handled most of the

lifestyle kind of group photos.

And him being able to take those reins

freed me up intensively.

So the photos that you see in the

gallery from that perspective will belong solely to

him, which is amazing and I'm extraordinarily thankful

for.

Now, what happens is I had about 10

minutes with the girls and they just fired

through.

Now, the way I was able to get

through bridesmaids photos so quickly is because I

knew what I was doing far before I

got into it.

We took them outside in that portico area

and I told myself, I have about six

minutes to get about three or four different

poses.

And then I came out to the backside

in front of the gate and I knew

that this is where I was gonna get

a little bit more of like a kind

of editorial feel.

Editorial, not an editorial magazine, but editorial feel

into what I like to do.

So the girls are standing a little bit

edgier at angular postures.

We had them walking.

So that was the plan going into it.

And I didn't have a plan.

If I didn't know where I was going,

if I didn't know what the lighting was,

I probably would be so stressed and I

would probably be able to fire up one

pose, which in my mind isn't enough for

me for the magazine, isn't enough for me

as a photographer, and it's not enough for

me in regards to the bride.

Now, the guys, the guys' photos were just

okay.

If I'm gonna choose where I'm gonna spend

more time, it will always be with the

bridesmaids because traditionally, editors have a tendency of

showcasing a little bit more of brides in

their bridesmaids' photos.

So as long as I got a couple

of cool photos of the guys walking, talking

trash, hanging out, that's gonna be great.

And I know that JD is taking care

of it more of like them hanging out

drinking beer earlier in the day.

I'm just gonna let it go.

Because I was working with a limited time,

do I wanna shoot more groomsmen photos?

Yes.

Did I have the time for it?

No.

So I'm gonna let it go and say,

I did the best I could given that

parameters.

Now, family photos.

We were shooting family photos at 1230.

I literally had about a foot and a

half of shade.

I put family members in the shade.

Thankfully, they didn't have like 15 to 20

member families.

It was basically just siblings and parents and

I was able to keep about up to

six people in like a foot and a

half by three feet space.

And are those photos the prettiest photos you've

ever seen?

Probably not.

But are they good enough to end up

on a Christmas card?

And are they good enough for the bride

to use on Father's Day to tag her

dad in a picture?

Yes.

Do I stand by the photos?

Yes.

Do I wish I could have done it

better?

Yes.

But I still, again, I stand by it

because on a wedding day, I have yet

to shoot a wedding that was 100%

perfect from beginning, middle and end.

So I'll take an 80% day given

what we were given today and run with

it any day.

So with that, I'm gonna give myself grace.

I'm gonna encourage people that as you deal

with hot messes throughout the day, have a

plan, execute the plan and still stand by

it knowing that you did everything you possibly

could the best way you possibly could do

it.