Beth Merritt Photography: Mary & Josh are married!

Okay, was it me or was yesterday pretty much the wettest day on record??? Yikes!

Yesterday was also the day that Mary and Josh decided to have an outdoor wedding. (Mother Nature decided differently.) Fortuntately, Mary and Josh and both really easy going and we were able to move the wedding indoors without any issues.

Well, due to the rain, we were unable to go outdoors. Not even for one shot. Between the dark conditions and the yellow ambient light, we had our work cut out for us. In fact, from a photographer's standpoint, this was the most technically challenging event I have ever shot. Photography 101: Flashes are blue and ambient indoor light is yellow. So, when you backlight a person in ambient light, and use a flash to add fill light, you are left with a bluish yellowish picture. Thank God for RAW files!!!! (For those of you photography fans out there: I shoot RAW, except for in-studio when the lighting is very controlled. It gives me lots more control than shooting jpeg.)

Well, Josh and Mary were awesome despite the weather... and their wedding wound up being absolutely beautiful.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day...

Enjoy!

Beth

The ceremony (pulled indoors)...