This is from a wedding i photographed late April. The gentleman seated is the father of the groom and this is him catching a quiet moment before the ceremony. It kind of looks staged but is actually candid. The wedding was in Thornbury Castle in Gloucestershire, England. A lovely Tudor castle that is now a hotel and wedding venue. This is the library where the ceremony took place and the guitar is the father's. He played the bride in with a ballad.
[May. 1st, 2012 04:54:36 AM]
@ LydiaToo regarding focus. Yes, that is the really frustrating part about the image. Like i said in my notes, it was a candid and was in pretty low light. Plus it was with my manual focus 50mm so it was a tricky catch really. I would have loved to have got more of him in focus but his head is i think so that will have to do.
[May. 1st, 2012 05:01:21 AM]
To be honest i'm not entirely sure if his lack of focus is down to DOF, subject movement or camera shake. Examining different parts of the image different answers. I think my eyes are broke.
[May. 7th, 2012 07:04:26 PM]
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I love this. For me, the focus is telling the other story... the empty chair, guitar, old books... like the man is only here by chance.
Love the blue socks, too :).
I'm not quite sure I get it, the man doesn't look like your typical acoustic guitar guy, lol. It's a well-taken and well-lit image anyway though, I'd so love to shoot a model in that room!
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