Justin Oh Wedding Photography

Hey guys, I just went through the behind the scene pictures taken by Aaron and picked a few. I hope these will provide some idea of how I work and interact with clients during a shoot. For engagement or portrait sessions like Jaydee and Clara’s, our main objective is to get some kick ass photos for your own personal use, be it to display at your wedding reception, printed and hung on a wall at home or just to add to your collection 

The other main objective would of course be to enjoy a fun day out with your significant other! This is your chance to be the models for the day but in a fun, relaxed environment where we photograph you just being YOU! It’s no different than say heading to the bowling alley or driving range except you get photos to take home later

That said, I hope this post will also be beneficial for other photographers out there to gain an insight on how we work and the equipment we use to get the images from the last session . I have always been very interested to see how other photographers work and so I’m sharing this with you guys in hopes you will find it just as interesting if not helpful in some way.

Like a car engine, it has to be warmed up properly for optimum performance. Humans are not that different in this regard so take the time to allow the couple to get comfortable and warm up to you. Have a chat with them about your style and guide them along the way

For engagement or portrait sessions like this, you will have to take charge and guide them with the poses. When they have a laugh about how weird it feels, they’re probably feeling comfortable and usually good to go That way you get very natural photos and almost candid looking at times.

For off camera lighting, it is best to expose for the background and shoot in manual for full control of exposure levels. The flash has to be set to manual power too and adjusted appropriately for proper fill lighting

My setup for off camera lighting – Canon 580EX II flash connected to a Pocket Wizard II transceiver and a Benro carbon fiber monopod as my lighting stick

This is how it looks like extended

A much cheaper way to achieve some amazing fill lighting during the day is to use a reflector

Chimping session after getting a great shot. This can sometimes encourage the couple to do better and be more adventurous…

… as seen here. Sorry Jaydee but I just had to put this up

My favourite combination for portraits – Canon 5D Mark II and 70-200 2.8 IS

Apparently I look like a cyborg here with my wireless flash trigger eyepiece

It’s an extremely heavy setup so whenever possible, lean on a rock for added stability and comfort

As the sun was setting we moved to a location where we could capture the beautiful sky. More off camera lighting here for foreground fill

In this pic you can also see the crowd gathered towards the end of the bridge, facing what I believe was a comet or something else in the sky

And to end this behind the scene series, a flash fired into an umbrella group shot with the 5D II just for fun

From left to right, me, Jaydee, Clara, Amanda(upcoming photographer and videographer), Aaron(behind the scene and upcoming photographer), Vicki (upcoming model), Dennis (upcoming photographer) and Alex(assistant and upcoming photographer). Thanks for making it such an enjoyable day guys!

I hope this has been both informative and entertaining for everyone! At JOWP, we do our best to not only produce beautiful images, we make it an experience to remember