A quick post from my most recent engagement session in a small wooded area in Los Angeles, only minutes away from Pasadena.
This was a fun session with a lively couple on a somewhat cold Southern California day. Yet we managed to have a good time, and we walked away with a lot of good images.
This image is an example of one of my favorite shooting styles, which is controlled candid. It is a great way to capture non-posed and candid moments, yet I have the advantage of selecting my background and predefining my composition. It is a style that the majority of my clients respond well to. This type of photography, blended together with inter-active posed and posed, are some of the elements of my style of photographing weddings, engagement sessions and even a family portrait session, and is referred to as photo-fusion.
Another item I like about this image is the background. It was early winter, so we have leaves both still in the trees and fallen on the ground adding additional depth, dimension and highlights. And on a side note, I think it’s a good thing that the City of Los Angeles has at least some areas which have been left to nature, and I support efforts of groups such as Tree People Los Angeles to plant more.
To read more about my styles for wedding and engagement session photography, please visit my html website, www.deremus.com. And from that page, you can also connect to my flash website to see my much larger wedding, engagement session, and portrait photography galleries.
To see a slide-show video of a different engagement session click here.
David DeRemus is a Pasadena based wedding, portrait and fine art photographer offering service to the San Gabriel Valley, the City and County of Los Angeles, Orange County and Southern California and is available for destination weddings worldwide.
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