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So what you're about to see is the

beginning of the ceremony.

Now, if we back things up a tiny

bit, you will see that most of it,

or how I felt anyway, was like, it

was like a hot mess.

So this is exactly what went down.

Because I got delayed for the bridal prep,

that actually ate up time for the bridesmaids'

photos.

As I was quickly trying to shoot the

bridesmaids' photos, I realized that I had about

30 seconds to shoot the entire ceremony.

So I ran like a wild banshee.

I didn't even have time to bring the

camera crew with me.

I was just like, go, and everybody followed

me.

So what you're about to see is how

all of that comes to fruition.

Then you'll see a beginning, a middle, and

an end.

We're going to come back.

We're going to recap exactly what happened and

how we were able to overcome it.

I'm sorry, can I get a quick photo?

May I have everybody removed from the situation

just for one quick photo, 30 seconds.

Thank you so much.

So I need to make sure that I'm

shooting the wide shot.

I'm sorry.

Excuse me, sir, can I have you get

the...

Thank you.

I need you all the way, thank you.

Okay.

Oh my God, oh my God, did you

hear that?

I'm like...

Thank you guys so much.

So I'm doing a full, I'm doing a

half horizontal vertical.

Great.

Thank you so kindly.

You guys can sit down.

I appreciate your time very much.

Thank you.

Thank you guys.

Thank you.

Thank you.

We'll move them in.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Tammy, I need individual shots of the paper

goods.

Sorry.

Oh, no worries.

Thank you.

50.

I'm using the 50 millimeter right now.

My settings are 4.0, 1,000th of

a second.

100 ISO.

I'm gonna go to 1,600th of a

second, F4.0. I'm getting the winery in

the background.

It's really bright right now.

So I'm gonna shoot it from one side

and I'm gonna flip to the other side.

This is not the side that I want.

I can already tell.

The shadows are way too pronounced.

So I'm gonna flip it on that side.

I already got that shot.

I'm gonna get some...

The individual photos of each piece.

I'm gonna need to make sure that the

piece is in the center of the frame

and the lower portion of the frame.

This light is not ideal, like remotely.

And I just have to deal with it.

I have nothing to reflect back light into

the shaded area.

So I'm just gonna try to expose for

the highlights and then bring up the low

lights later.

Okay.

Can you do gas shots?

Yeah.

So what just happened was you saw a

full out sprint to capture ceremony details.

I'm sure it probably wasn't the nicest person.

I think somebody might've even thought a little

myth that I asked them to move.

But if I pissed off one person to

get the photos that I needed it, I'm

gonna be okay with it.

And I'll make sure and make it up

to her at a later point in time.

I'm gonna ask her to pose for one

of my photos and hopefully make a friend

out of a potential enemy.

So we're gonna back up.

We're about to start the ceremony.

Guests are seated.

The bride should be coming out in the

next five to eight minutes, depending on how

close you run to the not timeline.

The thing that I'm really noticing is how

harsh the light is.

It is noon in June in Sonoma.

It is hot and it is very bright.

I'm gonna try to make the best of

it as I can, but I have to

know truth be told, we're gonna get harsh

shadows.

We're gonna get a lot of people squinting.

Let's see, they're gonna be exposed differently.

Like, so Taylor will be looking at Samantha

and Samantha will be looking at Taylor.

We're gonna get odd shadows on both their

faces.

There's nothing I can do about it.

I'm gonna try to expose for the highlights

and bring up the lowlights later.

That's the way that I have a tendency

of shooting.

But if there's any possibility of them looking

out into the audience when their faces turn

and they're exposed both at the same, that's

gonna be my preference.

I feel like I'm a little bit stressed

because the magazine is wanting sneak peek photos

from the ceremony by 3.30 today.

We've done the math, it's noon, and they

want photos in about three hours.

So we have a lot of work to

do.

We have our work cut out for us,

but I'm just gonna hope for the best.

The wind is a factor.

It keeps on bringing down some of the

flowers on top of the ceremony, on top

of the altar.

If that happens, we're just gonna roll with

it.

And as guests keep on coming in, I'm

gonna try to shoot them as candidly as

I possibly can, but because of the time

I got so cut, I had about three

minutes to shoot the ceremony and I didn't

get the usual 10 to 15 minutes that

I usually get.

We're just gonna roll with it and hopefully

during cocktail hour, we'll be able to get

candids of guests.

So that's where we stand now.

I'll be positioning myself for the bride and

groom to walk down.

The way that we're gonna position it is

I will be standing at the front using

the 70 to 200.

Jay will be standing at the back using

the 70 to 200 or the 24 to

70, depending on his angle.

So we're gonna head to that right now.

I'm gonna be at the end of the

aisle shooting tight.

Tammy will be next to me with the

50.

So she'll get the wider shot.

But I think it would be a cool

shot for you to be to the left

of the altar so that you get their

kiss.

So you- But facing the background is

the vineyard.

No.

The backyard is the house.

The back is their guests.

Got it.

So just a kiss from the back and

then shooting it tight and then shooting it

wide.

And then as they walk back, getting people

like all excited and then you run and

then pick us up back here.

Got it.

Okay, cool.

Got it.

Okay.

Nice.

Are you gonna stop it for a kiss,

most likely?

I will try.

Okay.

Okay.

So what's going on right now with the

frame is that I usually don't shoot with

a third shooter.

So since I have a third shooter, I'm

gonna go for a shot that we don't

normally get and we're gonna see if it

works.

So I'm gonna keep Tammy, our third shooter,

back in the back of the aisle even

though I know that I can get the

shot that I want and I'll feel good

with it.

But I wanna give JD a cool angle

from shooting something that we don't normally which

is behind the bride and groom to see

if they can get the guests and the

venue in the background.

If it works, that's great.

But if not, we're gonna be totally solidly

covered on both ends.

So that'll be it.

So one thing I just wanna take into

consideration real quick is I will always position

myself in relation to where the videographer is.

Anise, the videographer, was located behind the altar.

So I just wanna stand wherever she's standing.

I don't want the two of us to

be two different anchors within the frame.

So I will probably be shooting from behind

the altar as they walk down.

That is gonna be extraordinarily difficult because I

don't have a natural reflector bouncing light back

on them unless it's the grass.

And so I just need to be conscious

that the photos may have a green tint

to them.

We're trying to fix that and post as

quick as possible.

I'm always standing behind the altar and I

get them a straight on shot and the

minute that the exchange is done in between

the father and daughter, I'll get out of

the way and I don't really stand up

to the front too much after that.

For the rest of the ceremony, I'll be

standing in the center of the aisle once

or maybe twice.

And I usually stand on each side to

get reaction shots and details as it unfolds.

So that's the game plan as of right

now.

And because the coordinator will want these photos

later for social media, I wanna make sure

that I take care of her in that

respect.

I'm shooting with a 7200 2.8. Because

there's like sun is like overhead, I need

to be shooting.

I'm shooting at 640th of a second, 125

ISO.

Thank you.

And they're so extraordinarily sidelight right now.

So J.D. is getting the shot of

Taylor right now.

J.D. is getting Taylor's reaction.

So I'm not feeling pressure to get that.

I'm gonna hold my ground for this position

of the bride walking out with her dad.

Welcome, everyone.

Please take your seats.

We are gathered here this afternoon to celebrate

the love and marriage of Taylor Sinclair and

Samantha Karrasch.

Speaking of love, on behalf of the couple,

I'd like to thank all of you who

have come from near and far, or in

this case, more like far and farther, to

be here for this special day.

For those that don't know me, I'm Tim

Owen, and I had the pleasure of being

friends and a roommate with Sam and Taylor

for the last few years.

And I was honored when they asked me

to officiate today.

And I feel like I'm a good man

for the job because I was able to

know them each individually and also see their

relationship up close.

And sometimes in that little apartment, it was

a little too close.

But any relationship that started with baseball is

perfect in my book.

In my time living with them, I got

to see the qualities and quirks that everyone

that knows them will recognize.

I saw Taylor as a calm, quiet, stereotypical

Midwesterner, at least when he wasn't watching her

playing sports or stuck in an L.A.

track jam.

Samantha is a cute, bubbly young lady with

a great sense of style and a heart

of gold, but can be quite the dictator

in terms of closet space.

But what I was most lucky to see

living with them was the things they did

for each other, the way they treated each

other.

And you haven't seen true love until you've

seen a girl trying to swing a golf

club the size of her.

And a man's man from Iowa straightened 19

turquoise couch pillows because it's important to their

partner.

Lastly, but more seriously, Sam was a rock

for Taylor when she helped him move out

to Southern California and start his life and

his career.

And Taylor has done the same in return

when Sam has had to quit her job

to be with her mom in a time

of need.

It was for these reasons, that as soon

as I got to know them, that I

saw that Sam and Taylor had the foundation

of love and friendship that all couples need

to succeed.

Each and every one of us has bared

witness to this and have seen how easy

it is for them to love each other.

It is this simplicity that reminds me of

a short excerpt of advice that I would

like to share from the literary classic, All

I Really Need to Know I Learned in

Kindergarten.

Share everything.

Play fair.

Don't hit people.

Clean up your own mess.

Say sorry when you hurt somebody.

Wash your hands before you eat.

Flush.

Warm cookies and cold milk are good for

you.

Take a nap every afternoon.

Did Taylor write this?

Right.

Learn some and think some.

Draw and paint and sing and dance and

play and work every day some.

And last but not least, no matter how

old you are, when you go into the

world, it is best to hold hands and

stick together.

At the end of the day, that's what

marriage is all about.

Grabbing your loved one by the hand and

knowing that you are taking everything in life,

all the challenges and the accomplishments together.

So with that said, we need to bless

this marriage.

So we need to take each other's hands

like you've already done.

You guys are way ahead of me.

Check.

Yep.

Okay.

These are the hands of your best friend,

young and strong and full of love for

you that are holding yours on your wedding

day as you promise to love each other

today, tomorrow and forever.

These are the hands that will work alongside

yours as together you build your future.

These are the hands that will passionately love

you and cherish you through the years and

with the slightest touch will comfort you like

no other.

These are the hands that will hold you

when fear or grief fills your mind.

These are the hands that will countless times

wipe the tears from your eyes.

Tears of sorrow and tears of joy.

These are the hands that will tenderly hold

your children.

These are the hands that will help you

to hold your family as one.

These are the hands that will give you

strength when you need it.

And lastly, these are the hands that even

when wrinkled and aged will still be reaching

for yours, still giving you the same unspoken

tenderness with just a touch.

Thank you, I just did.

That in mind, time to exchange vows.

The couple has chosen to repeat their vows

after me because as we can see, there's

no way that Sam would have gotten through

it if she rode her own and had

to deliver them.

No way.

So Taylor, please repeat after me.

I'll try.

I, Taylor, take you, Samantha, to be my

beloved wife.

I, Taylor, take you, Samantha, to be my

beloved wife.

To have and to hold you.

To have and to hold you.

To honor and to treasure you.

To honor and to treasure you.

To be at your side in sorrow and

in joy.

To be at your side in sorrow and

in joy.

And to love and cherish you always.

And to love and cherish you always.

I promise you this from my heart.

I promise you this from my heart.

For all the days of my life.

For all the days of my life.

Let's get some Taylor shots.

Yeah, please.

Sam, repeat after me.

I, Samantha, take you, Taylor, to be my

beloved husband.

I, Samantha, take you, Taylor, to be my

beloved husband.

To have and to hold you.

To have and to hold you.

To honor and to treasure you.

To honor and to treasure you.

To be at your side in sorrow and

in joy.

To be at your side in sorrow and

in joy.

And to love and cherish you always.

And to love and cherish you always.

I promise you this from my heart.

Clearly, I promise you this from my heart.

For all the days of my life.

For all the days of my life.

Awesome.

May I have the rings, please?

I have not.

First time.

Taylor, please answer me.

Sir, go ahead.

Thank you.

Beautiful.

Thank you.

Okay, repeat after me and then place the

ring on Sam's finger.

Which one?

With this ring, I be wed.

With this ring, I be wed.

All right, Sam.

Repeat after me and place the ring on

Taylor's finger.

With this ring, I be wed.

With this ring, I be wed.

Samantha and Taylor, throughout this ceremony, you have

vowed in our presence to be loving and

loyal to one another.

It is my pleasure to pronounce you husband

and wife.

You may now kiss the bride.

Come here.

Thank you.

Mail down.

Dad, just hold that.

It's coming up as our reception anyways.

Keep it.

Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair.

Hey!

Thank you.

Tammy, Tammy, Tammy, come.

Heck yes, heck yes.

So where we are is at the end

of the ceremony just a couple things I

kind of want to bring up to speed

is the fact that you saw that we

had about a minute and a half to

shoot all of the details and that is

not a stretch of my exaggeration it is

literally what we had but I felt like

I was able to approach it with confidence

in retrospect in the moment I felt like

oh my god oh my god I think

I'm gonna die right now but I think

in retrospect what I can say is I

know how I shoot it I get a

wide vertical I get a tight vertical I

get a wide horizontal I get a tight

horizontal I shoot it halfway down the aisle

and I shoot it up towards the front

of the aisle I was able to get

the individual details up at the altar and

I was able to get programs along the

way that was all I was able to

do but thankfully that was all that was

there for us to shoot so in that

respect boom we got it done we nailed

what we knew we we should nail there

was it uncomfortable asking people to move absolutely

what did it make me feel like everybody

was staring me and I hate that kind

of feeling absolutely but I took what I

had and I had to make it work

because I had no other option and there

wasn't anybody behind me being like hey you

should be doing this or hey you should

be doing that it was like hey what

time is it oh my god guests are

being seated right now and when as we

were running out guests were actually being seated

another thing that kind of was presented was

outside of it being extraordinarily bright and having

really harsh shadows we had I think there's

a total of six different video teams here

today some for press some for the not

some for cake wars a show on cable

there was a lot going on so instead

of me trying to crop everything out of

the background I simply let it be because

this is the wedding it is an absolutely

tech intensive video intensive and lifestyle intensive wedding

so I'm not going to be concerned with

all of the other elements that were going

on in the background lastly I did understand

that there were going to be harsh shadows

across the brides and grooms face but I

did the best I could and I made

sure that I had at least a few

frames where the bride was looking out so

that she was illuminated the groom was looking

out so that he was illuminated and they

weren't falling each other's shadows I also made

sure that I got an aisle shot down

the center with the Sun on their faces

both illuminated the same way so I can

meet her for it I got the sky

I got the hills I got the vineyards

and then I got their guests in the

photo as far as that is concerned as

long as I have these kind of key

elements them looking at each other an overall

view a tight view exchanging of the rings

and a kiss which we all got I

will feel okay with it will the entire

gallery look exactly how I want it to

be probably not but will I get enough

to curate the story both from an editorial

perspective both from the slideshow and both from

a blog perspective which turns into marketing the

answer is yes so for that I hold

my solace do I think I could do

better job yeah I do but I was

doing the best I could given with what

I was given and with that I'll say

I'm doing okay