I’m happy to say I’m back at Sheridan College for a second Wedding Photography Course! Lots of things on the agenda like an engagement shoot and several wedding photo shoots that I’m looking forward to!
This week our class was in for a special treat as we had Krista Fox visit to share with us her experience as a wedding photographer, a field in which she has worked for about fourteen years now.
Krista is based in Toronto but over the years has been covering a lot of destination weddings in exotic parts of the world such as the Bahamas and Costa Rica as well as New York and Tofino among other places. There is something about Krista’s work that captured me right away, something different and extraordinary. An aerial and luminous quality that draws you in but it’s also the locations in which she often photographs her couples that make her pictures stand out. One thing I learned from her that night is that sometimes you need to convince your couples to go the extra mile because, as she says it’s “just outside the comfort zone that magic is made”. And once more I realized that it’s also the time of day which can be critical to achieving that luminous and transparent look which are a trademark of Krista’s work. She often asks her couples to grant her about 15 or 20 minutes on their wedding day to take advantage of the beautiful golden light which, on clear days, you often get around two hours before sunset.
Krista recently took the picture below at a destination wedding in Malibu during those golden hours of the day…and she convinced her couple - bride in a mermaid dress with a full skirt - to do some - not insignificant - rock climbing to get to this incredible vantage point! I think everyone can agree that the result was well worth the effort!
This week our class was in for a special treat as we had Krista Fox visit to share with us her experience as a wedding photographer, a field in which she has worked for about fourteen years now.
Krista is based in Toronto but over the years has been covering a lot of destination weddings in exotic parts of the world such as the Bahamas and Costa Rica as well as New York and Tofino among other places. There is something about Krista’s work that captured me right away, something different and extraordinary. An aerial and luminous quality that draws you in but it’s also the locations in which she often photographs her couples that make her pictures stand out. One thing I learned from her that night is that sometimes you need to convince your couples to go the extra mile because, as she says it’s “just outside the comfort zone that magic is made”. And once more I realized that it’s also the time of day which can be critical to achieving that luminous and transparent look which are a trademark of Krista’s work. She often asks her couples to grant her about 15 or 20 minutes on their wedding day to take advantage of the beautiful golden light which, on clear days, you often get around two hours before sunset.
Krista recently took the picture below at a destination wedding in Malibu during those golden hours of the day…and she convinced her couple - bride in a mermaid dress with a full skirt - to do some - not insignificant - rock climbing to get to this incredible vantage point! I think everyone can agree that the result was well worth the effort!