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Jo and Claro’s Wedding

Jo and Claro's wedding at Our Lady of Angels Church in Woodbridge, VA ©TimeLine Media

For Valentine’s Day, here is a post from Jo and Claro’s Wedding. Previously, I posted about an engagement session I did with them in DC. Luckily, they had as beautiful a wedding day weather as they had for their engagement photos. Firstly, I met the bride at the Hilton in Springfield, VA.

Springfield, Virginia

The bride and her bridesmaids were getting ready at the hotel. Later that day, this hotel would be the site for the reception. I started photographing her family and friends there.

Woodbridge, Virginia

Once everyone in the bridal party was ready, we drove to Woodbridge, Virginia for the ceremony. The rest of their friends and family gathered at Our Lady of Angels Church. Straightaway, the festivities began in full! Of course they were having fun getting ready, but joining everyone else brought lots of energy. Because I grew up seeing Claro’s family often, I had a great time photographing all the activties!

Jo and Claro's Wedding
Jo and Claro's Wedding
Jo and Claro's Wedding
Jo and Claro's Wedding
Jo and Claro's Wedding

Jo was a beautiful bride! Claro was good too I guess đŸ™‚

Jo and Claro's wedding at Our Lady of Angels Church in Woodbridge, VA ©TimeLine Media
Jo and Claro's Wedding at Our Lady of Angels Church in Woodbridge, VA ©TimeLine Media
Jo and Claro’s Wedding in Woodbridge, VA

Occoquan, Virginia

After the ceremony, we stopped in Occoquan for some bridal party photos. Since it was on the way to the reception site, we had a convenient stop there. This picturesque little town is a beautiful setting especially in the later afternoon. Then, we headed to the big party!

Jo and Claro's Wedding
Jo and Claro's Wedding
Jo and Claro's Wedding

Hilton Springfield Reception

The ballroom was an appropriate venue for these two. Especially since they had their first date at the restaurant in the same building! Dinner, dancing, and lots of photos – it was an awesome day for photos! Congratulations you two – we wish you the best for the future!

Jo and Claro's Wedding

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Panoramic Images – FujiFilm X100s

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Extended Photos

In going through more of the features of the FujiFilm X100s, I have found another feature that adds value and usefulness from a digital SLR camera. In the menu system where you select the drive of the shutter, you can choose the panoramic function. This works exactly the same as the panoramic feature of the iOS camera app from the Apple iPhone. When this is selected, the back of the camera will give you an arrow to show you the direction to pan the camera to make the image. After clicking the shutter, you can hear the camera making multiple images. Afterwards you move the camera from left to right.

Panoramic Images

The X100s has some advantages over the smartphone app. If you leave the camera in completely manual mode, you can set the aperture and shutter speed. In this case each component image is consistent with the one right next to it. The camera does process the panorama very quickly, so you can quickly preview to see any problems that may require you to retry. I wish that it would be possible work with RAW files with this mode, but that is not an option. Only 1 JPG is made from each panorama. The X100s also has a really good grid overlay on the screen as you make the panorama which helps to keep the horizon straight! This is implemented much better on the x100s than the phone – my horizons were much straighter throughout with less cropping needed from the top or bottom.

©TimeLine Media - Panoramic image of Occoquan River
©TimeLine Media – Panoramic image of Occoquan River

This is a welcome feature that I will definitely be using more. Couple the ease and speed with which you can create panoramic images with the image quality from the sensor, and you have another tool to make unique images. Let me know if you do this by stitching with software, or using a smartphone. I am sure there are lots of techniques and tips that would make this even better!

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