Wedding Fairmont Hotel San Jose Fish Eye Lens images
OK I have to admit, that I don’t own this lens. The father of the bride, believe it or not, was the owner of this awesome Nikon fish eye lens. I would kill for this lens. But I guess I got lucky because I didn’t have to as he didn’t have any problems with me using the lens through out the day.
I do like fish eye lenses so the reason I don’t have one has nothing to do with a dislike. In fact, I can’t think of a reason that I don’t have one, other than I have never gotten around to ever buying one. I have plenty of space in my carrying case. I do have a nice wide angle that doesn’t do the fish-eye thingy….ok I’m starting to go off in a tangent….’nuff of me ramblin’ – on to the pics…
As you know we always try and film the bride coming out of the limo and going into where the wedding ceremony is going to be. This pic is taken in front of St. Joseph’s Cathedral in San Jose, CA. LOL my associate is in the background there taking the bride as she walks up. I could have easily erased him from the photo. Probably, if the bride chose the image for an album he would be erase. But for my purposes here it’s not crucial.
Wedding photo from inside of St. Joseph’s Cathedral during the wedding ceremony. The fish eye really came in handy on this one. I’m glad the father of the bride let me use it.
St. Joseph’s Cathedral has an incredible dome on top. This truly is one of the most awesome’ist churches I have ever had the privelage of shooting a wedding. Keep in mind I also got many close ups but for this purposes, I mainly wanted to show off the fish eye lens.
Details shots….gotta love them detail shots…….
The groom was looking quite dapper. So by now we are at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose, CA. Actually right down the street from the church. It’s so convenient that everybody walks from the church to the Fairmont for the wedding reception. I found this nice little spot just out of the North Entrance on the side of the cause-way. The lighting was quite good. The groom had an nice, organic, natural look about him.
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Ok so now inside the Fairmont Hotel’s Club Regent Room. It’s just to the left as you enter the Hotel from the main entrance. This room has a stage and is quite large. I believe it holds about 300 guests. LOL, I just checked their web site and my guess was correct. It fits 300 guests. Here is a blurb from Fairmont’s web site
Club Regent
The 3800-square-foot Club Regent is octagonal-shaped and features a built-in stage. Slightly elevated balconies circling the perimeter of the room provide excellent sight lines to the stage below. Greco-Roman murals grace the walls to create a very unique and versatile space. Perfect for meetings up to 300 guests.
These are the kinds of quick and dirty shots I get as I cover your wedding reception. I know the term ‘quick and dirty’ sounds derrogatory, but what it means is simply, that I don’t spend alot of time doing these types of shots. In fact, I’m bascially just making the rounds of the room…..snapping away.
I don’t own the fish-eye, but if enough of my brides request it, I will invest in one. The wide angle I do have is nice as well. You would get similar angle and similar quality to what you see here.
awe, those detail shots of the wedding cake. I try and always use natural light. After all, I bill myself as an ORGANIC and edgy wedding photographer. Which means, I like things natural, including the light. Of course I use flash too, but the trick is to make it look natural.
I hope you enjoyed this tour of the fish-eye lens along with wedding images of St. Joseph’s Church and the Fairmont Hotel, both in San Jose, CA.
Read MoreNaturalistic and Organic Images of Nicole and Sam. Embassy Suites San Rafael, CA
Do you like organic and naturalistic wedding photos? If so, then you might want to take a look at these wonderful wedding photos I took of Nicole and Sam. They are a wonderful couple who got married at the San Rafael, CA EMBASSY SUITES hotel on McGinnis Parkway. If you are going to shoot a wedding entirely indoors, then this is the hotel you want it to be. All of the elements came into perfect play and the stars were certainly aligned. Great wedding location, great looking couple [oh the bride...don't get me started WOW!]. You will see by these wedding pictures that they had the most wonderful time and truly enjoyed their wedding day!
The day started with the bride coming down the elevator to meet the groom. I call this my ‘FIRST GLANCE’. This is something that I set up prior to knowing that the couple wishes to see each other prior to the ceremony on the wedding day.
Keep in mind that I take over one thousand wedding images on your day. So what you are seeing here is only the TIP OF THE EYEBERG so to speak. The good news is that since the wedding albums run 20 to 30 pages, it is very easy to pick out only your favorite pictures…like what I have done here….
Believe it or not, this was only me shooting. I didn’t not have an associate photographer with me this day. Even without, I am still able to get many different angles for the bride.
Ok, so after they had their first glance and exchanges kisses and whatnot, we started doing posed shots. Their bridal party was quite large, which is why we started a few hours earlier. We managed to get all of the posed shots out of the way before the ceremony. This means the couple is able to enjoy the wedding more and mingle with the guests during the cocktail hour.
What a lovely couple.
This is one of my trademark shots. Well not really but I do this angle a lot.
Did I mention that the groom is PERSIAN? I love doing Multi Cultural Weddings. I learn a lot about different ethnicities and cultures. Experiencing it first hand like this really takes you off to another place. The power of love and spirit is AWESOME!
The bride comes down the aisle! I take MANY shots of this sequence! And I love seeing the grooms reaction! Even with the first glance, you can feel the emotion on Sam’s face.
Got some great journalistic shots during the ceremony. They exchanged such passionate looks. I felt a shiver going down my spine. Well, maybe more like a tingle.
Below: one of my favorite shots! Persian weddings are much fun.
The ceremony ran for about 45 minutes. The kiss at the end was very passionate.
CAN YOU FEEL THE JOY?
After the ceremony, we did some really quick shots outside. However, the couple really wanted to enjoy their wedding so we didn’t spend more than 10 minutes taking a few shots in the natural light.
The ceremony was off the hook. Anybody that knows about Persian weddings knows that the dancing is insane. And everybody knows the words to all the songs! Lots of arms in the air and everyone having the best time! I actually even sang some karaoke. Unbeknownst to the bride, when they played the Journey song, Don’t Stop Believin’, I grabbed the mic from the DJ and was singing it too. Some people didn’t notice but when they did, they were like…. YAH… YOU GO GUY!
The couple truly had a wonderful time and it’s weddings like this that make me want to do this again and again. After 19+ years I still have not lost my LOVE OF being a wedding photographer.
I took almost 1500 shots of the wedding. I will be posting more RECEPTION shots later. This is all I could gather for now.
I had a great time working with the other wedding vendors that day.
Read MoreYank Sing Wedding Photos
WOW! Another great wedding. Anna and Vi got married at the Yank Sing restaurant which sits in the atrium of 101 Spear Street in San Francisco, CA. The entire wedding was at this one location. Here are some of my favorite pics of the event.
yank sing wedding photo
yank sing wedding photo
I get a kick out of these traditional Asian weddings and I really enjoy shooting them. I’m working on Anna and Vi’s wedding album and wedding video now and will update this blog with images as they become available.
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