Friday 17 December 2010

Katie & David

Katie & David  married at Parkland Quendon Hall, Essex on December 4th 2010.
It was really great seeing Katie again, as she was Brides maid back in 2008 for Sasha & Jean-Pierre.
This was my last wedding of 2010 and knew it was going to be a special day, and it was!

Below are a few shots from the day, feel free to leave me a (nice) comment at the bottom of this page ;-)
See you again very soon,

Scott Gilbert x


 Above shot using 70's outdated film emulsion - I love the faded creamy whites.
 Above shot warmer toned
 Above - a straight 400 iso film emulsion






























Thursday 16 December 2010

Sunny 16 Rule - photography rule - FYI


Sunny 16 rule

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In photography, the Sunny 16 rule (also known as the Sunny f/16 rule)
is a method of estimating correct daylight exposures without a light meter.
Apart from the obvious advantage of independence from a light meter, t
he Sunny 16 rule can also aid in achieving correct exposure of difficult subjects.
As the rule is based on incident light, rather than reflected light as with most camera light meters,
very bright or very dark subjects are compensated for.
The rule serves as amnemonic for the camera settings obtained on a sunny day using the exposure value (EV) system.
The basic rule is, "On a sunny day set aperture to f/16 and shutter speed to the [reciprocal of the] ISO film speed
[or ISO setting]. For example:

  • On a sunny day and with ISO 100 film / setting in the camera, one sets the aperture to f/16
  • and the shutter speed to 1/100 or 1/125 second (on most cameras 1/125 second is the available 
  • setting nearest to 1/100 second).

  • On a sunny day with ISO 200 film / setting and aperture at f/16, set shutter speed to 1/200 or 1/250.

  • On a sunny day with ISO 400 film / setting and aperture at f/16, set shutter speed to 1/400 or 1/500.

As with other light readings, shutter speed can be changed as long as the f-number is altered to compensate,
e.g. 1/250 second at f/11 gives equivalent exposure to 1/125 second at f/16.

An elaborated form of the Sunny 16 rule is to set shutter speed nearest to the reciprocal of the ISO /
setting and f-number according to this table:
ApertureLighting ConditionsShadow Detail
f/22Snow/SandDark with sharp edges
f/16SunnyDistinct
f/11Slight OvercastSoft around edges
f/8OvercastBarely visible
f/5.6Heavy OvercastNo shadows
f/4Open Shade/SunsetNo shadows
Add One StopBacklightingn/a

Wednesday 15 December 2010

Jennifer & Andrew

Jennifer & Andrew got married at St.Peters Church Papworth Everard with the reception at The Cambridge Belfy on 27th November 2010.
It was a totally brilliant day, awesome guest's (more on the guest later) and an awesome couple.
It was at this wedding that i fell into an open piece of ground whilst i was shooting  Jennifer walking through the church yard towards the doors. Thank god it wasn't an open grave ;-)  So if anyone was wondering why i was limping all day, now you know!

Thanks to Rev. Steven Day for allowing me to shoot during his service, as I am finding more churches restricting photography. We had a brief chat and i know Steven does photography himself.




It was a rather chilly day so the family formals where kept to a minimum,  everyone wanted to get to the Belfy to celebrate. Also a huge thanks to Jennifer & Andrew for seating me at the wedding breakfast, very kind indeed! And a huge "HELLO" to Chris & Amy, Michelle & Aiyan and Naomi (good luck with the arrival of your baby) who had the privilege  of my company ;-) I also had a good chat with 'Mike' about camera's.  Jennifer's friend Katie sang the first dance song.. Well Done Katie!  All in all a super Day.

Monday 29 November 2010

Robin & James

Robin & James (Jim) married on November 2010 at Anstey Hall, Cambridge.
A really great day, the first wedding this year where i could really see the loss of light by 3.30pm.
It was rather cold too, but lucky we only had to shoot a few formal photos which took all of a few minutes. So thanks for braving the icy winds gang ;-)
Heres a couple of shots. from the day.












These next few shots have been processed using my infrared warm film script. Gives the shots a classic film look.