Wedding Kim & Jeff - Bali
November 26th, 2009
2009 was a year with a lot of weddings (and it is not finished) As I explain on my site, what I love about weddings is the variety of situations and people who are there to share a time to party, there are many different photographic opportunities.
I will talk more in detail about any marriage that most impressed me this year (of course with the permission of the concerned).
To start with this post: I have a slightly different cover marriage, the first part took place in Belgium, the second Bali. The reason is that the grooms family lived for some in Europe and the other in the U.S. result, the couple decided to get married in Bali, for that matter, as in all cases, part of the family should be a long haul flight to come to attend the wedding.
They asked me a year ago and a half to be their photographer on site.
The first week I stayed in the same hotel as them, to be present to capture different times, which really allowed me to take my time to produce images exactly as I wanted, all in a tropical paradise.
I had already made in Belgium for quite a few engagement photos of the couple relax in summer: the advantage of this pre-session is also to see how it goes with the bride and groom in front of the goal and create a climate confidence.
Well, to be honest, this wedding coverage Bali has made me feel more like a vacation with friends and being a privileged witness of their union, than work.
I brought lots of pictures, my usual average of 750 for a full day has quickly multiplied by the number of days spent with the newlyweds. I propose here a small selection of images made for this wedding (displayed directly in the post due to some requests in this direction) deliberately focused on married selection. 
The wedding itself was chouettement relaxed while being super classy in a rented the oceanfront villa. The couple had managed to distance the organization by hiring a wedding planner and everything was planned to build a small bridge over the swimming pool, so that Kim can pass through heading towards the platform where the ceremony took place. Guests side sixty nearby super pleased with the opportunity to come to Bali for the wedding and have planned their holidays there before or after.
I will not spread me on the technical side in this post I'll talk about in a second post dedicated to the equipment carried and some pictures of the rest of the stay.
To summarize:
Nikon D3, a 14mm 2.8, a 50mm 1.4, a 85 1.4 and 80 Tilt Volna I rarely used two flash SB that were helpful in the evening. As usual not flash during the day. Backups and skimming were made on site As a Netbook bought for the occasion (Samsung N510), I also discussed more fully on this in the next post.
Engagement pictures
Marriage
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Two days after the wedding, I went to the north to find the tracking for rice terraces. Easier said than done, paddy fields are found as you want, the terrace is another story. It was also the place is available for a minimum Kim in her dress.
The idea I wanted to make a "trash the dress" with married a few days after the wedding, ie redo some pictures in wedding dress and suit in a super different context, outside ceremony, food, friends, all that leaves damaging to some clothes along the way.
It was served, as it is just before the meeting with them, near Tengallalang (yes, I too have struggled to say and hold) as "opportunity" to 3 weeks Bali, we had 25 minutes of intense tropical rain, real good resistance test equipment in real conditions. Kim and Jeff have played the game and were not afraid to get wet, no pun intended.
The D3 has pretty much been abused during these three weeks and especially during this shoot with the bride and groom (see the video to realize), but also in the mud, a lot of dust, sand, water Wed, various shocks, but he stuck it out without a problem.
Thank you to Kim & Jeff first for giving me this opportunity, and also for their permission to share these images with you!
Trash the dress
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Backstage
More wedding images and information available on my portfolio wedding
November 26th, 2009 at 9:04
We need to comment on that? Haha. Only complaint I could make: The video is not in HD and is not stable: p
November 26th, 2009 at 9:06
It's fresh, varied, really beautiful! Nice work
We really like seeing several sessions in one, as you knew varied styles although it was with the same people
Plus they seem to have done a great marriage!
November 26th, 2009 at 9:08
November 26th, 2009 at 9:13
This awesome wedding! Pictures of commitment are superb, and they are beautiful wedding. The very very very nice job!
November 26th, 2009 at 9:20
You see! you post at 9:00 and 9:04 you already have a fan
there not great once more!
November 26th, 2009 at 9:22
I am a fan!
It's like traveling the stories!
November 26th, 2009 at 9:25
Truly magical!
November 26th, 2009 at 9:50
It's just sublime Benjamin
Yeah really beautiful!!!
November 26th, 2009 at 10:28
Clap, clap, clap! I'm speechless! Magic! Thank you for sharing.
November 26th, 2009 at 10:40
gorgeous!
Ah to be a critical minimum, I do not like 1165
but it's really to say sth 
It must be great as experience anyway!
November 26th, 2009 at 11:11
You're awesome Benjamin!
November 27th, 2009 at 24:46
Excellent!!
The crossing of rice is not yet your specialty but the rest is nickel!!
I saw that the D3 and 14 have been rinsed ... they have all come clean
November 27th, 2009 at 1:47
Wow slap all these colors! You manage there's nothing to say.
November 27th, 2009 at 2:46
Awesome! Me like me like me like!
There's a lot of great pictures but this one even when she rips http://www.photob.be/images/2009/kim&jeff/BEN_6724.jpg and of course that of TTD! Congratulations
November 27th, 2009 at 8:45
Downright stunning!
November 27th, 2009 at 10:32
Puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurée Ben, great art again, we're all hippies! You create life as we would like it to be!
November 27th, 2009 at 11:00
Nothing to say except "The video is not in HD and is not stable: p" and I agree.
treatment is sublime.
Bravo, my top ten wedding photographers.
November 27th, 2009 at 11:16
So there! Coast wedding, high level!
Images ... as usual, superb, not to mention the place that has allowed you to let go of many colors and lights you. I love it!
For cons, the loose for basquettes groom .... I like way but hey, it brings a side décallé this marriage had strung air from A to Z.
November 27th, 2009 at 24:06
Reassures me Benjamin,
It you happen to miss some
November 27th, 2009 at 3:10
Beautiful portraits in a sublime environment ... But the two horizons that lean is a shame.
November 27th, 2009 at 4:17
Nickel as usual 'images
I especially like it in the rain because we realize how the rain just adds a new "material" to your images. A dig perhaps ...
If you put too much water in our mouth with the "package" photo you put us at the beginning there. There we want to see more .... including that of the pool with flash and face the girl out of the water.
Anyway good luck again for this new stage of professional independence.
PS: It's over the pictures in a new window "scroll"
November 27th, 2009 at 4:27
super top treatment! Great job as usual!
November 27th, 2009 at 6:52
Since the time that awaits this series.
Congratulations artist.
So my marriage ... marriage is not seen too much and it's pretty standard (except the frame) ... but the commitment yum. I love
The pictures of the pool, I'd like to see in the thumbnail that appears in your jumble where the bride's hair falls
And my favorites are the ones you made after the rice fields: brilliant idea .. it's colorful, high contrast, wet
These photos are alive and mini story tribute to them.
Thank you and you explode you well .. (Highly technical report of the adventure)
November 27th, 2009 at 7:36
Hi,
nice update and great story.
Rich, colorful, atmosphere and energizes.
Not against there one that denotes the rest of the series (and quite important to the married sense (but I guess you have others that moment: it is that of the stage of the kiss (just before the float glasses.) The bdb seems a little weird, grass very dull and very white sky.
I think the light would be very special, but the device could not restore all cons-day / sun side of the unit (not the back).
But still tip top.
Alex
November 28th, 2009 at 10:00
again a good job, you made way from MP.
November 28th, 2009 at 11:46
Ben, your pics are superb and inspire your photography. Continually I am impressed how You have a way to capture the inner beauty of all of your subjects. Vive Bali, friendship and eternal happiness to Kim and Jeff. As you rise to fame photography, I will continue to cheer you on and sing your praises.
November 28th, 2009 at 12:52
Great pictures bravo.
I hope one day to come to your level 
November 28th, 2009 at 5:26
One word: GREAT!
November 28th, 2009 at 9:52
Moultes congratulations. Reassures months, we must not stop the photo, there is hope for all. Such a level, gives me 1, the desire to go further and Loint 2 question myself about the technique that I use and everything else of course.
Thank you to you for this excellent work evidence.
Jer.
November 29th, 2009 at 1:14
Congratulations again Ben
it stings, and it rocks!
Even with a D3, I would have been afraid in the rain! I hate to get my 1D4
it's nice of video content.
When will follow by email? RSS not practice!
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:49
I admire your work too! Congratulations
For the first photo, I remember that I have already seen it somewhere! This was where?
Thank you to you for your excellent work
kikou
December 3rd, 2009 at 6:33
Hi,
! And your logo caught my eye ... No, I have not copied, sworn-spit, I just left the logo spot metering my D700 
...
A long time I spend regularly in the corner without saying hello ... So here, hello
Rather admire your work, and the freshness that emerges ... Technical mastery, originality look, and complicity with your models (married and others). In one word, it's called TALENT.
I wish you a great start in this new life ... I am convinced that there is still room for the picture quality, even if the need for a strong network is certainly much more sense at the time where the gear picture was not yet democratized ... A great experience, would motivate me to do the same almost
...
A +
The DeD
December 4th, 2009 at 3:20
Well frankly, I think that gives you a real vitality to the wedding photo.
After around a lot of sites dedicated to the most beautiful day of our lives (well, not specifically for me ..) I've never seen anything of this kind.
Great job of components, for editing and processing
This is not to make sterile compliments, but I think you draw the photographers up and you motivates us to move forward. In any case, this is what inspires me when I visit your blog, even if I do not exercise at all in the same style about.
thank you
December 8th, 2009 at 9:03
In fact, little question the way ... Well, the choice of objectives is something very personal and varies from one photographer to another according habits. It's been a while since I want to throw myself into the water and go fixed at 100% (I opted for a versatile 24-70 and 70-200 when I bought my D700 solution), but when I see my use of my 24-70 in marriage, I wonder how do without this optical ...
I feel like spending the fixed optical ultra bright, mainly for creativity offered by the full opening, but I'm a little worried about the "in situ" use. When every second counts, I find it convenient to go from 24 to 70 mm in an instant ...
You notice that?
December 8th, 2009 at 9:06
I promised myself to call you when I get married (that is not yet for today ... but who knows?), This report confirms my choice! These photos are really beautiful, and as the saying "Julien Dorol": You give true vitality to the wedding photo.
In fact, I've never seen elsewhere such originality and quality pictures of marriage. Congratulations again!
Thank you for these photos which we reversible!
December 11th, 2009 at 11:32
In my opinion, this is a matter of habit. And when you still COs, you work a little differently: you move much more slowly you "framing in the head" and you know very quickly where you place to get exactly what you want ....
I do not know what Ben says, but that's how I feel. I tried the zoom, no way to make me, I feel much more comfortable with fixed focal lengths.
Like the way Ben, I wonder if it really is better to post the live images in the article, because there's a lot to load and it's painful when you want to read the comments, there is a kind of scrolling that prevents read reviews quietly.
December 11th, 2009 at 2:57
@ Julien: very interesting, your "apology 50mm" (by the way, very nice things on your site, especially your portraits Laos and Nepal ...)
And it allows me to be well equipped for almost all situations, weddings, concerts, sport, etc.. 
...
To be honest, I had quite a fixed focal length in Canon, but by switching in "Yellow", I have bought the two zooms, excellent and very versatile. I'm a little touch to everything, good for nothing
But then, I think I'm turning around in circles, especially in my marriage work. With hindsight, I realize that zoom lock me in a way, a certain facility that was a bit off the "creative research". I think this year I tried to find myself in situations / known positions to ensure the trick, and that is not very positive.
Well, it's not the gear that makes the photographer, we all agree. But so have the tools to express ourselves, and I think Ben a solution that allows him to express his creativity
Going back to my question a little earlier, my concern is that there are certain situations where it is difficult to move. That's why I'm a little afraid to limit myself to the ultra-wide angle 50mm + + objo to portraits.
That's it!
December 12th, 2009 at 3:57
Thank you for hackers!!
Nice to stay in a version of Wordpress, hackers love them.
Being under WP 2.6.5 as the latest version is 2.8.6 WP is sought to lose his job, after a passage of a hacker.
December 17th, 2009 at 1:51
I answer direct questions!
Toma: For stability I would not change, the video remains a moen show conditions not an end in itself
For HD, it will be for the next I bought a Flip HD
Alex: I love this burnt side of heaven, it is an intentional choice
Masden: I do not like spamming people
DeD: I often expressed on the subject, each choice of focal lengths, I like fixed before taking the eye to the viewfinder I know what part I, no surprises, no loss of time to get my framing. I go directly to the main
Reno: I'm not sure of the relevance of your comment in this post in particular, but your point is expected, the update is made
MickymX: I choose to be quite strict in the selection, I do a lot of pictures and make a difficult choice
For the photo in the pool at night, it is not the bride, but a friend.
Three Flash SB me in the water with the box flush with the fleet
Jonathan Nairne, Laurent Garnier, Emilie Bertrand, Greg, art-now, Eric, dcointre, Michael, DavidGuinehut, NeeleW, buz, Delphine, Adrien, Isa, GLENSCOLAN, Anthony, Didier, Yann, Dati, Arnaud MickymX, Guy, kara, Christophe Nizet, Fred Jerome, Kikou, Lere, Thanks for the encouragement!
December 17th, 2009 at 6:24
[...] I explained in the previous post dedicated to the wedding of Kim & Jeff, I will detail the equipment used for this type of reporting and back to a point [...]
December 30th, 2009 at 6:58
Hello Benjamin,
Great series as usual!
quick question, what treatment you applied to the images to ensure they are perfect (color, contrast)?
March 8th, 2010 at 11:49
Hi,
Simple question, but where do we find that goal-tilt you mention the 80 Tilt Volna? I can not find ...
Thank you!
April 19th, 2010 at 2:39
May 1st, 2010 at 11:19
Shooting very successful.
I would compare to an American couple who conducts sessions commitments in the same genre ( http://www.theblogisfound.com/) . I think this kind of pictures for engagement and weddings change what is usually found.
Very nice work!
May 5th, 2010 at 12:46
Waw. I remain speechless. I found your address through Lemondedelaphoto.com magazine, and there well, I just shoot, shoot, learn and gain experience to hopefully someday achieve such a level!
Images emphasize the lightness, the freshness of the moment, it's gay ... well there is no words, it's beautiful ...
Congratulations!
May 13th, 2010 at 9:53
Hello,
beautiful light ...
One remark is only my opinion. The use of wide angle.
Married seem a bit lost in the image and it distorts a lot.
This is a personal opinion.
The report is pro.
Cordially.
Lawrence.
July 4th, 2010 at 1:58
This is a beautiful wedding, very wet, so I hope he will be very happy. The photos are beautiful.
September 5th, 2010 at 4:31
Hello,
Beautiful pictures. I love the colors that "slamming" the work of light (the photos in the pool are great). I feel that photographers use only primes, like you, have a look that does not have photographers working with a zoom.
Congratulations, it's beautiful!
December 2nd, 2010 at 12:46
BEAUTIFUL!!