Thought I’d kick off the Independence day weekend with a little photo post from my last session. No better way to do it than with two U.S. Marines, looking to get some wedding photos they never had. Jim and Jhomara didn’t hire a photographer back when they got hitched, so I had the pleasure of photographing them to pick up a bit of the slack.  I did two things I rarely do for this shoot – used straight up natural light for just about everything, and returned to the exact same location of my last shoot.

Couldn’t resist setting up a subtle rim light for this second shot. Its my 430ex II just behind them and on low power. It doesn’t do any heavy lifting, just defines their edges a bit to give some added sharpness.

Thanks for reading! Think I’ll save my Independence Day ramblings for after the weekend when I have some 4th of July photos to accompany them. We’re going to enjoy the festivities in San Diego and exercise our freedom to slack off for a couple of days!