Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Aftershocks...


The big event of the weekend is over but, like aftershocks following an earthquake,  new words and images keep appearing.  Justin's older brother Ethan posted a really lovely piece about the wedding on his blog.

And these four night pictures were taken by our photographer friend Cory (his website is HERE) from up on a ridge behind Justin and Claui's house.

The weird wormy-looking things are time lapse -- oops, Cory says these photos are long exposures, shutter open for about 60 seconds each. Quite different from time-lapse photography in which one takes multiple images with time missing between each frame, in order to make a video that appears to move in faster than life speed --photography, tracing the path of big fire balloons that were released in celebration of Claui's niece's 16th birthday (which coincided with the wedding.) 

It was magical, to say the least.
 
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13 comments:

Ms. A said...

What amazing images! Hope you are getting some well deserved rest.

Thérèse said...

SO NICE!

Pat in east TN said...

Really neat pictures.

Kath said...

Wow!!!

Brian Miller said...

ha. what cool pictures....first the rather glow around your compound...and then the time lapse worms....very cool...

Brenda said...

INCREDIBLE pics!! Whoever had the idea of photographing the event from up on the ridge is a genius.

Darla said...

Spectacular!

Merisi said...

Amazing pictures! How in the world did the photographer manage to get up that high in the dark?

Vicki Lane said...

Probably it was all that champagne, Merisi (ducking.)

katy gilmore said...

Oh the photos are amazing! But I LOVED the story of this perfect wedding!! So glad to read that - thank you!

Wayfarin' Stranger said...

Thanks for the links, especially Ethan's. It all looked like a wedding we would have enjoyed, full of family and friends, full of love, and completely unpretentious. Ethan's right; it's the human element that makes life special.

Victoria said...

Fire balloons and a bonfire...oh,it must be wonderful to not have to worry about forest fires! The photos are magical, I love that blue glow of twilight contrasting with the warm colors of the fire and electrical lights.

Stella Jones said...

Looks spectacular, doesn't it. What a great event that was and followed by the Easter egg hunt!