Shooting Studio Bridal Portraits on Film with a Hasselblad
Shooting Studio Bridal Portraits on Film with a Hasselblad
June 12, 2020, 1:10 p.m.
About the Film Studio Bridal Portrait Shoot
These images were the result of some impromptu experimentation at the end of a studio bridal portrait session in my Charleston SC portrait studio. I set my Hasselblad on a tripod and used 1 second exposures to create movement and an ethereal atmoshpere. The model tossed the dress while keeping her pose as still as possible and the result is some of my favorite film bridal portraits to date.
Equipment Used
These were shot on my Hasselblad 202FA with 80mm F2.8 lens and Kodak Portra 800 film and Kodak Tmax 400 film. All exposures are either .5s or 1s long. Developing and scanning was one by Photovision Prints and images were lit with a single 60W LED light and 48" softbox, high and to the right.
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