Proposal in Niagara Falls in front of the fireworks

[JeremyD]

Greetings everyone,

I had my first proposal session, it was taken in Niagara falls after they had dinner in the Skylon Tower. They walked to the falls and I was taking pictures as the fireworks were going.

This was a very hard task... I was shooting it all with a 5dmkii and a 50mm 1.8.

It was too dark so I had to manual focus, in addition of using a aperture of 1.8 to capture all the ambient light that the scene had to offer. So the plane of focus was so hard to nail on the subjects. I was lucky to get a nice amount of images in focus. However during the fireworks i had to shoot at a high ISO ( 3200 ).

Here are some of the shots. I am new to engagement photography and any feedback/suggestions/tips would be gladly appreciated.

#1


#2 & #3


#4


#5


In addition I also made a little highlight video, telling the story of the night.
Romantic Proposal ~ Will & Ramena on Vimeo

For the full blog post of all the images, feel free to visit : Kitchener Waterloo Wedding Photographer | Jeremy Daly Photography

Thanks for viewing.

Many thanks,
Jeremy

 

[Derrel]

Well done under challenging conditions!!! VERY nice work considering how critical the exposures were.

 

[tirediron]

^^That!^^

 

[JeremyD]

Thanks for your comments! I was happy with the outcome and the couple really enjoyed the photos and the video.

The timing was perfect with the fireworks lighting up the scene

 

[kathyt]

Good job under your circumstances.

 

[lambertpix]

Nice set. My favorites are #3 & #5. Have you tried a crop of #1 without the lights on the left? Maybe even a portrait crop w/o the streetlamp, too?

Overall, though, very good job balancing exposures!

 

[JeremyD]

I will give those suggestions a try, I didn't like the outcome with the tree on the left.

In addition it was hard balancing the exposures with the fireworks and the foreground, thanks for the comments!

 

[TreeofLifeStairs]

How far away were you and what focal length did you use?

 

[JeremyD]

I was using a 50mm 1.8 lens, as well I was around 10 meters away from the subjects. But I was moving around as I was taking the photos.