Lucky Soda Photography – Iowa Wedding Photographers

All the way from Chicago!

Leah was originally from Iowa and they now both hail from Chicago. Their wedding will be held downtown at the Marriott later this year. These two were great in front of the camera.  Greg is a bit of a gear head and shoots Nikon – but we won’t hold that against him. Leah seems to patiently tolerate Greg’s passion for gear and capturing photos.

We decided to shoot close to the wedding location and went downtown next to the Temple. We later made a quick run over to Greenwood Park. I think they were stunning. Some of my favorite simple portraits came out of this session.

And the next few here are all film. I again shot with the Mamiya RB67 and was able to get a few keepers out of the roll and a half of 220 I shot. It’s a lot easier shooting with a Sekonic meter in hand now. Love the third shot below.

A few “in action” shots! The first is just a random shot Sarah snapped of me hauling the light stick around. The second is the “aftermath” of getting near the small creek to get the ring shot. Good times!

We photographed Jess and Pat’s first engagement session downtown last fall. We had a blast. So much fun, in fact, that Jess requested a second session. I was really excited. Both of them are so fantastic in front of the camera and gave us a lot of laughs during the first session. Such a great couple just to hang around. We brought along all the same equipment but added some film to the mix.

This is our first time posting a session with myself shooting all film. Sarah shot the majority of everything you see. The camera I brought along is a manual focus medium format body. It is a somewhat large piece of equipment that setting up a shot takes me a bit of time. I was only able to capture 10-12 frames during our entire session. I really like what the film was able to get and look forward to shooting additional rolls. Thanks to Jess and Pat for being so patient. The first shot is film while the remaining shots are at the bottom of the post.

Enjoy!

These last few shots are what was captured on the film body. A few are underexposed just a touch but I didn’t want to lose what we had going on in the background. I’m still relearning film and its wonderful capabilities. You’ll see a lot more sets from us this year featuring a hybrid of digital and film.