{"id":1655,"date":"2010-11-07T19:20:21","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T10:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2010-11-07\/1655"},"modified":"2012-12-19T11:16:47","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T02:16:47","slug":"namiko-candid-bride-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2010-11-07\/1655","title":{"rendered":"Namiko Candid Bride Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class='resize_warning' id='arw1655'>\n<b>NOTE<\/b>: Images with an <img class='raw' width='19' height='18' src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif'\/> icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"04\" href=\"\/i\/JF7_038809_04bw.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_038809_04bw_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"673\"\nalt=\"Namiko just after marrying my wife's brother, Shogo \u83dc\u7f8e\u5b50\u3055\u3093\u3001\u59bb\u306e\u5f1f\u306e\u82b1\u5ac1 -- Wedding of Shogo and Namiko -- Nagoya, Aichi, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i038809_04bw\"\ntitle=\"Namiko just after marrying my wife's brother, Shogo \u83dc\u7f8e\u5b50\u3055\u3093\u3001\u59bb\u306e\u5f1f\u306e\u82b1\u5ac1 -- Wedding of Shogo and Namiko -- Nagoya, Aichi, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_038809_04bw.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_038809_04bw.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Namiko<\/span>\n<br\/>just after marrying my wife's brother, Shogo\n<br\/>\u83dc\u7f8e\u5b50\u3055\u3093\u3001\u59bb\u306e\u5f1f\u306e\u82b1\u5ac1\n<\/div>\n\n<p>For a while I was posting installments in the story about <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2010-10-03\/1629\">my brother-in-law's wedding\nlast month<\/a>, with the most recent installment being &#8220;<a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2010-10-15\/1640\" class='pt'>Shogo and Namiko's\nWedding: Reception, Part V (Entertainment)<\/a>&#8221; three weeks ago. <span class='nobr'>I stopped<\/span> putting up new posts midstream because <span class='nobr'>I suddenly<\/span> had the idea to\nmake <span class='nobr'>a photo<\/span> book of their wedding as <span class='nobr'>a gift,<\/span> and so dedicated <span class='nobr'>a lot<\/span> of\ntime to it, and also because <span class='nobr'>I wanted<\/span> to hold back the rest of the photos\nuntil <span class='nobr'>I could<\/span> present the book.<\/p>\n\n<p>The photo above is probably the best photo I've ever taken, except using\n&#8220;photo&#8221; and &#8220;taken&#8221; is probably not as appropriate as &#8220;result&#8221; and\n&#8220;accomplished&#8221; because <span class='nobr'>I did<\/span> some post processing in Lightroom to isolate\nNamiko from the background. <span class='nobr'>The original<\/span> is actually the first photo of <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2010-10-04\/1630\">this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>All the post processing was in Lightroom, which doesn't allow me to\nextend the black background to the right; I'd think it'd look better to\nhave her on the left side of the frame rather than the right. <span class='nobr'>I could<\/span> do it\nin Photoshop, but I'm too lazy.<\/p>\n\n<p>In the photo book, though, <span class='nobr'>I placed<\/span> the photo square in the left-side\npage of <span class='nobr'>a full<\/span> two-page spread (the last two-page spread in the book), and\nadded some pinstriping and fleurs, so when you open the book, it looks like\nthis:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"2\" href=\"\/i\/JF7_038809_04_2P.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_038809_04_2P_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"294\"\nalt=\"two-page spread in an 11&amp;#8221;&amp;times;13&amp;#8221; photo book that I made for them -- Wedding of Shogo and Namiko -- Nagoya, Aichi, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"i038809_04_2P\"\nstyle=\"border:solid 1px #333; margin-bottom:5px\"\ntitle=\"two-page spread in an 11&amp;#8221;&amp;times;13&amp;#8221; photo book that I made for them -- Wedding of Shogo and Namiko -- Nagoya, Aichi, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/>two-page spread in an 11&#8221;&times;13&#8221; photo book that <span class='nobr'>I made<\/span> for them\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I dropped it off with them on Friday...<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic'><a name=\"043909\" href=\"\/i\/JF7_043909.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_043909_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"Checking Out Their Own Wedding -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i043909\"\ntitle=\"Checking Out Their Own Wedding -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2010 Jeffrey Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 36 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5, ISO 2000 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_043909.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_043909.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Checking Out Their Own Wedding<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>They enjoyed it; it was gratifying to see their reaction.<\/p>\n\n<p>Posts about the wedding are continued <a href=\"\/blog\/2010-12-24\/1685\" class='quiet'>here<\/a>; I've written up <span class='nobr'>a post<\/span> about how <span class='nobr'>I create<\/span> photo books, <a href=\"\/blog\/2010-11-15\/1662\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<!--\nhref='\/blog\/2010-10-04\/1630'\nhref='\/blog\/2010-10-05\/1631'\nhref='\/blog\/2010-10-07\/1633'\nhref='\/blog\/2010-10-09\/1634'\nhref='\/blog\/2010-10-11\/1636'\nhref='\/blog\/2010-10-15\/1640'\nhref='\/blog\/2010-11-07\/1655'\nhref='\/blog\/2010-12-24\/1685'\n-->\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a while I was posting installments in the story about my brother-in-law's wedding last month, with the most recent installment being \"Shogo and Namiko's Wedding: Reception, Part V (Entertainment)\" three weeks ago. 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