Sunrise wedding photography presents some unique challenges, especially if it’s extremely important to the bride (Victoria in this case) for that sunrise to be included in as many of the ceremony and formal shots as possible. Fortunately, I’ve lived near the ocean most of my life, and have shot more sunrise pictures than I can count. But, photography of a sunrise is pretty easy. Putting people in front of the sunrise and exposing the people properly without blowing out the sunrise is another issue. So, armed with a bunch of remote controlled flash units on stands, I hit the beach at 4:45 am that morning.
Glen and Victoria got married at the Sheraton Oceanfront Resort Hotel. (Deja Vu! I just did a wedding there 6 days prior!) The ceremony was slated for 6 am. That presented a problem right there. Sunrise would be over by the time the ceremony was over, so the formals of the Glen and Victoria would have to be shot before the ceremony if she was to get the sunrise in the background of those images. So, that’s what I did.
The morning couldn’t have been better, just enough clouds on the horizon to really color up the sky. It was truly an amazing sunrise. All of Glen and Victoria’s family and friends got up, got all dressed up, and showed up at the crack of dawn to witness the ceremony and dance like crazy before most people are thinking about getting up on a Saturday morning.
Victoria found me via the web, viewing some of the other sunrise sessions I’ve photographed. So, the pressure was REALLY on to nail it. So, here’s a few photographs from Glen and Victoria’s sunrise wedding. There’ll be a link below the pictures in this article which will take you to a slide show of 128 more pictures from their wedding.
It was very early, and you just never know what a sunrise is going to look like until it begins. (that’s what keeps getting me up early to see the differences!)
I did the shot above without flash to expose the whole scene the same, naturally they’d be dark against the rising sun
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That beach ball exit was great! The last one of those I photographed was Tony and Monica, June 17th, 2006 (and that was a cool one too!).
Glen and Victoria are on their honeymoon down in Puerto Vallarta, but Victoria was able to see her pictures the night before they flew out. (she was VERY excited about her photographs).
Here is a slide show with 128 more photos from Glen and Victoria’s Sunrise Wedding. Click here to see it.
Did a great wedding Saturday the 28th at the Botanical Gardens, a bridal session with Katelyn on the beach last night, and I have a wedding in Sandbridge / Lesner Inn today! I’ll post those shoots as soon as I can. 
by Bill
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