Kevin & Connie | Emeryville Urban Ore | Berkeley Marina | Engagement Shoot
When we asked Kevin and Connie to meet us at Urban Ore, we were so glad that they did not run away screaming from us. Urban Ore is a center for reused merchandise. Inside the very large warehouse are countless numbers of broken doors, old light fixtures, and wobbly tables, some of which we made Connie leap from. Our orginal idea was to play around with lighting, using our external flashes and natural light. If you're curious about how we got some of these cool shots, just shoot us an email.
They must have thought that we were crazy, but Kevin and Connie showed us so much enthusiasm and warmth and were willing to do anything to get the shot. We had so much fun pretending to play golf and bouncing on the rickety trampoline. I hope they had fun too.
When sunset was approaching, we hurried to Berkeley Marina's Cesar Chaves Park. Connie toted a purple parasol that we had purchased from Urban Ore and the four of us headed up a large hill only to be blasted by unusually high velocity winds. I have to give them props- our fingers were frozen, reflectors and parasols were flying everywhere, and they still managed to look great.
-Ingrid
Jerry Yoon
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urban ore--what a great idea! and i like the pics at the park too, especially the one where it looks like the umbrella is going to blow away.
I really like the photo where they're surrounding that ball of light.It looks like it's reflecting off of some water on Kevin's face.
Interesting fact#1: Did you know that the ball of light was made by sticking our flash inside of it? I don't think a regular lightbulb would be strong enough to emit that much light. Or if it did, it would be too hot to handle!
Intresting fact #2: We bought those umbrellas at Urban Ore and then headed out to the Marina. It was so windy that the umbrella and our reflectors kept flying away. One time I had to run all the way down the hill to catch a run away reflector!