Ziplining is a new and fun thing to do and here on Vancouver Island we have Adrenaline Zipline. Acres of beautiful coastal forest and in close proximity to Victoria (only 30 minutes ) and Sooke Harbour House (15 min). I actually happen to live just outside of Adrenaline’s property, a couple of street addresses away.
As soon as I heard about this idea I thought that, even though it sounds like a ton of fun, it poses some serious challenges for the wedding photographer. Shooting in the woods can be challenging by itself, let alone  flying through the air between the trees.
For the bride there is a different challenge, you have to be able to fit into a harness, which is fine but, the dress….umm, does not work.

Well, we got together a small expedition to try and experience it first hand before we start inviting brides and grooms to take this on.

Getting harnessed up and ready to zip

After a brief consultation, we figured out that the bride needs pants. But we wanted to simulate the actual experience, as close as possible, so our test bride Amanda Wiley, event coordinator for the Sooke Harbour House, kept dress shoes on along with a veil and flowers.

After a short ride in an ATV, we were up at the beginning of the course which consists of several lengths of ziplines ranging from 200ft to 1000ft.

We did a few first shots and right away I realized the challenges with light, speed and lens limitations. I would hate to find myself unprepared for this, so I was very grateful that this was a trial run. It was revealing to me many of the things that will be required for the truly fun and stunning images possible in a location like this.
You only really have a few seconds to focus and shoot a fast sequence. Not only the light changes every few feet of flight but the subject is rotating around as well as moving towards or away from me.

No sign of fear of 200ft commitment

I am teaming up with one of Victoria’s best videographers to produce dynamic short films capturing the excitement and personality of your wedding as well as its setting and location in a cinematic style. We will adapt the dynamics to your personality and capture the details and flow of your wedding in a way that leaves your viewers and yourselves feeling: WOW, THAT WAS AWESOME!

Combining wedding photography from a still camera and blending it with motion video adds a truly professional touch. It is used in Television, Commercials, and movies. Often videographer will ask a wedding photographer to provide some stills (photographs) to use in his video, but if the concept has not been conceived together the final result feels a little forced. When the Videographer has a chance to communicate his creative concept right from the start and photographer supplies exactly what the video needs, the result is a naturally flowing, dynamic, exciting and highly professional piece that is fun to watch and fun to show.

Eric Backman - Videographer

Eric Backman and I have worked together on a number of commercial productions and this year we are teaming up to create wedding videos and wedding photography together. Covering a multitude of angles and incorporating the latest technology has to offer, I am looking forward to this season of creative work.

We are working on putting some packages together right now and I will be adding those to my Wedding Photography Packages as soon as they are confirmed, please feel free to inquire, I will be happy to tell you more about this service and give you an idea of the cost

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I simply add travel costs to my regular package

gallery with print order options

I have just added a new feature. Now, my customers will be able to view and order prints from photo albums online. Now, wedding guests and family will be able to get a link to the album after the wedding day and have access to the full collection of images for viewing or print ordering.

Sample gallery is located here, http://www.victoriaweddingphotographer.com/galleries/smaple_wedding_gallery/

Please have a look, it has print ordering options, payment options including paypal, slide show and an album (still to come)

Album feature will be included with a package upon request as it is a little more labor intensive.