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Hey there! My name is Joel Llacar, and I am a wedding and lifestyle portrait photographer in Thousand Oaks, CA. Thank you so much for visiting my blog. What you will find are my latest and greatest. Some of my favorites from each wedding and portrait session will be posted here. I will also blog my own personal projects, educational workshops, photo conventions that I have attended, and other good stuff that I feel is worth checking out! I also have an awesome Facebook "Like" page at Joel's Facebook Like Page. I also encourage you to visit my blog and my Like page often for sneak peeks, slideshows, specials, and of course lots of gorgeous images.Thank you so much for visiting my blog!

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Wedding of Michelle and Ken at The Santa Barbara Zoo

Thursday, September 6, 2007

September 2nd, 2007.
The wedding has Michelle’s signature theme all over it… a very original idea.
Ceremony and Reception grounds were held outdoors at The Santa Barbara Zoo.

Shooting the reception was quite challenging, I did not use flash as I wanted to capture the ambience of the scene. I shot mostly in Manual Mode, ISO 1600 using the widest aperture of my 70-200 lens. The dance floor was “flooded” with mixed-lighting. My White-Balance was going nuts because of disco lights. Shooting in RAW also helped me bring out some of the details lost in the shadow areas, and with very minimal noise. I will be posting the entire gallery very shortly…..