Light stands and the wind do not mix, especially with umbrella wind sails on top. While helping Brad Luttrell shoot a recent wedding, I hauled up some of my Strobist-inspired dumbbell weights. I used bungee cords to attach the weights near the bottom of the light stands.

Despite the 20 mph winds that were slamming the rooftop of Glassworks in downtown Louisville, the stands weren’t going anywhere, but it didn’t keep my umbrellas from flipping inside out. That’s a whole other problem entirely. 

The rain clouds held off, though, and the rooftop ceremony went off with the bride and groom happily married. Congratulations to Jeanie Bradley and Michael Lawrence!

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Link La Rocca Wedding at Locust Grove. Photos by Derek Poore.

On June 12 I helped photographer Brad Luttrell shoot the wedding of Robert Link and Alessandra La Rocca in the blistering Louisville heat. The ceremony was held at St. Francis of Rome and the reception followed outside at Locust Grove.

The historic land and home dates to the 1700s and was the last residence of George Rogers Clark, founder of Louisville. Keepers of the site say Meriwether Lewis and William Clark stopped there on the way back from exploring the West.

The reception setting made for a nice environment and several nice backgrounds, but I felt like I’d been swimming in my clothes by 6 p.m. The wedding party toughed it out for us, though.

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