I’m still working on a lot of weddings that have been shot in the last three months but are still receiving our magic touch (yes, we do take that long to deliver, and if you wonder why, read this great post by Anne Ruthman. Anne explains it much more eloquently than I can!

One of those weddings that I am still working on is Jon and Abigail’s wedding, held at the beautiful Grandezza club. We were doing some beautiful portraits outside when I came upon this magnificent palm tree, adorned in holiday lights.

Now, I don’t know about you, but I absolutely love the light shows that go on all over Naples during the holidays. Some of the country clubs and homes here have some amazing lighting (and I’ve been told that they clubs hire professional companies that decorate and light for the holidays)! One of my other photographic projects that I have yet to start but is always in the back of my mind is a project on photographing holiday lighting at night. That’s on my to-do list!

But for now, I am settling on working my palm tree gallery. And for this particular image in the series, I chose this magnificent palm, decorated with beautiful holiday lights.

It was already very dark when I shot this image but there was still a bit of light in the sky, which I wanted to use as much as possible. Taking advantage of the D700’s great noise-handling capabilities, I shot this image at ISO2000, 1/60th, f/2.8, all in available light.

I think it’s one of my favorites so far in the palm tree gallery! It would definitely make a great Florida Holiday card!

Enjoy and Happy Holidays to everyone from Astrid and Rene Photography!

Holiday Palm Tree at Grandezza, Naples, Florida

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