Fall Wedding Edited with REFINED x Tec Petaja Presets – REFINED Co

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Nestled in the mountains of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Bishop's Lodge Hotel Resort hosted a beautiful early autumn wedding for Abby & Will. Careful and exquisite planning made it so the details and color palette of this wedding matched the surrounding nature and scenery. Professional photographer Tec Petaja captured the love and atmosphere of this wedding with his artistic eye. Every photo in this Journal post was edited with our REFINED x Tec Petaja preset collection to easily mimic the look of Tec's Portra film scans.

Continue reading to learn more about this beautiful wedding and how Tec Petaja photographs a wedding gallery that is both posed and endearingly candid. His vision when behind the camera is one to be inspired by.

Bride lifting her dress to walk and Groom watching

Bride and two bridesmaids holding their bouquets

Before The Ceremony

We are going to take a look through this beautiful wedding gallery moment by moment beginning with the photos captured before the ceremony began. This is always the perfect time to capture portraits of the Bride & Groom and their parties, detail shots of the rings and invites, and in between moments candid shots.

Portrait of the Bride leaning against a door frame

Lay flat of the rings and wedding invitations

Portrait of Bride and her 10 Bridesmaids dressed in the same brown dress.

Portrait of the bride sitting in a chair

The Ceremony

Bride & Groom Portraits

Tec Petaja used the autumnal toned nature and landscaping of the venue to frame the Bride & Groom in artistic portraits. We love how he has captured a cocktail of posed and candid shots.

Portrait of the Bride leaning against the door

The Reception

Wedding receptions can be the most daunting part for a photographer to shoot because the lighting scenarios can change rapidly. With the REFINED x Tec Petaja preset collection you can easily edit your reception photography to match your ceremony and portrait photography. The desktop collection comes with 2 Ambient Light presets along with more workflow tools to help you edit with ease.

Bride and Groom during the first dance lift

Bride and Groom reacting to speeches at the wedding

Wedding guest dressed in colorful attire

Bride in second dress dancing at the reception

Bride and Groom surrounded by falling confetti at wedding reception

Before vs After Wedding Edits with REFINED x Tec Petaja Presets

The REFINED x Tec Petaja preset collection is perfect for photographers aiming to achieve the rich, warm tones and natural color balance of Kodak Portra film, these presets are designed to elevate your digital photography with ease. Below we have our favorite before vs after edits from this wedding gallery so you can see the magic of these presets.