Most extreme wedding photos ever?
The incredible process used to bind these lovebirds together leaves
just four seconds for the snapper to get his shot before they stop
breathing Newlyweds are usually all wrapped up in each other - but these
shots show the couples who take it very literally indeed.
These incredible images are of shrink-wrapped wedding couples who
risk DEATH to get the most up-close wedding photographs that they can.
Photographer Hal Kawaguchi covers the lovebirds in lube, then vacuum
packs them together in a huge plastic bag, sucking out all the oxygen.
But the Japanese snapper reveals that he even keeps a paramedic on hand,
as the suffocated couples must hold their breath and he has just four
seconds to take the shots or else disaster could happen.
Despite risking death if anything goes wrong, Hal has been flooded
with requests from couples, and even newlyweds, for the odd portraits
and wedding pictures.
"I decided to vacuum pack couples as a way to show how close and in
love they are," Hal explains.
"At first, I chat with the couples and tell them what will happen. A
rehearsal is carried out without going into a bag at first. Then, they
climb into the bag. It's like assembling a puzzle.
"I suck the air out with a vacuum cleaner until there's none left.
This gives me four seconds to take the shot.
"In this extremely limited time I can't release the shutter more than
twice. They're never in danger though, as I have a rescue body guard on
hand at all times."
Hal uses lube and coolant gel to slide the couples inside the bag and
ensure there's no friction with the plastic.
A household vacuum cleaner then sucks out the oxygen before he dashes
back behind the camera to take two quick photos. The couples have to
hold their breath for about ten seconds or more while the process takes
place.
Hal's pictures started as an art project but the craze has taken off
and he now receives requests for couples who want a set of the
extraordinary pictures. Newlyweds have even commissioned him to shoot
their wedding pictures.
"Men and women are attracted to each other and they try to become
one.
"This fundamental desire carries an energy that affects everything in
the world. I wonder what is the reason we have to make such an effort to
become one. Possibly, we were all originally one.
"With my pictures, I try to show this power of love by getting the
couples as close together as possible. The less distance there is
between them, the stronger the power of love.
"I think love is the most important thing on earth. I think that
everything positive in the world starts by focusing on love." -
mirror.co.uk
Mirror.co.uk
(Pics: Hal Kawaguchi/SWNS)
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