First Solo Wedding

[Wazza]

Thought it was about time to share some shots I did from a wedding I shot 2 weeks ago.

It was a good chance to test out the new gear, incluing stroboframe, 85mm 1.8, and the bulkier BG-E2.

http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/glasswell/images/08.jpg
A spontaneous shoot, walking down the hallway.. Only had the 85 on at the time, so couldn't do too much with it.

All these shots are completely unprocessed. No cropping, no changes, accept convert from RAW, and a USM to crisp up from resize.


http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/glasswell/images/09.jpg
Having a laugh


http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/glasswell/images/13.jpg


http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/glasswell/images/24.jpg


http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/glasswell/images/27.jpg
Just had to get one in front of Auckland's Landmark


http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/glasswell/images/35.jpg
Transport


http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/glasswell/images/46.jpg


http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/glasswell/images/60.jpg


http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/glasswell/images/61.jpg


http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/glasswell/images/62.jpg


http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/glasswell/images/67.jpg


http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/glasswell/images/87.jpg
(the only real photoshop, and still was a quick one.. Nothing proper :o)

Edit:
Full simpleviewer gallery here:
http://wazz*****scity.com/glasswell/

[adam*]

Some great shots there warren, congrats on your first solo wedding!

[Bad Iron]

Great shots. Nicely done and congrats. I'm sure they will be happy with the results.

[Mills]

Very well done. Not surprised at all. Number 3 is my favorite. Great work. Again.

[Chudilo]

Love number 10 and 11
I personally would cropped the sepia shot a little bi wider(just a tiny little bit).

[lightwrite]

Great work! Thanks for sharing!:D

[foto202]

NIcely done!

[md_129]

great shots, congrats!

[berrylish]

beautiful!

[dazzlebea]

Fantastic shots, you can be proud.

Have to wonder though, how did the bride's gown stay up??? ;)

[iKirst]

Beautiful captures, Warren :)
There is absolutely no reason to doubt your talent for any form of photography you focus on. You're very gifted.

Had it been me sharing those photos for you, I would have had trouble narrowing it down to just those few, I saw many more that were worth posting in here.

[tim]

Nice work Wazza! Did you find it a bit harder when you're flying solo?

[MattL]

Sorry Warren, I had to turn off your simpleviewer gallery. Ill explain when you get home from work. Nice shots bud.

[imrtun]

You captured some priceless images there, most excellent work. I really like 4 and 8

[dgcorner]

Warren, you've got the gift. Bud, hold your head up high and give yourself some credit ;-)

[Wazza]

Some great shots there warren, congrats on your first solo wedding!

Thanks, it wasn't that hard at all. :)
I'll show you more pics, when I can get the other pics back online. Way too much bandwidth. Simple viewer may be easy, but when it downloads 7Mbof images per web visit, it's no good!

Great shots. Nicely done and congrats. I'm sure they will be happy with the results.
Thanks, I hope they'll like them. Hopefully they'll see the originals within a couple of days. :)

Very well done. Not surprised at all. Number 3 is my favorite. Great work. Again.
Not surprised? I could have stuffed it up. But I was rather prepared with 2 20Ds and gear. Thanks mate.

Love number 10 and 11
I personally would cropped the sepia shot a little bi wider(just a tiny little bit).

Thanks, the only problem with the shots, they are all uncropped, so I can't zoom out anymore. :o
So I'm stuck with the tight headshot. THanks again

[Wazza]

Great work! Thanks for sharing!:D

I like the big grin. I hope I still feel the same after giving them to the bride and groom.
Thanks. :)

NIcely done!
Cheers.

beautiful!
I love the one word comments.. Can't be all that bad. :cool:
Thanks again for another comment to my pics

Fantastic shots, you can be proud.

Have to wonder though, how did the bride's gown stay up??? ;)

Well it did stay up most the time...

[Wazza]

Nice work Wazza! Did you find it a bit harder when you're flying solo?

I was only a bit nervous prior, but after being pretty prepared, knowing the location and everything, and working with people my own age, I found it a breeze. Let's just hope they like the shots.

Sorry Warren, I had to turn off your simpleviewer gallery. Ill explain when you get home from work. Nice shots bud.
Thanks for the "nice shots", and sorry about killing the server with high bandwidth. :D

[Wazza]

You captured some priceless images there, most excellent work. I really like 4 and 8

Glad you like them... Thanks

Warren, you've got the gift. Bud, hold your head up high and give yourself some credit ;-)

Thanks so much... I do have trust in myself, I just prefer to out do my own expectations. This time I feel I have done so.. :p

[Wazza]

Beautiful captures, Warren :)
There is absolutely no reason to doubt your talent for any form of photography you focus on. You're very gifted.

Had it been me sharing those photos for you, I would have had trouble narrowing it down to just those few, I saw many more that were worth posting in here.

And thank you, my biggest inspiration of them all..
Now there's something more important in my life than just a 20D!

I can also thank you for having the pics take 2 weeks to edit these, instead of 2-3 days. :lol:

Thankful to have someone with me, who can believe in me. I truly believe in you, and you'll make a great assistant in time to come. :D

[Sam]

You have a great set here. I have to be honest though, the picture of the three little girls is my favorite by far. I'd say it's my new favorite picture for sure. Nice job with the kids!

[iKirst]

And thank you, my biggest inspiration of them all..
Now there's something more important in my life than just a 20D!

I can also thank you for having the pics take 2 weeks to edit these, instead of 2-3 days. :lol:

Thankful to have someone with me, who can believe in me. I truly believe in you, and you'll make a great assistant in time to come. :D :o
Thank you ;) It's easy to believe in you
And sorry also, for being the hold up reason the PP after the fact, hehe

I don't plan on being just an assistant, though. That would involve me taking orders from someone :lol:

You have a great set here. I have to be honest though, the picture of the three little girls is my favorite by far. I'd say it's my new favorite picture for sure. Nice job with the kids!
I thought that picture shone as well :)

[cargo123]

Nice job on the pictures. Very Creative, and nice work.

[MattL]

And thank you, my biggest inspiration of them all..
Now there's something more important in my life than just a 20D!

I can also thank you for having the pics take 2 weeks to edit these, instead of 2-3 days. :lol:

Thankful to have someone with me, who can believe in me. I truly believe in you, and you'll make a great assistant in time to come. :D

Oh god, get a room already!!

I mean im happy for you, but plluuheease!

;)

[Ballen Photo]

VERY Nice Warren! My two fave's are #7, The signing, & #11, Their expressions are priceless. :D
The Flower Girls with the baskets, and the ring shot was great as well. :cool:
-Bruce

[ajbalazic]

What can I say that hasn't been said? Great work!

[berrylish]

And thank you, my biggest inspiration of them all..
Now there's something more important in my life than just a 20D!

I can also thank you for having the pics take 2 weeks to edit these, instead of 2-3 days. :lol:

Thankful to have someone with me, who can believe in me. I truly believe in you, and you'll make a great assistant in time to come. :D

http://ucsdwushu.berrylish.com/images/smiles/yuck.gifhttp://ucsdwushu.berrylish.com/images/smiles/yuck.gifhttp://ucsdwushu.berrylish.com/images/smiles/yuck.gif hehe jk. you guys are cute :p

[Wazza]

Thanks for the continued nice comments. :)

I've uploaded the gallery to my other site,

http://wazz*****scity.com/glasswell/
Now I can kill that server too. :D

[davidfig]

It would be nice to see 62.jpg in colors.

This one .

[Dante King]

wonderful work warren! Whoppee!

[tim]

The pictures I managed to see are great, but you gota lose simpleviewer. It's trying to show me things as a slow slideshow instead of just letting me click through and it's too slow - too many pics for me to look at at that rate.

[scotttnz]

And thank you, my biggest inspiration of them all..
Now there's something more important in my life than just a 20D!

I can also thank you for having the pics take 2 weeks to edit these, instead of 2-3 days.

Thankful to have someone with me, who can believe in me. I truly believe in you, and you'll make a great assistant in time to come.

I think I'm going to cry......It's beautiful....

Warren, you have talent......when are you going pro?

Did you get the bridesmaids phone numbers this time? (Did I say that outloud?) :)

[dgcorner]

I think I'm going to cry......It's beautiful....

Did you get the bridesmaids phone numbers this time? (Did I say that outloud?) :)

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[forsaken]

great shots Wazza.

not to shabby for a first solo effort

[mson]

Did you get the bridesmaids phone numbers this time? (Did I say that outloud?) :)

If you didn't I was going to! :lol:

Wazza, I echo what everyone else is saying, great shots!

[bones]

I have done Wedding pix for years......and I must say you are on your way.....give yourself a pat on the back. Just wish there was digital when I started.....less stress.

Keep it up. They'll be happy I'm sure

[chrishunt]

Congrats on the wedding!! These shots are wonderful.

[Dragonfli Spirit]

Well done.. as said already, be proud :)

Donna

[Wazza]

Thanks everyone for the positive comments. :)

Tim: Yeah simple viewer just a temporary thing at the moment, till I get some special gallery incorporated into my new .co.nz site, once it gets redesigned by a designer friend, and hosted, so I don't cause problems with Matt ;)

Aww Scott: You're perhaps witnessing the first of my sensitive side. And you thought it was all about jokes with me? :lol:
You're also still using your old avatar. Didn't you want the new 70-200 one. :D

BTW, their numbers were.. 0274.....

And thanks to the last few, it's appreciated to hear the shots are liked by even pro wedding photographers of great experience. :)

I'm now post processing a few from a wedding I shot 2 days after this one. Just a few for the web, but I'm not quite as happy as these ones.

[BLINN]

Nice job Warren.

[scotttnz]

You're also still using your old avatar. Didn't you want the new 70-200 one

I have an idea for the new one that I am going to attempt to shoot over the weekend......watch this space.

[graykita]

great shots, thanks for sharing..

[CyberPet]

Warren, you have some real killers in there.... BRAVO!! Glad to have it out of your way now, eh? Now you're on your own for real. :D

[rlhphotos]

Did you get the bridesmaids phone numbers this time? (Did I say that outloud?) :)

No doubt...great pictures though! They are all very nice.

[Wazza]

Good luck Scott with the new avatar. :p

Thanks graykita and rlhphotos. :)

Petra: Thanks so much. I've always loved your photos, and photoshopping, and business cards too. ;)

In fact I was clueless about the format etc, dimensions, file type of a card, that I asked tim to email your template last night, so I could use the base size and create my own card. Need them printed within 2-3 weeks, so when I leave my current job, I can hand them all out to my customers and local people in my town who all know me.

[Wazza]

And I just noticed the thread's been moved.

Wasn't sure at first where to post it, as shots were posted in both Weddings and People. Felt People had more traffic. Thanks to the mods for putting it in the right place, I'll post future weddings here. :D

[CyberPet]

Warren, no problems letting Tim send you my template... if it helped, then great!! :)

[tim]

Tim: Yeah simple viewer just a temporary thing at the moment, till I get some special gallery incorporated into my new .co.nz site, once it gets redesigned by a designer friend, and hosted, so I don't cause problems with Matt ;)

I can help you out, I have a bunch of systems in place, and i'm planning on spending the next month or so improving systems, changing my website, etc. Lots of ideas, and finally some time to implement them! :)

Simpleviewer can be set up so it's not a forced slideshow. I'm at work so I have plenty of time to look at it today anyway ;)

[staciecd]

The last three are my faves! The bride is very short or the maids are very tall. Great job capturing the wedding!

Stacie

[PIXI_666]

Very pretty girls, great subjects, beautiful colours!

I do find the 2nd one quite over exposed but really love the effect of the flowers in these shots, they really stand out and give the photo's spunk, the sepia one is beautiful, the bride is gorgeous!!!!

SHe looks like she'd be an excellent model choice!

Del

[Photodawg1]

Gosh! Shame I decided never to marry again, because you would have to jump the big puddle and shoot it for me. OUTSTANDING!

[Wazza]

Warren, no problems letting Tim send you my template... if it helped, then great!! :)

Cheers...Now I just need to find time to edit it..

BTW, if you're reading this, what's the best program to actually edit them in? Just photoshop. Can that even be saved as a PDF? I'm rather clueless with these type of things.

The last three are my faves! The bride is very short or the maids are very tall. Great job capturing the wedding!

Stacie

Thanks so much. Yeah, she's one rather short girl. Only one bridesmaid was pretty tall.

Very pretty girls, great subjects, beautiful colours!

I do find the 2nd one quite over exposed but really love the effect of the flowers in these shots, they really stand out and give the photo's spunk, the sepia one is beautiful, the bride is gorgeous!!!!

SHe looks like she'd be an excellent model choice!

Del
Cheers..
Good to have easy subjects to work with.

As for the overexposed shot, it was purposely done against a bright window on the 7th floor of their luxury suite! :D
There was one other:

http://wazz*****scity.com/glasswell/images/10.jpg
Slightly darker, but the other was exposed for the skin, but washed out the hair, but giving it a dreamy sense.

As for 666... Don't think I've ever said.. But does that signify anything?
It's my favourite number, and past websites, and my hotmail email contains 6_6_6 in it.. (born 6/6, at 6:06pm, room 6 at the local hospital)


Gosh! Shame I decided never to marry again, because you would have to jump the big puddle and shoot it for me. OUTSTANDING!
You know 2nd weddings are great in renewing your vows, and extending your love and promises to one and another. :)

I'd be most willing to shoot for free, if you paid for the flight and accommodation for myself and assistant iKirst. ;) :lol:

[tim]

Dude, I really hope you got the bridesmaids numbers... I know you don't want it, but think of the GKPE crew! :p

[iKirst]

He did....

[forsaken]

He did....

did what? got the numbers or thought of the GKPE crew????

[Mills]

OK. I got to see the rest. QUIT YOUR DAY JOB.

[Wazza]

Posted somewhere in the 2nd or 3rd page:

http://wazz*****scity.com/glasswell/

"Quit the day job"
I did, on Tuesday evening. I leave Friday 7th April, giving 4 weeks notice.

I will look for a photography related job, and get more work myself.. advertise, get business cards.. Have enough possibilites to get part time work to cover the bills, and then I'll try and get as much photography jobs as possible. :)

[sharpfocus]

Great fun thanks for sharing. ...Bob

[chrishunt]

I will look for a photography related job, and get more work myself.. advertise, get business cards.. Have enough possibilites to get part time work to cover the bills, and then I'll try and get as much photography jobs as possible. :)

That's the life there. Nice.

Great shots. If I didn't just break up with my girlfried, I'd get you to shoot my wedding :)

[MattL]

So Warren, You know how you borrowed my 580? I wanna borrow that bridesmaids number ;-)

[PIXI_666]

Well if it was the effect you wanted then it's great it turned out how you thought...i still think its a beautiful photo and i like the 2nd one you posted a bit better...bit more definition in the girl's hair...


Listen to you guys...like a pack of dog's in heat LOL!!!!!!! Im not used to hearing normal conversations in this forum it's quite wierd lol

If i were single, and all the grooms men were hot, i think id find it hard to direct them - does this pose a problem for anyone? Now that i am a married woman (People still think i look 18 and go to me "OMG you are married young" then i say im almost 24 and they look at me like im lying LOL) i find it not so hard but back when i would have been single i think i would have been a very shy girl in front of hot grooms men HAHA

Not that i ever did a wedding when i was single anyway...just a general question though... :)

Del

[PIXI_666]

oh and 666 signifies nothing except for the fact the PIXI666 is my number plate, i got it when i was 19, going through a very heavy metal stage of life, i have calmed down a bit now but with the influence of my bf of the time (Now hubby lol) i guess i was just trying to "Look cool" getting a number plate with 666 in it lol

People always said to me "Geez that's a bit scary having 66 on your number plate, what if god makes you crash" hahahahahaha that's all i did...LAUGH! Its just a number...

Your story is heaps cooler than mine lol....that is awesome!!

[tim]

Ok, I finally looked at all the photos. I have to say, you, sir, are a photographer. I'd hire you for my own wedding (after you have another couple of weddings under your belt). You have a future in photography.

I have a few minor suggestions, they're so trivial i'll not clutter the thread with them. I'll PM you.

[Rach]

Just beautiful... I want to get married again just so you can photograph it. I was pretty happy with my album until I saw your photos. I think I've said before ... I love your work. Congrats and good luck with the decision to move into a photography career.

[Wazza]

Thanks Tim, that post truly means something. I guess it was a bit of work to get it out of you too. :lol:

I'll take any comments/ideas for future weddings. I'm obviously still a bit clueless regarding poses, etc, but that will come with experience. :)

As I said before, it's a shame we live 650km away, as we could probably use each other in successful wedding photography small businesses. ;)

[PIXI_666]

looked at your website and realised i have almost exactly the same photos as you in your wildlife section hahahaha then i realised you must have been to QLD because i see Dreamworld etc in there....

[Wazza]

Del: Heh, thanks for the reply.

I've also got a personalised plate, WAZZA6, which was a gift for my 21st two years back.

And for looking young, that's common around here. I'm often referred as looking below my age. My girlfriend Kirst, also looks great for her age, (despite having a decent age difference), she's looked at me beyond the gap, and has found some maturity (I hope), and similar interests such as passion for photography. :D

Rach: Thanks for the comments. I'm sure your own photos were good. I beleive you had seen my moon shots, and commented nicely on those.
Hope Palmerston North is ok... Kirst and I are heading down that way in 4 weeks time for the Ohakea Open Day at the airforce base.
We'll be visiting my best mate, Daniel (rendezvous on these forums), who lives in Palmy. :)

[tim]

Thanks Tim, that post truly means something. I guess it was a bit of work to get it out of you too. :lol:

I'll take any comments/ideas for future weddings. I'm obviously still a bit clueless regarding poses, etc, but that will come with experience. :)

As I said before, it's a shame we live 650km away, as we could probably use each other in successful wedding photography small businesses. ;)

Nah I just got simpleviewer working! I don't think there's a lot I can teach you, maybe some business stuff, and bits and pieces. I wouldn't like to influence your style one way or another.

I have big plans... which i'm starting to put in place now. If we were in the same place i'm sure we could work together to help each other out a lot! If you want to do a partnership... move you and Kirst down and we'll work something out! ;)

I'm booked out for April, and half booked for may. And now i'm going to bed for a nap before I go out a bit later!

[jamiewexler]

I just saw the entire gallery...great job!

[CyberPet]

Warren, not to hijack your thread, I do sketches in Photoshop but make any graphical work "live" in either softwares like Adboe Illustrator or InDesign (in Tim's case it was actually in InDesign). They both let you save to pdf, as well as PHotoshop, but Photoshop really isn't the best editor for vector graphics.

[cmM]

Wazza, those are killer shots !
Very cool BW conversion you have there !
Congratulations on your first wedding. Shooting weddings is great. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

[Matt_P]

Warren, my friend, I am very proud of you. You have incredible talent. You have tackled photography like you did racing some years back. Just hard work and a large passion for doing it has made you very talented. You inspire me.

Push the limits no matter what you do ;) Keep on taking those photos and showing them off!

I have a 20D now too! :D First real outing is next week... mostly at Sebring International Raceway. I can only dream of taking photos as great as you :) If I spent the time and had the same level of enthusiasm I could! There's just too much to do in life and not enough time with which to do it.

Keep it shiny side up :D

[Wazza]

Wow thanks Matt. Such great words from an old friend/racing team member/captain. :o

All I can say is thanks, and also congratulations on the new 20D. Surely it will be better than the 300D. Good luck with Sebring. :)

We need to get out Need for Speed again, and see if we can conquer the world like Pinky and the Brain. :lol:

Cheers, [SK]Matt / NfScMATT / Lambomatt /and every other alias you've gone by.

~[SK]Wazza
Proud NFS player, and still with NFSCity.com ;)

[kawter2]

I enjoyed your gallery. I think you have some areas that need some tightening up. but you will get there just by shooting a lot. You have a really good eye!

[Wazza]

Warren, not to hijack your thread, I do sketches in Photoshop but make any graphical work "live" in either softwares like Adboe Illustrator or InDesign (in Tim's case it was actually in InDesign). They both let you save to pdf, as well as PHotoshop, but Photoshop really isn't the best editor for vector graphics.

Didn't mean to ignore everyone's comments, just got a little excited hearing those other words coming from an old online friend/ and avid computer gamer. :o

Anyway, thanks for that.
I had a look about those programs, and asked a friend about Vector graphics, and he said if I don't know anything about them, then I'm in a lot of trouble.

Would it be wrong to make a card with the Photoshop 7 I have and make a .tif or full quality JPG?
Like how would I do the margins for bleed.

Cheers.

[Wazza]

Wazza, those are killer shots !
Very cool BW conversion you have there !
Congratulations on your first wedding. Shooting weddings is great. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Thanks, I'm a great fan of your work that I've seen throughout this forum.
Good to come from an experience shooter, as yourself. :)

I enjoyed your gallery. I think you have some areas that need some tightening up. but you will get there just by shooting a lot. You have a really good eye!

Another great photographer, and thanks for the comment.
Would be interested to know any pointers on things I should look out for to tighten things up. I'll keep an eye out in future, but can't fix things without knowing what I'm doing wrong. :o

Thanks guys

[CyberPet]

Warren... hehehe... well you *could* make the card in Photoshop, but you risk to have the text *blurry* since it's not vector anymore. 2-3 mm for margins should do it though, if you have an image that "bleeds out" on the edges.

[i2iSTUDIOS]

fantastic!!! Beautiful couple. Glad you were able to get some good posed shots!

[Wazza]

Just found your comment now sonton. Thanks. I much prefer candids, but had to work quickly and just pose them like that. :lol:

Petra: Just to let you know, I had the business cards made. Actually had the basic design made myself in photoshop 7, and then sent the psd to girlfriends friend who made the correct margins etc, and saved in pdf. Printed brilliantly, and only cost $139 (just under $100USD) for 1000 cards

Thanks. :)

[MattL]

warren, gimme a card. Where did you print them? and did you get that email all setup right? Your never on MSN anymore.

[tim]

Send me a card too... email's fine.

warren, gimme a card. Where did you print them? and did you get that email all setup right? Your never on MSN anymore.

I got mine from http://www.clickbusinesscards.co.nz , I think Wazza went to the same place.

[Wazza]

Never on MSN? That's because I work two jobs... ;)
And chase Kirst everywhere, that could be a third job. But a great one though. :D

Yes, I also went to click businesscards.co.nz Took 3 days for the order to arrive.
I'll pass a copy through next time I get a chance, but basically I used the 3 pics on my website entry plus text

warrenwilliams.co.nz
photography

021 746 xxx


And on the back of card was just random words, like sports, weddings, aviation, motorsports, landscapes
warren @ warrenwilliams
www.warrenwilliams.co.nz

(so yeah Matt, I did manage to do the email, thanks. :))