A few more from 2nd wedding

[cinci-photo]

Please comment.

http://static.flickr.com/46/114436667_f8dad56c3f.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/54/114435997_1b1bd039b0.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/39/114435996_82f6ff05cc_o.jpg

[ILoutdoorcpl]

I really like the first shot, they should be happy with all of them.

[Bob_A]

Nice work. I like 1 and 3.

[CyberPet]

Very nice, however I'd try to "tone down" some of the facial glare in some images - it can be done with the clone tool set to maybe 50%, just enough to make it less obvious.

[cinci-photo]

Very nice, however I'd try to "tone down" some of the facial glare in some images - it can be done with the clone tool set to maybe 50%, just enough to make it less obvious.

Thanks CyberPet... I thought the glare on the faces was pretty glaring too. I tried cloning but it didn't look that good. Now here's the rest of the story.... my PS skills aren't that great. I didn't even think about adusting the percentage. I'm sure that would have made all the difference. I'll give it a shot.

[bpuppy]

Also change the mode to darken ... that way only the areas lighter than the paint colour will be painted.

[MALI]

I am not very sure if B&W is the way to go with the first two. Color versions might work better. For me, B&W looks good when done in the right place. Otherwise, I tend to think it is done to hide something or to distract attention. 3 is nice composition w/ interesting selective B&W, which is why you can probably get away with too much flash.

MALI

[devinphoto]

The 3rd one with the cake is absolutely beautiful!

[cinci-photo]

I am not very sure if B&W is the way to go with the first two. Color versions might work better. For me, B&W looks good when done in the right place. Otherwise, I tend to think it is done to hide something or to distract attention. 3 is nice composition w/ interesting selective B&W, which is why you can probably get away with too much flash.

MALI

Thanks for the thoughts Mali. I chose BW for the first one because the bubbles showed up better in BW than the color version. The second one... well, I just like BW better I guess.

I'm not sure about your comment about "getting away with too much flash". Most of the shots were underexposed because of my slow lens and extemely dark environment. I shot raw and had to adjust the exposure. Please let me know what you were looking at in regards to too much flash. I'd really like to know to figure out what to do, or not do, next time.

[cinci-photo]

The 3rd one with the cake is absolutely beautiful!


Thanks Devin. I think it's one of my favorites as well.

[MALI]

I'm not sure about your comment about "getting away with too much flash". ......
Please let me know what you were looking at in regards to too much flash.

There are harsh flash shadows especially behind the bride's hands, which do not look very nice. Besides, I looked at the color version of the same photo and it is obvious that it was shot under too much flash. That kind of exposure cannot be achieved using exposure compensation in post processing.

MALI

[MALI]

Looking at the photgraph one more time, I begin to think the light source may not be the flash as I originally thought. Because the shadows fall at such an angle that it shows they were not caused by a light source that was placed on the top of the camera but rahter from the lwer left handside and this cannot be the flash unless you were using an off camera flash cord and hand gheld the flash unit from that angle. Anyways, if this is correct, then you could have probably placed yourself at a different angle to prevent that kind of shadows.

MALI

[BLINN]

Like I said before good job.

[rlhphotos]

1 and 3 or nice, 2 looks like their faces are completely squished together.

[cinci-photo]

Thanks to all. I appreciate the criticism and comments. Some people seem to take offense to criticism. Although it sort of tugs on the emotions, it's needed to improve.

Thanks again.

[islandphoto]

I really love the first one with the bubbles. I agree it may look better in color, but sometimes the contrast is hard to get in color. Do you edit in photo shop and use the shadows and highlights, or the levels?
-Joanna

[cinci-photo]

I really love the first one with the bubbles. I agree it may look better in color, but sometimes the contrast is hard to get in color. Do you edit in photo shop and use the shadows and highlights, or the levels?
-Joanna

I edit in PS (PS CS) and use a combination of levels and curves. I'm not confident with my conversion technique, but I'm working on it.

Thanks,

[Wedding Shooter]

Jamey,

Mali is referring specifically to the cake shot with the shadows. To me it looks like a video guy has shone his light creating the very strong shadow behind the glasses and the hands.

This does not appear to be your flash that has caused this and it would be hard to avoid except by moving and so not being able to get the same composition. I guess you could also provide some off camera flash on your right hand side and up in the air (or bounce off the ceiling to eliminate or soften the shadow from the spotlight or whatever light it is that is making that strong shadow.

Cheers,

Chris

[cinci-photo]

Jamey,

Mali is referring specifically to the cake shot with the shadows. To me it looks like a video guy has shone his light creating the very strong shadow behind the glasses and the hands.

This does not appear to be your flash that has caused this and it would be hard to avoid except by moving and so not being able to get the same composition. I guess you could also provide some off camera flash on your right hand side and up in the air (or bounce off the ceiling to eliminate or soften the shadow from the spotlight or whatever light it is that is making that strong shadow.

Cheers,

Chris

Thanks Chris. I went back a looked at the photograph. This is actuall a vertical shot, cropped down to what was posted. I actually think Mali was correct. I had an on-flash camera and since my camera was rotated verically, the flash was angled from the left. I'm looking into buying a flash bracket to eliminate it.