Weekend Wedding Pics

[32ANA]

Here's some shots from a wedding I shot on the weekend, the bride had a beautiful vintage style dress, a great looking couple.
Enjoy
Anna

[32ANA]

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[tim]

I like them! #2 isn't great with them looking away but not bad either. #1 and #4 look a little underexposed to me, you might give them a bit of a boost, exposure in RAW or levels in JPG. Keep an eye on the color temperature as well.

[bpuppy]

That is a crazy cool dress!

[BLINN]

Anna, you are off to a good start. Now here is what I find wrong with your images:

#1) The comp is OK. The back wall saves this image because it leads you to the brides eye. I would rather like to see her shoulder or veil lead to her face and eyes. This image IMO need to be PSed. She has some shadows in the eye sockets (not much but they look a tad dark) and her skin tone is varies quite a bit as you go from her shoulder to her breast. The skin near her breast is not as tan as her shoulder area. Her skin could also be softened and smoothed to conseal red ploches and freckels. All in all, off the camera very good shot.

#2) This is a nice shot, not the greatest comp but nice. A fill flash should have been used here to eliminate the shadows in the eye sockets and face produced from the natural sunlight. I would have also given them a sparkel in the eye with I find make the image even more appealing. Try it in black and white, this might help with the harsh shadows a bit.

#3) I love it. My only advice is to sharpen it up a tad, but I love.

#4) Is a great shot as well. I would have angled the camera the opposite direction to have the bride coming out of the bottom left hand corner. The human eye scans an image from bottom left to right, if it has a line from the bottom left corner to the subjects face and or eye, then the image draws you in and focus' to that point. Fill flash is the only bad thing here, or should I say lack of.

All you image are good, I am just being critical of you work so that you can learn and get better. You seem to have lots of potential. Just remeber eye sockets and shadows, your eye will not always pick this up but you camera will. Try to use a fill flash most of the time even outside. Keep up the great work.

[32ANA]

Thanks for the comments Blinn. Its often quite hard to get perfect shots at weddings because its often quite rushed to get to the reception, and no one wants to stand still for too long to set up a shot, we did the best with what we had on the day. Thanks for the tips.

[PIXI_666]

Being rushed sucks....i dont think i have actually had a wedding yet that isn't lol even my own was rushed!!!!

[BLINN]

This goes out to all wedding photographers here...The day belongs to the bride and groom, we all know this. However, they have hired us to record their very special day. The memories that the mind will forget sooner then later. If you want to be a good wedding photographer you need to have control. Complete control. This is no different then a model shoot. Candid, photojournalistic images are always great, but we need to know what is going on, and the B&G need to be reasured that we know what is going on. They want to have memories of their love and joy that day. It is our job to do this. We are in essence the real boss of the show. We tell them were to go how and to stand. You, as wedding photographer; have to take contol of the day in such a way that the B&G believe they are in total control and that they believe we are doing what they want us to do. When actually, we do what we want and we control them. This control has to take place from the inital visit with the client, and it as to be so sutle that they have no clue we have total control of there day. If you need one more shot to be sure, then take the shot or get another pose together. Even if the B&G want to get going, just one more won't upset them. What you are producing for them is a life time of memories. More than likely the most happy memories a couple can ever experiance. (besides childern) The B&G may pick the place to get the photo taken, but we do the rest. Even in a rushed senario, you can still (if you know how) control the people you are taking photographs of. If not, you get snapshots. Some good some bad. You may not agree with this but look back at your last gig, I bet you can see that you did control the poeple you were working for. They liked it (buzzed with joy to make any real decisions) and in return they loved their photos. Keep this in mind for your next gig I bet you will find thing run smoothly. I works great for me. Just remember don't be pushy, or rude you will loose business that way. You have to take all their consideration in to effect. Have fun shooting and good luck with all future gigs.

[scattashot]

use a checklist of all the shots needed for the wedding and take multiple frames of all the must have shots. with strong sunlight use a reflector to cast a shadow and the shoot using ambient light, this only works for close up shots but with excellent results. check your histogram, light meter and adjust accordingly

[JaertX]

My wedding is a much better memory than having children. Did I mention I have a two month old that still wakes up in the middle of the night, has peed on me, pooped on me and pukes on my on a regular basis. And I've watched two births so far...that is way gross. No way was my wedding that bad! lol.

But really...I like your shots Anna...nice to have some good, constructive critism on them as well Blinn!