My first wedding photos

[pieq314]

These are the first wedding photos I took. This was not an actual wedding, it is just a photo event before the wedding.

The first photo was taken with studio lights. The second was taken outside. Note that the 2nd photo quality is quite bad due to the 100k limit (saved with CS2 with quality=2).

Comments are welcome!

[pieq314]

Here is the version with less compression:

http://static.flickr.com/96/266048068_f92d395794_o.jpg

[Grace]

i love the second one...but to be honest, the background in the first is....pretty bad. the bride and groomseem properly exposed and in focus..so it's technically great. the background is just busy and the colors take away from the couple.

kp

[Padawan Dad]

When saving your files for show here on POTN, use the "save for web" feature in PS. Much better compression for posting on the forums. Nice pics... however, I think they could be a bit more happy for my taste. I also would have had the gentleman in pic #1 standing, with his mouth on line with the brides eyes.

I have to agree with Kathy regarding the backdrop as well... a little too busy for my taste.

[pieq314]

Thanks both for your comments.

However about this version?

http://static.flickr.com/28/266120734_577ea5dc51_o.jpg

[jillybean]

The 2nd version of background is a little less distracting, but why pink??? do with something a little more neutral so the b&g stand out. My eyes keep going to the bright pink

[pieq314]

The 2nd version of background is a little less distracting, but why pink??? do with something a little more neutral so the b&g stand out. My eyes keep going to the bright pink
I just blured the background in the first version, so it is still pink.

Pink was my first choice so the bride's white dress and the groom's black suit show up better. What background color do you have in mind? Green? Or greenish yellow?

[MagicallyDelicious]

I have just a dark grey or black maybe. but then i guess the suit wouldnt stand out!

the pictures are very colourful and eye catching

[TH!EN]

you gotta get the couple to be more natural. natural shots always bring out more feeling and character in an image. i too would scratch the pink. maybe B&W if you cant discard the colour?

[Rachellebee27]

I think a neutral blue, tan, or brown would look nice for the BG in 1, the point is not to notice the background so much.

In both you've way overshot the shodow highlight tweeking, but expecially 2, it just looks overdone, and I'm a huge fan of using it, just too much here.

[pieq314]

I think a neutral blue, tan, or brown would look nice for the BG in 1, the point is not to notice the background so much.

In both you've way overshot the shodow highlight tweeking, but expecially 2, it just looks overdone, and I'm a huge fan of using it, just too much here.
Thanks for every one's comments. I will have to play with different background colors later.

I am curious how far do you go in shadow/highlight. Here is the original (resized, of course). Feel free to tweak it to the way you like it and post your result back here.

http://static.flickr.com/99/266302230_d65f9327da_o.jpg

[Rachellebee27]

I like to use it just enough to bring out detail and to fill light into places that somehow got under exposed, I think of it kinda like a digital reflector... You also loose a lot of quality if you overdo it. Look at her skirt, and his suit, you can see more detail, and you see more detail in the leafs, but not to the point that it takes away from the main subject. I went with 20% highlight, and 10% shadow. I also adjusted the levels just a tad, and uped the saturation a pinch.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f210/steelek27/web266302230_d65f9327da_o.jpg

HTH,

[Rachellebee27]

Hope you don't mind :) I played a bit with the pink one too, I opened it in PSCS and duplicated the layer twice. I hid the top layer, and selected the middle layer, went Image>Adjustments>replace color, and selected the brightes/pinkest part of the background. I then added a few droppers of other places so that the whole background was white in the preview, and then tweeked it until it was a color I liked, without distorting the tone of the veil. I then un-hid the top layer (I like to keep the background layer original so that I can go back when [not if;) ] I mess up.), and I selected the top layer, and selected around the subjects quickly (would need closer attention in original) and deleted the pink. Showing through the changed background, but leaving the skin color as normal as possible.

This tool comes in handy when you've got a nice shot other than that one dude in a red shirt, or when you're really trying to make a subject pop.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f210/steelek27/blueBGpink.jpg

HTH,

[NicolasRubio]

Hope you don't mind :) I played a bit with the pink one too, I opened it in PSCS and duplicated the layer twice. I hid the top layer, and selected the middle layer, went Image>Adjustments>replace color, and selected the brightes/pinkest part of the background. I then added a few droppers of other places so that the whole background was white in the preview, and then tweeked it until it was a color I liked, without distorting the tone of the veil. I then un-hid the top layer (I like to keep the background layer original so that I can go back when [not if;) ] I mess up.), and I selected the top layer, and selected around the subjects quickly (would need closer attention in original) and deleted the pink. Showing through the changed background, but leaving the skin color as normal as possible.

This tool comes in handy when you've got a nice shot other than that one dude in a red shirt, or when you're really trying to make a subject pop.

Great edit, although the pink reflection on the guy's glasses can be fixed too! :lol:

[Rachellebee27]

Well yeah :lol: :rolleyes:, as I mentioned in my PP, I did a quick selection, if you look there are still a lot of places that need touch ups, like his hip and shoulders, her hair, and back of her dress.

[boshizzle]

Congratulations on getting married ^^

[boshizzle]

Hehe, it sounds like you had fun ^__^ Did you go on a honeymoon? If so where?

[pieq314]

Hehe, it sounds like you had fun ^__^ Did you go on a honeymoon? If so where?
It is not my wedding. I am the photographer. I did have fun though. ^__^

[pieq314]

Hope you don't mind :) I played a bit with the pink one too, I opened it in PSCS and duplicated the layer twice. I hid the top layer, and selected the middle layer, went Image>Adjustments>replace color, and selected the brightes/pinkest part of the background. I then added a few droppers of other places so that the whole background was white in the preview, and then tweeked it until it was a color I liked, without distorting the tone of the veil. I then un-hid the top layer (I like to keep the background layer original so that I can go back when [not if;) ] I mess up.), and I selected the top layer, and selected around the subjects quickly (would need closer attention in original) and deleted the pink. Showing through the changed background, but leaving the skin color as normal as possible.

This tool comes in handy when you've got a nice shot other than that one dude in a red shirt, or when you're really trying to make a subject pop.


HTH,
Great edit! Thanks for editing both pictures.

I tried color replacement before, but never got it right. I will give it another try following your outlines.