Finished PP of first wedding!!! (The one I shot at 1600 ISO!)

[maegand]

I posted last week that I forgot about ISO for during my first wedding and I was really worried about the noise. Thanks to everyone who responded with advice. I ended up finishing the post processing yesterday. Thanks goodness for RAW. I have now converted! I'm excited for the couple to see the pictures. I LOVE them! Here are some, but feel free to look at the complete gallery here...First Wedding (http://maegandougherty.smugmug.com/gallery/2758130#146955970).

1 - Greeting the photographer
http://maegandougherty.smugmug.com/photos/146955970-M.jpg

2 Pearls from the groom
http://maegandougherty.smugmug.com/photos/147571052-M.jpg

3 - Some of the girls
http://maegandougherty.smugmug.com/photos/147547886-M.jpg

4 - The Groom
http://maegandougherty.smugmug.com/photos/147558386-M.jpg

5 - Waiting with mom
http://maegandougherty.smugmug.com/photos/147548919-M.jpg

6 - RB and FG
http://maegandougherty.smugmug.com/photos/147577504-M.jpg

[maegand]

Guess it would be nice to post some of the couple!

http://maegandougherty.smugmug.com/photos/147577132-S.jpg http://maegandougherty.smugmug.com/photos/146967857-S.jpg

http://maegandougherty.smugmug.com/photos/147560194-S.jpg http://maegandougherty.smugmug.com/photos/147541703-S.jpg

http://maegandougherty.smugmug.com/photos/146966440-S.jpg

[wilky95]

Well goes to show all these who complain that if you shoot over200iso the pic,s are not worth having how wrong they are, a nice solid set of pictures.

Exposure is the secret to high iso :-)

Martin

[motogeno]

Yeah, I've shot plenty at 1600 that work just fine in color or black and white. I think that a lot of these would look really nice as monotones, although your one conversion is really backlit and could stand to be bumped up in exposure or dodged a good bit.

[suspectim]

Nice Work! I did the same thing for a couple at the last wedding. High ISO ant to bad.

[Palladium]

They all look nice but IMPO they are too small to really notice anything regarding the quality or processing.

[1kerry]

#6 is my fav......i like the desaturate process you add on that one......

nice!

[indpndnt]

I looked at your album. Hard to believe these were "mistakes". I'm sure the couple is pleased. You did a great job!

[maegand]

Thanks everyone! I know (based on my Statcounter) the the bride has looked and forwarded to a lot of people. Can't wait to hear from her! She knew this was my first wedding and was so sweet to give me a chance.

[tim]

1 - eyes not good - crop. BW.
2 - brightness (not exposure using ACR).
3 - cool
4 - eyes

Run out of time sorry. In general i'd suggest you fill the frame, watch your exposure, balance ambient and flash lighting, play with different compositions (rule of third/non central/variety), and watch color temp.