8/25/07 Wedding Photos

[maxwax13]

Here are some photos from my most recent wedding. They were shot at Niagara-on-the-Lake, in Ontario. C&C welcome.

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[maxwax13]

a few from the reception too :)

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[tim]

Your photos are all orange.

2. Nice shot, fix white bal & exposure.
3 & 4. Cool. Try and make the people stand out.
5. Almost. Not quite there but I see where you're going and I like it.
6. Bring back the highlights. Nice shot.
7. Not so good, don't like posing or expressions. Wide angles bad sometimes.
8. Again, almost, but not quite. They'll love it.

[tim]

9 & 10 - great!
11 - bad shadows
rest - nothing that jumps out at me

[stathunter]

Some great shots. I like the diversity in the work. I am sure the couple will be pleased.

[maxwax13]

9 & 10 - great!
11 - bad shadows
rest - nothing that jumps out at me


11 - bad shadows? I thought it looked kinda cool...made the group look even bigger. Are big shadows on the wall a faux pa?

[tim]

To me, yes, to others, who knows.

[SuzyView]

I think they are all very well done, in particular 9&10 have great texture to them. The bride's skin tones look more flattering and faces have real emotion. Some of the first are processed with more color than I do for my weddings, but they work. Beautiful couple. I don't know what the knife and tied up wife thing was all about, but maybe you can discuss that in the G&N section ;)?

[ofdphoto]

There are shadows within the group too. You need to watch your off-camera strobe placement ... it looks like you've put it in one place and left it there for the night, rather than adjusting it as needed. In many shots it worked well, but for the group dancing it needed to be higher or somewhere else.

I agree with Tim's comments in general. I'd add that #5 looks distorted, though I do like the concept. Also #14 achieves nothing with the shoes blurry. It would have been a good storyteller with the shoes in focus and the bride dancing with the others in the blurred background.

Your outdoor shots are well-composed and executed but it's a pity the sky is totally blown out in all of them ... it gives them a gharish look (even/especially the black and whites). You obviously know how to move your flash off camera, so why not play with using it to balance people shots with blue or cloudy sky? I'd also recommend playing with shallower depth of field in at least *some* of these shots ... it would help deal with the busyness of your backgrounds.

These are all minor issues really ... the B&G will love your photos, and so they should. Sorry if I offered too much critique ... but it's what I hope people will offer for my images!

Keep up the great work!

[maxwax13]

I think they are all very well done, in particular 9&10 have great texture to them. The bride's skin tones look more flattering and faces have real emotion. Some of the first are processed with more color than I do for my weddings, but they work. Beautiful couple. I don't know what the knife and tied up wife thing was all about, but maybe you can discuss that in the G&N section ;)?

Okay, I toned down the curve I used for the colour pop in photo #5. I added a little sharpening too. Let me know if this is better. I can see how it looked a little more orange than it should.

As for the knife and the garter thing. The Groom did it Reservoir Dogsstyle to the tune of "Stuck In The Middle With You". He tied up her hands behind the chair and each leg too. Was pretty damn funny. In the Reservoir Dogs movie the guys ear got cut off though, not a garter :)

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[madhatter04]

I think the shots are great, and I love the color scheme they chose! Thank goodness it wasn't pink!

[MALI]

1. Nice composition. Too much saturation?

2. Nice. Definitely too much saturation.

3. Good. Not sure about the BW conversion.

4. Same as #3. BW looks like it is making the faces difficult to see.

5. Nice angle. Too much saturation.

6. Same as #5.

7. See previous.

8. See #3.

9. Very nice.

10. See #9.

11. Naah... Shadows did it in.

12. Not too bad. Hard to see it is a bouquet throw, though.

13. Now you started to be using this effect just too much.

14. So, so.

15. Same as #14.

Thanks for sharing.