Recent Wedding shots

[Big Mike]

C&C welcome.

#1
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u26/mikehodson/Weddings/Lukas%20and%20Arlene/LA-001.jpg
#2

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u26/mikehodson/Weddings/Lukas%20and%20Arlene/LA-004.jpg
#3

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u26/mikehodson/Weddings/Lukas%20and%20Arlene/LA-006.jpg

[Big Mike]

#4
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u26/mikehodson/Weddings/Lukas%20and%20Arlene/LA-005.jpg

#5
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u26/mikehodson/Weddings/Lukas%20and%20Arlene/LA-003.jpg

#6
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u26/mikehodson/Weddings/Lukas%20and%20Arlene/LA-002.jpg

[csm328]

Hey Mike, it's coming up as red Xs on my screen since I'm at work. I'll look at them when I get home.

[Toogy]

Great series, Love #2 overall, especially the reverse vignette!

If I had to make a minor complaint, some of them look a little over flashed for my tastes.

[sblais]

Great job! I'm not fond of #6, especially because of the bride's face (because of the angle from where it was shot).

[Wedding Shooter]

Nice work Mike - just a small suggestion with 2 and 4, the way you have posed them she looks quite a bit taller. As can be seen by the other pictures this is not the case. Perhaps if he sat up a bit straighter it would work better.

Number 3 might have suited a thinner DOF better.

[cricketboy75]

i love the angle and the colour of the sky in number 5. lovely. :)

[zorz]

The bride is probably shorter so standing tall on few photos might be appealing to her, I think.

On #1, I'd compensate for the green a bit.
Love #3's dynamic.
#5 and 6 are too sharp to my taste. As for flash, what kind was it? It wasn't diffused, was it? I use a diffuser on mine, especially if I have to fire it straight - makes the highlights and shadows smoother.

Overall, lovely feel and pleasant emotional feedback.

[JJacula]

I'm not loving #3 ... she's so tiny, the angle makes her look like a kid playing dressup out on the lawn.

I really like the other ones!

[zorz]

I'm not loving #3 ... she's so tiny, the angle makes her look like a kid playing dressup out on the lawn.

...and this was what I liked. It all depends on her, of course. If she's into kidding around, she'd love the photo, I suppose. It wouldn't be a sole representation of her on that day, just one of her sides...

[Big Mike]

Thank you all for the comments.

[csm328]

Great pics. Unfortunately, I'd crop out the flame in #1. The effect is overpowering from the heat-haze of the flame.

[cdjr4@cox.net]

I LOVE #1 - but would crop out the flame. I like the greenish tone.

[Big Mike]

That flame is part of a fountain where they went on their first date...I'm definitely not cropping it out. Although, if I did, it's still one their most natural expressions.

I actually gave them a couple versions of that one. This one is 'Midnight Sepia'.

[picturecrazy]

Hey Mike, a nice set. I thought you might have used midnight sepia on 1. I think the background is a little too dark though. That's one of many reasons I stopped using MS action.

She is very pretty but do you have any pics to show of them engaging each other more? Looking a little more natural?

Also, her skin tone looks a bit inconsistent. Looks like the contrast has been boosted up a lot, but often too much of that messes with skin tones... especially people with her type of complexion.

[Big Mike]

Thanks for the comments Lloyd.

Ya, the MS action did darken the background quite a bit...but I loved the overall effect. It was a tough choice, the full color version looked pretty good as well. I gave them both of those plus a (gasp) selective color version.

I have a few where they are interacting a little more...but they (especially her) were more goofy than romantic on that day. He was very 'matter of fact' most of the time. I'll admit though, that I'm not as good as I want to be, at getting them to be romantic and natural looking.

[cccp145]

Nice Job