Whew... Here's a first!

[jenne]

NOTE: I've been having a bit of trouble with people being able to see the photos... they should be viewable now... many apologies mods for having to do this but my server's not co-operating!

So, after much browsing on this wedding forum, I've decided to be brave and post a few photos that I took at a friend's wedding a few weeks ago.

I was a guest at the wedding but the hired photographers were not sticking around for the reception after the ceremony, so Emily (my friend, the beautiful bride) had asked me to bring my camera gear along.

I've decided to try out some processing techniques outside of my comfort zone (after all, you don't learn and grow if you don't step out of your comfort zone :D) and I'd like some honest critiquing please (both on processing and technique). I've been hired on to shoot a girlfriend's wedding next July, so I'm expecting to do quite a bit of learning and growing in the coming months.


1. Em and Dave kissing... they like to kiss a lot. In fact, they had a slideshow of all the places they had visited around the world with them kissing in the frames. It was absolutely cute.

2. First dance - This was totally awesome... they did an impromptu swing/60's style dance routine! Dave was dipping and twirling her all over the dance floor... I've never seen anything like it as a first dance.

[jenne]

Hmm... the photos don't seem to want to appear. A-ha! Figured it out ;)

I'm going to have to add more attached images here... sorry mods... my server's down right now, otherwise I would be embedding them.


3. Father/Daughter dance

4. Same father/daughter dance

[johnstoy]

Same here, no pics.. You might want to check the copied links to the pics...

[lakiluno]

no pics here :(

[jenne]

Crap... hmm... I'm really not sure why the pics aren't showing up. I can see them on my monitor and my boyfriend's.

Can you guys see any of the photos or none at all?

AND... last two...

5. This one's my fav. I love the expression on Emily's dad's face.

6. Cutting of the (cup)cake! - These were THE best cupcakes I have ever had... her Em's neighbour made them for her wedding. De-lish!

[Maui Kim]

red x's for me...:(

[jenne]

Okay, let's try something else...

[johnstoy]

Nope... Have you changed the file name along the way? You may need to re-paste new links for each photo.

[jenne]

Nope... Have you changed the file name along the way? You may need to re-paste new links for each photo.

I've put the most recent filenames in the link, post-processing. Not quite sure what to do now...

*edit: I've just attached them to the posts. Sorry for all the troubles everyone!

[johnstoy]

Great captures of excellent moments... Cheers.

[Pebbs4]

I can see them Jenne.......My fav is #4 and #1

[jenne]

Great captures of excellent moments... Cheers.

I can see them Jenne.......My fav is #4 and #1

Thanks for the replies.. and thanks for trying to help me get my photos up John. Much appreciated.

[mizuno]

They all look very noisy, what ISO were you shooting at?

[Banbert]

Nice captures but I agree with Dan that they look quite noisey, exif says they were shot at ISO 400 though and they look quite a lot more than that.

[mizuno]

exif says they were shot at ISO 400 though and they look quite a lot more than that.

Possibly shot at ISO400, but underexposed and brought up in post process?

[jenne]

Possibly shot at ISO400, but underexposed and brought up in post process?

They were shot at ISO400 and brought up in post-processing. There wasn't enough ambient lighting in the background to distinguish some of the darker clothing (i.e. the suits and tuxes) so I had to fill in some of the lighting. All of the pp'ing was done in Lightroom on RAW files.

I wasn't too picky about the noise b/c if I remember reading somewhere on here, it was mentioned that when you print the photos, the noise is not really noticeable. Plus, for the most part, it's not something that really registers with the layperson.

Next time though, I have to work on working more with the ambient lighting and possibly an off-camera flash.

Thanks for commenting guys.

edit: Oh and that last photo of the set... the wall was actually kind of "noisy" so it looks extra noisy there... the wallpaper was some ugly, yellow textured material that made the photo look noisy even before I pp'd it. Yuck.

[JJacula]

They look good, but if I were you I'd run them through NoiseWare.

[jenne]

They look good, but if I were you I'd run them through NoiseWare.


Thanks Jennifer... I do have Noise Ninja installed. Maybe I'll run them through later.

[csm328]

Was the noise on purpose?

[jenne]

Was the noise on purpose?

Hey Wayne, the noise wasn't necessarily on purpose but I didn't correct it either b/c I didn't think it was that big of a deal... but it seems like, from the comments that I'm getting here, that it is. I personally don't mind the noise and my friend did not notice it either.

[tony fanning]

If you had shot at 800 or 1600 they would have been better exposed and had less noise than shooting at 400 and editing them lighter.
Having said that, I lve the old man expression, dancing with his daughter.

[jenne]

If you had shot at 800 or 1600 they would have been better exposed and had less noise than shooting at 400 and editing them lighter.
Having said that, I lve the old man expression, dancing with his daughter.

Thanks for the comments Tony. I do like that one a lot too!

It wasn't so much that the photos were underexposed (the subjects were properly exposed), it was more that I didn't have anything backlighting the subjects so I had to use the "fill light" option in Lightroom a bit to make the subjects stand out a bit from the dark background. I'll keep that in mind for next time though!

[restech]

I like the way you captured the expression. Nice.
Yah just like others point out, noise-y. :D