First wedding--few shots critique

[mulder32]

Very small, but nice wedding last saturday. Let me know what you think of these.

[mulder32]

couple more

[mulder32]

two more still

[mulder32]

final one!

[form]

What is that incredibly distracting, almost prismatic color in the bottom photo?

The black & whites need more contrast and increased exposure on the B&G.

#3 and #4 - flowers and dancing - need color balancing (reduced color temp) to eliminate the blue cast, and increased exposure.

Next to last photo is pretty good but a little flat. Move them away from trees next time so they don't intersect the subjects' heads.

[Ockie]

1 & 2: don't like the angle, specially on the second one... I wish you had been in front of them for this shot :)

3: could use some sharpening (perhaps due to resizing for web?)

the rest: nice moments captured, but they miss the "wow" factor for me

last one: what's up with the pink/ purple in the shot?


Anyhow, keep it up, can't expect to get the best photo' s on your first try!

[ndelacova]

I really like the fourth one. It is very sharp and clear. It has no shadows and the skin color is great. The expressions is natural and great as well.

[mulder32]

The purple light is from the DJ's light stand. Not much I can do about that--I just really liked the bride's expression.

[howzitboy]

they look like too much pp or u shot them with a point and shoot camera. they just dont look sharp at all (on my computer). Maybe its lack of contrast?

[FocalPrincess]

The light is horribly distracting on the last one, otherwise, not bad shots.

[SuzyView]

Welcome, Mulder. The PP on these images need more work, but not a lot. For a first wedding, not bad. But the exposure and sharpness for most are not quite there and the lighting for the last one is distracting and the softness doesn't help the shot. #3 is underexposed just a little, so even adding fill flash to it would make the flowers sing in the shot. To get the WOW factor, you really have to decide if it's an okay image. I think when I give these to the B&G to view, they almost always like the sharp pictures the best, the softer ones not so much.

[collierportraits]

As stated. B&W's need more pop. Overall nice job on first wedding!

[mulder32]

Thanks to all for the constructive criticism. My weakness right now is PP, and I'm slowing learning. I did some adjusting with the exposure setting in Photoshop and that helped quite a bit to "snap" some of these. The soft look I use on certain shots, but I usually include a sharp copy of the photo as well, so the B/G can choose.

[Yeoer]

The purple light is from the DJ's light stand. Not much I can do about that--I just really liked the bride's expression.

It's got B/W written all over that one... easiest way to get rid of that colouring.

[michillebaker]

1. ok shot but looks a little blurry to me. Maybe a larger aperature would have been better.
2. not much to cc here overall great shot

3. I really like this shot but making it tade brighter (maybe my moniter though)
4. Not really that found of this picture maybe will a little pp it may pop a little better

5. My favorite of all of them. Great Job!

6. To blurry not liking the pp.

As for pp here is what I ussually to help pp a pic in photoshop. I am not for sure which version you have but I have photoshop cs3 and I usually do this to most pics.

1. If shot in raw I would do alittle justing in the raw converter of photoshop and then open the photo up.

2. I would then duplicate the background

3. Next I would start by removing any blemishes that I see ex. Scratch on face

4. Next I would give it a color boost by changing the colorspace to LAB and using the curves dialog box and move over the a & b channel to my liking.

5. I would then change my colorspace back to sRGB and then adjust any brightness or constrast that was needed.

6. The last thing I would do is run my photo through my noise wear program that I have.

I hope this helps you.

Michille