My First Wedding (Finally!)

[bakerbranded]

Hey everyone,
Well some may remember back to when I posted this:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=603495

I got some great help and some not so great help but I could see were people were coming from when a sixteen year old would be shooting his first wedding with no previous experience.

All in all everything went absolutely amazing and I am very proud of myself and am happy I went with it. Although I did have to shoot all on camera flash because my Cybersyncs were acting up and both my strobes would not fire when off camera.

Thanks to everyone who did help and encouraged me.
C&C is welcome.

If anyone is interested more are on my blog here:
http://scottbakerphotography.blogspot.com/

So without further ado, my first wedding...
Jessica & Justin Snyder

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Thanks,
Scott

[FamilyJules]

Fantastic! And you're only 16!? Wow! No one would ever know it was your first wedding :)
All wonderful images, but the rings on the piano is the money shot for me :)

[StellaBean]

You're just dying to go "neener neener " to the naysayers now aren't you.. lol

I'm not only impressed with your work, but the fact you didn't "act" like a kid when faced with the negativity surrounding your endeavor.

I agree.. the rings on the piano shot.. awesome.

[FamilyJules]

You're just dying to go "neener neener " to the naysayers now aren't you.. lol


I was thinking that too ;)

[greatwhites2k]

very nice captures, I like #4 and #7

[Tiger_993]

Great job Scott.

[John Trogdon]

Way to go Scott! Glad you listened to those who supported you, and not those that offered only discouragement.

You are off to a terrific start. Hope to see much more from you.

[Mike414]

very nice !! really like #7


Mike.

[moeronn]

Great job, regardless of age. The shots on your blog are great, too

[harroz]

wow kid..... you got some serious talent!

they were only trying to help you, and I would've agreed without knowing your talent that it would'nt have been the best idea for you to do it. I would say you'd be in the 0.000001% 16yr olds who could actually pull this off.

You've got an incredible talent already, not only in composition and creating an image with visual impact photographically, but also your image knowledge and post processing looks to be very a-grade. It'll be interesting to see if you become a master or burn out early. I'm thinking the first.

[FamilyJules]

wow kid..... you got some serious talent!

they were only trying to help you, and I would've agreed without knowing your talent that it would'nt have been the best idea for you to do it. I would say you'd be in the 0.000001% 16yr olds who could actually pull this off.

You've got an incredible talent already, not only in composition and creating an image with visual impact photographically, but also your image knowledge and post processing looks to be very a-grade. It'll be interesting to see if you become a master or burn out early. I'm thinking the first.

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[cdifoto]

You make me feel like a hack.

[Andrushka]

dang nice work man... the rings on the piano are great... havent seen that yet

[kencas]

Very very nice work there, Scott! Your images are great inspiration for a jaded old git like me...

Love the ring shot especially!!!

Hooroo,

Ken

[davecole650]

Not to sound too "Me too" but I really like that ring shot. Good work all around.

[SuzyView]

Great series! I love the piano ring shot!

[bakerbranded]

Fantastic! And you're only 16!? Wow! No one would ever know it was your first wedding :)
All wonderful images, but the rings on the piano is the money shot for me :)

Thanks so much Julie!
Yes I am only 16, I'll be 17 in June.
I really fell in love with the ring shot as well.

Thanks again!
Scott

[FamilyJules]

Thanks so much Julie!
Yes I am only 16, I'll be 17 in June.
I really fell in love with the ring shot as well.

Thanks again!
Scott

No problem.... I'm 28, and don't show the quality that you produce!
That just shows you that age, for the most part, is just a #. Some people were just born to do certain things, and you were definitely born to be a photographer.

[RealtorGuy508]

All I can say is WOW....you definitely have amazing talent. I think you did an awesome job, and definitely have a successful career ahead of you.

[bakerbranded]

No problem.... I'm 28, and don't show the quality that you produce!
That just shows you that age, for the most part, is just a #. Some people were just born to do certain things, and you were definitely born to be a photographer.


Julie I took a look at your website and are you kidding me and yourself about quality? You are an absolute amazing photographer who produces outstanding quality.
I hear you about age, I'm just always hesitant when it comes to potential clients to let them know my age. I want them to book me for my quality and not be turned off by my age.

Thanks again for your compliments. I do plan on making this my life career and I hope I make it into NYU or RIT for photography and business.

Scott

[FamilyJules]

Julie I took a look at your website and are you kidding me and yourself about quality? You are an absolute amazing photographer who produces outstanding quality.
I hear you about age, I'm just always hesitant when it comes to potential clients to let them know my age. I want them to book me for my quality and not be turned off by my age.

Thanks again for your compliments. I do plan on making this my life career and I hope I make it into NYU or RIT for photography and business.

Scott

Well thank you! :)
I know you'll get into whatever college you strive for.... it would be a shame to the photography world, otherwise.

AS far as age goes, it will work against you for a while..... Like I said, I'm 28, and I still get people who are turned off by that..... If you're younger than the people who are hiring you, generally (not ALWAYS), they seem to think of you as still a kid. Atleast in my experience, anyways.... plus I look younger than I am, so that doesn't help me, either ;)

Either way, your work speaks for itself ;)

[bakerbranded]

Well thank you! :)
I know you'll get into whatever college you strive for.... it would be a shame to the photography world, otherwise.

AS far as age goes, it will work against you for a while..... Like I said, I'm 28, and I still get people who are turned off by that..... If you're younger than the people who are hiring you, generally (not ALWAYS), they seem to think of you as still a kid. Atleast in my experience, anyways.... plus I look younger than I am, so that doesn't help me, either ;)

Either way, your work speaks for itself ;)

Your welcome :)
And yes in some of my experience to I may get a laugh or two but I try and brush it off.

Thanks again and keep up the great work!
Scott

[The Moose]

Good job mate. Hopefully you get some recommendations and a few more jobs coming! I shot my sister's wedding last year at 16 but it was terrible. I wish I knew as much then as I do now, as well as having the gear (or lenses at least) to get the job done :lol:

[bakerbranded]

You're just dying to go "neener neener " to the naysayers now aren't you.. lol

I'm not only impressed with your work, but the fact you didn't "act" like a kid when faced with the negativity surrounding your endeavor.

I agree.. the rings on the piano shot.. awesome.

Lol I dont want to be arrogant, all I can say is that I am proud of myself for still continuing. It was a wonderful experience which I would love and plan to do again. My next wedding I know of is scheduled for July 2_, 2009. I'm shooting my aunts wedding on Camano Island on a beautiful nature preserve. I am so excited about that one. This wedding was very nice, but it was traditional (or atleast the cermeony) because I had to shoot about twenty different groups on the alter and only had a short time to shoot the bride and groom elsewhere. But my aunt and her HTB are very non traditional and are with the style I strive to shoot. So it should be an aweseom wedding as well as this one.

Thanks again for the opinion on the shot. :D

Scott

[bakerbranded]

very nice captures, I like #4 and #7

Thank you very much! :D

Scott

[bakerbranded]

Great job Scott.


Thanks :D

Scott

[form]

#1 watch yellows (flowers) as they blow out easily. I really like to do these shots with very directional light, like side or backlight.

#2 no complaints, good environmental shot with no great strengths or weaknesses.

#3 good body language and timing, might center them more or even draw them closer to an edge and zoom out for rule-of-thirds shot.

#4 interesting idea and good light, not sure how well the rings stand out against the white piano keys. In future shots I think it helps to try to give significance/association with the wedding by using bouquets, flowers, notes/words, or other things related to the wedding itself as foreground or background.

#5 neither good nor bad, might not have cropped the top of the sign off.

#6 neutral again, possibly try it off-centered and watch the other things in the frame like the bouquet.

#7 good timing, good light, her fingers are cut off and I'm not sure whether the lights on the top right are good or bad.

#8 good timing and good light again, no complaints about overall composition nor suggestions to improve it. If in the future an edge light can be acquired to give background separation, it would enhance shots like this.

Good job with good light; can you do it again?

[bakerbranded]

Way to go Scott! Glad you listened to those who supported you, and not those that offered only discouragement.

You are off to a terrific start. Hope to see much more from you.

Hey John,
Thanks a lot for the compliment and yes I'm glad I did as well.

Scott

[bakerbranded]

very nice !! really like #7


Mike.

Hey Mike,
Thanks a lot. :D

[bakerbranded]

Great job, regardless of age. The shots on your blog are great, too

Thanks a lot, I"m glad you liked them and the ones on my blog as well. :)

Scott

[CanonDad]

Ring shot is a stand-out.
Really good stuff. Hope you got paid a pretty penny for that.

[Cr4zYH3aD]

fantastic !

[spamster]

Ring shot +1
All are great but I sorta feel like maying #3 of them kissing, the processing should have been similar to #5 & #6. Regardless, very good. Lot of talent. :)

[zelseman]

Awesome job man! Im really impressed. Im 19, so I feel ya on the age as well. Great shots! Keep it up!

[howaboutnow]

Way to go!

[JGelks2007]

Great work Scott, it's obvious that you have an artistic eye. I'm 19 myself and just did my first wedding as well, but you obviously know what you're doing.

[Skrim17]

Beautiful work Scott!!

[VansEdra]

it's ok but,.. too much kubota for the pp

[bakerbranded]

wow kid..... you got some serious talent!

they were only trying to help you, and I would've agreed without knowing your talent that it would'nt have been the best idea for you to do it. I would say you'd be in the 0.000001% 16yr olds who could actually pull this off.

You've got an incredible talent already, not only in composition and creating an image with visual impact photographically, but also your image knowledge and post processing looks to be very a-grade. It'll be interesting to see if you become a master or burn out early. I'm thinking the first.

Wow thanks so much for that big compliment! :D
And like I said I agreed with them, and could understand why some might be angry.

Thanks again for the wonderful compliment. Very encouraging.

Scott

[bakerbranded]

You make me feel like a hack.

I'm not quite sure what you mean, but I hope its not a bad thing.

[bakerbranded]

dang nice work man... the rings on the piano are great... havent seen that yet

Thank you I'm glad you like it. :)

[bakerbranded]

Very very nice work there, Scott! Your images are great inspiration for a jaded old git like me...

Love the ring shot especially!!!

Hooroo,

Ken

Hey Ken,
Thanks a lot, I'm glad you like them. :)

[bakerbranded]

Not to sound too "Me too" but I really like that ring shot. Good work all around.

Thanks!

[biggpopa]

Great Job. It's always nice to get the first wedding under your belt. Keep up the good work!

[ajbalazic]

Congratulations! Nicely done

[bakerbranded]

Great series! I love the piano ring shot!

Thanks Suzie! :)

[bakerbranded]

All I can say is WOW....you definitely have amazing talent. I think you did an awesome job, and definitely have a successful career ahead of you.

Thank you very much! :D

[bakerbranded]

Good job mate. Hopefully you get some recommendations and a few more jobs coming! I shot my sister's wedding last year at 16 but it was terrible. I wish I knew as much then as I do now, as well as having the gear (or lenses at least) to get the job done :lol:

Thank you, and yes I hope this will get some word of mouth because I will definably do it again. Thanks again! And best of luck with your next one! :)

[bakerbranded]

#1 watch yellows (flowers) as they blow out easily. I really like to do these shots with very directional light, like side or backlight.

#2 no complaints, good environmental shot with no great strengths or weaknesses.

#3 good body language and timing, might center them more or even draw them closer to an edge and zoom out for rule-of-thirds shot.

#4 interesting idea and good light, not sure how well the rings stand out against the white piano keys. In future shots I think it helps to try to give significance/association with the wedding by using bouquets, flowers, notes/words, or other things related to the wedding itself as foreground or background.

#5 neither good nor bad, might not have cropped the top of the sign off.

#6 neutral again, possibly try it off-centered and watch the other things in the frame like the bouquet.

#7 good timing, good light, her fingers are cut off and I'm not sure whether the lights on the top right are good or bad.

#8 good timing and good light again, no complaints about overall composition nor suggestions to improve it. If in the future an edge light can be acquired to give background separation, it would enhance shots like this.

Good job with good light; can you do it again?

Hey Joey
Thanks a lot for the critique on each photo, that helps a lot.
And I think I can do it again. Thanks again.

[bakerbranded]

Ring shot is a stand-out.
Really good stuff. Hope you got paid a pretty penny for that.

Thanks,
And no I put my foot down on charging because it was my first time and I had no previous experience nor know how they would turn out. I decided to make it a wedding gift as I would have been a guest if I was not the pro photog there. I think I would feel more confident in charging next time though.

Scott

[bakerbranded]

fantastic !

Thank you! :)

[bakerbranded]

Ring shot +1
All are great but I sorta feel like maying #3 of them kissing, the processing should have been similar to #5 & #6. Regardless, very good. Lot of talent. :)

Thanks a lot!
I love that type of processing and sometimes I can go overboard so I really had to keep it low this time. For my favorites most of them seem to have this style of processing, so I do know what you mean.

Thanks again.
Scott

[bakerbranded]

Awesome job man! Im really impressed. Im 19, so I feel ya on the age as well. Great shots! Keep it up!

Thanks a lot! :D

[bakerbranded]

Way to go!
Thanks!

[bakerbranded]

Great work Scott, it's obvious that you have an artistic eye. I'm 19 myself and just did my first wedding as well, but you obviously know what you're doing.

Thanks, I'm glad you like them! :)

[bakerbranded]

Beautiful work Scott!!

Thanks Crissa! The one ring shot on the branch was shot using the 50 f/1.8! :)

[bakerbranded]

it's ok but,.. too much kubota for the pp

Thanks and actually there is no Kubota at all, nor TRA.

[blair6878]

Great job. I like your judgment on the use of DOF. On pic 3 there is enough to get the whole subject and in the piano shot you highlighted the rings just right. Which lens did you use for the piano?

[bakerbranded]

Great Job. It's always nice to get the first wedding under your belt. Keep up the good work!

Thank you very much and yes it is! :)

[bakerbranded]

Congratulations! Nicely done

Thanks Alan :)

[ejicon]

wow. These shots are crispy and crunchy. Good job

[Ziffle]

Very nice series....
love the pp.

Thanks for sharing.
Later,
_Mark

[shannyD]

i really love the warmth of number 7.

great job!

shannon

[bakerbranded]

wow. These shots are crispy and crunchy. Good job

Thanks! :)

[bakerbranded]

Very nice series....
love the pp.

Thanks for sharing.
Later,
_Mark

Thanks a lot Mark!

[bakerbranded]

i really love the warmth of number 7.

great job!

shannon

Thanks ya I like that as well.

Thanks again Shannon

[pixlebender]

Great work.

[Kendal]

I love the last shot because of the expression you captured on the brides face ... if these were photos of my wedding, I would love that picture. Well done !

[Roona99]

Really nice !

Im impressed you dont own an arsenal of equipment.

A few quality lenses and talent and there you go.

Carry on man !

[Phil.hearing]

for 16 i think u did v well... i wouldnt have done so well at this age :D

[Tomi Hawk]

what's age got to do with it, do with it .. who needs a ... ... ok welll,
she coulda twisted it like that once or twice ... ;)

Bravo Scott .. wellll on your way! Ring Shot is .. bw!