Wedding Practice Shots

[gail]

Heres some pic taking today of my granddaughter that is being a part of the wedding I'm doing in a few weeks. I got her dress today so thought I would try it on her to make sure all fit well. Well, while I had her all dressed up,thought I would take a few shots just to practice on before the wedding.

I still got a long way to go to get them right but maybe by then I will have learn more from this forum, reading books, and so on.

What could I have done better, that you all suggest? As far as these go.
I need all the help and advice I can get thanks.

Well here goes don't go to hard on me PLEASE! ha Thanks.

And she want be holding that big flower bouquet, these were just practice, shots and she was liking to hold the flower. Ha it's not even finished yet still got more work on all that too. BOY! what have I gotten my self in to lol.

I'm making all the flowers my self and doing it all and on top of that taking the photographs gee wiz" ha ha. I will be nuts time this is all over lol....
#1
http://photos.imageevent.com/gailsgallery/familyalbum/websize/maddie%204.JPG
#2
http://photos.imageevent.com/gailsgallery/familyalbum/websize/maddie%205.JPG
#3
http://photos.imageevent.com/gailsgallery/familyalbum/websize/maddie%201_1.JPG
#4
http://photos.imageevent.com/gailsgallery/familyalbum/websize/maddie%203_1.JPG

And one I just played around with in Photo Shop CS,
#5
http://photos.imageevent.com/gailsgallery/familyalbum/websize/maddie%202_1.JPG

here's the exif, data for one of them and a few of them I shot in portrait mode.
Shooting Mode
Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/125
Av( Aperture Value )
8.0
Metering Mode
Evaluative
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
200
Lens
50.0 mm
Focal Length
50.0 mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF Mode
One-Shot AF
Parameters
Contrast Normal
Sharpness Normal
Color saturation Normal
Color tone Normal
Color Space
sRGB

[eminaddiesmom]

those are really cute. My daughter's wearing the same dress in a wedding this summer!

Erika

[gail]

Thanks Erika Yes, I just loved, the little dress thought it was so cute.
Mary Kate and Ashley really have a nice line of clothes out. Some of the cuties little things. :-) My granddaughter loves to watch their show also.

[lmelendez]

I really like ALL of them...

Just one small comment... the flowers on the last one... they look funny...

[tim]

I find them a little plain for my tastes, not really glamorous or different from standard snaps. Perhaps try a narrower DOF, or some variations on post processing to add some outline softness or glow.

[ajbalazic]

These are nice. You obviously have a good eye. One recommendation: shoot in RAW (if you aren't already). I've only recently started shooting RAW and the flexibility is incredible. Especially for White Balance. As for these shots, they lack a certain 'punch'. Nothing a little color correction and saturation won't fix.
A few more suggestions (I've read on other post): take the time to go to the different locations and practice. Try to get two people, one dressed in white (very light) and one in black (very dark) and take some shots. Apparently, this can be problematic for exposure. Finally, prepare yourself for hours & hours of post processing.
Good luck and make sure to share some photo's when they're done. All the best to the Bride & Groom.

[Michaelmjc]

They look good, You should have no problem with the real wedding pictures.