First time wedding....

[bdavis27701]

Did my first wedding this past Saturday for my cousin. Was very nervous especially when I found out no flash was allowed in the church and had to shoot from a balcony except when the bride walked down the aisle. I usually just shoot local MX races so take it easy on me-LOL.

http://bdavisimages.com/crumbleywedding/images/IMG_1523.jpg
http://bdavisimages.com/crumbleywedding/images/IMG_1535.jpg
http://bdavisimages.com/crumbleywedding/images/IMG_1625.jpg
http://bdavisimages.com/crumbleywedding/images/IMG_1658.jpg
http://bdavisimages.com/crumbleywedding/images/IMG_1733.jpg
http://bdavisimages.com/crumbleywedding/images/IMG_1736.jpg

[bdavis27701]

Oh, and feel free to give me any pointers you guys and gals might have in case I decide to try this again.

[SuzyView]

I think you did great! Don't know why no one else has come in. The focus is sharp, but maybe too sharp, so the subject and background look flat. This is especially true in the last shot. The bride is beautiful, but shots like this require some deep emotion and dream like pose. This take a little practice. Next time, tell the bride to take a deep breath. She does look prayerful, but inside the veil, it's hard to see it.

[DocMike]

There are some great looking shots here..the difference between shooting MX and weddings, though, I think, is the fact that you're looking for emotional content instead of absolute sharpness. In the last photo, for example, I would've shot it wide open to blur out some of the background so that the focus is more on the bride - you don't really need the fine detail of the bushes and trees.

#4 and #6 are also a tad overexposed - there is a loss of the detail in the bride's dress, as it looks like there are large areas of "just white." You may have tried, instead, to meter off the dress or shot manually.

Just a couple of technical details. Otherwise, these shots are great, especially for a first!

[archaeoman]

Everything looks good to me. I do agree on some blown out highlights on the dress though.

[shannyD]

Your first wedding looks great!.. although.. the dress blues help a great deal too. ( my hubby was in his dress blues when we got married..granted i think everything looks better with dress blues on) lol... i ramble, and digress.

these are incredible images.. and they should be very happy with them. the blown highlights could someone be recovered, and adding a minimal amount of gaussian blur. ( not nough to look fake, but just a tad to add some depth) could go a long way as well.

shannon

[bdavis27701]

Thanks everyone for the tips.

[Osborn]

The 5th one looks great